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So my last update was 2 years ago, when I got back from Tokyo in 2006. Fitting as this update is also... when I got back from Tokyo. I've got like a million pictures from this latest trip; I'll be sorting through and picking out the best for DA here.

In the meantime please enjoy a bit of Texas spring with Flight of an Early Spring, the newest entry in my gallery here.

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There will be pictures! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/8326973/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/8326973/ Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:44:24 PST
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Almost time for NYC, and the website is fixed just in time! [link]

Also I just bought one of these bad boys: [link] ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/5149710/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/5149710/ Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:56:52 PDT
Mood: Happy
Listening to: The Boxer
Reading: WoT #10, waiting on #11
Watching: Sin City

I took this week off from using my brain, did some heavy lifting at work unboxing 14 new eMac’s for various faculty members who are still on the old OS9 systems. And I finally got back to the gym after taking way too long off. I’m tired, but not sleepy, in a purple haze, so pardon me while I kiss the sky. (da da dum, da daa dummm!)

I also had a bit of time to learn Garage Band 2, and did a little mix with the stock sounds and it turned out so awesome that even my kid brother wanted a copy!

New 3D character in the works, I should have some WIP scraps loaded up this weekend, and a final render by next weekend.

Peace! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4981697/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4981697/ Sat, 02 Apr 2005 17:39:36 PST
Wow. I mean, just, wow.

If you're fait of heart, go queasy at cold, mean spirited monolog induced ultra violence, or are under 18 then stay home. For the rest of you, go to the movies and see Sin City right now.

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.

Or I'll kill you.

10/5

30 stars

9 thumbs up (or is that off?) ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4963403/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4963403/ Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:57:43 PST

Cheers and blah.

I've been writing, a lot. I paid Keglunek (checks in the mail, HA!) off to do some character art for me, I'll have the 3D model done in a month or so, soon you guys can see Kegs art in motion!

Peace! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4657678/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4657678/ Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:52:51 PST
Well, it seems I'm going to NYC this summer to teach a course on Machinima (www.machinima.com). For the first time ever, I'll be ditching town for a few months in hopes to cultivate a new generation of 3D artist and filmmakers, and school them in the finer points of Death match. This will be something of a coming of age adventure for me, first time out of my element (Texas) that isn't a vacation, I have no doubts as to the huge 6 week blast I'll be having, but it does bring pause to reflect on the events leading to this point in my life. I keep pondering about how events seem to align them selves into a favor I never see coming, like how if I had landed the 'dream job' of video game development when I was applying last Nov/Dec there'd be no way for me to take the entire summer off to hang out in NY teaching what I love. Only one job in the entire world grants the exact time frame in which to fulfill this, and that is working at a school.

This NY trip means more than just some extra summer job cash, and aside from a big adventure into the unknown, it’ll also prove a highlight in my already vivid Machinima career. Something big enough to have a press release via the end of school “press welcome” film fest, this in conjunction to my already colorful press coverage (3D World Magazine, Ottawa Animation Fest, various indie film/animation mags, a college thesis topic, etc…) may be just the boost Dead on Que needs to come out of the dark and back into the spotlight with a mind-blowing new Animation or two.

After our post Fake Science hiatus, we are really getting to the point both as artist personally, and as evangelists of Machinima, that a new release from us could dramatically alter the face of the medium for the better. (Again.) I’m not trying to over brag or toot my own ego here, but we seem to always be on that bleeding edge of art and tech that a lot of Machinima studios just won’t touch or give much thought to. We always hit Machinima from a ‘does it look/feel unique’ point of view, never settling just for what we have been told the game can do, but how we can bend the game to our style. Fake Science was just such a production, we knew what Half-Life could do, but we didn’t care, we had our own vision, our own agenda, and we made the game fit around that. This is what we do, and this is who we are. Keggy makes it look good, I make it work, and Kierian_54 makes it rock.

Peace!


-Buddy of DoQ ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4424025/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4424025/ Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:31:15 PST
This means several things will change in my day to day routine, no more rolling out of bed at 10:30, no more Star Trek TNG for lunch, and no more spontaneous 11pm-4am DA browsing/submissions!

However! Do not discount the change as bad just yet, I hate missing half the day by sleeping through it, I've seen most of TNG, and I can just as easily find time for DA other times during the day! I'll be earning money instead of losing money, plus I'll be doing my part in ensuring that the youth of today is ready for the complex world of computers tomorrow!

Granted the pay isn’t much, and the system only pays out once a month (Yeah, they all think it’s crazy too,) but the hour’s rock, and I’ll get summers off for Filmmaking, animating, and Film Festival hopping!

If it doesn’t pan out like I hope it does, I’ll probably be forced to move to CA or Washington State to finally snag my game dev job. Texas just doesn’t care about little old me when it comes to making games. It could be my specific field of expertise just isn’t appreciated yet. (Real-Time in game cinematics, better known as Machinima.)

At any rate, I finally got around to completing my Wheel of Time collection, book 9 and 10 are finally mine! Just started 9, taking my time, going to miss the series when I’m done.

Also, I think I may have settled on my next project’s topic, it should be crazy cool if I can nail it down like I have in my head.

[edit] Woot! I got the job! [/edit] ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4401370/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/4401370/ Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:56:08 PST
Well, incase you were wondering, my x-mass panned out quite favorably, got everything on my little list, and even some very cool items that were not. (2 new Fedoras, now that's style!) The celebrations were quiet compared to the past, as my cousin David and his wife went down to her hometown in Argentina to get married, again, for real this time!

Meanwhile I've been on a creative journey of the mind, with a thousand cool ideas for movies, games, manga, parking lot efficiency boosters, you name it! I’ve been hitting the local rec center gym for a few months now, 2-3 times a week, and it is really starting to show, both in arm bulk and energy levels. The life of a computer nerd/filmmaker is a troubled one if you don’t take up a few of those healthy ‘jock’ habits, like going outside, or weight training.

I’ve also been selling computers, both to offices and family friends, in fact I’m just waiting on some money to transfer and I’m about to order some new parts while I type away here.

I’m seriously going to produce one of my crazy ideas for the upcoming 2005 Machinima Film Fest; I’ll post stuff about it here when I can.

ps. I played World of Warcraft for about a month, I hate it, it blows, and it’s hardly even a game. PVP is the only thing it has worth your time, but you can't really do that until you've played for 6 boring months of get item, kill monster to level your character up. MMORPGS have a very long way to go, I just don't see why people pay for this crap! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/3975773/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/3975773/ Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:41:16 PST
Man, I hate Christmas time! Some years I get all humble and ask for little or nothing, and some years I get all inspired to do all kinds of things so I ask for a great deal. I usually end up with whatever the fine gift givers want to give me anyway, which is almost all ways something I don't recall adding to my list. I've feeling quite industrious this year, but auto repair payments prevent me from making anything but a list Buddha would make.

This year I want, make that need, just two things: 1) An Intuos 3 Wacom Tablet. The 4x5 model (read: cheapest) will work just fine, I don't need much room to draw. It seems I'm slowly generating the need to draw in Photoshop, or at least use my hands in a more familiar way than the trusty mouse. I've been doing a great deal of game art, and good photoshopary paint skills are required for quality texture outputs, especially when I'm dealing with organics (read: people). Working with the mouse has suddenly become awkward where it once suited me just fine; it's strange, like a tingle. 2) New PC speakers. I would like those fancy THX 2.1 speakers from Logitech, about 100 bucks or so, but anything with a sub to replace what I have now. The ones I have now are old and warn, and make a loud crashing hiss whenever you so much as look at them wrong. I don't need 5.1 surround sound speakers, if I did I'd swap with my brother, the extra 3 speakers just get in the way, and good 2.1 system is more than enough for me.

Anything else I get would be icing on the holiday fruitcake.

However, if I may just make one wish for this holiday season, it would be: Please, oh please, let one of those great and mighty Dallas area video game development studios reply to my employment request. Even a simple 'No way kid' would suffice. Sheesh, you'd think a four-page spread in 3D World Mag of my achievements in Machinima would at least spark some interest...

Now reading: Book 7 Wheel of Time.

PS: Great news everyone! After many long months of living without the convenience of motorized transportation, I am now the proud owner of the limited edition 1998 Ford Contour SVT. There is a long and sad story about its month in the shop, sent there just days after I received it, like a 5-speed tease to my itchy drivers feet.

I’m also writing a novel, I’ll let you know when it hits the shelves.

Peace and well wishes to all. ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/3560485/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/3560485/ Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:34:09 PDT
Ottawa was fun, aside from the large-scale public humiliation of having your entire category effectively shunned and spit upon at the award ceremony.


Old:
AMD 2800+ Barton
512mb DDR 2700
ATI 9600se (128mb)
120 gig HDD
80 gig HDD

New:
AMD 2800+ Barton
1024mb DDR 3200/2700
Geforce 6800 GT (256mb)
400 gig HDD (2x200 gig in raid 0)

And it seems my first year at DA just blew me by. wee! 700 views! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/3038660/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/3038660/ Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:42:55 PDT What: Ottawa International Animation Festival!
When: September

Seems our music video/short film 'Fake Science' has been accepted for competition at the OIAF. (1-80 out of over 1900 films submitted) Keglunek and myself are preparing for our cross-country adventure to Canada (From Texas,) and where giddy as schoolgirls. We've been looking for a legitimate excuse to drive the states for a while now, and it looks like fortune has smiled on us this year!

Wish us luck! We'll need it. Some excellent films we're up against at this thing. ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2790169/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2790169/ Fri, 02 Jul 2004 18:54:34 PDT ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2654953/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2654953/ Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:04:08 PDT
G'night everybody! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2398719/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2398719/ Mon, 10 May 2004 11:45:49 PDT
Sorry if words are not spaced out or missspelled, I can't see this text box and I can hardly tell that I'm typing anything at all on this old computer lab screen. Oh well...

Peace, ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2271611/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2271611/ Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:10:12 PDT
May you forever drive in the halls of Valhalla my comrade! The battle was not in vain, the war goes on; I shall avenge your honor!


Read: I wrecked my car on a gate that wasn't latched properly, now I play the insurance game to get a new one. ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2066301/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/2066301/ Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:19:23 PST
Been ultra busy with Keglunek this past week working on our new show. Hopefully I can start posting renders of some of the characters and sets soon. The show's the only thing keeping me sane right now.

Meanwhile, just jamming to the new Area88 OST and wishing the people around me could treat me better... Got this long time friend who means well but has no respect for, well anything. He's going through a tough time right now, and the rub-off has been driving me nuts lately, afraid I may go ballistic one of these days, then say and do things I can't take back. I'm trying to be understanding and calm, but it won't be long until I'm the one whose karma turns black as coal. I fear I may soon become a vengeful spirit.



My birthday comes up on the 31st, and I always get a bit depressed this time of year, I get caught up in nostalgia and think about those I've lost, words I didn't get the chance to say, and always decide that the only honorably way to go, is fighting to the end against all the odds. I’m tired of those around me ending their own lives because things aren’t going so well. I always feel that if they could have talked things out, they could have been saved, I’ve never turned a deaf ear on one who’s sought it. (Even the friend who’s annoying the piss out of me these past few weeks, I’m still here for him!) Only thing keeping my chin up is that show, and my kid brother’s interest in martial arts. (Has his first tournament this weekend!)


"The dream became real not because I feared it, but because I embraced it!" ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1858789/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1858789/ Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:27:26 PST
Ariving Wensday Fedex overnight:

AMD XP 2800+ "Barton" (Was going to get the 2500, but had some cash left over...every chance to get a faster cpu is taken!)

GigaByte NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 + MCP (MotherBoard, one of the best for Mobos for the cash, ever.)


MUSHKIN MEMORY 512mb @ 2700 DDR (I'll grab another stick latter for Dual Channel! Good bye render times!)

GigaByte ATI Radeon 9600se (Cheap, but effective as a good dx9 card untill DooM3 and HL2 come out, then I test the card for FPS and upgrade as nessasary and only be out 80bucks, and I'll pass it on to Keglunek, who is about to get my Gforce3 for free... err happy lan-day?!)

Seagate 120gig 7200rpm HDD (The uber one, I'll get another soon and put them on a raid array. ie: Uber freakin fast read/write times.)
My old 80gig for anime (it's already full)

and my old 52xCDRW for burning cds...

The new stuff is from newegg.com (Which I hear is quite reliable, I'll post after thoughts latter.)

Now maybe I can host a game or two at the lans... ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1701584/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1701584/ Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:20:18 PST ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1601411/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1601411/ Mon, 29 Dec 2003 23:23:51 PST
Life is good.

Better than yours.

Shove off.

Trying to build a new PC.

I'm fucking broke.

still better than yours.

And happy hollidays, or whatever. Yeah, whatever. ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1330983/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1330983/ Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:39:03 PST
Well, back to work for me! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1287241/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1287241/ Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:54:20 PDT
Now for 10x that number. ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1282011/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1282011/ Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:34:48 PDT
I won't be able to update with new art here again until next week. Working on some Dead on Que stuff, which means more movies for the people!

Chow! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1261274/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1261274/ Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:31:25 PDT
Another awesome dish from Tarantino.

Arthouse-smarthouse-swinghouse-grindhous e-actionhouse revenge ballet of damn good moviendom.

Err something like that.

Basically it was worth the wait, and February cannot come soon enough.


Goddamn it’s a great year in cinema! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1249375/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1249375/ Thu, 09 Oct 2003 20:02:19 PDT
Got some Inu-Yasha chibi fan art tonight, started off as something a tad more serious, when I got to the hair, I looked down at my manga, and couldn't resist!

I've never done a character "scene" before, or chibi art, or even anime in 3d. (Priss doesn't count, I think...)

I hope it turned out ok... I used some stock 3ds materials, when I make some of my own that are more suitable I'll update the pic.

Saw the Rundown again last weekend, diferent set of Friends. Still a kick ass movie. I ran around the house with two toy shotguns all weekend, screaming " Groovy" and "Come Get Some."

Gonna see Kill Bill on Friday, been dreaming of it seeing for a year or so now.

This year is kicking some major theatrical ass isn't it?

Still rendering... I'll be back... Nextime with picture!

Go Arnie, you sly dog you!


[edit]

So I did a search or two for some 3D Chibi art... nothing...
So I tried again on google, nothing...

I can't be the only one... So I'm going to go fourm hopping to find out for sure!

Wish me luck! :wink:

[/edit] ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1229383/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1229383/ Thu, 02 Oct 2003 18:43:33 PDT
I can't say "fan-boy," but the manga is the only one I own at least some of. I don't even have any comic books...

It stinks because I'm forced to rely on English translations for the manga, and Fansubs for the show. I'm so far into the show now that I fear I could never afford the entire manga.

The angsty kid in me wants a more violent Ninja Scroll take on the series, while the drama fan demands more of the mushy crap. And the art fan doesn't care about anything but Sango and Sesshoumaru's costumes.

It keeps me entertained, while I have no TV. Or I should say no signal to my TV. And it doesn't seem like it wants to end, anytime soon, so I just have to keep watching, and maybe one day, reading...



Speaking of Fansubs, I just finished Last Exile. I haven't been teary-eyed at a show's ending like that since Cowboy Bebop two-three years ago.

Man, Last Exile and GITS:SAC are going to my DVD collection ASAP. ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1215193/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1215193/ Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:02:21 PDT BitFilm.

So, I tried to shake it off by hosting a LAN party. It was a blast, but left me red-eyed and tired as hell.

Then, not an hour ago, I went to see The Rundown at the movies with Keglunek and his roommate Greg.

-Fucking Awsome Movie-

Maybe the movies can cure the blues, for I feel like a million bucks!


ps: If you're curious about the film we submited you can download it free here: [Link] Maybe it can cure your blues? (Or give you them...) ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1197552/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1197552/ Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:41:34 PDT Check this out!

This is a friend of Keg and I's. He asked me a while ago to post this somewhere. So it's now linked here, and on our Dead on Que website.

If you like what you hear, leave a comment, or e-mail him to let him know. He'll love you, and send cookies, you'll love the cookies. Everyone loves cookies.

He's currently preparing to score our new show. You'll love it. We're going to pitch it to networks and everything. Maybe we'll have the pilot ready by the holliday... ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1193653/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1193653/ Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:50:51 PDT
I found my old aim account and p/w info.. got that running again.

I also found out that I can pick the 'featured devation,' and it's not based on favorites! Silly rabit.

Otherwise I feel like shit, got a cold/sinus infection, went to sleep round seven, woke up an hour ago, and I'm going right back to sleep... after some anime.

[edit] Apparently, I'm an asshole, cuz I have almost 50 page views in my first 2-4 days. says so, so it must be true. [/edit] ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1187824/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1187824/ Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:52:58 PDT
I'm more of a copy-render type artist, new and original stuff comes easy in my head, but the transfer outward never, ever, ever looks a 10th of what I mean it to. It's very frustrating sometimes, and trying to turn that bad karma around is a lot of work. But it seems to have paid off today. (Thanks again to the comment system.)

When I get more time, and Kegs scanner, I'm going to do a 2D character based wallpaper, or something. (Inked in Illustrator, for real this time!) I've made a few character drawings today, came out way better than usual, so I'll use him as a base. (Original character, based on me, with way longer hair.)

Well, I'm off to finish that Noir film... again... ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1184354/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1184354/ Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:09:13 PDT could really use some moral support. Life is shit, and it keeps hitting his fan, so any kind words of broom or mop like quality should be directed his way.

Much obliged! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1178358/ http://BuddyofDoQ.deviantart.com/journal/1178358/ Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:05:43 PDT and sholders, I've decided to open my own deviant account. I'm not a 2d artist like these guys, my focus is more on 3d, which I'm still fairly new at. Bear with me as I slowly update this thing as the weeks go on. I've got bunches of models to render out, and only so much time to render them!

Thanks! ]]> ~BuddyofDoQ