http://d-studios.deviantart.com/journal/19416318/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:39:07 PDT Welcome to St. Kitts series is up, culminating my journey through the island. It was the first time I've used IR in any productive manner, so I really need critique on IR shots. I've decided to revert back to the old logo for now, though my personal logo (the one based on the symbol ダ is still in play. I'll be reevaluating the d-studios logo, so look for an update on that one some time soon.

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Anyway, to make up for lost time I'll have a bunch of new deviations up tomorrow (I would put them up tonight, but its late, I have to wake up early and honestly there might be more for the dump) which are pretty much photomanips as I haven't had the time for my photography due to the time spent at Habitat. With this dump I've introduced two new logos, which I've already posted. The d-studios logo which replaces the one that I've been using for the past couple months, and my artist logo which pretty much is a revival of my former signature.

Anyway, college tours are coming up for my accepted schools. Up first University at Buffalo, followed by New Paltz and Oswego. Buffalo is probably going to be the biggest pain, since its like 7-8 hours away from NYC 1 way. That said, rented car FTW! Still, I still have to send out my portfolios for New Paltz and Oswego. Oswego offered my a $5,000 scholarship, but my number one is still University at Buffalo. My parents favor New Paltz, but I don't really want to be trapped in a small school again.

]]> =d-studios http://d-studios.deviantart.com/journal/16644609/ http://d-studios.deviantart.com/journal/16644609/ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:01:54 PST Anyway, I've been put in charge of creating the school t-shirt for my school. This is on top of my graphic design duties for the school yearbook. I think the problem with the yearbook is that I don't get much input as per what the book looks like, and its pretty much become the polar opposite of what I imagined it to be. Now its a forced architecture theme for a school that no longer has an architecture theme (Ironic because the school's title is Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design)
Still waiting for my college acceptances. God, how long does it take? Some of my friends have already been accepted to there schools, but I'm hearing the average is February for acceptance for many of the schools I applied to. Oh well, have to wait till then.

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I'm busy
I'm currently working with Habitat for Humanity, I did that this past Saturday and I'm going to be doing it again next Saturday. I was actually signed up (without my permission) to do it every weekend this month, but honestly I can't deal with that, there are finals to study for, not to mention wrapping everything up for college.

I just learned how to adjust my white balance
Seriously, I couldn't figure out how I was supposed to set my white balance on my camera (custom, not the presets) which means that I wasn't able to take good IR shots, since the post process would just make the entire picture blue, as opposed to the IR shots that you can see floating around DA and other sites

Its f**king cold
A few days ago it was like 10 degrees here in NYC. I could barely tolerate being outside much less staying outside to take pictures. The weather has gotten nicer, but thanks to my habitat commitment, I probably won't be able to play with my new toy for another two weeks, when its regents week and I don't have to go to school.

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So I come back to the computer, it turns on, and in about a second, it turns off. WTF? So I turn it on again. It again turns itself off. On. Off. On. Off. At this point, I'm freaking out. All my files are on this computer, and it is the work horse of my art (I have photoshop, illustrator, blender, sketchup, bryce and a music program on that computer) So I unplug everything, take it to my work area, and open it up. Nothing is broken. So I plug the computer back in, with the computer still opened up to do a visual diagnostics. Well everything is fine, and then, poof, Its off. Nothing is wrong, but I did find the problem. Its the fucking starter. The starter for whatever reason was jammed causing the computer to turn on and off on its own. Magically the starter had fixed itself (at least temporarily) causing me to be able to use the computer fine again. Its a good thing too, because that computer is about 4 years old. If the motherboard had broken, then I would have to kiss the thing good by, as there is no way I'm going to replace damn near everything on the motherboard just so I could get to my files.


On a side note, I've managed to complete Welcome to the NHK (not the manga, or the anime, but the actual book) And its pretty good. I would recommend the book to anyone, and as you read it you could probably relate the characters, and if you can't then you know someone who is similar to a character in the book.

]]> =d-studios http://d-studios.deviantart.com/journal/14972128/ http://d-studios.deviantart.com/journal/14972128/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:26:06 PDT RedBubble. The account is still being set up, The account is now ready and prints can be bought. Overtime, It will be filled with the best artwork that I have produced. The sold copies there do not have my usual logo/website stamp. Enjoy.

]]> =d-studios http://d-studios.deviantart.com/journal/14502929/ http://d-studios.deviantart.com/journal/14502929/ Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:47:29 PDT I guess not enough people know that though, since apparently they're producing some product in America (backed by Oprah by the way) which condenses Japanese Tea Ceremony tea into tea baggies. I guess if you want to try this concoction for yourself, you could probably find it in your local target or something. I won't tell you the name (to save you) but I guess you can probably do a google search to find it out.

]]> =d-studios http://d-studios.deviantart.com/journal/14303495/ http://d-studios.deviantart.com/journal/14303495/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:31:22 PDT In the gameroom, the hotel had a bowling ally, nothing big really, just like 16 lanes or so split into two sections. The delegation (which is admittedly filled with a bunch of weeaboos) starts to think its a good idea to play some bowling. Fine, but heres a thing you have to remember about American teenagers, they are loud as fuck. Seriously, I think that not even a nuclear bomb would be able to shut these guys up, their howls would literally be imprinted on the ground that they stand and would be endlessly leak from the earth.
So they're bowling, and they have half of the lanes blocked up. Interested in where all the noise is coming from, a bunch of Japanese occupants came to the bowling ally to find the Americans bowling with passion they haven't seen before (not for the game, but really, just a somewhat party like atomsphere) which inspires them to buy out the rest of the bowling lanes. And so, I was treated to a side by side comparison of American bowling and Japanese bowling.
Now, on the left side was the Japanese bowlers, and they were boring as hell to watch. They all walked in wearing the average Japanese monocolor attire (black and white) and sort of entered the seats single file. They quietly imputed their data into the computers. And one by one they would bowl. When someone got a good shot or a strike, a round of golf claps would come from the other players with the bowler who threw the good throw giving a microbow. The bowler would then take his/her seat, and the next bower stood up. This is how it went until some of the Japanese players gave a bit more energy after experiencing playing on the opposite side of the Americans who would outnoise them at all times. Still, the Japanese bowlers were surprisingly good. I though that they were on a team for a school or something, but then why is it that they're wearing suits then?
Meanwhile the Americans sucked ass bowling, but they seemed to have more fun. A gutter ball would result in jeers from the other players and the bowler saying "Hey, shut up!" and a strike would result in a bit of a touch down dance and the other bowlers going 'oh you just got lucky!' Side conversations would take place, and although I did see some of the worst bowling scores I ever saw in my life there, we were having fun.
That is of course until Genero broke the bowling lane he was playing on. Let me tell you something about Genero. He breaks things. Its not for fun even, he just magically breaks things. I don't know why, I don't know how, but if its broken, you can probably blame Genero. The staff of the bowling lanes, were previously watching us Americans with a 'man, thats pretty cool' but now gazed upon Genero, and the black guy who helped break the lane (I forgot his name) with a big 'WTF is wrong with you?' Long story short, were were blocked from bowling again and Genero had to pay the hotel the price of repairing the bowling lane. I don't know how much they had to pay, but I do know that it was bullshit since the only thing that needed to be done on it was the pop the stopper piece back into place.

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I was actually never sick in Japan, however as soon as I got back into America I became sick. Wondering what kind of curse America must have, I thought back to the flight returning to NYC. I then realized that I caught some sickness from a guy flying to Sao Paulo, Brazil. So yeah, I'm sick, though I think its dying down.

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