http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:mattrified&section=today deviantART RSS for by:mattrified en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:48:38 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/20446394/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/20446394/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:43:57 PDT years at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, I am finally done with classes. I am relieved and a little exhausted, but of course, I'll become more exhausted as I work on my portfolio display for the portfolio show on the 19th. I'm not overly nervous about finding a job right away; I have some opportunities lined up, but I'm not getting my hopes up for any of them and am just going to have to be vigilant.

Overall, I really enjoyed my 13 quarters at AIP but a part of me regrets not going to a school for computer programming or something of that caliber. I feel I am creative and artistic, but my mathematics, logic, and problem-solving skills seem stronger or at least they could have gotten stronger if I went to some place like Duquesne. My big problem is that I feel above average in every aspect of game art and design we learn, but not AMAZING at any of them. I got a 3.5 in all five categories. What should I specialize in? Being a game art and design generalist? That doesn't exist. I decided to focus on technical art: rigging, skinning, etc., because that will allow me to better my programming skills with things like MEL Maxscript and also allow me to model from time to time, which I enjoy. In my spare time, I'm just going to make games, staring out now in Gamemaker but working my way up to more advance Flash games and eventually XNA. I don't plan on making money on them; they are more for me. Some people write personal poetry or keep a journal; I want to make simple, fun games for myself and hopefully I can share them with a few people.

Anyway, if you've been watching my page, I'd like to say thanks and now that I'll be a graduate I may actually have time to do some stuff and post it. Oh, who am I kidding? This page is going to be blank. *Plays the Match Game '76 music*

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/19598951/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/19598951/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:35:51 PDT
I don't feel my modeling is bad, but I am sick of it, and I like it to a more simplistic point, almost to the point like a hobby the way I am with drawing and writing. It almost makes me feel I should get a office job like Theodore Roetheke and write poetry in my spare time (or in my case, make games).

IDK though...if you know me and have any advice, I'd appreciate it at this point...thanks...

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I'm excited to start programming my Gamemaker platformer, Lil' Vlad...hopefully all the assets don't take me too long to build. That would suck!!!

What else? I'm TAing a programming class...that should be fun to make like 10 dollars a weeks, lol. What else? I'm not sure. It's late and I don't feel like writing anymore, so :-P.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/17272358/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/17272358/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:17:15 PDT
Project list:
1 game design document
50 concept sketches in six different categories
2 storyboards (I hate storyboarding!)
1 animatic (a moving storyboard)
3 sample interface designs
1 animated interface design
14 looping animations
3 character models (I did a fourth one cause I felt one of my original 3 was weak)
3 sets of props
1 vehicle
3 environments
3 playable levels (my levels are just clones of my environments done in Unreal 2004)
1 playable game (I did a gamemaker game)

I think that's everything...as a list, it doesn't seem like much, but when you start doing them all from scratch like I pretty much had to do, it becomes quite a lot.

Even though I am done with this stuff, I still have tons to do in the future: study for finals (for my other classes), begin designing a website, apply for internships, not to mention next quarter's classes such as Advanced Game Prototyping where I will be designing a 2D fighting game in Gamemaker...hopefully, lol...I have to check with the teacher first. It's been fun everyone...I may be uploading some stuff soon...OMG! It depends on how I do...if I do well, I'll upload my stuff, but if the teacher's say it's all garbage...I'll withhold it from the site for now.

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ANYWAY, what's really going on is that I have my pre-portfolio class next quarter, which supposedly everyone fails their first time and is super hard to pass. Mostly, over my three-week break I'm going to work my ass off and getting the stuff I don't like done like animation and website bologna. I won't have a holiday job this year--thank any holy deities in existence--so I should be able to get some stuff done, and I want to try and learn Zbrush and maybe even Maya, but I'm Polish so I do things alphabetically backwards.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/14963229/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/14963229/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:17:01 PDT
First of all, I have Level Design and Interior Worlds and Spaces or whatever it's called. I've never been big into environments, whether it's drawing, modeling, or even seeing...okay, that last one was a bad joke. Anyway, I'm real nervous for those two just because modeling a good world-space takes so much time and I have to learn Unreal, which I'm hoping will work on my piece-of-poop-machine.

Then I have the dreaded gauntlet class, which actually doesn't seem so bad because of some major changes that have been done to it. It sucks though that I need to do a 30-second cutscene in my own time though, which I why I'm thinking of taking next quarter off. It's shitty here during the Winter, anyway...why not?

Finally, I'm in team gauntlet, which was also changed (I lucked out when it came to classes changing for the better, lol--or at least what I think is the better...some people hate them). Now we just have to do three animatics. I like our idea...well I should, the first 50% of it was mine, but I do have to thank :iconNikko101: for a lot of good ideas for it too. It's going to be a lot of work, but I think I'll be fine.

Also, we're still doing our podcasts...so this quarter is going to be extra, extra busy...and I think I'm taking preportfolio next quarter...if I don't take off...bleh...I'm really close to finishing my time at AIP...and I'm sorta in disbelief...but not really...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/14604929/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/14604929/ Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:02:31 PDT
In my character modeling class, I got three characters done. Whether I'll actually use any of them for my portfolio is debatable, but doing them was definitely good practice and I learned useful tips like morph targets, skin morphs and other fun stuff.

As for interface design...I'm still annoyed. Not really, I'm just being a little bitch. I guess I can build working website. Whether or not the site's design is any good is the question, and that was sort of the whole point of the class. At least the teacher liked my animated interface. Go to [link] and tell me what you think.

Then, in low-poly I handed in my sea creature guy. I wasn't happy with the textures or colors--he looked too much like Barney--but I did get a few compliments on my Bodypaint 3d work. The rig was supposedly well done except for one stupid fin. That class was good practice and preparation for next quarter...I have the teacher for three classes.

In interactive game prototyping, a.k.a., Gamemaker class, I made four games and three of them are going to be on this arcade machine at our school with student-created games on it. I still need to fix something about Icy Hot Redux (the third game) but the other two are "good to go".

Also, my friends and I are continuing are podcast. Yesterday, we had come on and talk...and talk...and talk...joking. It was very entertaining, despite what he thinks. We hope to get him on another show in the future as well as some of our other instructors. You can listen to our podcast at: [link] . Anyway, I have a two week break coming up. I'm not going home though; I got lots of work to do. Preparation for gauntlet, portfolio building, presentation review, and I want to try and get a working gamemaker fighting game engine done soon. Hopefully with two weeks I'll be able to get at least 10% of the stuff I want to get done, done. Also, I may see Resident Evil: Extinction...I know it'll be bad...but will it be worse than the DOA movie? Now that's a quandary for the...month.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/14176251/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/14176251/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:23:00 PDT
1. In my character modeling class we have to do morph targets this week. They aren't very hard...so far, but they involve a lot of tweaking and a vast knowledge of the human face, which I am lacking. My character is one of those stereotypical, Chinese kung fu master villains. I like it so far, but it has a long way to go before it is portfolio quality or anything like that.

2. In my interface design class we have to take game footage witout a HUD or interface and create our own, using flash and other programs. Instead of doing a 1st Person Shooter game like 98% of the class, I am doing a 2D fighter (if you know me, this isn't a stretch for me). Anyway, I'm taking Darkstalkers 3 footage that I recorded, but putting a twist on the game as if it is for the Nintendo DS in that with every Super EX move, a special mini-game shows up in the bottom screen. This is a rather ambitious project in that I planned to do 10 mini-games. Pyron's sucked so I'm down to nine, but this is still a lot, and I'm not where I want to be with it. Overall, I want to finish this project ASAP so I can get rid of the five GBs of hard drive space the videos are taking up.

3. After handing in a mediocre mid-term, I really don't have much to do. Prior to this, I had to do a vehicle, environment, and three props, modeling, skinned (if necessary) and textured. Luckily, the teacher said the environment texture was extra credit, which I would have liked to have done, but of course, I didn't find the time to do. I did a katar, an sword whip like Ivy's from Soul Caliber (mine can't animate as well though), and a pick that freaked the teacher out a bit; it was a lobster or some sea creature tied to a stick with a big mouth. Then I did a car that crashes--like a 1970 skoda or something, no idea, I'm car-illiterate. Finally, for my environment, I did a Chinese restaurant. Eh...my textures on the car sucked and the texture on the environment was nonexistent. For next week, all we have to do a is model sheet, which i like doing; my biggest challenge will be deciding on 1 character to model.

4. Finally, in my Gamemaker class, we're making a new-type of game, after completing the maze game, which people said they liked, but needs a tutorial badly, which I couldn't agree more. I may post it here, but it's too bad there isn't like a game section for submission done in a program other than flash, but I'm not complaining...wait, yes I am, just not as much as I could be.

Others:

Another thing I have been doing is participating in my friend's podcast every week. You can listen to it at [link] . It's funny...I think...and it makes me sound like a total ass when it comes to gaming, and in a way, I am. I noticed, I have very particular taste in games. Like, BioShock is cool and all, (I took some time to play the 360 demo) but I hate 1st Person Shooters. If it were third person like Resident Evil 4, I would probably have really like it, and with such an interesting story, I want to like it. Maybe someone will write a novelization of it...I'd read that.

Anyway, class is about to start so I'm ending this.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/13886246/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/13886246/ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:28:12 PDT
School's been good this quarter, just really busy. I only have four classes, but they're all time consuming. Don't know if I'll post any of my stuff up, but maybe...

Oh and my 360 got fixed and I should be getting it back soon...like i have time to play it anyway.

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]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/13076409/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/13076409/ Thu, 24 May 2007 13:27:31 PDT General

I'm turning over a new leaf. It seems there are a lot more people on DevArt that I know personally--heck, even one of my teachers has a page: -- so I'm going to start posting more stuff. If you can tell, I took down a lot of my deviations. I'm going try and put better items up in the future.

Podcast

Next on the agenda, listen to our podcast! A few friends and I, one of whom is started a podcast entitled "The AIPlayer Podcast". You can check it out here: [link]. Mostly we just talk about video games and sometimes mention our school, but be warned, it's a bit on the silly side. I personally don't say too much; I could care less about some of the games we discuss. Now a Saturday Night Live podcast...that'd be something.

That's really about it for now...

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Anyway, I'll post stuff up as I go, but probably not too rapidly...I like to keep to myself.

~UPDATE~

Hey, everyone, my friends--one of which is --started a Podcast at our school about AIP and gaming. It's a silly and not very professional, but we just started.

Anyway, the website is www . aiplayerpodcast . com

Go to [link]

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Oh, and thanks for the 7,000 page views to everyone who either watches are visted; that's really cool, especially because of the fact that I rarely update my gallery. Anyway, thanks again and happy holiday to everyone, .

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/10981391/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/10981391/ Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:39:20 PST
Right now it's Thursday, week 10 during the Fall Quarter of 2006 at AIP. I'm in digital ink and paint...it's pretty boring/easy. I finished the final and handed in at the beginning of class. Maybe I'll upload it; since break is coming up, I'm going to start on a sketchbook and maybe upload some of my projects from this quarter. They were insane, especially my 3D modeling ones. I also just discovered I suck at modeling the human head...need to work on that. Anyway, I can't wait for break, and I hope this damn snow clears up so my parents can come and pick me up safely...This is a boring entry...oh well.

"Fire is hot! How 'bout it!!!"

--Amy Poehler (My current obsession...but I think I spelt that wrong)

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/10228196/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/10228196/ Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:16:54 PDT
My grandfather is dying...well is practically dead...a few breaths left I guess. It's good in a way though; he was suffering the last five years as a man who made himself blind and dementia-inflicted through years of smoking and drinking. One part of me feels bad because he suffering; he fell and broke his hip and though the operation went well his lungs filled with junk and he got aspiration pnemonia. Easily put, it'd be better if he hit his head and died instantly instead of all this crap. I also feel bad cause I didn't pay him my last respects and because of school, I am not going to be able to attend the funeral, but what's the point? Why do I need to see someone's dead body in a coffin...you say respect, but the man's dead...what difference is it going to make? Likewise with seeing him in the hospital. He can't even see me there and right now he's so doped up on morphine in the hospis (I think that's how you spell it) that he can't even hear people say they love him and good-bye and all that stuff. I don't know...dying and dead relatives is such a touchy subject.

I'm really worried though cause I'm afraid my mom will go crazy...crazier then she already has been going, like I-need-to-be-institutionalized crazy. Anyway, that's why my art submission has been slow/why my art has/will take a more morbid/sadistic turn.

*shakes head*

The Grim reaper couldn't wait two more years to take him until I get out of college, eh?

Black-cloak-wearing bastard...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/9524606/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/9524606/ Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:39:41 PDT The Boondock Saints

Mood: Happy
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: The Scarlet Letter
Watching: SNL VHS Tapes From Home

Life

Life right now is going alright. I'm comfortable in my living space and like my classes this quarter at AIP. Also, my friend's sister is getting married and I'm going to the wedding during labor day weekend. Weddings are fun sometimes...unless the weather is hot and I'm stuck wearing that stupid shirt and slacks in blazing heat. Damn you 1960's and your chlroflorhydratecarbon...eh?...or simply aersol can usage. It might suck if I have like five finals to do, but I'm pretty good at managing my time and all.

Class

My classes are fun this quarter. I like what we're learning in Illustration class. I'm good at the mathematical perspective stuff if its broken down, so I should be able to create at least one portfolio worthy project from that class. Then again, i suck at inking. Also, whenever I think I'm good at something I find out I'm actually rather shitty at it...oh well. Digital Audio and Video's cool, except I think my midterm might suck cause I didn't record the audio at a quality level, but oh well. WONDER SHOWZEN--that's the topic of my mid-term by the way, but I'm going to try and make it look like a Sesame Street wannabe show. Finally, I have photoshop II. It's kind of a joke. Oh, and I have an art historyu class but that doesn't start until August 17th. It sucks though cause I still will have to work on stuff a weak after the quarter ends, and my family and I are going to the beach so I'll have to take the big f-ing book and my laptop to finish up the class.

Hobbies

I'm back to drawing my casts for my video game ideas. I have four casts of 13-14 peeps each now. I drew the front and side view faces and just have to do 7 more 3/4 headturn things. They're alright. Before I ink them and make them official, I want to find a good facial reference guide for muscles and bones and stuff, but then again, I'm not too concern if it looks perfect because its more reference than an actual, nice illustration. I do want to do a nice face for each one them and then do the front, side, back, and 3/4 body turns with a nice posed one if I could, but it'll take me forever, but what I really want to do is upload more of my class work to get that crappy mermaid lineart down from advanced life drawing. Oh, I also want to redo that picture. I also want to continue writing my novella, The Gray Child, but its hard to find people to read it. Wow, this entry has gotten really long. Oh well, writing it one of my hobbies, even if I suck. If I ever get down on myself about my art skills, I just say, wait, I have a 3.8 here...screw you people. Then again, without Gen. Eds, I'd probably only have a 3.0, but that's still above average. Irregardless (yeah I know its not a word), this quarter has been going really well and I have been able to really focus on my art, which is a good thing.

OOH!!! Also, August 8th, DEAD RISING for 360 comes out! I can't wait!!! Actually, its probably August 9th and then if I order if online it won't come till the 12th, but irregardless!!! I will be playing that before mid-August.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/9403121/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/9403121/ Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:28:07 PDT The Boondock Saints

Mood: Happy
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: The Scarlet Letter
Watching: SNL

Well, week 1 of my fifth quarter at AIP just ended. Now Week 2 has begun. Right now, I'm enjoying it. I like all my classes, and my housing situation is working out nicely. There isn't really much else to say. Man, for someone who likes to write, I suck at doing these entries.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/9009842/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/9009842/ Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:38:15 PDT The Boondock Saints

Mood: Excited
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: World Literature Stuff
Watching: SNL

I have one more week of school. I'm so happy. I don't know how I'm doing in my classes, but I hope I get at least a 3.7 GPA so I can make the Dean's List. I'm trying to do stuff right now for my portfolio, so I probably won't be posting much in the future, which shouldn't really matter to anyone here (passive agressive moment). I'm also happy cause I'm moving out of my current apartment and get to live by myself next quarter. Moving out is going to suck though; I'm going to have wait till Father's Day and shit. Anyway, yeah, WEE!!!

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8733648/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8733648/ Wed, 10 May 2006 18:45:01 PDT The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: World Literature
Watching: The Andy Milonakis Show!

Alright, we just got our midterms grades yesterday, and I'm doing alright. I have two A's, an A-, and a B+. Oh, and one N/A. That's for the online class that starts tomorrow. Overall, I like this quarter. It is so much better than the last one. I'm not too stressed; I don't despise any of my professors, overall it's a good time. I wish I had more projects I could upload, but alas, I do not. Also, I need to look for a roommate. My current is taking the quarter off and then is moving in with someone else...I hate roommates. I wish I didn't need to have one; then again, I get more work done when they are hear cause I don't want to talk to them...that's so evil. Hmmm...what else. I just hope I can pass all my classes and get a job in the future. That's what makes the most nervous that i'll spend all this money and time here and then not be good enough...that'd piss me off...but hopefully that won't happen. Anyway, thanks to everyone who looks at my page...except for you! Your a piece of garbage and I'm not kidding!

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8400798/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8400798/ Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:12:38 PDT The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: DOA4 OST
Reading: Resident Evil: Zero Hour
Watching: The Andy Milonakis Show!

Alright, my first week of my fourth quarter at AIP just ended today at 4:45. I'm...excited for once. I like all my professors and my classes sound challenging but not insurmountable. I'm taking online classes, and I'm kind of nervous about it, cause though this first week of physics was easy, it sounds like it is going to get a lot harder. Also, I have my first 3D class. It's pretty fun and the professor is really cool. (I've had him twice before.) Then I have advanced life drawing. I'm a little shakey with that class. I hope I do well; I think I'll get around a B, depending on how well my out-of-class projects guess. I have to do a self-portrait, which I loathe. Finally, I have 2D animation for game art. That class is probably going to be harder than I think, but whatever, all four of them will be better than character and object. I'm still happy I passed that class and probably won't stop talking about it till like next month. Also, some craziness, a lightning bolt struck this library that's like ten yards from my School-sponsored housing. Anyway, I'll be posting my art and stuff soon in the future so yeah, .

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8344550/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8344550/ Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:41:52 PDT The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: Literature & Society

I had a week-long break from AIP last week and it was fun...for a day...until i got sick. I'm still annoyed. I got a sore throat and cold, probably from spending too much time in my house's freezing basement. Anyway, I'm ready for this quarter. As long as the online classes don't suck, I think I'll be fine. I'm a little nervous for 2D animation for game and...nevermind, I'm nervous for all of my classes, but at least I don't have character and object animation, lol...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8229628/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8229628/ Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:38:06 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: Literature & Society

I finally passed my damn character sheets. I was so happy. I got a B- and a C; I don't care. She said they were improvements and that's all I needed to hear. She then gave me an A- on my Midsummer project. A- is good, especially from her, but she seemed reluctant like I didn't deserve it. Also, she told me I shouldn't get used to being the one-eyed king...whatever that means. I just shook my headed and nodded. She said I use Photoshop like a shotgun and not a scalple...screw that son. Whatever though, I'm done with that class, thanks Jesus, Buddha, Allah, and Valerie Queen of the Vikings. Anyway, I'll be posting all my stuff up soon from these class, so yeah...WEE!!!

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8224171/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8224171/ Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:09:25 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: Literature & Society

Man, today is going to suck. I'm handing in my character sheets for the final time today. I am so nervous I'm going to fail and have to retake that class because of that one project, which sucks cause I did everything else on time and stuff. I mean I look at my sheets and they look alright; i fixed the main problems I was having with them; they look a lot more consistant. Overall, I don't think I will, but I don't want to be overconfident just in case. I'm hoping she'll pass them and give me a C- at least. I'm also nervous casue if I do fail, my parents said they're going to flip out and call the school and shit, and I don't want them to do that, so hopefully I just pass. I've asked a lot of people, and they said I'll probably be fine (I didn't actually show them my sheets though). The other bad part is that I have my English final right afterwards, so if I fail, I'm going to be so bummed out that I won't be able to concentrate and shit. Man, today is going to suck; I wish it was Thursday...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8162166/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8162166/ Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:19:16 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: Literature & Society

Alright, this is why my life sucks right now...to begin, I had to turn in this character sheet project for my char. and object animation class and I failed it for the third time. I have only one more week to redo it and fix everything so that it gets at least a C- or I fail the entire class, which is total bullshit, but whatever. If I do fail, I'll just take it online next quarter or something, which would suck, but I don't think I could take it with her again. Every other class is going fine though; i have A's or B's in each. Also, I want to go home on break; I don't even care if it's a week, I just want to go home. I mean overall, I'm not worried and stuff, cause I think if I just push myself and just work on it and do like five until i finally get it, i'll be fine, but i'm still worried that she'll fail me...and the worse part is that I did every other project on time and well. So she's correcting them tomorrow and then I have my one final chance to pass her fucking class...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8057191/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8057191/ Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:50:02 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: Literature & Society

WOW, 5,000 Hits, thanks everyone,

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8012027/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/8012027/ Sun, 26 Feb 2006 19:08:40 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: Literature & Society

I want to put up a blank entry, so eh...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7946320/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7946320/ Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:59:46 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: Literature & Society

Well, I handed in the character sheets for character and object class and passed. I'm happy about that. I've been drawing all these damn anthro and non-anthro characters like a madman though. Still have to tomorrow. I have so much to do tomorrow, . Whatever. Life is going okay though. I have a five-day weekend coming up so that should be cool. I'll be able to get a lot of crap done; it kind of sucks cause all I'll be doing is work though. Whatever. WHATEVER!!! That current word of my life.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7892628/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7892628/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:21:45 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Nervous
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: Literature & Society

This Valentine's Day is going to suck. Not because I won't have a Valentine; that won't bother me--never has, probably never will...for awhile. I have my least favorite class today and am handing in this big project. I know I'm most definitely going to fail for competency, but I just hope she doesn't humilate me in front of the entire class for doing something she calls "dumb" while I didn't even know it was "dumb" at the time. All I want to do is pass the class and this project in the end...eventually. Other than that, this week will probably be okay; less work than usual--I hope. I mean I'll still have some stuff to do, but I probably won't be bombarded with work. I do have to start researching for my research paper, which sucks. I think I'm going to do a report about Piet Mondrian and his contributions to art or something of that calibur. I have a math test tomorrow, which is good because I'll be able to leave the class early--I hope.

What else...nothing much really, oh well...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7836947/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7836947/ Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:43:24 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Okay...
Listening to: My Chemical Romance
Reading: Literature & Society
Watching: Upright Citizens Brigade Season 1 DVD

Well, today's Wednesday. Yesterday--a Tuesday--went a lot better than the one before it. For once I didn't leave Character and Object animation class feeling like a totally talentless piece of shit. Oh I still felt a bit underwhelming artistically, but at least I left knowing what I had to do for next week. I'm a little nervous that I won't get the character sheets done, but chances are she'll make me redo them no matter how hard I try. I still need to buy coverstock...crap. My other classes are going alright. We're watching Blow in my English II class which is cool 'cause I never saw it before. We have to do a report though and I'm not sure what to do so. I kind of want to do a research paper about German, the language. The teacher said it'd be an interesting topic--but I could make it REAL boring if done a certain way.

My photoshop class is cool; I'm not an expert in photoshop, but I know almost all of the stuff we're doing in there so far. The teacher seems somewhat impressed by my abilities. He thinks my compositions are funny too...or at least the mid-term, which I'll post next week when it's 100% finished. THen there's math...not hard, not worth more than this sentence in this journal entry.

Friday is digital storytelling...which is strange. I like it but I don't. I'm always confused as to what we have to do. The projects are fun; I got The Sims 2 for only ten bucks. I made a movie using Adobe Premiere, that was pretty fun. I just hope I do well in it. All I want to do is pass this quarter; not get an A, on the Dean's list or anything; I just want to pass all my class (preferably with C's cause AIP makes you retake certain classes if you get a D.)

PEACE!!!

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7699186/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7699186/ Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:22:27 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Worried
Listening to: Helena
Reading: Literature & Society
Watching: Whatever's On TV

Alright, today was crappy. Mostly because of character and object animation class. I got a C+ on this one in class assignement which made me kind of happy, i was surprised. Then she, the teacher, said I did "above average" on the homework with its critiques of course, but then, I got a C on the sketchbook and all she said was that my stuff was flat. She said it more eloquently, but that was the essence of it. That's like telling an English student his writing has bad grammar. It can mean so many different things. I mean I'm more mad about the poor critique--poor because it didn't say how my drawings were flat or how i could improve--than the actual grade, and also about the fact I did like 50, and now I'm being told she probably didn't even look at the last 20, the better ones. I don't care though, i'll use those for the sidekick assignment. I just want a C in the fucking class, but every Tuesday from now on is going to suck...really bad.
Tomorrow should be okay, but I have so much shit to do in my digital storytelling class. I still have like two storyboards to do and all of these drawings for them, like over 20. I'm so pissed. My other classes aren't worrying me, but i'm just nervous it's all going to be too much, but I know i can always pull an all nighter...but whatever...I think I'm skippping math tomorrow, we're having a sub and missing four hours won't kill me.

I'm just tired...every Tuesday I will be tired...not cause of the animation class though, it's cause I have English right afterwards and am tired.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7613394/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7613394/ Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:06:32 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: Worried
Listening to: Helena
Reading: Literature & Society
Watching: Whatever's On TV

Alright, I've just completed my first week back at AIP. I have mixed feelings. I'm happy to be back, but a little worried about my classes this quarter. First off, I have two days off during the week, which is awesome. That'll definately allow me to get work done and so forth so I don't fall behind.

Tuesdays I have Character and Object Animation, which makes me nervous cause the teacher isn't what I would say kind. I mean I think I can get the work done, but I don't know if the teacher will like my work and fail me. Then I have English II, which I'm only nervous about because it's after the Character and Object class.

Then, I have photoshop class on Wednesday mornings, which I'm excited for. I know a lot of photoshop stuff, but it's always good to learn some more. Then, I have Math II at night, which is mostly geomtry stuff that I know, but we did learn a few new things like Venn Diagramming, which I suck at.

Friday I have digital storytelling, which just seems confusing. It just seems like a bunch of personal things like writing about your stuff and so on. I just want to pass all my classes this quarter, end of story. I'm confident I'll do well with the two days off, but shit happens...

The end...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7483579/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7483579/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:39:30 PST The Boondock Saints

Happy New Year Everyone!

I haven't been on for the last three weeks cause my scanner is back at school. Also, I got an XBOX360 for Christmas and have been playing Dead or Alive 4 like a crazy son of a bitch. It's kind of cool cause it inspired me to keep working on my game ideas and so forth. Nothing new has really been going on though. I had a great break and hung out with all my friends to welcome the new year. It was a lot of fun. I kind of want to go back to school, but I kind of don't. I just wish I lived closer to Pittsburgh--I hate five hour drives, but I don't trust online classes completely. Anyway, my b-day is tomorrow, and I'm getting the Creative Cast from AIP so I should be doing a lot of new and crazy art soon. Anyway, wish me luck with character and object animation with Love.

PEACE!

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7298756/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7298756/ Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:12:50 PST The Boondock Saints

Mood: I WANT TO GO HOME!!!
Listening to: My Ipod Shuffle
Reading: My next short story
Watching: SNL

Today is another boring day. I had my final life drawing class for this quarter yesterday. It was actually pretty good. I did quite well; I got like a B+ on shape and an A on value for the final project. I think I'll walk out of the class with at least a B. I have my color theory final today, which I should be able to finish in under an hour so I can then leave and return to my apartment...to be bored. Oh well. See, I finished everything super early instead of procrastinating and doing it all like...today. I mean, the week will be over before I know it, but I'm still bored. Not to worry though, next quarter is supposed to be a lot tougher. The rest of the week is a snitch...snap...whatever, it's easy. I have com. lit., which I heard were in for under a half hour and then my math final on Friday. I don't even need to go to scriptwriting cause I have good attendance and handed in my final last week. Oh, and math will be easier than cutting through a cake cause he gave us a practice exam last week and I finish it in under an hour, only getting like two wrong. Geez, I sound kind of narcissistic, but when it comes to test and mathematics, I can be.

Anyway, over 240 kids of AIP supposedly didn't get scheduled, and that could mess up everyone's schedule. Guess which luckily son-of-a-bithces schedule got fucked. Mine. I was supposed to have 2D animation for game art on Monday morning, but now I have digital imagime manipulation on Wednesday mornings. I have bi-polar feelings on this. On one hand, I don't have 2D game art and character and object animation in the same quarter. I heard they're both a lot of work, so splitting them up is beneficial I guess. However, I have a Wednesday evening class, so I go to AIP in the morning, and then either walk home in the cold or stay there for six hours, which is possible, I could just bring work from other classes and get it done with like no distractions. I just wish I knew how they decided on whose schedule they are going to change. I mean I was down the first day of scheduling with the advisor and mine still got fucked like a bitch in state prison. So I may not be bombarded by work now, but I have to get up early on Wednesday, only to find myself leaving again to AIP for a fucking geometry class. I think I'll be fine; people here say I have an insane work ethic or whatever they used. I mean, hey, look, I just typed up this long entry for no particular reason. But hell no am I proofreading it...

THE END!!!

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7210888/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7210888/ Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:07:36 PST
Mood: *Yawn*
Listening to: DDR stuff
Reading: My story for scriptwriting...again
Watching: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Alright...AIP had an up-all-night event yesterday. At first, a group of friends and I read ono the pamphlet that they were having a room for video games--bring your system and they'll supply the TV sort of thing. This, however, was a misprint and just totally wrong. I was a bit annoyed at first, but my friend complained and we got some stuff. So about six of us were playing Soul Calibur 3. It was real fun for a little bit, but then these freaking people just started piling in. They were so annoying! It was just too many people in such a small room. Then my one friend's copy fo Soul Calibur III got stolen, which totally sucked. I feel so bad! Luckily none of my stuff did, but that's beside the point. So at this point, my friends and I left and were really irritated with the entire event. I was saying, "Up-all-night (the name of the event) sucks and I am never going unless I actually have work to do." However, anime club had a much more organized and much bigger room for doing stuff with DDR, some imported Naruto fighting game, Super Smash Brothers Melee, Soul Calibur 3, and some other fighting games. If I would have just stayed there, I would have had a lot more fun. I'm a little annoyed that I didn't, but you live and learn I guess. Upon living, I went back to my apartment with my roommate and some friends and played some old N64 games. It would have been more fun if my eyes were pulsing from sleep deprivation. Anyway, my goal for next quarter is to:

A. Never bring anything other than schoolwork! If other people are crazy enough to bring games/systems, mooch off them.

B. Eat beforehand. The free food is almost never good at AIP events. Then again, I'm kind of picky.

C. Don't stay-up-all-night. It just isn't healthy.

Okay, on to the rest of my life...life drawing is okay. I like it, but yet I don't. The other class is doing stuff like self-portraits and hands and stuff, but we're just doing gestures and then the teacher expects us to just be able to do that stuff well. I'm a little nervous for my advance classes now, so I'm going to buy some life drawing books and look over them for advice, and hopefully they will help. I just need to practice, but the hader part is that I need to find time to practice. Color theory is fun. I have a final in like two weeks. I would scan in the projects, but they look like shit when I do, so over the break I may just photopgrah them and maybe make a montage/collage for viewing. Math and Computer Lit. don't deserve more than a sentence-mentioning in this entry. Finally, there is scriptwriting. I actually had some people read it last week and some seemed to like it. One kid died right away so he didn't like it, but this one girl, whose opinion I actually respect to a certain degree, really liked it. I just hope she finished reading and gives me her feedback so I can make any changes I want to it. It's due Friday! That class is fun though and I have the same teacher next quarter, . Anyway, that is my life. I'm still really tired from losing a whole day of sleep and the fact that I have to paint today, . Oh, and I can't wait for break. 'Twill surely be an awesome break; not too realxing but awesome nonetheless.

THE END

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7130312/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/7130312/ Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:19:28 PST
Mood: *Yawn*
Watching: Army of Darkness and some Living Dead Movies

Happy Thanksgiving everyone (who celebrates it)! I'm stuck here in my student sponsored housing. I live too far away to go home for such a short break. Instead of going to some get together and eating turkey, which I utterly hate eating, I'm staying in my room being a hermit and watching the movie marathon on the Sci-Fi channel. Since I hate turkey I'm making a steak instead. I don't know why I hate turkey; it's similar to chicken, but to me it tasted like chicken reheated in the microwave, which my tastebuds just disagree with completely. And tomorrow, I hope to get a lot of work done instead of going shopping or somehing. Oh, and not working at some store mine you, working on school shit so I'm not overwhelmed my last week. Anyway, I hope everyone else enjoys themselves on this holiday that began so many years ago.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6998267/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6998267/ Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:15:34 PST
Mood: Ah oh...
Reading: Computers Are Your Future

I'm here today in computer literacy, and life is boring as always. I checked my midterm grades; I have all A's and a B+. I am very pleased with this. I'm also happy because there are no classes on Monday, which means there is no life drawing! Now, don't get me wrong, I like life drawing, the teacher is really cool, but I'd like to go through one week without having to see an older woman or gentleman's groin area. Also, I have a projet I really need to work on for the class, so I'll have defintely get time to do it then. Color theory is pretty cool, but we have to do this project involving the Bezold Effect. I'm not sure which colors to use, but I have to buy supplies for it which will probably set me back like $10. Com. Lit., yeah, have an A in it, and I'm not doing the powerpoint project; I don't need to. Then there's math, another A, uber easy, and way too early on a Friday morning. Finally, there's my scriptwriting class, which I really like, but have a lot of work to do for it. I have to write this branching story before the quarter ends and it has to be at least thirty-five pages, but I'm already on fifteen, so I think I'll b good. It's based off of most of my Red Zeta characters, if anyone remembers though, but there's a bunch of changes and it is a little--just a little-better now. What else? Oh, yeah, anime club is getting better, we're finally working on our manga again. I'm still writing it, but at least we have a preliminary outline was what's going to be contained. I just hope I can make time to write it; I will however, defintely make time to tone it. I'm not going home for Thanksgiving, for it is my leatt favorite holiday! Everyone says, "But, Matt, you get to eat tons of good food!" but I hate turkey! Also, some people hate Christmas because they're all like, "It's just American consumerism at it's worse," but I"m like, "Well, I hate Thanksgiving cause it's American gluttony at it's worse." So there, . Anyway, those are just my opinions, so don't care about them too much. Anyway, I'm out!

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6923896/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6923896/ Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:19:19 PST
Mood: Eh...
Listening to: Nothing
Reading: Nothing
Watching: Nothing

I got Soul Calibur III, and it is awesome! I've been playing it like crazy since the day it came out. Now people say that the AI is cheap, and it totally is, but all you have to do is be cheap right back. It's not hard my babies. I bought everyone weapon and now all I have to do is buy all the items and armor for the creat-a-soul crap. Thieves, Saints, and Assassins, freaking suck though, I hate them. There's this really cheesy way to buy everything though, a sort of glitch. Anyway, school's been okay, but I lost my one notebook yesterday so I need to try and find it. Life drawing is okay. Color theory is okay. Com. Lit. sucks, I have a mid term tomorrow...argh. Math is easy and scriptwriting is fun, but the character interview project isn't coming out so good...i can't think of good answers for my character to answer. Anyway, yeah, life's goin' okay...okay...okay. Yeah, I need to find a new word that means okay...maybe mediocrely? Nah, that sounds stupid...anyway a belated Happy Halloween to everyone and yeah, have an "okay" day.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6807213/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6807213/ Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:24:50 PDT
Mood: Sleepy
Listening to: Era
Watching: Kung Fu Hustle

It's an "eh" kind of morning. Mostly, I don't want to go to computer literacy. I must be somewhat computer literate, I mean, I'm typing this up aren't I? Anyway, I just felt like posting a new J-entry. The other one seemed a bit dark to me, but in reality it kind of was supposed to be. Anyway, I've been trying to draw character concept sketches for my three games ideas and one came out okay (except for the hands and feet as always), but then I tried doing another and it totally sucked! I hate when that happens. I may post it but I don't know...sometimes people say that stuff gets stolen on DevArt so posting character designs makes me a little nervous, but *Wen-M posts their amazing stuff, so maybe I will...

Also, I'm writing this crazy story for my scriptwriting class. I have a lot of it planned out, but I still need to do the "branch". Yes, it's a branching, create-your-own-adventure story, except I'm not using I. Argh, I can't wait till Soul Calibur III comes out; it's going to eat up my life, but I won't care! BWAHAHAHAHA!!! At least it doesn't come out till next week since I have a crazy ass color theory assignment to do this week. What else? Oh, there's a Halloween party at my school, and I may go just to get out and meet people but I don't know. It would sound sad to go by myself and look really...feminine, if you know what I mean...if I go with a bunch of girls. All I have to dress up in is a Chinese kung fu-like shirt anyway, nothing special, nothing that will let me win the costume contest. Now, my friend at Duquesne is having a masqurade ball -- maybe I should go to that instead so I know at least one person...hmmm, decisions, decisions, but I do want to please my inner child by going to some Halloween gala. That sounded oddly mature...oh well. Anyway, like my sister said, I need to do whatever makes me happy. Screw those that may make fun of me cause I like and/or draw anime--when in fact I don't like it that much. Screw opinionated sons of bitches, because opinoins are neither wrong or right. Bleh...i'm just in weird stage in my life. I thought I'd like college so much more than high school...and I do...but not by much.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6764579/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6764579/ Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:19:21 PDT Mood: Sleepy
Watching: Shaun of the Dead

Okay, so my computer got fixed quicker than I thought. That's all fine and dandy. I'm quite happy about that, but damn--this friday morning math class sucks! I'm good...not even good, great in mathematics, but it is just so freaking early! Anyway, life drawing is...eh. It's not my favorite; hopefully I get a little bit better and I'll probably go to a few workshops if my grades in the class don't improve. I hate color theory though. Not cause of the teacher--who also is my life drawing teacher--she's cool, but I despise painting! Not only is gouache like 40 dollars for just the five important colors, but I just can't work with it! If I can get B average out of those two classes, I'll be happy. Com. Lit. is a joke...if I only I could have taken the test-out...test. Unfortunately that day I had to move in. Hell, there should be a test-out...test for Math 101 cause it's too freaking easy! The last think I did was freaking integration and now I'm back to factoring! AHHH!!! I do like my scriptwriting class though. I'm probably going to discover that I actually suck at writing, but I'll have fun doing it. I had to do a branching story and I did it in like two nights. It's okay, but there's a few plot holes and some needed details are absent, but at least I did it and it is on time. Hopefully my next one on conflict will be better. The only question I have now is about anime club...I have no idea what is going on with that...I couldn't go to the meeting yesterday cause it was my roommate/friend's birthday. I didn't want to upset him, cause I live witht he guy. But also, thurs. is my day off and i don't feel like going to the school for a forty-five minute meeting, but I guess I will cause I am dedicted to the manga we're designing...I will...try to...

The only thing that annoys me about AIP is that it is like high school with cigarettes and drinking. People still make fun of dorky kids for liking anime or something; they're just as close-minded and opinionated (if not more). It makes me sick when someone says, "Your draw anime, you suck." And no one admits they're wrong here...that's getting on my nerves too, but I can't give a good example of that at the moment. Just no one ever phrases things as opinions anymore; they think theirs is right and instead of stating, "I think that movie sucks" it becomes "that movie sucks and because you like it, you suck too." Sometimes they're joking, but it isn't funny to me...maybe I need to grow a sense of humor...if only I could find those seeds. But then again this is only bothering me cause I'm a bit more...not sensitive...not touchy...irritable...maybe...no wait! Modest! I think if the whole world was more modest instead of ethno and egocentric, the world would be slightly better...just 1%...but that's one important percentile. And guess what, that's just an OPINION!!! Anyway, that's my rambling and I"m sticking to it...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6626189/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6626189/ Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:40:09 PDT Mood: Pissed Off

I hate computers! The freaking LCD backlight in my laptop's monitor is dying. If I try to increase my brightness too much, it goes black. Right now it is on the lowest level of brightness. It's useable, but it's bullcrap! It's in warranty so I am sending it to Dell to get fixed, but I have this bad feeling that they are going to mess it up even more! I'm so freaking angry! I hope that I do not need my computer for any of my classes a lot within my first two or three weeks or I am going to be really really mad. So yeah, I probably won't be on for like the next month...anyway, thanks for being so supportive everyone, thanks for the 4,000 page views, . I can be such a jerk about that, I always forget to thank everyone. Anyway, thanks again and wish me luck with all of this computer shit...

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6599284/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6599284/ Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:02:26 PDT Mood: Busy-Body as always
Listening to: The Thoughts in my Head
Reading: The Gray Child
Watching: The City of Lost Children

Anyway, I finished my first quarter of AIP a week ago. I got a 3.8; I was very pleased. I hope I'm not repeating myself. Anyway, I went back home to do some relaxing, but I find that is the last thing I am doing. I am visiting friends and relatives, shopping (mostly supplies for next quarter), and working on projects for anime club and some personal ones like my short story and game ideas.

Overall, I enjoy being home, and wish I had two more weeks, but alas, I only have one. Yesterday, I hung out with one of my best friends, Matt R. And when we combine forces we become MATT SQUARED!!! BWAHAHAHA!!! Okay, nothing that crazy happens, but we rented this weird French film entitled The City of Lost Children. I enjoyed it, but it was a little on the odd side, and that's putting it lightly.

I finished proofreading my story and noticed that it needs a lot of work, but I think I can do it within the next couple of years...yes, years. I tend to think ahead...way ahead. I still need to write chapters three and four for the manga AIP's anime club is designing though. I'll probably do it tonight, but I also want to draw my nana--yes I call her nana--a picture cause she has dementia due to the fact that her water pill were giving her sodium deficiancy and her brain swelled. She's not as bad as everyone was describing her to me though. She just asks the same questions over and over--do you suffer from short-term memory loss? She sure as hell does.

I also visited my high school. My town just built a new one; I graduated right before it was finished, so the cheating juniors of last year get to be spoiled by its contemporary elegance. I talked to my art teacher. She said I progressed a lot, and that made me feel good. I scared her senior students though; that was funny.

If anyone ever wants to do an art trade with me, just ask, I'd love to. I tried this a few years (or months) and no one responded, but I thought about trying it now. I lost fifteen pounds and probably regained about twenty from being home...DAMN YOU MOM AND YOUR COOKING!!! That's enough of my random rambling...have fun with life...I am out.

]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6522662/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6522662/ Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:11:10 PDT Mood: Insane
Listening to: Random Stuff
Reading: The Gray Child
Watching: Nothing

I'm insane, and let me tell you how I know. I started a short story project a few months ago. I just wrote the last chapter tonight, and so far, it is fifty pages! Now, there's a lot of editing to do, both adding, substracting, and even multiplying, but fifty for one damn story! I'm absolutely amazed! Why am I in college for game art and design! I should have gone for writing...maybe if 3D Studio Max kicks my ballz I will. I like the story, but it needs a lot of works to become good. It is a little rushed at the end, especially since my vocabulary has died a little since my senior year. I'm just so proud of myself that I wrote something that is fifty pages! I even have inspiration for the next story. I'd like to pt this on a writing forum or something, but they would probably all think it sucks, so I don't think I am going to. I may post it hear, in fact, I already started doing so, but nobody read it...oh well. It happens. I'm got to do art for it; I only did one picture for it. I'm surprised by that. My printer is going to die from all of the printing; I finally killed my black ink cartdige and have converted to blue.

Also, I'm writing for my college's anime club's manga. It's pretty cool; to tell the truth, I lost faith in it but have regained it. I just don't know what I'm going to write. I'm not going to stress about it though; I got two weeks at home to do whatever I want! I'm so excited and I just can't hide it, I'm about to lose control and I think you better fuckin' like it! What else? Oh, I cant' wait till I freakin' move into my new apartment though at Alleghetto. As soon as I move I get to go home, . I'm so excited. I'm goin' to hang out with all dem bitches from Catty! Catty, how I thought I'd never miss you but totally have. I just hope my parents get here. Geez, if you read this, you'll prboably how my story sounds...it's a little better than this. Some parts are supposed to make no sense like Beloved's inner monalogue...in Beloved. Also, I got a B in drawing, I'm happy. An A would have been cool, but I can live with a B. THE END!!!

Vulcanized means hot-pressed . . . YES!!! ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6485195/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6485195/ Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:16:22 PDT

Mood: Relieved
Listening to: Kimi Ga Matteiru Kara
Watching: Family Guy...

Today, I had two finals . . . two very different finals. The one was in drawing. It's bad enough the teacher only gave us four projects, but then he gave us this ridiculous final. I think I did better than most people because after the test I was looking through the book for the answers, and saw that I only got like six wrong. I'll be happy with a C in the course though, but to do that, I'd have to get like a D on the final.

Then I had the Art Appreciation final . . . very easy. I don't know if I got an A, but I definitely passed. That class was easy as it was enjoyable. Some people thought it was boring as hell, and at times, it was, but I still enjoyed it.

No more test, . I just have some projects to do now that I am way ahead of. I am so happy, . I should be good. If I make the Dean's list, I'll be happy, but I don't want to get my hopes up. Damn you drawing! I had a hard teacher supposedly, but whatever.

Also, I have a really cool idea for a picture. Yeah, my latest wasn't my greatest. I just wanted to get something up instead of chapter 2 of my short story since no one seems to be reading that. Maybe I should try a writing forum . . . I'm just afraid they'll be ungodly critical there. A little crticism is good, but when it gets to the point where the person is calling it shit and not giving any suggestions on how to fix it, then it isn't even criticism. It's just hate. Anyway, I'm out; hope everyone has an awesome break...I'll try to. Peace,

Vulcanized means hot-pressed . . . YES!!! ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6424107/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6424107/ Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:08:24 PDT
Mood: Relaxed
Listening to: Mizérable
Reading: A History of Western Art: 4th Edition
Watching: Anchorman: Wake-Up Ron Burgundy

Okay, it's labor day and the beginning of week nine at college. I only have one more and then a short little break. I'm going to have to stay till Sunday after my last class on Friday next week though cause I'm moving out of my apartment . . . hopefully. Right now I'm reading my Art Appreciation book, preparing for the final like a good scholar. I also have to review for the drawing final. I'm a bit nervous for that one oddly. I'm just happy we didn't have any classes today. I did the Fundamentals of Design project that is due tomorrow like last week; I'm not overly happy with it. It just catches me as boring, but I can't do anything crazy cause she had to okay it. We're starting a new one tomorrow--in color possibly! I'm excited for some reason, and I can't wait to go back to class. That's so strange. Um, in perspective we're drawing interior rooms. I'm going to do a Japanese themed room; it's going to be a struggle, but hopefully it will come out okay. As long as I do it and it looks half-decent, the teacher will like it. What else . . . I have to do my drawing project on Wednesday and finish it. It isn't due till next Monday, but I am totally going to finish then. I don't even think I'll go to anime club, which is rare for me. I like anime club and all, but I'm not sure what's going on. I wrote two chapters for the manga, but we haven't even drawn out chapter 1 yet so I can't really start drawing but I wonder if *shinigami-sama liked it or not. What else? Oh, I'm done with my game board for intro to game art and design class. I'm a bit nervous it's going to be a little too hard to win. I have extreme twists in the one part of the game. Also, I may need to add something to my directions about ties.

BEJEWELED 2 DELUXE AND BOOKWORM RULE!!! ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6389476/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6389476/ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:02:45 PDT
Mood: Nervous
Listening to: Black Stone
Reading: Drawing from Observation by Brian Curtis
Watching: Kung Fu Hustle

This is what is going on in my ridiculous life. My roommate has this habit of staying up till all hours of the night playing RPGs on the Internet. This doesn't bother too much, but then he does it with a communicator headset and talks to his friends. This annoys the shit out of me. Other than this, he doesn't really bother me--a little opinionated, apathetic, and self-contained but tolerable. I'm mostly bothered because I am a light sleeper and like to go to bed before one in the morning. See, I had to fill out this survery, and I put I was a night person. That was totally incorrect! I am a morning person to the max! I thought I was night but then I met this kid who can stay up till six playing MMORPGs like Rose. So, yeah, I need to move. I was going to tolerate it for one more quarter but after he stayed up till six and kept me up, I was like--F@$% THIS!!!

Next, anime club is fun. We're trying to win this contest sponsored by Tokyo Pop. I think our idea is good and since we're all art students, the quality will be high, but I don't want to get my hopes up. The higher you get yours hopes up, the farther they fall and smash into the Earth like a comet. Also, I'm a bit of a pessimist. I'm doing the writing and toning. Hopefully I can handle that and my schoolwork. I think I will though. I'm done with almost all of my crap. Right now, I'm working on a board game based off A Clockwork Orange. It's a little silly, but fun to make; hopefully, it will be more fun to play.

That's about it. Pretty much, I'm trying to move into another room with this one kid from college. Hopefully we can tolarate each other. I think we'll have no problem, but you never know...pessimistic thoughts once again.

Lean beef smells horrible while you cook it... ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6310038/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6310038/ Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:53:00 PDT
Mood: Tired...
Listening to: Skulk by Echo Image
Reading: Drawing from Observation by Brian Curtis
Watching: Kung Fu Hustle

Well, last week I was a little bored. Now I'm not; I have like a lot of projects to do, which I will do in the next couple of days. There is my drawing project in which I need to draw my sunglasses and TWO pieces of crumbled up paper. Then I have to do this massive value collage of this weird looking old lady. It's fun but a pain in the ass. Then I have to make a board game; my subject is A Clockwork Orange. I have some time for that one though, so I'm not worrying about it...Finally, I need to emulate this one painting by Salvador Dali entitled "Madonna" for a different class called Art Appreciation...so yeah, I'm going to be busy, plus I'm in the anime club, plus I'm going to probably have to do my perspective project, but I'll probably finish that in class. Anyway, people, wish me luck...WEE...at least I have off tomorrow...i do have an anime club meeting but that doesn't count...oh and I got my schedule for next quarter and I actually like it...i only have one morning class, the rest are afternoons which is awesome for me, . WEE!!!

I'll put this in my footer: I like feet... ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6275031/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/6275031/ Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:02:10 PDT . ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/5962038/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/5962038/ Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:47:35 PDT . ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/5670266/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/5670266/ Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:41:06 PDT
Also, on Saturday, I'm going to the beach with some friends. Like college, I'm exicted about that, but there was a shark attack recently and some kid from a school near mine got hit by a DUI driver. I'm not too worried about that though, because I'm optimistic when it comes to things like that. I am, however, pessimistic when it comes to my future with school and occupations and stuff. Anyway, I doubt I'll be doing any art lately; I'll be too busy getting ready for college. Um...that's about it for now...THE END of my rambling, . ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/5447856/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/5447856/ Tue, 24 May 2005 12:18:27 PDT almost suicidal. It went really fast though; I hope college is good doesn't go this fast, but it will. I'm going to The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. I'm nervous because sometimes I dont' feel that I'm talented enough to succeed, but my art teacher has faith in me. I'll be submitting some new stuff soon; mostly character designs and graphic design stuff. I may do some abstract stuff too. Anyway, thank you to all of those you go through my gallery and comment, . ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/5303288/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/5303288/ Sun, 08 May 2005 14:55:30 PDT . ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4711502/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4711502/ Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:43:28 PST School

Calculus--Nothing bad. I have a big test on derivatives coming up, and I have to do a presentation on a word problem involving rates tomorrow.

English--Okay. We're starting 17th century poets. Half the class is studying cavalier and the other is studying metaphysical. I'm studying cavalier. Mine is easy-to-understand but annoyingly long. It's entitled, "Corrina's Going A-Maying". It seems to me it is just about a guy asking a girl out to frolic in the fields because he knows the two of them aren't going to live forever. The end.

CDII--Pretty good. We're starting a project in which we pick an artist and have to paint a desk in relation to the artist's style. I'm doing Piet Mondrian. I have good ideas; I just hope I can do them properly.

World Cultures--eh...I have a test on the Byzantine Empire...the end! My mosaic looks cool though, .

Crafts--My papier mache animal looks pretty neat now that I'm painting it. I just hope I don't mess it up or something, .

Creative Writing--we just finished our song lyric analyses. Now we're doing ballad stanzas.

Other

Work's been letting up, so hopefully I'll have more time to do my digital work that I love doing so much. Right now I have a cool game idea, but need to find time to create all the characters and plot and so forth. Also, I got Tekken 5 for PS2. It's fun, but I kind of stink at it. I'm not as good as I'd like to be. My fav. characters or Ling Xiaoyou and NIna Williams. The Williams sisters have good, funny endings. I didn't like Lee Chaolan or Heihachi's this time around. Jin's was stupid too. Asuka's was pretty funny. Anyway, it's a fun game. What else? I don't know why I write so much in this journal. Anyway, that's the end... ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4531276/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4531276/ Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:30:03 PST The Stranger . It's kind of odd. To me, the main character just seems to not care about anything emotionally and just observes his surroundings with an unbiased point of view. Then I have C.D. II. We're doing animations. I like mine so far, but it is getting crazy! I just hope I can finish it. Then, I have a study hall instead of sociology, which makes me happy. I liked sociology, but it was kind of boring. In world cultures, we just finished the Roman Empire; next is the Byzantine Empire. Then I have lunch. After that I have a crafts class that my art teacher really wanted me to take. Right now, we're making papier mache animals--a mixture of 2-3. I like mine; it's a chameleon mixed with a bee with crocodile/alligator teeth. Then I have creative writing. We're writing haiku. Haiku's easy, but I like it. If I get time I should illustrate and post some of my haiku. That's my school life right now...and pretty much the only thing going on in Mattland. Oh, but freaking work sucks, because I work almost every weekend, and it gets really busy at work around Valentine's Day... ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4402118/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4402118/ Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:48:42 PST 7 (the channel with school delays and stuff for my area) and I had off. I was totally surprised too because it didn't look that bad out. After that I went back to bed, but when I woke up I played Resident Evil 4 for a bit. I got to chapter 3. I wonder how many there are. I just got passed this room with like ten crazy guys in it. What I like about this one is that there isn't a lot of backtracking. There's a little, but not too much. Also, fighting all the different enemies is fun; I hope I can get cool weapons with infinite ammo and kick all their asses!!! I don't like how you have to watch after Ashley though...that can get annoying. What else? Oh, it just started to snow here again or so says my mom. All I have to do today is work on some Powerpoint that isn't due for like a week. Also, I think I'm going to make a new Deviant ID. My last two were rather shabby. Well, I'm going to out to eat with my parents soon in the snow...great. ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4384205/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4384205/ Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:07:01 PST . I just hope I get off Monday/Tuesday, . ]]> ~mattrified http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4223607/ http://mattrified.deviantart.com/journal/4223607/ Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:01:40 PST . ]]> ~mattrified