http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:talster&section=today deviantART RSS for by:talster en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:57:40 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/20791039/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/20791039/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:23:47 PDT *Worked as an animator at IBM, fantastic place and work experience.
*Became a senior at SUNY Oneonta.
*Attended SIGGRAPH 08, it rocked!
*Will be studying abroad in Fukuoka, Japan this coming Spring 09
*I'm dating the love of my life

]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/15924077/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/15924077/ Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:29:03 PST
It's not quite yet the New Year's, but I've got some New Year's resolutions I intend to put down from here on out. It's time to get serious. When I stopped playing video games seriously (from maybe 15 hours a week to 1 or less) just before the summer began I thought I was imposing a strong and harsh limit on myself for the sake of (artistic) improvement. Now I realize that it was (1) not especially meaningful in the way I'd hoped and (2) I need to do way much more.

I consider my love for video games an addiction. At one time I would sit down, and I would play, and I would not stop for food, drink or sleep unless I could see morning light through the window. My art, my health and my grades suffered. Luckily my friendships, while limited in number, did not "suffer" as such and in fact my friends were my saving grace. They would encourage me to leave my room, having some fun with real people, and do things that really enriched my life. I think games are an amazing medium for creativity and expression, but to wallow in that amazingness to the point where it shuts everything else out of your life is a path I do not want to set down on ever again. I have amazing friends and family, and I have seen amazing things, and I have come to realize that playing video games will not bring me closer to the amazing people and things in the world around me.

This semester I dedicated myself seriously and thoroughly. As my first semester in a new school, I decided to get really involved (something I had never done anywhere). I became the President of my school's Computer Art club and joined my hall government as Treasurer. I also got involved with the theater program at my school and I will be in a small theater performance this Saturday. I have met about as many people at Oneonta in 4 months as I had in 4 semesters at Binghamton. I haven't received back my grades or completed all my courses to completion (there are still finals and critique sessions to be done next week) but I know roughly that my grades this semester have been pretty decent (above a 3.0 so very likely B+ to A- range). I have done these things and that's on top of getting Tendinitis and being on crutches for a couple months, visiting my girlfriend about every 2 weeks (a 2 hour's drive away) and keeping a small part time job.

Being around more people in digital art and especially around professors that teach it has really enriched and influenced my views and ideas on becoming a digital artist. Now so more than ever I want to recommit myself and improve. That means some more changes. Next semester some things are set in stone, so I will work with them as I can. For example, I'll be living with the same roommate as from this semester, so I'm guaranteed peace in my dorm room (God bless him) but I'll have to stick to a more normal sleeping schedule (neither a consistent early to sleep early to rise, nor a ridiculous 'today I'll go to sleep at 5AM and tomorrow I'll go to sleep at 7PM'. Another example, my girlfriend will be studying abroad, so I'll be spending more time at my college than ever before. I'll be able to visit home perhaps, or see some of my best friends going to other universities.

Things being as they have been, I have decided that I must start doing the right things now so that I may learn, grown and improve artistically. I think being on the eBoard or at least actively involved with my school's Computer Art club has been a great step in the right direction. Being on the eBoard grants me the responsibility to ensure that the club reinforces and encourages the things I think it should do for me as well as others in the club. It's very exciting and invigorating to be hanging out and working with others that share the same ideals, goals and interests. We're pushing members who are interested (like myself) to draw more, and to get the creative sides of our brains engaged.

Something that I used to do plenty and have been doing less of lately is browsing here on DeviantArt. I love it here, I feel accepted and comfortable. I'm inspired and I'm drawn in to the rich world of ideas and imagination. That said, for what I have done so far on DA, my time here is done. This is not a decision I've come to simply, and it involves a few factors. To those who've gotten this far, thanks, and I hope you find my reasoning interesting and/or meaningful. To start off with, I've never really had any confidence in my creativity. When I talk about creativity I mean originality, spark and something that is unique to me. I want to have my ideas speak out and inspire people. Right now I feel like I don't have a voice in that way. Skill, on the other hand, is something I've always known I could hone, and my drawing technique has certainly improved over these pas... ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/14305329/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/14305329/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:38:47 PDT
This Sunday I'll be heading up to SUNY Oneonta where I will be studying Computer Art. I hope to learn a lot, make lots of friends and become a better artist and person. As many say, I can't believe its the end of the summer . . . but I can't wait until school starts!

~ Talster

PS: I'm thinking about creating a new gallery page, either on DeviantArt or my own personal website . . . anyone have any suggestions or helpful advice?

]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/13118079/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/13118079/ Sun, 27 May 2007 21:18:46 PDT
I'll be in Japan this summer from June 12 till August 12.

Please check out my new traditional art account at [link]

Note me or post on my page requests if you want to see something visualized in Flash, Photoshop or 3D Studio Max.

~ Talster

]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/12010733/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/12010733/ Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:37:54 PST

Haven't been updating much since this semester began, though I plan on submitting more. I've been doing a lot of reading and studying, for both college courses and 3D self-ed. All in all it's hard work, I'm having a hard time finding time for R&R. On that note, I'm going to find a cozy corner of the library to sleep in, and then go back to class in a bit. Hope you guys are all doing well ~ Talster

Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/11497576/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/11497576/ Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:42:36 PST

Tonight's the last night of my vacation at home. I'm dropping my stuff at school tomorrow and then spending the night over at lily's before heading back to school for good. It's been a good break, I've gotten to learn a lot of things and have a good mix of fun and relaxation. I'm also getting along with my parents a lot better, defying the laws of the universe it seems.

I want to thank everyone that has been offering encouragement, advice and support since I started learning 3D at the beginning of my vacation, exactly a month ago. I want to thank kaas, 3danimationgroup, Joe P and and M Hirshon, you guys have really helped me get started. I'm planning on posting some 'finished' 3D works soon after I complete a couple more tutorials (the one I'm going through right now covers quad modeling a head). If I get any requests, I'll put up some of my WIP in the scraps gallery.

~ Talster

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Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/11110945/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/11110945/ Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:13:40 PST

I started learning 3DSMax with the software a few hours ago. I like it already. My goal is to study 3DSMax for 3 hours every day from now on until I finish a portfolio, which needs to be finished by March. Since I've never tried 3DSMax before, or any 3D software at all, I'm not sure how things will turn out, but I'm going to do my best. If I learn 3DSMax well enough and can make a great portfolio by March, I have a chance at getting into my dream school so I can study Computer Animation as a major. Wish me luck!

~ Talster

PS: Oh, and if you know 3D and want to throw me any advice or pointers, please go right ahead! I'll take all the support I can ^_^

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Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/10376582/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/10376582/ Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:29:25 PDT

Yup, still here.

~ T

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Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/9794447/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/9794447/ Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:31:33 PDT

Mood: Relaxed

Can't believe I'm in my last bit of free time for the summer. My Boston tech camp job went very successfully, and I can't wait to show you guys my newest Flash adventures. This Friday I head back to Binghamton for school, and I'm going to make time for lots of digital work . . . heres that never ending list of stuff I'm planning on putting time into:

- Flash
- Martial Arts
- Swimming
- String Bass
- Running
- Game Design Studio

Life is rediculously happy for me . . . yeah, I can't really put it down into words. I'm happy with my life

~ T

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Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/9649263/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/9649263/ Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:58:15 PDT

Mood: Hanging in there!

This summer has been pretty fantastic so far. I've upgraded my actionscripting knowledge many times over, I've several games in the works, and I can answer virtually any question pertaining to flash's graphical interface. I've upgraded my technological assets; I have a scanner and a tablet now. Unfortunately my Canon Powershot A95 broke down unexpectedly, and it was only just over a year old too. All that said, this job really takes the energy outta ya, so I'll be looking forward to sleeping in early, doing my own work, and managing my own time.

I'm intending to make flash software for people this coming year for small fees. Small interactives, study guides for any subject, presentations for class projects and specialty calculators are what I'm thinking people might have the greatest interest in, but I'll really make anything in Flash for people. If you're working on an animation project and need some Actionscript support, let me know. If you're a pro with Actionscript but need that extra boost of animation power, I'd be glad to assist.

In terms of what's coming up this year I have some things I'd like to put some time into:
Swimming, Tae Kwon Do, violin, string bass, OCCT monitor work, OCCT training, sleeping, cooking and eating right. I also want to give a lot of time to my friends, all of which are incredibly talented and considerate. I can't wait to go back to school!

~ Talster

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Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/9068019/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/9068019/ Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:02:09 PDT

Mood: Crazy Happy

Thursday to PA
Sunday to NY
Monday to MA

It's crazy haha . . .but I'm getting lots of animations done . . . Been hanging a lot with my best bud

~ Talster

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Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8920650/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8920650/ Tue, 30 May 2006 12:39:36 PDT

Mood: Excited!

Submitting my newest release of my Phonetics flash software just now. I'm pretty proud of it, even though as I now think of it, the interface really doesnt have any traditional menus or a main screen.

Had a great time at Anime Boston this past weekend, I'll update later to tell you fellas more about it, and maybe I'll even upload some Con photos.

Going to Pennsylvania tonite to visit . I plan on doing some awesome artwork with her and just having an general all-around awesome time, as she knows better than anyone else how to have fun

Hope you guys are all enjoying the hot summery weather ~

~ T

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Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8723220/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8723220/ Tue, 09 May 2006 17:17:33 PDT

Mood: Positive

I've been tagged by =cdaile so I'll give in to the madness hehe.

rules: the 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits/things about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a journal about their 6 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. in the end, you need to choose the next 6 people to be tagged and list their names.
Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their devpage comments and tell them to read yours.

1. I dream lucid dreams most nights.

2. I will eat all the yogurt first in a Fruit on the Bottom yogurt. Then I will proceed to eat all the fruit filling last.

3. I really dont like to be tickled, and for the most part I can resist the temptation to laugh when people try to tickle me.

4. I laugh when I'm in pain. You'd think I was having a blast if you twisted my arm, but honestly I don't have the reflex to scream or cry out when hurt.

5. I can stop all verbal thoughts, which helps when I want to go to sleep, even if I'm not tired. It's like putting a blindfold on, except it blocks your thoughts, not your vision.

6. I don't enjoy political, religious or ethical debating. I'm very personal about my philosophies and as such I tend to only share them with my family or close friends, and even at that quite rarely.

I'm not quite sure how high up on the weirdometer those facts are, but they'll have to suffice for now. I'll have to tag some people now, so I'm going to purposefully find people that don't have tag messages up already hehe: By the powers invested in me by DeviantArt, I hereby tag ~ate, ~sunlily, ~CrimsonWalker, ~elauzel, ~Zerathos and ~lonesomeblade

I'm halfway through my final prep week. Next week I have my finals, and then I'm done with school until the fall.

~ T

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Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8694027/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8694027/ Sat, 06 May 2006 18:44:52 PDT

Mood: Super Productive!

Ever get to Saturday and already feel like it's Sunday?

Finished my gift for

Working on so much schoolwork and flashwork that its making my brain go into hyperdrive hehe. I need to sleeeeep to recharge my batteries, or else I'm gonna burn out, I know it for sure.

Hope everyone's doing great ~

~ T

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Clubs I either watch or belong to: ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8654612/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8654612/ Tue, 02 May 2006 17:23:50 PDT

Mood: Productive

Not sleeping too much lately, but the end of the semester is almost here, and my creativity is at a pretty high level. So is my allergy medication, but it doesnt seem to be stopping the allergies.

Aaaaaaanyways, I crafted a new avatar this morning, its based of the triforce from Zelda. Maybe I'll upload a flash version, because that's what I made it in . . . I wonder if most people know that they can craft GIF's entirely in Flash, without ever having to fool around with Imageready or any other GIF maker . . . that being said, they still help a bit. I used Imageready to 'resave' my animation 'for the web.' I think it shaved off a kilobyte off the filesize, but being that it was already 8 kilobytes, I don't think it mattered. I think I'll prolly tinker around with the avatar animation, its going to be a while before I can deem it sufficient (now you know why I've avoided uploading an animated avatar hehe)

I'm planning lots of 'educational' flash software, including a lot of Japanese study material, and I'm also finishing up a Vowel Interactive, which is probably about 75% done. I uploaded a screenshot of it yesterday I believe.

I'm working on one animation request in gratitude for 's fantastic vector tutorial.

Soon I'll be opening up for commissions and requests from anyone to make study flashes. Don't worry if you're a starving artist as I might very well just ask for a piece of art in exchange for flash software I can craft for you.

After the next two weeks I'll have 1 month free to make as much Flash content as my heart desires, before I go off to teach Flash in Boston.

Peace all ~

~ T

Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8600942/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8600942/ Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:07:19 PDT

Have a speaking test for japanese class in one hour. hopefully I'll do alright I'm sneaking in moments here and there to work more on my animations, and I'm working to upload the next version of the Phonetics Diagram, as well as the Phonetics Diagram: Vowel Version. I'll put up some featured artists later today. Hope everyones having an enjoyable spring, it sure is beautiful in NY. peace ~

~ T

Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8481362/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8481362/ Sat, 15 Apr 2006 17:44:30 PDT

Personal Top Favorite Comic Style Deviants (Feature-ish):


Had a small vacation for the Easter/Passover break, my school is really funny with vacation times. I've been working like a little elf the last few days to make up work that I missed while under the flu. I made an excuse for myself to make something to submit to DeviantArt today, so I'm real happy bout that.

I've had my subscription for a year now, just replaced it as well. 4 More weeks of school and I'm off for the summer, though I'll be going to Boston to work in June, so it won't be a completely vegetable vacation hehe.

Lots of flash projects on my mind, but unless I can come up with a rational (as in incorporating the ideas with my coursework), I'll have to leave most of 'em on the backburner. My apologies for not updating much lately, I'll do my best to give you guys more in the next few weeks as I can.

~ Talster

Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8375329/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8375329/ Wed, 05 Apr 2006 15:36:25 PDT III Best Friend III Mom

not much to report . . .

artistic progress in the last few weeks = regressed
academic progress in the last week = almost completely halted
attempt to keep up a social life = pitiful

i'm banking that i'll be back to my bouncy self in a few more days, though its kinda depressing trying so hard to feel better and not succeeding hehe.

things i plan on doing ASAP:

- return to martial arts classes
- recover schoolwork and get ahead
- call all my friends to say hey
- get back into my sketchbooks

~ Talster

Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8257786/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8257786/ Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:50:18 PST III Best Friend III Mom

Mood: Recovering

life's calming down a bit lately for me, which is very good. I'm upping my studying, getting my homework done early (as opposed to just in time) and eating and sleeping much more regularly. I guess this is how it should always be, though sometimes I think I wouldnt appreciate the stillness without having a lot craziness beforehand hehe.

I'm working on a lot of real-life sketches, and I'm taking a break from anything cartoon-esque (at least by hand) so I can improve my hand to eye coordination, and hopefully level up my drawing skills. It's really important to me to be able to tranfer to a good art school in the future (the next year prolly) . . . so I'll have to try my hardest at everything.

I'm trying to cut down on expenses and leisure activities . . . less smoothies from the cafe and less video games, but its hard to take away those things while simultaneously trying to do more work. I'm going to try to be very frank with myself that I really need to improve myself, and I cant do that at the rate I'd like while still participating in fun but distracting activities.

hope everyone's doing well ~

~ Talster

Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8156050/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/8156050/ Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:27:35 PST III Best Friend III Mom

Mood: Under the Weather

Why do I either find myself really happy and busy, or really bored and sick hehe? Anyways, today I'm heading to Marywood to visit for a few days. She's sick too, so we'll share the bacteria mmm-mmm goodness. I'm knowing I'm gonna be incredibly inspired by her artwork tho, you should really check her page out.

I left for break without my computer (one of my most critcal art tools, but unfortunately also one of my heaviest) so I'll have to wait till I get back this next Sunday to continue to work on the animations that I've been working on. However, 's school has computeres with Flash and Photoshop, so I may just very well cook up a few new things while there.

Hope everyone else is feeling healthier and more energetic hehe.

~ Tal

today's poor attempt at japanese: kyou boku wa genkijanai yo
translates to: "today I'm not energetic/healthy"

Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7935911/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7935911/ Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:13:40 PST Mood: Happy

My girlfriend is on DeviantArt!!!

Please give her some lovin

~ Tal <3

]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7820920/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7820920/ Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:54:16 PST
Mood: Determined

Still sick from over this past weekend, but I've a lot going for me. I started a new on-campus job, secured an interview for my summer job, and I spent a good couple days with my most special friend around the end of last week.

The studio that I belong to has changed names and DeviantArt locations. Please check out to see whats going on there. Currently, its pretty much just my material, as its the most readily available, but the plan is to showcase different people in the studio every week. I suppose it wont be perfectly methodical, but I'm shooting to put up at least 5-7 pieces there this week, which is a probably a record number for submissions by me in a week. Please check it out, as I don't intend to repost the submissions over there again on my DeviantArt here.

College Buddies


Mi Madre Best Friend


Frozensoft
[link]


My Stock
]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7776311/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7776311/ Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:58:03 PST
Mood: Drained
Listening to: Guerolito Album
Watching: Wedding Crashers

spring semester of school's going very well, though the workload is such that I'm having to stay very organized (read: in a constant state of panic hehe). I've been sneaking in time to meet with my friends like and , I also see in Japanese class, which is still great fun (watashi to ofuro ni hai-te kudasai ) and is usually in crazy work mode too, but I'm having lunch with her and tomorrow

my current plans as of now are too numerous to remember, but heres what I do:

- update mi madre's page
- update the studio's site
- 2 Vector Art Images
- Comic to Animation work

recently a good friend of mine has asked for some digital coloring assistance. please note me if you'd be interested in coloring some awesome lineart ~

~ T

College Buddies


Mi Madre Best Friend


THE Studios
[link]


My Stock
]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7340949/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7340949/ Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:33:14 PST
Mood: Relaxed

Back home from school, ready to take on some new projects. Working on some new fractals, a new music video, a website and brainstorming up a lot of other things as well. I'm intending on doing some flash tutorials, so if anyone has any suggestions for those, let me know. Peace ~

~ Talster

College Buddies


Mi Madre Best Friend


THE Studios
[link]


My Stock
]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7240981/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7240981/ Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:08:10 PST
Mood: Plugged In

My soul has been stolen. Email, call, and note me to death to revive what was once me. Until further notice, I will not be posting much (unless one asks me) and I will become a zombie. Umm, I'm really kinda half kidding. But really.

Peace ~

~ Talster

College Buddies
:sunofsamsa:

Mi Madre Best Friend


THE Studios
[link]


My Stock
]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7136903/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7136903/ Thu, 24 Nov 2005 22:22:40 PST
Mood: Content
Watching: Batman Begins

back home on vacation, its sooo good to be back. thanksgiving meal was fantastic, my pop can cook like you can't imagine. mi madre also made killer desserts. anyways, life is good, and I hope you guys are all having a good time too, whereever you might be at the moment chances should be that you'd be sleeping while I'm writing this hehe, so I'm going to sleep now too

cheers ~

~ Talster

College Buddies
:sunofsamsa:

Mi Madre Best Friend


THE Studios
[link]


My Stock
]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7059579/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7059579/ Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:00:33 PST
Mood: Positive
Watching: Dune

Prepping for a Japanese Test in the next day, wish me luck. I'm on the recovery from a martial arts injury, so I'm going to be taking it physically light for a couple more days. I'll be going to PA this weekend to visit a best friend of mine. I intend to have a good time, and not a boring one, like most of the past few weekends have been (considering all the work I've been doing, there wasn't much of a choice).

Working on some GIF inspired animations, some Nintendo themed, others more anime-ish, and of course, a few more Flash Fractals. The friend I'm visiting this weekend is one of the best artists I know, so undoubtedly I'll be inspired. I'll be bringing my sketchbook of course

I'm going to be ordering a scanner and an Ipod, though I'm not sure which brand of scanner or size of Ipod I should get. Any advice please on either?

~ Talster

College Buddies


Mi Madre


THE Studios
[link]


My Stock
]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7008542/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/7008542/ Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:32:57 PST
Mood: Optimistic
Listening to: harukakanata
Watching: Office Space

lots been on my plate lately, but I'm still hungry . . . I should start eating more meals and take less courses hehe. Just letting you guys know I'm working on new stuff, and I'll most likely update in the next day or so, got a couple deviations ready to be submitted. Let me know if you have any flash ideas that could use visualization, or if you just like to just chat ^_^

~ Talster

College Buddies



[link] - THE studios

]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6917714/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6917714/ Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:34:27 PST
Mood: Crazy Happy
Listening to: Ryuusei

Crazy busy with school lately, the assignments are piling up and the animation progress is taking a slight reduction in terms of time, except for the fact that I now have Zerathos [link] , Fingersatmytips [link] , Ate [link] and my roommate all giving me encouragement and advice with my animation work, which is helping immensely. I dunno what I'd do without these guys, they really are awesome friends.

I have a music video in the works, and I continue to do the usual crazy plotting of other animations. I may upload some fairly recent flash fractals that were very fun in the near future. Additionally, if you're still reading this, please check out my newest Deviation, its a collab I did with Zerathos. Please let us know what you think of his character design, both he and I are dying to have some dA critique, or at least a a few more opinions

~ Talster

[link] - THE studios

[link] - . . . Hand Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6815337/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6815337/ Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:37:22 PDT
Mood: Sick
Listening to: http://www.deviantart.com/view/24077393/
Watching: http://www.deviantart.com/view/24077393/

Been pretty sick . . . sleeping at all funny hours and going spaztically nocturnal. doing a lot of animation work as its slow paced and doesn't stress my brain. my throat is swollen up twice normal, so liquids are my main diet last couple days. I've decided to start doing more character animation and less 'fractals' . . . though that might not seem too sudden or different for you guys as I haven't submitted the last 10 or so flash fractals i've done hehe . . .

. . . so I may post a few of those and I'm also open to new ideas for animations, as I'm starting to feel artistically more flexible in terms of animation . . . my still arts are still coming along; taking lots of nice photos here and there, will probably post on my stock site soon too; doing well in my drawing class at school, though I feel like I'm not developing along the lines I thought I might . . .

. . . I'm tightening up my schedule - I now have 18 credits worth of classes, belong to the Taekwondo club, the Gymnastics club, and I'm starting to attend student government meetings - not to mention my band is going to be performing oncampus in the upcoming few weeks.

hows everything been on the flipside eh? see you guys around ~

~ Talster

[link] - THE studios

[link] - . . . Hand Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6729455/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6729455/ Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:13:28 PDT
Mood: Speedy
Listening to: Bach - The Art of Fugue
Watching: FF7 - Advent Children

updating updating updating!!! . . . for no apparent reason. continue as normal.

~ Talster

[link] - THE studios

[link] - . . . Hand Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6559831/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6559831/ Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:00:25 PDT
Mood: Creative
Listening to: Lazy Flies - Beck
Reading: Yanamamo by N.A. Chagnon
Watching: FF7 - Advent Children

Working hard as always - and things are good. School is going great with awesome roommate, interesting classes and many cool new friends.

Started running again a couple days ago, been doing 4 mile runs around campus. Somehow I ended up getting a creativity burst as a result and now I have 3 or 4 animations completed - i just need to construct previews and do a quick writeup for each. I also made some flashart for a friend from camp, maybe he'll post it.

Additionally, I've found some old stores of flash artwork - it's mostly a random slew of pokemon, spiderman, and other nifty things. Time permitting, I'll submit one or two of those.

Hope you guys are doing well!

~ Talster

[link] - THE studios

[link] - . . . Hand Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6454160/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6454160/ Thu, 08 Sep 2005 20:24:37 PDT
Mood: Pumped
Reading: Elementary Japanese "Genki"

Being the Japanese n00b I am, I've decided to make some simple games/quizes to help me learn Japanese - or just procrastinate and not actually do my Japanese homework. I'm limited by the fact that I'm technically a flash animator (not a programming buff) and I have only being studying Japanese for . . . .hmmm let me see . . . 8 days now. But, I'm not discouraged!

I usually don't post here about pieces already in my gallery, but I'd really like you to check out my new quiz on the basic 46 Hiragana. It is inefficient, poorly color schemed, and the Hiragana are practically scribbled into there. I planning on making a super quiz based on the feedback from this to make something really excellent that I can put some real time (more than 2 days) into. If anyone is interested in contributing anything to the process, feel free to note, comment or mail me.

All other animations are still being work on, though they certainly have the backburner. My classes are taking up a majority of my time as I acclimate to the workload.

Also, I'm looking for someone skilled with Norse mythology. . . so if you're knowledgable about that stuff and would be interested in hearing more about that project, please contact me.

Hope everyhting is good with you guys, let me know how your year is going ~

~ Talster

[link] - THE studios

[link] - . . . Hand Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6362141/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6362141/ Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:23:21 PDT
Mood: Social
Reading: Game Design Theory & Practice

I'm all moved into college and classes have started. Man, is this going to be a great year. My roommate is fantastic, my suite is fantastic . . . making lots of new friends, and my classes are interesting hehe.

In terms of animation, I am studying 3D with maya, and I'm also going to be reviewing my 3DSMax, which I haven't used in a couple years now. Flash stuff may be seconday for a week or so, as I will be focusing on classwork first.

I'm starting a band with some of my suitemates . . . and we've pimped out our suite. WITH BLACK LIGHTS W00T!

Peace dudes ~

~ Talster

[link] - THE studios

[link] - . . . Hand Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6238820/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6238820/ Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:18:55 PDT
Mood: Crazy Awesome!
Reading: Flash Gaming 2004 MX

Finished the Boston gig, man was that a great place! I loved the kids, the counselors, the software (can't complain with Flash hehe) and just the area.

Now that I'm back in Pennsylania/New York, I can start putting together some of the wild work I made while I was in Boston. I'll be accepting offers for site and animation work again, if anyone needs my services. I'll probably be dropping down a flash site beta and portfolio as well soon.

Life is great for me, I'm catching up with old friends before school starts up again, and I look forward to all the new people I am going to meet and whatnot. Hope everyone's awesome too, peace ~

~ Talster

[link] - THE studios

[link] - . . . Hand Stock ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6154265/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6154265/ Sat, 06 Aug 2005 22:43:20 PDT
~ Talster

]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6106840/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6106840/ Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:25:11 PDT
Mood: Steamlining
Listening to: From the Gagarin's Point of View

I fucking love this guy's attitude [link]

He addressed my lifelong issue with US citizen identity and my worries for dA's future with one shot.

Now I can rest in peace, put my energy back into my heart and then pour it out into raw creative material I need to make to realize my dream. Oh yEAH! Peace guys ~

~ Talster

WALKABOUT28!

THE Studies: [link]

Simple Hand Stock: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6095384/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6095384/ Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:29:18 PDT
Mood: Functioning

Not sleeping enough to think or type straight anymore, but I'm concerned about whats going on ourside our dA doors. I'm not sure if I want more to cry or more to laugh about the similarities between our situation and countries whose governments don't really represent their people very well anymore .

I want dA to stay a place of positivity, respect and creativity. I know the words 'community' and 'tranparency' have been used a lot, and frankly I'm starting to get desensitized to them. I'll do whatever it takes to keep dA in tight-fighting form, but I have to admit I'm not sure what to do. Hearing more information would clear things up a bit, but I guess that request didn't need to be reiterated.

Umm, I'll go to sleep now.

~ Talster

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6052691/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/6052691/ Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:46:27 PDT
Mood: Resiliant
Listening to: Tifa's Theme - FF7 Piano Collection

Got the DVD's today to back up my stuff now . . .

Working very hard, and camp's been going very well. Almost about to start the last session, can't believe how fast it's gone. As I've mentioned, I'm getting a huge backup of work to post, and I have to take care of updating [link] as well. [shameless plugging] Look out for the very hot Sibbles there as well, as the Sibbles.com star is part of THE's team and has decided to post some of his work up there.

Miss all my friends back home, having a great time with my friends here at my job, and I look forward to meeting many cool people this year at college.

See you around soon ~

~ Talster

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5879887/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5879887/ Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:02:26 PDT
Mood: Resiliant
Listening to: Tifa's Theme - FF7 Piano Collection

I'm well into the second session of camp and my classes have been awesome. We've gone over first person shooters, shape tweens, motion tweens, character animation, bios, stick animations, interactive animations and a lot more. I'm really proud of the campers, they learn the material so fast.

Researching more tutorials, smoothing out my animations even better. I'll be posting some of this work, probably to my scraps section, very soon. Talk to you guys soon ~

~ Talster

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5814807/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5814807/ Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:21:38 PDT
Mood: Sleepy
Listening to: E-Pro

Camp's first session just ended. I taught two classes 'Advanced Flash' for two weeks, and I'm really proud of my students. All in all, I met a lot of really cool people, and I look forward to the next three sessions.

I've made something like 30 animations in the last week or so, so I'll be uploading those to my Deviation Gallery and Scraps sections, depending on whether I want to clean some of them up or not. I've also started a few projects that have been long overdue, including a frizbee animation, another minimalistic flash wallpaper, and my last year's class yearbook.

A lot of my friends are doing a lot of traveling, and I wonder how my summer would've been different had I been not working. I'll certainly do a lot of traveling a little bit later on in life, but not too much later. It's not good to put off the good things in life too long, otherwise you might not be able to appreciate them. I'm happy where I am right now, and I am learning a lot. Peace guys,

~ Talster

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5766652/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5766652/ Sun, 26 Jun 2005 22:13:33 PDT
Mood: Out of my Mind
Listening to: Nakushita Kotoba - No Regret Life

But at least I can make .swf's of all the old work so I can see what I had done . . . but it's really a big blow. I have to invest the time to swf-ize everything, and then I have to reinstall, and then I can start on something like 20 different projects I have upcoming. It's a tight schedule, but I won't give up!

Summer going fast already, I miss lots of people, but I am making lots of new friends.

Got to play DND for the first time. Pretty trippy

~ Talster

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5718413/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5718413/ Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:39:11 PDT
Mood: Enthusiastic
Listening to: Ocean Breathes Salty - Modest Mouse
Watching: Batman Begins

Very busy in camp, but I've been able to make a lot of interesting little flash projects for and with my class. I've made a lot of really nice friends and i'm very happy here. I will be returning home to NY on Friday night for my graduation ceremony, even though I'd rather stay here in Boston uninterrupted.

Will be updating soon, please look out for more flash funtasticness

~ Talster

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5624943/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5624943/ Sun, 12 Jun 2005 07:09:59 PDT
Mood: Estatic

Tomorrow I go to Boston for my summer job.

I'll be working at Emagination Computer Camps as an instructor and counselor from June 13 to August 13. I may be able to feature work of students here, or at least I'll be signing up a lot of people here at DA .

I plan to do numerous collabs with my coworkers (some old friends and many new ones) who will be invariably skilled with art, animation, humor and all things technical.

Also, I've just recently gotten a new camera (as a present) which I'll use for snapshots to put on my site here. I say snapshots because my skil with photos is only a fraction of what I have with digital art or animation. Still, the camera is wonderful - its a Canon Powershot A95

Hope your summer works out to be awesome too! I'd love to hear your summer plans

~ Talster

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5598152/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5598152/ Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:11:46 PDT

Mood: Positive
Listening to: Nicotine and Gravy
Reading: Game Designing

DevMeet was nice, if a bit small . . . I'll just have to do another after the summer

I'm getting a lot of contacts and the project orders are coming in at breakneck speed. Some of the things on my plate:

- THE Studios Animations (top-secret)

- Frizbee Intro Animation (for camp buddy)

- Yearbook (the clock is ticking on this one )

And I've been taking photos like crazy with my new Canon Powershot A95 . . . I'll upload a few shots maybe, or just use em for photo edits.

I'll be in Boston on Monday to start my summer job, really looking forward to it.

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5503942/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5503942/ Mon, 30 May 2005 16:10:12 PDT
Mood: Cool

- Life - Just got back from summer place in Pennsylvania where I spent the weekend. All of last week was spent in the Adirondacks with my classmates, a trip which I will remember for the rest of my life. This next week will be my last week for classes, and final presentations are the week after. I'll be in Boston starting June 13, working at Emagination Computer Camps as a counselor and instructor.

- Art - I have several animations to put into frames tonite, and I have a good load of sketches to be scanned this week as well. Have to come up with a new word for my 'fractal' animations, because, well, technically they aren't fractals hehe.

- Other Plans - I'll be in Binghamton in the fall, Boston this summer . . . and I'm just crazy busy . Oh, and I have a blackbelt test on June 11th. Hows it with everyone else? Peace out dudes ~

~ Talster

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link] ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5398791/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5398791/ Thu, 19 May 2005 05:32:11 PDT
Mood: Relaxed

Starting to get some free time again, so I'm batching up some new animations, big and small, long and short, compex and simple . . . hehe yeah. Working on some new photoedits too, you guys will definitely like.

I'll be away all of next week for a hike in the Adirondacks. Chillin' a lot lately with lots of different friends, 'fore we have to leave for the summer. It'll be good to be back in Boston, I always have an awesome time there.

~ Talster

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link]

Respect to all my buddies ~

~ Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5333515/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5333515/ Wed, 11 May 2005 20:15:06 PDT
Everything's wrapping up pretty nicely, though there's a lot of work to do. I am training very hard in martial arts for my black belt test, which will be on June 11th.

Listening to a lot of good music, and finding a lot of sweet art online here at DA. I'm working on some pretty interesting photo edits featuring my school friends, and i've also been studying numerous PS tutorials.

Almost don't want the year to end, it's been so good, but I still look forward to the summer. I'm going to have an awesome time then in Boston

Simple Hand Stock: [link]

THE Studies: [link]

Respect to all my buddies ~

~ Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5241187/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5241187/ Sun, 01 May 2005 18:59:01 PDT
Mood: AWESOME
Reading: Anime Pamphlets
Watching: Kitty Grade

ANIME BOSTON ROCKED!

Yes, I was there. My passname was Darkslider. Note me if you saw me ~

~ Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5133471/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5133471/ Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:48:25 PDT
Mood: Encouraged
Listening to: Girl - Guero
Reading: The Word's Religions
Watching: Rashomon

All sorts of things are coming at me now that its the middle of the vacation, and I have to say its fun. Kinda detached lately, but it could very well just be my incessant allergies . . . who cares ?

Working on some new animations, a frizbee one, a FF7 one . . . just planning a music video (WooHoo!)

Was in NYC today with my two best friends . . . i wasn't much good for conversation, but it was the most comfortable i'd been in monthes. Keeping my eyes open for that next something . . . you guys take care ~

~ Talster

]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5078084/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5078084/ Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:24:16 PDT
Mood: Allergic
Listening to: Harukakanata
Reading: The Word's Religions
Watching: 7 Samurai

Working on some more photoshop craziness. I've been hunting a lot for good stock, mostly faces and full body pieces, to use for cool photo manipulation ideas.

Also been fiddling around with more stick figure animation. Damn, those are addictive

Been wanting to try out some serious tweening stuff, and this upcoming April vacation may just be the perfect time to do it. Also, I'm hoping to head up to Boston to hang with some friends.

I'm a bit weakened physically from my strong allergies, but martial arts is going very smoothly, and I'm shooting for a Black Belt Test in early June. Wish me luck Peace ~

~ Talster

]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5040531/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5040531/ Sat, 09 Apr 2005 07:00:04 PDT
ALSO I'm setting up a local DevMeet, so if you know me and I know you, but haven't contacted you about it, contact me. And we'll talk. Maybe you could come and join in on the fun!

Listening to: Rental Car - Beck

Having a lot of of bad luck lately, but I'm in a pretty good mood. Shall I list the things, so you can laugh? (it would really make me feel better if you did) Here we go:

1. Folks aren't letting me borrow their car any more so I can't visit my girlfriend again.
2. I fell down a flight of stairs yesterday morning.
3. Allergy season started.
4. I got kicked in the groin at practice yesterday.
5. I got into three seperate futile arguments with my folks.

That's pretty much it for the most part. But I'm looking ahead, and I'm not going to get down about any of the above.

It's a beautiful morning today. Goodluck to everyone on making the most of the day!

peace ~

Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5008373/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5008373/ Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:19:08 PDT
Listening to: Sunshine Recorder - Boards of Canada
Reading: The World's Religions
Watching: Kurosawa

just figuring out how to use this subscription to the fullest, its really nice so far, not to be plugging it or anything . . . im reading a massive amount of photoshop tutorials lately, i might put up some links soon for those who like em. have some cool marvel/naruto/martialarts ideas in the works . . .

soon ill be putting up friends and inspirations and showcase pieces, cause im crazy different like that

peace out ~

Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5001329/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/5001329/ Mon, 04 Apr 2005 19:31:25 PDT yay!

*Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4961194/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4961194/ Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:21:33 PST
debating what to do with some unfinished animations, like sasuke's, and a couple spiderman . . . ill see where the interest is. the main thing is to focus myself during my free time. the pain from my operation is pretty much gone now, and I can concentrate fully on work, even though i still cant stand solid foods, and need lots of sleep.

might not get much this weekend tho, going to be very busy with a rehearsal, a concert, and a favorite person of mine coming over to chill with me! might see some other cool friends too.

ill keep you guys in the know on my craziness. peace ~

~ Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4898835/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4898835/ Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:40:54 PST
when i get back i plan to play many video games, doodle a lot in flash, and maybe get a few photoshop projects i've been wanting to do lately.

of the past couple weeks, my internship ended perfectly, and the guys over there wished me well. makes me feel very good. and i presented a huge science research project yesterday that i'd been working on for the last month as well. it was very well recieved AND it was video taped havent yet watch it, but maybe i will before the swelling is gone haha.

you guys all have an awesome weekend, enjoy it for me, because i may just end up sleeping the whole time. or just cringing haha. peace ~

~ Talster

[EDIT 3/25/05]

Yeah, getting four of your wisdom teeth out isn't too crazy cool. I've kept to my own challenge of not taking any mind-affecting medications, and have kept it just to taking Novicane during the surgery and a few Advils every now and then after. My folks forced me to buy a prescription of Vicodin, but I threw it up into the corners of my closet, where few have the courage or insanity to venture.

A few times I thought I'd go crazy, but I've reserved a special stache of anime and movies to watch, and have been playing Diablo2Exp extensively . . . after a couple days I have a level 33 Assassin, a feat which took a few weeks playing single player when I first got the game. I haven't ventured any pieces of art, for fear of creating something REALLY morbid, but I have to do a writing assignment before the weekend is out. Might get to that tomorrow.

Hope you guys are doing good, don't worry about me, hey, the swelling might go down by tomorrow! Yay!

~ Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4801230/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4801230/ Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:44:40 PST
anyways, I'm working on some cool animation storyboards for my internship, and those have to be finished by tonite. luckily I found the time (somwheres between 3 and 6 this morning) to make up my own font. it's not in any 'real' font format, it's just a nice thing done in flash. if you want the source file, just note me. if you want to rip 'em yourself, go right ahead. i'll be coming out with some other fonts as well. handwriting on the computer is surprisingly cool. well, it's back to work for me, peace everyone ~

~ Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4743214/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4743214/ Sun, 06 Mar 2005 13:22:03 PST
~ Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4740772/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4740772/ Sun, 06 Mar 2005 07:10:35 PST
everything's going great, I'm working on some new photo edits, and have some more stick animations in the pipeline.

will be updating in the area of todayish-tomorrowish

peace out guys,

~ Talster ]]> ~talster http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4716487/ http://talster.deviantart.com/journal/4716487/ Thu, 03 Mar 2005 03:46:03 PST
~ Talster ]]> ~talster