GOD THIS HEAT!!!

I don’t know about you, but the amount of heat generated by the collection of electrical equipment I surround myself with is sometimes tiring The ‘heat’ is also being applied at University now with the assignments piling up! It’s all cool though;) I’ve spent more time doing some character art for the Z-Brush assignment which I hope to start modelling this week, another good chunk of life drawing was done to. Another highlight was playing the Mass Effect 3 demo. I was really psyched about it, although this was probably a bad idea. I really want to play the full game but with the assignments we’ve been dished out, I probably won’t have the time:( I’ll get to it eventually… It looked good in 3D though

Another video was released onto youtube from FZD, so thanks to them. It’s funny though, at the end of each video he says the next one will be on something specific and then the video comes its something completely unrelated:D

Work, Work!

Warcraft 3 reference ftw!

Been a busy start to the 2nd week of university. I’ve threw some time towards quickly creating some concepts for the Z-Brush assignment, ontop of which I created one of the Orthographics that are required. Roughly 7 hours has also been spent doing life drawing, most of which is optional or my own time. Due to this I think I’ve made a great dent into the assignment. I now have triple the amount of life drawing work then what I would have done if I only attended the compulsory session. Alot of the work is also in A2 format which means I can’t really post it until I get a new battery for my SLR; so, for now, I’ll post what A3 stuff I do.

Grades WOOT!

Week one, Semester 2 is drawing to a close, so what happened? We received a Z-Brush assignment, and a small level design task with the rest of this weeks lessons being an introduction to their respective modules. Good thing is that the only solid assignment that was dished out was the Z-Brush one with other assignments to follow in 2-3 weeks meaning that I can hopefully make a good headstart on the Z-Brush assignment. So I’ve started with some silhouettes and some concepts, I’ve also had abit of a dabble in Z-Brush getting used to Z-Spheres and trying to sculpt some base anatomy.

Today I also received my Semester 1 Grades and I’m immensely happy with what I attained. I achieved ‘A’ (1st) in all 3 of the Semester 1 modules averaging out at ~84-85% overall, so yeah an ace result, I hope all my peers achieved the result they wanted to and I look forward to trying to maintain that result through Semester 2. I’ve also added myself to LinkedIn, you can add me via my profile here :- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lance-wilkinson/47/912/631

4,000 views and back @ uni!

Earlier today my site/blog tipped the 4,000 view mark, which I’m overjoyed about:D A great achievement considering it was only constructed in mid October.

Today also saw the return to University after a 3 week semester break. We received 2 assignments briefs related to life drawing and Z-brush, which I’m really psyched about So it’s time to go back into focus mode and get a decent start on this work>:D

Time for a game…or two:D

The last few days I’ve spent largely in bed… which is awesome… I have however found time to churn out some doodles and stuff.

I’ve also had an urge to play some games, so I’ve re-downloaded Battlefield 3 and borrowed the new Resident Evil:Revelations + 3DS off my friend Dave (https://Davidrobertholt.wordpress.com). So for a couple of hours per day this week I can play some games again:D I’m also contemplating picking up Final Fantasy XIII-2, purely because of all the positive hype coming from reviews… I’m still mindful of the recent train-wreck that was FFXIII though.

Lastly, Disney Interactive have opened their doors for the annual internship. A CV, application and video game pitch is what they’re asking for, the chosen student will then have to live in London for 12 months and gets to work at their studio on Hammersmith. I have some solid idea’s, a decent CV and have filled out a majority of the application… but the financing of a years living in London is the only thing deterring me… The closing date is the end of March… so I have some time to think I guess.

 

Happy days!

Last few days has been a big chilling session for me, rarely touching any ‘art’ software and instead watching some Twitch.TV, specifically Michael_1985 and listening to some awesome music by Danny Baranowsky, the gent responsible for the ‘Super Meat Boy’ and ‘Binding of Isaac’ soundtracks. Give these guys some love as they both have some awesome content!

It wouldn’t be an update if I didn’t have some artwork to show… here are 2 quick images I did today and yesterday…

 

In the meantime…

It’s cool having time away from university assignments but I actually can’t wait to get stuck into the next semester, I enjoy the focus the assignments give me.

In the mean time I’ve kept myself busy by trying to learn new things aswell as go over some of the stuff I did last semester to be sure it’s stuck. I’ve had a quick attempt at using Z-brush and started another 3D UDK scene, which I’m hoping to continue in my spare time. On top of that I’ve found some time to do some 2D photoshop stuff and even write a review on my new Wacom Cintiq 24HD now that I’ve had some quality time with it.

Wacom Cintiq 24HD Review

Introduction

Back in September 2011 Wacom unveiled the Cintiq 24HD which was to be the flagship tablet for the company and to run alongside the 12wx and 21ux. 4 years have passed since the release of the previous top dog, the Wacom Cintiq 21ux, so how have Wacom invested their time into this new unit?… Read the rest of the Review here : Wacom Cintiq 24HD Review

Time for a break :D

Assignments submitted, great birthday and a 3 week vacation, what a great week:D AND to top it all off my Wacom Cintiq 24HD arrived:)

Anyone who has any type of deadline will understand how liberating it feels to have work handed in on time, you feel alot lighter^^ So now I have 3 weeks off in which I will probably just keep practising and get used to my new Wacom. First impressions of the new Wacom are great, BIG, heavy, well constructed and super responsive. I’ve had a few people on forums ask me to do a review, I might in a week once I’ve had a decent amount of time with it. I’m also looking forward to our set of modules next semester which include Z-Brush and a level design group based assignment, which I do look forward to.

 

Submission week

This week is submission week, the week all my semester one assignments are due to be handed in. My time recently has been spent doing essays and just fine tuning my assignments before the hand in date. It’s going to be nice to have 3 weeks to do my own thing and play with my new toy (hopefully arriving tomorrow^^).

Also a new episode of Design Cinema has arrived thanks to the people over at FZDSchool. Watch it below.

7 days left!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Not been doing a great deal of picture art over the last week. I have however been doing essays… everyone’s favorite… also been doing some texture work for my UDK scene which is now finished:D Infact I’ve just got the essays and a single image to touch up and that all my assignments done for this semester!

There is now 7 days left and all my year 2, semester 1 assignments will be out of the way AND only 8 days until my birthday:D

I am contemplating treating myself to a Wacom Cintiq 24HD as my current Trust TB-7300 is starting to show its age:/ that, and I have abit of a fetish for monitors!

January will hopefully abit of a relaxing month for me, with a good chunk of time between semester 1 and 2 to concentrate on some personal work or trying something new, like Z-Brush.