HUGE update

alright, its been pretty much forever since I touched this blog which is sad.  And honestly the only reason I'm updating it now is because its 6:11 am and I can't sleep and I'm meeting a friend in like an hour and a half for breakfast so there's no point in sleeping.

anyways, life has been pretty hectic....I'm now in 4th term at VFS and trying to juggle school and a social life (which I think I'm managing pretty well for the most part).  We have presentations on friday to show off out demo reel progress....which I think I'm kinda behind in...but its ok I'll be fine don't panic.  Here's a couple images from the stuff I've been doing with the demo:

This is Tubby, the main character.

And this is a render test from my 3D animatic 

Aside from that...here's some random other work I've been doing since my last blog post:

This is an assignment for lighting class....all I did was the lighting

 This was the first character model and texture we did in term 2, beatrice...we all really hate her

 A bunch of props for the Beatrice scene I modeled and textured...this one's a gravestone

 ....horse stuffed toy

...stuffed rabbit

 ...curtains, pillows and wooden floor

....stuffed teddy bear

 This is a model of Cheetarah that I did for term 3 modeling class

 This is an animation done for term 2 

aaaand there's a bunch more but nothing I really feel the need to show right now...if I find something else worthy of the blog I will upload it laterz.  Right now I'm pretty much focusing on my demo reel, I finished modeling the character obviously, also finished the rigging (rigged and re-rigged like 97 times) and I'm just finishing up the weighting. Already shot some reference footage for most of the animation so I'll be starting to animate either today or tomorrow and will hopefully have some stuff blocked out for the presentation on friday :)

Aside from school....I've been looking into getting a job...probably not the best of plans but hey, there comes a time when its either get a job or live in a cardboard box, and I have to think of what is best for waffles, who has become a cuddling beast. anywho, I'm applying to a few restaurants and bars out here since I figure its the best way to make a good amount of money without having to work insanely. There's one bar I'm hoping to get in at thats opening in January, called ExpBar...basically its a gaming bar...you go and drink and play xbox, pretty much the story of my life so it would kinda be perfect.

Speaking of gaming, for all those interested, I have recently played and would recommend Deus Ex: Human revolution, Gear of war 3, Space Marine (the greatest part of this game is the random "Spaayyyce Mareeeeeens!" that you hear about every 5 minutes...always makes me laugh) Batman Arkham City, Dead Island, Battlefield 3, Uncharted 3 (if you have a playstation obviously) and of course....Skyrim!!! Which is too awesome for words.  Anyone wanting any info or review on any of those hit me up :)

Alright its now 7....I feel like i could probably go shower and get ready for a full day of work now.  Been pretty awesome updating this! I will definitely try to do it more often in the future (I know I've said that before)

also side note: I really miss everyone back home! <3