Gargoyle's Perch

Went and saw the newest potter movie last night.  I was amazed with the number of previews that showed before it.. I think it was around 20 minutes worth.  Not complaining, just seemed like they tacked on a few extra this time.  As for the movie itself.  I liked it.  They changed a few things that made the book into a better movie.  They had to cut a lot of sub-plots, but that isn't surprising considering the weight of the book this is coming from.  They made one change at the end that I think weakened Harry's character.  Also the way the scene was shot they missed a huge chance for some of the other characters to shine.  And I was very disappointed they didn't put in the funeral.

So I say it was good, the best one that has come out yet and kept the theme of the books getting darker and darker.

So I have been negligent in posting what i have been working on lately here.  So for those who aren't  on facebook or twitter  I have posted my newest art stuff on my website here: http://www.gargoylesperch.com/3dArt.php   For those of you too lazy to hit that link  Here is the newest one from it.



Besides that there are Fairies in Armor and† fake alcohol bottles

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/pixar-up-movie-2468059-home-show

Wow.. that was a weekend.

Got to meet Jim Butcher and Seanan Mcguire in the same weekend.  Not to mention See Concerts by Vixy and Tony, and Tom Smith!    Also I picked up on another Filker I had not previously know about named S. J. Tucker. 

Got to see a Q&A with Jim Butcher.  A reading of Seanan upcoming novel (I am so buying it).  Wow.. just wow.

I will probably be going back to Duckon next year, it is a small con, but worth it.

So it is official, I get to keep working till the end of Aug, and possibly longer depending on how things go.  So that is my personal good news.

Then I found lots of cool stuff today on the nets.

First a Musical about a lonely Vampire. http://www.janahoffmann.com/angels/2009/06/04/the-loneliest-vampire/

Then we have the cool tech of the day.  Regrowing eyes: http://gizmodo.com/5277456/stem-cell-contact-lenses-cure-blindness-in-less-than-a-month

And lastly (this one is NSFW), I saw this picture: http://scottchurch.livejournal.com/767318.html  My first thought when I saw it was wow those are some nice falls.  My second thought was.. well we don't need to give that much detail.

So Happy friday everyone.

Some of these tricks are amazing.  I present you with the video highlights of US Pole Dance Championship 2009:

http://www.phillyd.tv/2009/05/07/pole-dancing-to-the-extreme/

No nudity.  but they are dancing on a pole, so you figure out if it is safe for your work.

God I wish I would have thought of this.

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=7364963

*the video trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbRuKbOSqao

So here is the video to my first public animation.  There are issues with it, which is all I really see in it now.  Let me know what you think.

Oh and while I will keep posting about the animations I am going to do in the future here, I did create a twitter feed that will only be updated when new videos go live.   www.twitter.com/gargoylesperch

Ok so I have been working on textures for liqueur bottles and thought I would share the labels with you all seeing as they probably won't be that readable in the animations, and I put some time into them.  Let me know what you think of them.

( Click to see the labels )

Ok so here is a short first render of part of the short I am working on.  This is very rough still a lot of work that has to go into it.

So below are the 2 main characters of my first short animation.  They still have a bunch of stuff the needs to be done to them before I can get them animated correctly (facial rigging so they can make expressions besides that blank stare, cloths need to be rigged to move with the character.)  Then there is still a bunch of stuff to setup in the scene it's self.  So still lots to do this week. :)

( Click to see the pics )

So I was working on a character today and really messed up his texturing. But the image really came out neat so I thought I would share.

( Cut to be nice to friend feeds )

Ok so I just finished off the second blender book I was trying to get through by the end of the month. So Huzzah I made that goal.

So now I am to the point where it is time to really create my own artwork and get some animation going. Expect random picture posts of what I am working on. I still have a lot to learn about blender, but those books have given me a fairly solid place to start from. Also I need to practice what I learned to make sure it sticks.

So today has been pretty good.

I finished all the tutorial stuff our of one of my blender books, now just reading to finish it off. It has been a blast and really eye opening just in what I am noticing around me in everyday life.

For those that don't know my company let me go at the beginning of the year. So I have had plenty of time to work on 3d modeling. I hope to actually have something to show in a month or so that I can point at and go "Look what I did". Also while I am not against the idea of a job right now, I am also not searching very activly. I have let 3 recruiters know that my resume is up for grabs and I updated my resume on Dice.com. Other then that I haven't really done anything. Needless to say I was slightly surprised when I got 3 calls today about jobs. 2 of them are far enough away that I don't think it would be worth it (one at least 45 minute commute one way, the other closer to 1 and 1/2 commute one way). The other one I think would rock. It is only a contract job, but it would be a very nice site to be able to put in my resume and brag about, not to mention it would pay really well for a few months which is always a nice bonus.

This has been a general update. It it were an emergency I probably would have used caps or something.

The cute.. wow the cute.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1890149

Tonight we are going to be watching a movie called Ice Pirates. Film starts at 7pm. If you let us know you are coming dinner is included.

Here is IMDB's write up for it
"In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and recruited to help her find her father who disappeared when he found information dangerous to the rulers. A real Space Opera with sword fights, explosions, fighting robots, monsters, bar fights and time warps."

Remember remember the 5th of november.

To commemorate this fine day we are having a viewing of V for Vendetta at our place tonight. Movie will start at 7:30 sharp. Any who can make it are welcome to.

Morning was going fine, then stupid and frustrating things happen right before a phone conference that had nothing to to with it.   Now after an animated converstation with boss... things are a bit better.  Still frustrated.. but actually have hope boss man might finally take my advice.

hm.. I am starting to think I might be a touch arrogant.  Odd.

I actually like this one so Here goes:

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you!

In Arizona for a conference, made it here safe, flights went really smoothly.. makes me a little worried that the flights home are going to be like... but hey this one was fine.

Other news.. Seems that some time this morning our Test machine crashed and burned and is not booting.. Yeah, they don't like it when I leave town. Thankfully it is just the test machine and it can afford to be down for a week. More disturbing is a random change in the ip address of the email we use. Need to send out some questions about that.

Why do computers always break when I am away from them. *sigh* But at least I am at the conference.. time to make some new friends. Oh and sleep.. I didn't sleep much last night.. and I started moving at like 4:30 this morning.