I still write '08.

It takes me a few weeks before I'm able to consistently make written "09"'s. A new year's here, dear. Ya hear? ..Beer?

One of my resolutions in simplified form is to be more forward and unwaivering. Attaining goals, initiating projects, even ordering in a restaurant. In any case, I tend to brush things off or get side tracked thus leaving a side order of unfulfillment that I've gotta eat. And it's even worse coming back up.


Image (c) Amy Scheidegger 2009

Speaking of things that are yummy, Amy's got a new series of work, My Moral Animals that I'm featured in. You can see the rest of the collection HERE

I've got a lot of big things on my list this year, an looking to let you in on my current major project once I get things in place. Forward and unwaivering. I'm on it.

Printin' portraits

So I figure it's bout time to show a little bit o' the progress I've made in printmaking with some of the newer etchings I've done this year. Here are two in their completed state. They're part of a four(five?) part series of portraits that's hopefully rounding out my portfolio of fine print work. Then maybe sometime you'll see the dozen or so I've got in unfinished states. Or maybe they'll get finished. Who knows.

Comfortable Company
Day of Departure

Well, Merry Christmas, Happy end to '08, and Healthy prostate to you all. Ah, at least some of you.

Digital Dopplegangers!

So, Playstation Network's released a beta for Home, a virtual space where users create an avatar to interact with the community.

The premise is interesting, and I check it out. Already, the customization is practically limitless, and I scare myself a bit with my avatar I've created. Literally, my digital doppleganger. Judge for yourself.







Awesome? Kinda. Eerie? Yes. My little brother put it best upon reflection: The fact that people can create themselves and buy things they can't really buy and do things they can already do in real life?

Quarter Crunchers

Capcom-unity.com recently announced a contest that got me hyped: Design a Street Fighter IV image to appear in the game's interior cover manual. How tight is that? The only problem was I found out about it 2 days before deadline. Eh..How tight is that?

Anyway, rather than probably the typical 'big full cast group shot' I went with a quirky scene featuring new character El Fuerte in his Gourmet Chef alternate costume. Hey, I didn't make this up. And, to satisfy my humorous side, I got E. Honda and Rufus fighting over a turkey. There's nothin' like large men duking it out for grub.

Came out okay considering time constraints. I didn't win.
Oh, but I went to a midnight release for WotLK. Isn't that rewarding?

Costume, Hair in Make-up

Ah, Halloween. The chance to go live out those fantasies of being the tallest Oompa Loompa in the factory.. or y'know what ever floats your boat. I was an aviator, using only useful every day utencils found at home. In other words, I put a costume together in 15 minutes.

Any way, I wound up making these photo collages that were definitely entertaining to me. In fact, almost inspiring for a photo shoot for The Further Misadventures of a Fighter Pilot. Well, almost.

Loud Liberals?!

Last week I had the very distinguished privelage of representing ECU as an alumni for Mater Dei Highschool's College Fair. So, I go over the materials, study the common Q&A's, and do my best to appeal to these youngsters and their folks. You know, like "We have a strong liberal arts program with a student body that consists of about 25,500 students, 18,000 of which are undergraduates. Class room size averages 28 students per class, which the largest classes being approximately 150 in lecture hall for Biology/Psychology." And I can go on and on with these numbers and facts I didn't know a lick about while at the school. But was I prepared for what folks REALLY care about? "What're the sports programs like?" ....er..
Well, let's face it. Shenanigans if I've kept up on that. Let's see. Haven't seen the school competing in any championships on TV. How often do you hear about the ECU Pirates in national sports? Yeah, that's right. You're asking me knowing that we ain't got a shining star of a sports program. Go ahead. Step over to my right, where DUKE is set up. Thaat's right. Dookie. I was in the Liberal Arts Program, okay?
Anyhow, a pretty nice experience I'd repeat. Here's some pics of me being informative and my best Robert Ebendorf pose.

ZOMG

Oct. 10-11. Blizzcon in Anaheim, CA. I was there.
"What? You play WOW?" No. But it is something to be respected. Blizzcon celebrates and gathers the fans of Blizzard's gaming projects which include Starcraft, Diablo, and yes, World of Warcraft. Now, you'd expect to find an overwhelming gathering of geekdom and the likes of gamers donning WOW threads stained with Doritos and Mountain Dew. But you'd be wrong(though these folks might clean up well for events such as this). Blizzard succeeds in creating indepth PC games that cater to hardcore gamers, but, within their consistent system of 'easy to pick up, difficult to master,' there is mass appeal. That's how we have 'Mom won't give me allowance this week' 25 year-olds and well-to-do white collars who can play together. Attendees ranged from all sorts of types of people, but everyone could discuss Death Knight DPS Talent Trees to the point where it no longer sounds like the english language.
Anyhow, I found enough enjoyment in discussion panels, beta testing, aweing at costumes... It's all a little slice of the passion this niche community has. I applaud it. And it looks like it'll be getting me back into Diablo.