Visiting the iHuman Family today...

Nice surprise from the #iHuman executive director today...A copy of 'Convergence' a 100 year commeration of #YEG #Community I made it onto page 73 #Niiice

'Boomstick' Dialogue for Final Animation...

Did the 'Boomstick' dialogue from the movie 'Army of Darkness' movie for my final animation...Had alot of fun with this one #VCAD #Schoolgrind

Pics of the Monkeyking sculpt done in ZBrush for character modeling 4 class final...

ZBrush Sculpt of 'Monkeyking' concept...#WIP

Blocking stages done, started to pose character after Zremeshing and projecting details onto low poly sub tools. Last week for this term, excited to finish up this concept and be on break. This term was a quick one, finished strong. HA!

Minotaur Sculpt done in ZBrush...

WIP Minotaur Concept Sculpt in ZBrush...

Continuing this #Minotaur sculpt tonight...Stoked to finish #UP this monster, steady grinding #HA!

Torso sculpt revamped...

Took my torso sculpt done in #ZBrush and polished it #UP abit more and finished w/a poly paint over before handing it in yesterday in class...results #Revamped #VCAD #Schoolgrind #HA! 

Torso sculpt colored...

My first torso sculpt study done in ZBrush...

Worked on my torso sculpt last night for abit on #ZBrush, understanding muscle structure/anatomy...Sofar #Soulgood #HA!-Style Antics #Humanstudy #Charactermodeling #CGart #VCAD #Schoolgrind #WIP

Late night creative zoning...

Working on my #NXT project, #ZBrush sculpting a torso for class tomore...Looking for ways to #AmpiFLY the overall look #Endresult #VCAD #Schoolgrind #HA!

Finished up caricature for client...

#HA!ppy Halloween!!!

Lol ended up getting dressed up as Deadpool this year at school, gotta be the most uncomfortable thing I've ever worn in my life...But it was fun while it lasted. Spent the morning handing out candies to students at VCAD w/ the student services ladies on my day off.

First head sculpt done in zBrush...

Artwork done for a client...

Tried a more stylized approach to this pencil drawing I did for a client...mixed a few styles in it to enhance the layers of the image, to give it an enhanced effect.

The Creators Corner...3rd Round

So today was the 3rd round of 'The Creators Corner' event I organize every term, this round had a huge turnout so it was great to see everyone come by and check out all the creations from those who participated. Feeling inspired today...#VCAD #Schoolgrind #HA!-Style

SUNday grind...

Spent the day finishing #UP sum models for projects pending...Long day building/creating/envisioning things #Creativezoning #SUNdaymeeting  #HA!-Style Antics

Zbrush sessions...

Got to do my first sculpted bust last week, putting in 6 hrs each day on the new program since to get the navigation down packed...Here's my first pass on the bust.

HA!ppy Thanksgiving Day!!!

"Don’t limit yourself to what you know and what you have been told to be true. If you use your imagination you will be presented with opportunities and possibilities beyond your wildest dreams..." 

Friday night spent at a fashion show for the Jason Matlo collection...

Thursday night drama...

10:33pm -Heading home from school on the skytrain...

Had animation 4 class tonight w/Jimmy which was a refreshing change of pace, more my style. In your face and very brutal in truth in how the industry works, I hate the sugar coating people like to put to things cause real life aint all about unicorns and rainbows da fugg.
Anyways im heading home and wanting a seat I go to Waterfront station to catch the train to secure a spot. I run into a homie named Fredrick whose graduating this term wanting to get into character modeling, this guys stuff is dope and we seem to connect at times when its time to. Those certain times we exchange info weve learnt and give insights into each others paths/goals and come to conclusions needed to push forward. So we find a seat and hes asking how well I know Zbrush (new modeling program im learning this term) so I tell him I just had my first class yesterday and im just understanding the navigation at this moment. He then asks if I get confused sometimes with the keys from Maya into Zbrush going back and forth. I laugh and say,"Yeah dude, totally..." Just then some dude from across the way starts yelling at us,"Oh fuk isn't that messed up?!! Going back and forth on the train, losing track of time and not knowing where youre going?!! Blah blah blah..." So I cut him off and tell him that hes totally off track yo, that were talking about something totally different. He looks at us stunned but continues to ramble on and on...I yell,"Dude were on track man!"
The train starts to fill up and we continue our conversation, looking into end goals/strategy/procedures...6 stops later were one stop away from my destination, and Fredrick is giving me some tips to structuring my time well for final terms.
At this point the train is nearly empty heading into surrey and my stop approaches homie gets up to let me outta the seat, I hear that first dude screaming at us,"Its you guys that piss me off in this city, fuk u guys..." I look that way and buddy is up outta his seat running towards Fredrick throwing punches at him...Wtf?! So I see homie grab him to pivot him to the side towards me and I grab him by the neck and slam him to the ground. I start laying the boots to him as hard as I can to immobolize him and buddys screaming,"Stop, stop ok ok..." I wasn't gonna stop till he shutup but just then some dude from on the platform shouts,"Dont kick him in the face!! Just leave him alone!!" I stop and pull homie back as the trouble maker stands up and starts cursing at us again trying to come at us...So I just pull my bro off the train and said to wait for the next train. All the meanwhile d-bag is at the doors yelling at us, I was just like,"Get outta here man, you don't want any of this!"
The train leaves and the man that had yelled at me to stop starts goin on about God/video cameras/consequences and I told him,"Man if youre gonna attack my bro ill fuk u up, plain and simple." Honestly if youre my bro I got your back no matter what, I probably kill for ya/take a bullet if needed, brother in arms stuff. Its been my mindset since I was 13. Some people honestly just ask for it...why dish out what you cant handle?!

Final rendershot of robot tank...Metal Gear Rex X HA!

Today's grind...

Spent a full day at school UVing my Robot tank final for enviro/modeling 3 class...woo pretty #Stoked to finish this one #UP #VCAD #Schoolgrind #HA!-Style Antics #Maya #Robotsarecool #Mech #3Dmodeling 

Another productive #Schoolgrind...

#Progress on my #Robot tank for Enviro/Modeling 3 final...Superstoked for the #Endresult here!!! #Robotsarecool #VCAD #Schoolgrind #HA!-Style antics 

Finished up my Balkan style church for enviro/modeling class...

Late night creative zoning...

Meanwhile building this 'Balkan' styled church for Enviro/Modeling 3 class...#VCAD #Schoolgrind Working towards the break #HA! 

...Sum ghost stuff...

...So it's 1:35 in the morning and I just laid my head down on the pillow ready to pass the eff out, pretty tired from the day. 10 min may have passed and I feel my eyes gettin heavy, feeling my breathing slowing down, everything gettin hazy...then I was thinking why am I breathing so heavy so I'm listening to the breathing it's goin with my breathing pattern then I hold my breath. The heavy breathing continues even though I'm not making a sound...wtf. My heart speeds up, I'm listening to it focusing on where it maybe coming from, I swear I pinpointed it just outside my window. I get up and pop my head over my headboard to peer out the window...nothing. So I sit back down and think, was that some spirit stuff happening again?! 

Kinda reminded me of this one time 6 yrs back, I was livin in the south side of Edmonton with a roommate. We had this house where I had the basement to myself, it was pretty chill spot. We must of been partying with these girls all weekend and I needed some sleep, word. So I'm in bed ready to hit the hay, approaching the sleep state where you're about to cross over to lala land when all of a sudden I feel this immense pressure on my chest like it was holding me down. I fukin flipped, trying to yell, but nothing would come out just utter silence...fuked up thing was that I couldn't move either, I was in some paralyzed state. My eyes were able to move, and started to follow this dim light around this shadow that was projecting on the wall as it was circling the bed. It must of done that a few times when it hovered by my feet and casted a looming darkness above my head ever so itching towards my head. In my head I was effin screaming at the top of my lungs. Fighting the force that was in the room I broke free from whatever trance I was under and jumped off the bed, out my door, up the stairs all while screaming, 'wtf, wtf, wtf, wtf...' My roommate came running out startled by the noise I was making. So I catch my breathe and told him what happened, and his response was, 'Oh those shit, those are the zaps I get those all the time especially after I party hard, stay up late and stuff.' Like it was ain't no thing for him. I sat down and collected my thoughts, I've always been a spiritual person and delved dealer into this incident. Found out what I had experience was sleep paralysis...I did a lil research on the stuff, and it went into some stuff about spirit possession, demon apparitions, disconnection from the body. 

So my conclusion to this was when you're about to cross over into a lucid state (dreaming) you are most vulnerable to an attack, possession or disruption by a negative source, or energy. Strangely enough there's entities that do exist in a different aspect that feed off our energy. Not all spirits are the same, there's a hierarchy to the structure. Time for bed...Word.

Lighting & Texture 2nd Assignment

Working on lighting and texture assignment today.....Big challenge learning the light aspect in correlation of good texturing in a CG scene. #VCAD #Schoolgrind

Saturday morning grind...

Getting ready for school on a Saturday...Life's been hella busy these days, Schoolgrind, project development and all that goodstuff u get to see on a day to day basis. Feeling pretty grateful these days, and excited to see myself a year from now. Working hard to develop skills is been the mindset for the last lil bit...Enjoy your Saturday 

Yawn wakey wakey......

Seen this is in the school newsletter yesterday, write up on the Creators Corner......#VCAD #Schoolgrind #HA! 

The Creators Corner...2nd Round

Hosted the 2nd round of The Creators Corner today, it was a good turnout this round so thanks to all who came out to peep the creations being sold...I know a bunch of stuff got bought, good stuff so im looking forward to the next event next term. Cheers J

Half sleeve outline.....Ninja VS Samurai

Back to school grind......

Finally gettin back into the swing of things at school, really I didn't get much of a break grinded right through with projects and such, making sure team members are on par and ready for the next term. Self management is important to me with my workflow, and production levels...bein able to be consistent and efficient with assignments/tasks/goals. What i project will attract the same, my life got a lot busier on the creative ends, but it's a huge challenge bein able to manage everything and everyone around me to keep the engine goin towards the end goal. Being able to gain experience through what we've learnt applied to group projects. Feels good to be on the same page with a team and working together to create something we've never ever done before. It's super gratifying.

SUNday rise.....The lords day

It's been a sec since I blogged, life's been pretty hectic dealing with work n people. Taking the time today to appreciate life n everything in it, especially the people in it...cause they all have something to teach me, whether it be life, something about myself or opening my eyes to a greater world out there. 

I figure the really intuitive people out there could care less of what happens out there in the world, n just enjoy life...a world of distraction trying to make you chase things that isn't practical, which in turn makes you unhappy. We all trying to do good for those around us in the end, be a good citizen in the community...it boggles my mind why people feel the need to compete with each other. Either your dependant on attention, or your insecurities scare the shit outta you so u need to dominate those around you. We all have a unique talent/skillset to offer to the table, creating something out of that is important to the evolution of the mind. What we project through our thoughts creates our reality...as one or a group. That's what you call consciousness. 

The more you read on a subject from more than one source the more likelihood you start picking up on things instinctively, n reading between the lines. Looking at an object at just one angle limits the perspective. Food for thought. GODspeed. Clarity.

Italian Villa final model rendered.....

Finals for Animation 2 class handed in.....

Final character model sheet handed in today.....

#Finalsweek...Got my final 'Overlord Satchell' model sheet in today, pretty #HA!ppy with the #Endresult #HA!