5th Edition of The Creators Corner yesterday at VCAD...

Had some 3D printed/Hand painted keychains, custom tees, and art prints along with custom jewelry, scarves and pouches from other vendors at the event...Good turnout from the new students, giving them a chance to network and connect with like minded creative heads. Had fun with it.

Minotaur ZBrush sculpt pose pushed further...

Adding cloud particles to my Monkeyking ZBrush sculpt...

Playing around with cloud particles and lighting effects in Maya for this one, I'm pretty excited to see what develops with the end production for my demo reel...Here's a rendered shot of the model with 2 point lighting. Sculpt done in ZBrush with everything else for effects in Maya.

Minotaur ZBrush sculpt posing ready for texturing...

Concept art for VCAD instructor, ZBrush development...

Did this Kim Jong Un caricature concept back in character design 2 class for my instructor and he's been developing the ZBrush sculpt since then, looks pretty good sofar #CharacterModeling #ZBrush #VCAD 

Friday night...Meanwhile chillin in my bed recapping my day grind

This term I'm starting my portfolio class getting things ready for my upcoming demo reel. Pretty exciting given the fact that I have the majority of my characters based out/ready for my reel going into portfolio 1. Thank god for planning, research, and intuition cause I was able to get a reduced course load to seperate ZBrush and portfolio 1 Inorder to prep my content. I was able to start my cinematic conceptualizing during last term and allowed myself to plan it from start to finish visually. Feeling like I'm in a good spot on the homestretch.

So I spent the day fine tuning one of my models for my reel, made some progress and headed home around 6 pm. Rode with a friend on the way home and chatted about things happening at school, the things I've gone through so far, particularly dealing with people. Being the oldest in my class with the majority of class fresh outta high school, the generation of understanding and experience has given me an understanding that people are like kids, that they are still in the process of learning, how they react should not be taken personally...Like dealing with any kid patience and compassion is important. 

I have been deemed egotistical because I'm confident, 

an asshole cause I don't take shit from nobody, 

and a methodical dictator cause I'm an assertive problem solver. 

I've been able to maneuver through the obstacles, pay no mind to the drama, been able to cut ties that have no benefit to my progress with ease only cause as I've grown older I've realized what is important and what is not.

I've perfected my craft that is my life through years and years of experience/struggle/accomplishments. Nothing happened over night...

I've understand that life at the moment is about what you project into your reality, your energy that you give into this world that will reciprocate. As I was telling my friend deep into the conversation, I threw my hand out in a gesture opening my hand in excitement saying it's the energy you attract that you give out...Just then the skytrain halted abruptly throwing everyone forward in shock. A girl carrying a bag of groceries fell over beside me. As she got up and sat down I asked if she was alright. My friend startled said,"What the hell just happened? Did we hit someone on the track?!" I replied,"HAha must of been a pretty big guy for it to stop all of a sudden like that. Must of been my energy that did that hahaHA!" Sounds like a coincidence, but I know god works like that it's his way of remaining anonymous...

YEG Visitations...

Good morning, 

Morningrise on my last day in #YEG, had a amazing time visiting family and friends catching up on old times to making new memories...Just wanted to say thanks for everything, you guys are awesome. 

Though I wasn't able to see everyone I wanted to see due to scheduling conflicts I'll have to make plans next time around. It was still nice to reconnect with old friends and see that everyone is doing well.

Now that 2014 has come and gone, another chapter is finally closed to make room for a #NEW one...May 2015 bring joy and prosperity to everyone I know. All the best to you and your family...Cheers to another great year. 

Your friend,

John N =)