Dimeola's Digital Sketch-Book

[Dimeola]

Thx guys, for me its all about finding a few moments of peace between work and people. Someone seems to always want something, and people even tho they may think they have the best intentions...well they think they know whats best for you and want you to be just like them. Because if no one else thinks like they do then they get insecure...security means that everyone is like them. All I ask for the rest of my life is to be left to my studies and my creation. I know whats best for me and what I need, it`s MY dream and I`ll fight to the death for it. This is a very simple idea yet is very hard to master....we can do just about anything we wish, IF we are willing to pay the price. The great battles are within. WE decide for the most part our own attitude, how we take life, how we think, how we act, what we spend time on.
So if you have a dream, pursue it and fight for it. Pursue it with all your heart and mind and spirit, make the sacrifices in yourself to cleanup and maximize time on target. Do you flinch away from the tough stuff? Get frustrated? And as such get sidetracked? learn to be on the middle path, understand the frustration and temptation but keep pushing, remove the obstacles, refuse to acknowledge the hardship and it ceases to exist. Most people fall short that way, and people will doubt you to your face...use that as the 'why', fuel the desire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhzN...4EFA80B6722861 about 5:20

Its very true, we all fall down...but who gets back up? How many times do we have to get back up? Everytime you fall down, that's all :)
Working on block modelling, a caboose and a drill and on the side a katana. Am still refining my time management, need to be much more efficient. Will be sharing work with you guys...and will be sure to do ya some nice places to sit. Thanks for all your support, is greatly appreciated.

[Dimeola]

...first modelling assignment, first is to blockmodel, in my case a caboose, then we will refine the shape and then add detail. Will get a critique tonight so hopefully wont be too bad lol

[A Nerd]

All very beautiful as usual Dimeola. It looks quite difficult to produce to my eyes as well. Pleasure to look at though. :)

[Dimeola]

Thank you :) ,,,initial design was a lil weak on a couple things but he liked the roof lol. Maya has some awesome tools and its a steep curve to begin with but as you go along you see how many ways there are to do things. So you have to decide how best to do. We decided I would model the slatted sides and not use a texture lol, still a long way to go. Seems like every time I get a good head of steam up its time to go to work.

[A Nerd]

Unfortunately, some things are more important than the beauty of the arts. :)

[Dimeola]

yep, I do seem to like to eat. Never been able to break that habit lol...btw this is the caboose on my folks toy Christmas train.
is progressing and am learning, will find out Wednesday night if he likes it or if I can start over...

[Dimeola]

just a few more details and he likes it....dieing to try some other things lol

[Dimeola]

aight finished and turned in, on to the next one, modelling a concept piece....

[Gregoshi]

I like the 90(?) degree rotation on the final product - much more pleasing (and traditional) angle.

[KukriKhan]

@$180!

[Beskar]

@$180!

Yes, I think it is 180 degrees too, if it is the have the 'big' bit behind the 'lower' bit at a similar angle, if that is what Gregoshi means as traditional.

Though, to replicate the angle in the one before, that might be a 90ish one.

[Dimeola]

...all this math hurts my head...lol...new project is to model from a concept piece, rather fancifull...
moving from the roughing in stage to detail and finishing then textures and a turntable and environment.

Looking forward to Attila, :)

[Dimeola]

playing with a texture, think I prefer it over physically modelling bolts or rivets...

[Dimeola]

[A Nerd]

impressive.

[Dimeola]

Thx, hope it will be ontrack, can finish up a few days early and do a lil architecture :)

[edyzmedieval]

Haha, the mini-sub reminds me of a minion from Despicable Me but made out of metal. Keep it up Dimeolas!

[Dimeola]

Thx brudda...had to redo parts of the sub, looked good but bad modelling. Thou shalt not cram a part into another part lol...did the uv maps tonight and almost done. Next up is a bust...theres a tutorial on youtube for a minion, always wanted to try it. Vacation starts the 17th.... :)

[Dimeola]

...figured a couple things out, finishing up and then a figure, want to do a bust of afro-samurai :)

[Dimeola]

Initial work, we are doing a toon character and the ones suggested aren't very interesting...even a toon Afro Samurai is much better. Holding out not to buy Attila but I prolly will lol.

[A Nerd]

Nice artwork. I have rome II. I am terrible at it. Have been playing since STW but have lost my knack for it.

[Dimeola]

Thx brudda, I got Attila but havent had time to play. Term ends saturday and scrambling to finish last project. Want to model some architecture and play some Attila on break. Luckily catch a three day with no work and no school, am almost giddy at the prospect lol.

[A Nerd]

That sounds delightful. Your hard work should enhance your leisure time.

[Dimeola]

...kinda like when a great pressure is released....there will be time to do many things....wondrous things...like sleep lol...

[A Nerd]

True. Sleep is good, as long as you don't spend all of your free time asleep. Let us hope your time off helps you rejuvenate your creative and cognitive abilities.

[Dimeola]

free time is like an explosion. Ive never had a shortage of ideas. In fact always describe it as ideas clamouring to get out, until one rips my head off and climbs out to be born. All the repressed personal projects are living again.....
:)
only bad thing is I havent touched those other softwares for two terms lol so trying to use Maya controls on em .....

[A Nerd]

What you describe as far as maya and the like sound very difficult to me. I have no problem with free time however. I have so many random thoughts traveling in one direction or the other in my mind at any given time is quite unreal. Using them constructively is where I fail. Reminds me of the old glory days of school were daydreaming took precedence to lectures and homework.

[Dimeola]

Maya is a very powerfull program. Had never tried it til school so the curve is steep, but is doable. Sometimes it just takes going thru some tutorials online as well as class. In fact I think I learn more from Lynda.com and Digital_Tutors lol.
problem I think is that we have the right idea when we are young. Then as we growup we are drilled that dreams are a waste of time, that we have to learn fear, basically we lose alot of the truth of dealing with life and being happy and fullfilled.
We should always dream. have courage and innocence. Lives that are so full and seriousness, what a way to kill the heart and the soul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SEN...B1CF9&index=22
Malukah :)

[Dimeola]

...the folks who are good at programs like Maya get fast with it...my problem is that it takes so much time to see how to do it, remember how to do it, mess it up then fix it lol. Poser and such do alot for you but rob you of total control. Once I get familiar enough that it doesnt take me so long to do things then i`ll be in heaven. I want to create what i`m dreaming and thus learn to refine my dreaming :)

a lil poser using a new set by Xurge3D

[A Nerd]

Very nice indeed. Your dreams become quite lucid when you apply your abilities in your programs. Beautiful!