Still knee deep in uni work and haven't had the chance to work on any artwork.

To update what uni work I've done (and still doing) since last journal entry:

We are now onto our last group experimental animation piece which is based on pixilation (in analog terms) which is basically stop motion. I was pretty confused when I first heard pixilation being used for something like this. I can't remember the name of animator we looked at but he's created some bizarre pieces involving food and other random objects, which are then combined with live action. Anyways, that shouldn't pose as much of a problem as past pieces have so looking forward to completing it.

Since the last journal my group and I have completed 3 more pieces:

*A Robert Breer influenced non-narrative piece - Basically alot of random lines and objects on a series of sticky notes playing out to ambient sounds. We themed ours around war.

*A Caroline Leaf inluenced piece - Animating using sand/ sugar/ oil paints. We used a mixture of sugar and tea leaves. This way by far the most tedious one of the lot. It took 3 hours to create 2 seconds worth!!!!!!!! >_< I won't be using this technique for my final piece.

The 3D work is a lot of fun. I've finally completed my 3D modelling and we're moving on to UV mapping/ texturing next week. I cannot believe how difficult the head was to model and I only had a basic spherical head with only eyes and mouth O.o I'm gonna have to practice alot outside the lessons in order to fully understand it and speed up the process.

For our Dance off animation, we're creating our animatics now in flash so things are moving well and I look forward to completing it and of course uploading it on here.

Talking about uploading, I'm really annoyed that uploading films is by invitation only on here. I have noticed alot of users uploading flash files on to here. What format are these in? FLV?

I'll try to get an invitation anyways but for now I'll probably upload to youtube and then linked to them on here or something.

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Man, it's been a busy time for gaming too (as alwasys during this time of the year).

Finished Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 in time for the release of Uncharted 2. A brilliant game although I was disappointed at how easy the final boss fight was. The team missions make up for these though, INSANE difficulty O.o I completed all the acoloyte and warrior missions and one mentor missions. The rest? yeah forget it XD

Now on to Uncharted 2.....AWESOME!!!
I completely beat my expectations and they were already high from the first game. I never actually thought that I would like the sequel better but I was so wrong. Everything about the game screams high production values and ND's determination is clear. Loved the story, have yet to complete the game again in crushing difficulty though (due to lack of time to play). haven't had chance to touch online much either which has been great fun too.

"What's a 10? Clowns"

What's next? Ratchet and Clank: A crack in time is out next friday. Enjoyed the demos for them but I was gonna buy it day 1 no matter what anayways. Been a huge fan of the series since early ps2 days And plus, Nefarios = win!

I've also started to play S4 league again on PC. The chaser mode is ace. I have my brothers to thank for getting me addicted to this game again. I hope they add in story/ adventure mode in soon though. If you haven't played S4 I would strongly reccommend getting it if you want to play a stylish 3rd person online shooter with an anime/ manga twist to it.

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Jiraiya finally dies in Naruto (I make that sound as I'm glad, but its the opposite. Like Asuma's death I didn't want Jiraiya to go either). Pain is one badass villain though. Hyped for next week: Sasuke vs Itachi. ^_^

I don't read the manga just in case you were wondering, although I have read a few spoilers by mistake on forums and on here, so I already knew Jiraiya was going to die for example >_<

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Anyways, Happy Halloween for 31st. Wish I could have had a themed artwork for it but due to lack of time all I have is this journal entry.

(I always find it odd saying happy halloween, lol)