It's a little embarrassing that I have been working my tail off for the past 5.5 weeks and don't have too much physical evidence for it. Even my brain feels about the same size, just moshier. But here's a few things I've made that look cool:
My hardest class by power of 100 is Digital Ideation, which is basically Maya with some easier programs mixed in. I'm not very good at it. In fact, I am kind of spectacularly bad at it. But there's not really an option to fail, so I keep plugging away, often til 3AM. I did print some abstractish shapes out on the 3D printer, and all but the Viking ship came out really well:
The little guy in front is a dragon
And here are some lamps:
I did an animation of one of them waking up with a hangover and puking. I'll post it when I figure out how.
For all his assigning 15 hours of homework a week, the prof is pretty inspiring and into new materials, programs and technologies, so I enjoy that part. I'll eventually get better at the ideation part, but I already know that the digital world is never going to be easy for me.
Another hard class, surprisingly, is drawing. I did so much of it in art school, still lives and portraits and such, but damned if I can draw a straight line. Again, since failure isn't an option, I'm improving. I made up a car:
It's based off that little Messerschmitt. The Messerschmitt is my favorite car.
It was only after I turned it in that I realized the blue one doesn't have a rear window, taillights, or a trunk. I still want to go into transportation design!
Today I did a better one:
I hope the prof agrees. That's my midterm.
Another work-heavy class is ID Tech, which involves a lot of field trips. This week we had to make barcode scanners (complete with ideation boards and videos) and made a trip to Motorola's depressing campus in Ronkonkoma. Here's my model:
Blue foam, suckaaaas. It lit up, too!
I also made my first video ever. Here it is:
100 thanks to my wonderful colleagues for being actors
I'm gonna set ALL my videos to Lady Gaga until someone tells me to stop. I'm also gonna use lighting next time.
And if I could spend my days making models and silly videos I would be very happy.
Another thing I thought I could never, ever do was make neat, clean stuff. I've always been a messy bugger, and my artwork is a little messy and my room is really messy and I've never kept a desk clear for more than a day or two. But for 3D class I made a neat thing:
After 25 years.
So for all the exhaustion and frustration and withdrawal from the world, and missing my gentleman-friend so much it hurts, I can't imagine a better thing to be doing.
Now back to my epic animation of a bunch of kitchen appliances getting drunk and dancing (to Lady Gaga of course). Are you sensing a theme?
--Isis
