I'm currently too busy Studying...

I’m still covering the following- on my self studies...

[Texture and Material mapping: using
- Unwrap UVW =\> already covered
- UVW map =/> already covered
- navigating Material Editor] =/> 50% has been covered

Character Rigging:
- setting bones & biped
- Inverse Kinematics and Forward Kinematics
- Facial Morphing =/> already covered

Light setting and casting Shadows: 45% has been covered
- Omni light / Mr. Omni
- Directional & Spotlight
- Skylight & Daylight system

Rendering:
- Basic Animation: Walk cycle
- Camera setting and movements
- Rendering camera FX - Fog / Smoke / Fire / Lens flare
- Mental Ray rendering
- Vray Rendering

Hi All!!!...

I know It’s been a quite a while since the last time I update my gallery Sorry... it’s not that I’m too busy, like I said earlier in my previous journal (that I’m too busy studying)… Well, not really ... hehehe!
I am supposed to be studying but I end up slacking and Fixing my PC instead… Geez!

Actually, I’m really having some trouble with my computer this past couple of months or more than… I can’t work properly cause my PC always crashing, and I have no idea what might cause it, so I decided to install a fresh operating system for a start (that I think this might solve the problem but I guess not.) it still hangs up and crashes down after a week, that leads to a corrupted hard drives… Oh man! I’m so worried that I might lose all of my files after my 3 hard drives corrupt...

[My 3 HD consist of: 40GB, 80GB, 320GB]

I need to think of a strategy on how I’m going to fix my PC and retrieve my entire files in my 3 corrupted hard drives… How prostrating!!! I know worrying and panicking won’t help… so to ease my worry, by slack off a little and play some PS2 games instead (for a whole week), hehehe … actually playing Video Games helps me to unwind a little so that I can easily think of a plans, while playing some games (my brain can really process a multi task at the same time, like a core2duo) hehehe, I’m just kidding...

‘Till I came up with a plan… I decide that I’ll be needing a new hard drive to retrieve all the files, but the problem was, I don’t have enough money to buy a new one coz I'm currently don’t have a job... the good thing, my elder sister lend me some money... so I bought a new 250gb HD (the only drive that I can afford with my budget), I know it’s not enough coz my third HD is a 320gb and it was almost full with our files...
Again, I install a fresh new OS in my new 250gb drive... Then I search up the web for some software’s that can rescue files from a corrupted hard disk...
Finally it’s retrieving time... I know, it will be really a long processing and time consuming ‘coz I have a 3 HD to recover... so I start up with my 40gb. Here’s what I did… Step1: I scanned the whole drive with the recovering software that I downloaded on the net, Step2: save the recovered files into my 250gb then I reformat the 40gb, Step3: Then I return all the recovered files back to 40gb so that I can use the 250gb’s space again in my other HD (took me 1 week to recover coz my 40gb had a severely damage sectors)... I did the same method with my 80gb I know it’s a back and forth and a long process again but it’s OK ^_^ ‘coz to kept myself out of boredom, I’m still playing some PS2 games that time while I’m waiting for my PC to finish scanning and retrieving files hehehe!
Now I’ll be having a bit of a problem with 320gb, coz I don’t have enough space to recover that big amount... but It’s a good thing that, that 320 HD was partitioned (divided) into 2, and I did the same method but this time retrieving and reformatting by haft or by partitions... that’s solve my problem with my Hard drives...

But after a few weeks later, it began to hang up again just like before... I forgot that I still have that problem with that crashing symptom... so I made some observation with all of my hardware, until I found out that the main problem was on the Main Board itself… the boards IDE port that was causing the major problem that leading to a corruption of my HD’s. There are times that the IDE port doesn’t detect my Hard drive for no reason, that’s why it always hang up or crashed down XD... Kainis!
I know I don’t have any money left on my pocket to buy a new Mother Board ^_^... Luckily; I still have my previous Mother Board (that I’m using before, before I upgrade) that it still working ^_^... so I decided to replace it with this old main board… I just hope it can still last, until I can find a new job and buy a new one ...

Now that my PC is working perfectly fine now...
Oh well, back to my drawing board… back to where I left off... I’ll update my gallery as soon as possible ^_^ ... Thanks!

Back to Study as well... Study!!!... Study!!! Study!!!! Hehehe! ...I'm really running out of time! XD

Too busy on my Studies ^_^...



I’m still covering the following- on my self studies...

[Texture and Material mapping: using
- Unwrap UVW =\> already covered
- UVW map =/> already covered
- navigating Material Editor] =/> 50% has been covered

Character Rigging:
- setting bones & biped
- Inverse Kinematics and Forward Kinematics
- Facial Morphing =/> already covered

Light setting and casting Shadows: 45% has been covered
- Omni light / Mr. Omni
- Directional & Spotlight
- Skylight & Daylight system

Rendering:
- Basic Animation: Walk cycle
- Camera setting and movements
- Rendering camera FX - Fog / Smoke / Fire / Lens flare
- Mental Ray rendering
- Vray Rendering

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And THANK YOU All for sticking around at my Gallery!...

Happy Holidays to All!!!!...



Sorry guys! If I haven’t been able to update my gallery and my journal more often… I am so much busier this past 4months… coz I’m currently working as a fulltime 3D modeler and concept artist at a Gaming Company, that’s why I don’t have much time to update and visit this page…

On the other hand, I’m also having some minor problems regarding with my PC at home, so I won’t be able to do some Fanart and stuff to update my gallery for a while…


I would love to show you guys some of the stuffs that I’m been doing at the RENDER DREAM office, but we're been restricted to post it at any site. XD… too bad!... But you can check out the site... [link]


I'll make it up with you guys later 6_^ promise!








I’m still covering the following- on my self studies

[Texture and Material mapping: using
- Unwrap UVW =\> already! covered
- UVW map =/> already covered
- navigating Material Editor]

Character Rigging:
- setting bones
- Inverse Kinematics and Forward Kinematics
- Facial Morphing

Light setting and casting Shadows:
- Omni light / Mr. Omni
- Directional & Spotlight
- Skylight & Daylight system

Rendering:
- Basic Animation: Walk cycle
- Camera setting and movements
- Rendering camera FX - Fog / Smoke / Fire / Lens flare
- Mental Ray rendering
- Vray Rendering

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And THANK YOU All for sticking around at my Gallery!...

July 23-‘s my Birthday…but I was celebrating my Birthday on my bed, ‘coz I was sick that day… Oh great! That’s one way to celebrate… that SUCKS!

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I been a way from this site for more than 3months, I see … So how’s everyone doing?....


To my friends and watchers:

Sorry everyone, if I haven’t able to updated my Gallery more often.… Lately, I have some minor personal problems that affecting my performance toward to my work and my studies … that’s why I’m not quite in the mood to do some art stuff or keeping my gallery updated… (I’m like a train derailed from its tracks) anyway, I am fine now, I already resolved that issue that keeps bugging me for quite a while and now I’m back on track…

The good news is, I decided to continue my Independent studies regarding to 3D modeling and Animation this past summer vacation, and I’m also taking some advance tutorial lessons too, that might help a lot to improve my CGI skills, Lucky me! :… No, I’m not really taking any 3D classes at any school right now… I just study on my own here in our home… I just bought myself some tutorial books or look up for some tutorials on the web and things that I can out source in order for me to learn more about this program [ 3D’s Max ] … besides, 3d animation classes here are too expensive to take… and I don’t have that much money to enroll at school >_< too bad!…

But the good thing is, I am starting to get used to the software 3D’s Max, even though I don’t have to seek for a professional help from a Teacher . The past few months (or years, rather) gave me some hard time to understand some part of it. But still manage to cope… Oh yeah! I’m really having a great time doing some 3D model while studying and slacking around… heheh! At least I’m not pressured here; I can do anything with my own time, unlike in school.

I’m not quite done on my studies… and there are still a lot for me to cover, that’s why I don’t have enough time to submit more often ‘coz it really take a lot of time to create artwork, study and do my job at the same time. It’s not really that easy, I say… I had to balance the two. So, it will be a busy days for me from now on. :busy: *Work-work / Study-study…study ^_^ heheh!

Also busy doing some stuff for my Portfolio as well…

Right now, I am focusing on how to create some Realistic Material maps / Textures for 3d model, and how to apply on it… this is actually the part that I’m still not very familiar with- especially on navigating and exploring inside the Material Editor. I’m trying to achieve a realistic feel on a 3d model as much as possible.


I’m still covering the following-

Texture and Material mapping: using
- Unwrap UVW
- UVW map
- navigating Material Editor

Character Rigging:
- setting bones
- Inverse Kinematics and Forward Kinematics
- Facial Morphing

Light setting and casting Shadows:
- Omni light / Mr. Omni
- Directional & Spotlight
- Skylight & Daylight system

Rendering:
- Basic Animation: Walk cycle
- Camera setting and movements
- Rendering camera FX - Fog / Smoke / Fire / Lens flare
- Mental Ray rendering


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And THANK YOU All for sticking around at my Gallery!...