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I'm working on getting my degree in video game art atm, and I'm in a 3d modeling class. It's a beginners class, just the basics in Maya, modeling random things.

Here's the catch though:
1) My teacher is horrible and for the first half the the semester avoided me like the black plague. He wouldn't even answer my questions when my hand was up in the air.
2) No textbook.
3) No previous knowledge of the program. What. So. Ever.
4) Health problems with nerve damage reducing my hands to nothing but a numb mess for most of the semester.

Sad to say I fell behind rather quickly due to these problems so for the next week I'm trying my hardest to catch up on a semester's workpile. Atm, I'm working on a chest, a human chest. And I'm having the most difficult time with the damn boobs and trying to attach them to the damn body I made. Then I have to work backwards and finish my character hand (pretty much done), character head (almost kinda done), airplane (fml), car (I HATE THIS THING SO MUCH! ARGH!) and my blade (easy..... sorta). I did my background scene just fine because throwing together maps is amazing and fun. Trees I still have to work on.

So I'm sitting here tired and frustrated, going to skip out on another class because I'm not learning anything. But I'm doing my best. Finals are coming up but I'm probably not going to bother taking my finals for my two classes since I'm going to fail them anyways, might do it for shits and giggles but whatever. They were filler classes and will hurt my gpa but at this point in time I really don't care. Throw stones at me all you want. LOL

Next semester though I'm excited because even though I might have to retake this class if I don't finish my models, I will be cramming as many art classes as I can together. Animation, still life (lol saggy old men ahhhh!) and design/drawing classes.

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Discuss:
Panic mode for finals!
Are you done with finals?
Plans for next semester!
Going back to school?
FRUSTRATING PROJECTS!!!!!!!!!
STUFF.

omg and on top of all this I'm trying to catch up with my commission... stupid background lol

I've noticed my style has slowly been changing again and I'm really happy with this. I love it when my art style changes. :3 I'm also happy that my hands are getting their feeling back slowly. It makes typing so hard sometimes but meh.

This song is amazing. TRANCE DUBSTEP HYBRID.

Good luck!!! :3

Ugh next semester we are going to learn animation and rendering. I'm not confident enough in my abilities to make them move just yet. 3rd term we're learning Dynamics and Rendering.

I would sign up for winter classes but they don't have ANY of my classes... yay winter break! *waves little flag* That means 8 free weeks to prepare for next semester and work on my website.

I just hope I can get into animation for 2d next semester ON TOP OF all my other art classes. I hope the work load won't be CRAZY, I know it will be though. > 3 < UUUUUUUUUUGH!! I hope my hand doesn't go numb again!!

pirate Already got it covered.

Ya, I made a human chest... and to make it more socially awkward for him to grade I made it a female chest, that's for ignoring me all semester! HA.

I'm very scared about animation > 3 < ;; I kinda want to do 2-d before I jump into 3-d haha.

And dun worry I have Autodesk on my computer........ > _ > I got it for free.............. < ___ <

Max I have heard is really good but Maya apparently is fancier, not better, just fancier. A lot of students weren't pleased that we were only using maya but according to my friend in the entertainment industry all they use is maya so... I didn't throw a fit about it or anything. ^ u ^

Today for our final we had to replicate a room from a picture he gave us. I was happy because even though my hands were completely numb and cramped up, I managed to model more furniture than anyone else. HA. That's what happens when you take all week non-stop working on models XDD

I had a lot of fun too. I really like making backgrounds more than people... just easier for me. I just really wish I knew how to color and add texture. I'll have to figure that out over the break or something. > 3 <

*jots that down in notebook*

:3

Basically what I'm shooting for is character design/concept artist. I'm not going to close all my doors though and I'll keep an open mind about animation and stuff, but I much rather sit there for hours stressing over how to map the character than the movement of said character. I know I'm going to screw up in the animation class so much. > 3 <

Aw man I really want to do backgrounds and world stuff though. = u = Ahhh <3 It's fun putting together rooms. :3