GDC week

Well I didn't write much about last week because I was preoccupied at the GDC. Game Developer's Conference. I went to as many sessions as I could. I really like seeing what other companies are doing. It's like being in school again, scribbling notes as fast as I can. Now I just have to type everything to give a presentation at work. YAY!

I also got to meet a bunch of people from VVEast. It was cool to catch up with them - since we only really talk via IM and only about work these days.

This past weekend we ran a couple errands and took a road trip to Pleasanton. It's east of the bay a bit. Nice drive. Nice little town. (And by little I mean 66,000 people.)

Sunday Thai

Sunday we went with Chu & Grace & Bryan to the Thai temple up in Berkeley. We exchanged money for tokens and bought a ton of food. They aren't supposed to take real money. Only Donations. The tokens say "One dollar donation" on the back. It's kinda like how the pachinko parlors aren't allowed to exchange the little ball bearings for cash, but you can get tickets and take them outside to a little booth and exchange THOSE for cash. Except that's by law and the Thai temple has it imposed by Buddha. Anyways, great food - nice and spicy! I was stuffed and didn't eat dinner.

The interesting part was that the line for vegetarian food was longer than that of the meat eaters. Ah~ to feel normal. I don't know why people get so worked up when you don't eat meat. But they sure like to point it out a lot. Well, they didn't here. It was abnormal to go through the meat line. TAKE IT.

Afterwards we walked around and saw the house pictured. I don't know what they were trying to say by turning their house into an artistic commentary on TV's, but it looked cool.

Oh and Bryan is just about the cutest thing on the planet.

PEEK-A-BOO!

Neato Video

Kaan just sent this to me.
From some studio called Partizan.
Enjoy.
It's not the end of the world video.

Dad 'n' Me

Some guys were playing this at work.
It's by the same guys who made Alien Hominid.
i.e. It's good gameplay and funny.
Take a look.

Dad 'n' Me Game.


Alien Hominid Game.

Don't blame me if you don't get work done today. :)

Get back 1 dimension. From 3 to 2.

I sometimes find sites that might be useful to artists. Here is an UNexhaustive list of a few:

EatPoo.
It sounds wrong, but the site and forums are a great place for traditions and digital art.
Sometimes I like getting away from the 3D work.

EatPoo.com
EatPoo Guide for Art desperadoes
EatPoo Tutorials Page

Concept Art.
ConceptArt.com & Forums

Find out about whatever concerning art. It's crazy, but don't lose an ear.
Art Encylopedia

Human reference:
Fineart.sk

Woospace had a link to Artnatomy on his site. Holy Cow, Batman! It's really cool - especially for comic book artists!
Facial Muscles & Expressions

It's easy to get lost at EatPoo and ConceptArt - They are full of people talking up art. Don't forget about CGTalk either, they have started several 2D & traditional sketch threads/forums sections.

Now if I could only find the time to actually draw... maybe I'd post something there too.

The Burg

Today my sister sent us a care package from her town. Wickenburg, AZ. A care package OF her town. There was a newspaper, housing paper, grapefruits, oranges, and a lemon. Oh and there was a "Women of Wickenburg" calendar. (That was ...interesting.) There were many wrapped gifts and much time had been spent on descriptions of each gift. I got a T-shirt from Screamer's Drive-in. (The best part being that the bad-ass modded car had a license plate that said - "I love Jesus" on it.)


AJ got a T-shirt from Remuda Ranch. (Where my sister is a counselor.)

I also got the prize my sister won at the Friday night movie opening trivia! (A hat that says: UltraViolet - From the movie!)

We started going through the visitor's guide and found the town song. The lyrics were quaint, so I googled it and found this lovely little song. (well, part of it anyways.) Sung by "The Daughters of the Purple Sage" it really just makes you wonder what Wickenburg has to offer...

Well, there's always the Daughters!
I think I might head over to the Burg and pick me one o' them up!

Thanks for the laughs!

Lego Contest

They are having a build-off / interview session up in San Francisco for the one position that has become available at the San Diego LegoLand.

Think I should enter? I would soooo fail in the face of all the LEGO freaks who are superior to me. It is for me a simple past-time - a hobby, not a passion. OK I am passionate about my LEGOs. I don't think AJ would like moving down to LA for me to take a $15/hr job fixing up LEGO cities in miniature.

In other LEGO news, people spend way too much time making videos with their LEGOs. Check them out. Be amazed at the passion. Don't expect a movie out of me anytime soon.