Dana's Animated Mind

By Monday, I will clearly require some rest, and who knows the fate may be kind of me.

Anyways, I couldn't leave this year without creating one more hot woman, so I dabbled before I went to work, and dabbled after I got home to come up with this. I have been making E-Fed posers for Blood Alliance Championship Wrestling, well mainly the women. I am quite happy with the way they turned out.

Had one comment where someone despises simply halfnude to complete nude T&A shows, and I am trying consider what they were talking about. I mean, I know when you put something on Renderosity, you are open. On the bright side, they did comment they liked the picture as the eyes and lips tell a story.

Shouldn't all pictures do that? I mean yes, she is in bra and a thong, but I believe in artistic nudity.

In other news, I haven't animated too much in the last day or so, but I have been monitoring a series of clips being rendered in queue. I do believe they are being rendered quite well, although one will somehow someway take a long time. I simply do not know why..

All right, I was listening to Nirvana Unplugged.

Christmas is over, but New Year is around the corner. A good number of people make resolutions of what they want to change and so forth. I really don't get into that because simply they will be broken in 30 minutes after midnight.

It does make me notice the past year and what's been like. I spent a good part of it on muscle relaxers and vicodin that it is scary. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't take it because my brain shuts off. I wouldn't be able to function on my job very well. There are days when I have to decide whether the pain is really bad or if it's managable.

Of course there are days when I wonder if I will have to not work anymore, but that still little down the road.

The one good thing about the past year has to be artwork. I firmly believe I took a big step forward with the quality, and the quanity of my work as well. I went from having 21 to having 52. The 21 being a progressive number from 2000-2002.

I really didn't post at Renderosity because I can't stand their administration somedays. I shop there but I really don't participate. The last time I posted in the forums I was asking if it is possible to write a python script to automate natural breathing, and someone shot it down saying you only need to do this and this and this. The really for the script request was that I am lazy, and the less I have to do for meticulus movement, I will.

What do I hope to accomplish in 2008? Well, I hope to finish the Rite of Passage series, which the female vocalist said she will do once she healed up from oral surgery. Once that's done, I want to get into creating a real studio environment for Signs of God. How the hell I am going to do that, I am not quite positive.

Carrara has been good for my needs, and I may re-evaluate it. However I won't lie and say that looking at Cinema 4D isn't making me drool. I think one of the main things is that Poser Pro is going to have a host plug-in, and some of the features in Poser 7 doesn't like Carrara (layer animation for starters however I may have a work around for that.) I think for the most part, I just want to have the ability to do what the big boys do, and I like to believe I am getting there.

I have come a long way since 1999, so I am not worried. I will accomplish my dream.:)

Never fear. I've been saying Oh Dear for years for a magnitude of reasons. Just keeping myself creatively active as I can (although today I don't feel up to firing up Poser as far as I know).

Christmas is around the corner (literally, it is tomorrow) and I got mixed feelings. I don't work, so that always good. However, I also not quite sure what to think of the holiday. Part of me really hates the commericalism, and why not I worked for Target for 5 years in the backroom.

Another part really doesn't dig the legislature that came out regarding Christmas. I mean, it does say a lot about Christian Insecurity that they need to pass a law stating "Christmas is..." It's kind of like "Marriage is..."I am secure enough with my belief that I don't need a piece of paper to tell me what it is.

I am not trying to be disrespectful because I could really accomplish the task if I so desire. To me Christmas is just another day, although I do celebrate it with my friends and family. So have a safe holiday none the less.

Creep Around

Click on the link, but it is a bit dark and disturbing, so do so at your risk.:) This is a project I spent about 4 months doing, and I can tell you right now it was a thrill when it was done. Part of it comes from people going "Well, I am going to do this and I am going to do that."

While I am not innocent of that, but I do tend to do things.:) This is the second major animation project I have completed, and I like the roll that I am on.:)

I have recently spoken to a doctor on Wednesday, and in consideration I am doing ok. What occurs in my life is perfectly normal given my condition. In a few weeks, I shall endure my fifth colonscopy I had in my lifetime. You are probably going "Damn dude, you didn't even seem sick"

Here is the eerie part: I am not. That is not what they are checking. Granted, when I had my last four colonoscopy, I was ulcerating, but they were checking to make sure I wasn't developing cancer as well. Colon Cancer is one of those dangerous killers although with the other ones they talk about so often.

To me, Ovarian, Prostate, and Colon are probably up there because they are hard to detect in time. By the time they correctly diagnosis these forms it is far too late. Well, with Colitis my chances of cancer are increased and this is not a chance I want to take.

The good news is if everything checks out, I will not need this for another eight years. Given my previous blog, you probably understand my sentiments to this. I am a strong bastard, but sometimes there are there things I don't want to risk.

Right now, at work we are adding more to my teams workforce so I may not be wearing myself out as often. Hopefully they don't change my days off, but this is out of my hands. However, if I can literally leave at 11 o'clock because all my work is done...and the last chat is gone, you know how happy I will be?

Imagine this: For the last couple of weeks I been getting out at 11:30-11:45 at night. A few of those nights it has been 12. That can be exhausting, and sometimes I am not surprised I got an infection in my nostrils. However, they did see this on the team so they added more to the team. With a hope..a prayer..and some good luck, we will rock them all:)

I learned through Myspace that a classmate had passed away. I wasn't particularly close, nor do I think I knew her for any other reason then she may or may not been in the same class as me.

But it is still kind of chilling. Keep in mind that I graduated at the age of 19, and this was mostly due because my birthday is in April. There were other factors, but the point is that she was probably 28-29.

I am going to be visiting a Doctor I haven't seen in years for a checkup, and this really struck my mind. Ulcerative Colitis out of control can kill you, and I don't want people finding out the hard way that I passed away. I know a few people who might give a damn, and probably the rest don't remember me as much...but still. I am a class of 97...