new computer

does it make me shallow and materialistic for being this happy about a material possession? my new comp has been up and running for a week now and it’s a LIFE CHANGER. i called it rufus because it’s a lean, mean animation machine (don’t ask me what those two have to do with eachother, choosing names for my computers is a very intuitive process for me haha). rufus is FAST! render time means NOTHING to rufus! which means that me and rufus… well… we’re made for eachother.

no but seriously, thus far this has been the best investment i’ve made. with help from my boyfriend, who actually knows stuff about computers, we put together a list of the parts which i bought separately and he pieced together to become rufus :D some exciting aspects include:

  • an i7 processor
  • windows 7… at last… goodbye shitty vista!
  • 1500 gigs of disk space
  • a fucking amazing dell ultrasharp screen which is just mind-blowing!! this is the first time i’ve had a screen larger than laptop format :0

for now it’s housed in my miniscule work room at home which is kind of a disaster because it’s all squished into a tiny space, as above picture shows. i also forgot to invest in a decent wireless card (it’s on the to-do list) so i still have to use my laptop for browsing which is why it’s squeezed onto my tiny desk as well, ahaha. also my entire house is still littered with boxes from all the separate computer parts…

here’s to hoping this computer will facilitate the creation of many a digital painting and animation :D

tumblr tuesday

whoa i almost missed it! it’s 2AM here but of course still tuesday in the americas, lucky me. i recommended the wonderful mattahan whose work i love and have been following for a bit over a year now. his work is varied and wonderful and most of all, despite his excellent digital painting skills, he is constantly improving and refining his painting technique. check out his tumblr for a mix of rough doodles and insights into his more detailed, finished pieces. also, if you have a deviantart account, head over to his deviantart page and watch + fav!

recommend me here if you like!

newest post to deviantart!
also: layout change. it’s not totally done yet but it’s mostly finished. the other one stretched out my drawings to unpleasant extremes sometimes, not to mention that i find making layouts oddly therapeutic :] here’s to hoping someone else isn’t going to insta-ripoff the whole thing (ahem). and hey - awesome news! i received a payment for some work i did and was able to purchase a new super computer from it, which i chose to order in separate parts… and they’ve all arrived! tomorrow morning is building-computer-time, thanks to my technology-savvy boyfriend. the birth of my lean mean animation machine 8D

newest post to deviantart!

also: layout change. it’s not totally done yet but it’s mostly finished. the other one stretched out my drawings to unpleasant extremes sometimes, not to mention that i find making layouts oddly therapeutic :] here’s to hoping someone else isn’t going to insta-ripoff the whole thing (ahem). and hey - awesome news! i received a payment for some work i did and was able to purchase a new super computer from it, which i chose to order in separate parts… and they’ve all arrived! tomorrow morning is building-computer-time, thanks to my technology-savvy boyfriend. the birth of my lean mean animation machine 8D

boy
olanna - inspired by a character in a beautiful book i’m reading, half of a yellow sun. and also a bit by the beautiful author of the book, chimamanda ngozi adichie.

olanna - inspired by a character in a beautiful book i’m reading, half of a yellow sun. and also a bit by the beautiful author of the book, chimamanda ngozi adichie.

ariel

this is one of those songs that doesn’t get old to me for some reason. love it! although as an animator i always find music videos that only show a performance boring. there’s so much more that you can get out of a music video!!

sorry i haven’t posted so much, i went to visit my big sis in newcastle for a week. perhaps i’ll post a few snapshots… why not…

pretty…

pretty…

one of my favorite songs by the national. going to see them tonight, in my excitement i am listening to nothing but their music all day.

tumblr tuesday / behance

woohoo, finally a tumblr tuesday where i remembered to actually recommend someone. i recommended charliebowater of course :]

recommend me here if you want!

anyway, i joined the behance network the other day. the quality of the work on the site is great, but most of all i like the way the site is divided into ‘projects’ rather than individual images. this makes the site much more professional, making it easy for artists/studios to post work they’ve done for clients, but also gives you the opportunity to post ‘series’ of work and add details + progress pics, which is what i did with my art. still working on adding more projects, but check it out for now!

oh and… HUP HOLLAND HUP!!!!

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