It looks like DA is trying to impliment a quick client based file submission app to upload submissions where the thumbnail is generated clientside. >_> buuut its not working, and its buggy and WHEN I can get it to work, it breaks the thumbnail previews, which makes it impossible to view in firefox (cause apparently a broken image breaks the link too in that browser o.O) So, just to see if it worked I have to use IE.... But you know what thats why there are DA beta testers so we dont have to deal with their bugs.. Or did they forget?

Merf, This kinda sucks..

Oh, yah, new updates, also went back and did some updated versions of my late night dragon pic and updated my dev id to go along with that as well....

Yes, so my birthday was on Sunday last week... A big inconvienance for it to always be durring finals... So it got spit up into multiple celebratory days... Thursday before I went out with 2 good friends and had a grand ol' time, dinner, arcades and ice-cream, oh my. Sunday was then reserved for homework and a quick dinner with my mom... while this coming week saturday my dad wants to host some party or something and here my brother will be having my friends coming to it than I will... lol Ill be lucky to find just one person to go... o.o

Finals are over for me now, thankfully so I have near two weeks off rather than just the 1.. though I have senior project work that I STILL have to do... and its alot of it.. Ill be working on it for the majority of the week I think, but now I want to have a lil fun.... its a pitty everyone else is still having classes... Means I only get to have fun with a PC and an xbox aparently.. Oddities, eeh.

So happy finals for everyone hehe.....

Well the years longest break has gone by, and little work was actually done. I could feel guilty about not working on my portfolio all weekend long, but it would do little to help. Oh well, I guess Ill just be working more longer, later...

On a positive note, I finally got an Internship... So I guess 3 weeks of looking wernt utterly lost, hehe. I'll be working at QuickSilver Software. While its not such a name brand, they've colaborated with numerous more popular developers. In the past theyve done a few StarTrek Games, and Military simulators, its a company I believe Alan Emrich worked there in the past as well, so thats kinda interesting... ^_^

Whats nice, is they actually plan on having me work on the projects (how much, is yet to be planned) but it is always nice to be able to have your name in the credits for a game that has shipped, specially now adays where thats nearly a requirement to find a real job. And none of that coffee-poorer stuff, hehe, which is why I turned down the many game-reviewing companies.. not that Im not interested, I can write, and I can do video editing, but thats not why Im at the art institute!

Sooooo since everyone seems to be posting their schedules Ill do the sames... Its totally top-heavy, but that is because I planned for my internship to occupy much of the other days...

Saturday 12:30-4:30:
3D Scripting - Merf, another class where they will probably teach nothing -_-

Monday 5:30-9:30:
Senior Project I -A totally awesome team I'll be working with, since I know them already..

Tuesday 7:30-11:30:
ADV. Character Rigging AND Internship I - Yah, I know Im taking two classes the same day and time, but internship is more of a check in and stuff so I can do that at a seperate time Lary said.

So yup, only 4 classes... Im oficially a light weight. Assuming I pass every class, I will be taking 4 classes or less for the rest of the time here at AI, otherwise Id only have 1 class on my last quarter, which isnt a good idea..

Well again, I passed the quarter with a 3.6 gpa... 4 A's and one C.. I bet all my friends can guess which class the C was in... Hehe *cough* BackgroundDesignNLayout*cough*

Well actually the C isnt bad at all, concidering out of 50 students of 3 classes, only 1 person got anything above a C in that course, with a B- (and even then technically it was a 79.96, still a C XD)

So Im feeling good, like I Aced my classes this quarter and now to go off to find an internship this summer break.. Im really looking forward to a few companies, but really Ill be very happy with just getting an internship... Luckily for me, I live in orange county.. probably the home to the most game companies in such a concentrated area! there are a totall of at least 6 or 7 companies within a 15 min drive from my home.. Hell, I can walk to blizzard in under 5! (its right down the street from me, less than a half mile!)

Other things I want to begin working on, is start work on planning out my demo reel. I have a lot to aspire to! (including yours, *CircleA61) But not only that, after exchanging emails between myself and other people at companies, Im realizing how important it is for me to have an online portfolio of myself...

Sooo I think Ill need to start on a portfolio project as well (I have no idea how to tackle that yet, but I know how to make websites... just not flash ones, which Im slightly curious about concidering)

Also I hear there is a IGDA meeting at my school next week, and if I attend, Ill want to make myself buisness cards! And if I make buisness card, I want a website to link to! and well frankly, my DA, or other websites just wont cut it.

Man I wish I could hang out with the 'bigboys' and see how they do their stuff ;_;
but alas, I know too few...

Well I added a new buddy icon, just for kicks...

BUUUT I cant post it cause DA is mean like that... No subscription means no letting me post picks in the journal which is so easy for it to allow >_>

I should be working on my school final thats due friday, but Im busy rendering away at the final character walk for skaar... While I turned it in allready and will be getting a grade on that one, im still wasnt satisfied with it, tweaked some things and am re-rendering it once more. Ill post people when its done, but It might be rendering for the whole night.. currently at frame 28 of 530, and its been 30 min to an hour maybe? eh >_>