Remembering 9/11

So, I'm sitting in bed and looking at pictures of the terrorist attacks from 9/11. I still get choked up seeing them. I hate to think that anyone is even capable of doing a thing like that. However, I'm also happy to see how everyone has united to remember the people that died. I think this is a day I will always remember for the rest of my life, as if it happened yesterday.

It's strange that here they can talk about it so casually. I don't think that they really truly understand how, as an American, that I feel about this. I hope that they never have to know either.

Phhhheeewww...... ok here we go

Time to catch up on this blog. I have been seriously busy but I finally made some time to get this done.

First up....

First up is one of my new CGI projects. It's a cat shaman. It's pretty much done and I'm happy with how it turned out.

This one is a demon for a scene that I'm going to make. I still have a lot of work to do on the scene but yeah....

Well, I guess that's probably it since I can't seem to find any of my videos so I'll have to look for my camera... : /

Fail and Epic Fail :(

Soooooo.... This is bad.... really bad. I haven't updated this blog in a REALLY long time. I have a good excuse though! I've been busy..... that's a pretty lousy excuse... but it IS true. Well anyways, I'll do my back entries for all the videos that I've taken. There's been a LOT.

Well, on to the present. We went to a wine festival today and it was really fun. It was in a place called Skanzen. We had some wine, but not too much, and then we enjoyed some electrofolk music, which is amazing. If you haven't heard it, check it out! This is a short entry but there will be more soon!

(This is a quote from our tour guide in Mostar. to give it some context, he was refering to how nothing in the world is what it is. There is always some reasoning behind everything.)

This past trip was probably one of the best we've ever had. It was relaxing, exciting, beautiful, and thrilling all at the same time. Sarajevo was, admittingly, not the best part of the trip. The real beauty and adventure was in Mostar, which was surprising, given it's size. However we had a wonderful time there!!!

View of the countryside from the train.

A short tour of our hostel. It was perfect! If you go to Mostar, you MUST stay at Majdas. The people were so amazing and Bata's tour is well worth the trip alone! Not to mention that Majda is the sweetest person I've ever met :)

The Islamic call to prayer at sunset. It was so beautiful!

The waterfall that we got to swim in!!

A small castle town, far from civilization!

The old bank building. It was apparently used by snipers during the war. It's pretty eerie. It was totally abandoned but there were still many things in it, ranging from old files from the bank to bullet shells that had been fired by the snipers. Creepy!

Well, that's all from the amazing vacation that we just got back from. It was an amazing experience, and to be honest it was Majdas Hostel that was the main cause. If you go to Mostar, this is the only place you should stay at.

Working on a Portfolio

There hasn't been too much to update lately. Things have been busy, as usual. Worl is work and life is life. We've been doing things but It's very hard to find the time to wait for videos to upload to the internet. Especially more than one. On the good side, there are many things coming up soon so hopefully that will give me an incentive to record and upload. However, I'm starting to get really into animation again since we've been having kind of a lul. Annnnnyyyways, Here's 2 projects I've been working on. Both were made in a combination of Maya and Mudbox. Both unbelievable programs! The first is the head of a type of alien from the video game StarCraft 2. I had a fun time making it and learned alot from tutorials that I watched on youtube.

Protoss bust.

The next is a character that I drew in my sketch book. I think the modeling came out pretty well and I'm glad that it came out as well as it did. He's kind of a forest spirit guy that I thought up a while back.

The Forest Spirit. The face is like a wooden mask.

Well, that's all for now. I'm excited to get back into modeling and doing something towards getting into grad school!

Happy Birthday to Me!!

It's a little late but the 24th was my birthday! It was a really good one too! I got presents from some of the teachers, some of the students, and everyone wished me a happy birthday! It made me very happy :D. Unfortunately, it's at times like this that I really miss home. It makes it very hard not being able to see everyone that I love and care about. I miss everyone so much!

On a second note, I worked on a project for our friend Jake. He wanted an intro video for his videos so here it is.

Not too much else has been going on. I got some more videos to upload from our trip to Serbia.

Today.... is a sick day. Val and I have been feeling like crap since we got back from our vacation yesterday. Val wasn't feeling good since Saturday and it really started hitting me on Monday. Blech!
On the bright side, I'm now able to post updates to my blog! Huzzah!

First update: The Buso Festival. This was a crazy holiday where people dress up in demon costumes, scare people, befriend children, and sexually assault women.... and yes it was as weird, and as fun, as it sounds.

One of the first busos we saw.

baby buso!!!

Buso parade!!!!!

Busos starting the bonfire!!!!!!!!!

and last but certainly not least....

The Buso bonfire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although we walked around for 8 hours, and felt like our legs were going to fall off, it was an amazing time and it was an easy festival to get sucked into. Eveyone had a great time and I think that most people would enjoy it. Even the kids, oddly enough, were delighted by the Busos. Weird, wacky stuff!