Well, having an assignment to get a website up was not the way I wanted to go about doing it, I guess with all the time I been investing into my work, I kind of let it slide to the wayside. But at the same time it was nice having the assignment and forcing me into the creation of one. Though it was actually two websites, a free one which turned out not to bad, at least I think it hasn't, and is by no means done, the first one RasmussenCn.com I was able to snag the address that I wanted, and I'm currently editing that one and building via Wordpress. The second one http://rasmussencn.wix.com/crasmussen-portfolio#!home/mainPage is being done by Wix.com.
To be able to a foothold back on the web again is nice. I felt bad about it, not having a website and trying to get a job is like saying I'm not sure about myself. At least in my eyes. So now, I am happy with what I have and will continue to work on it.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Self Critique
Self critiquing this piece once again, I knew about the proportions and line control prior to the lessons I have gone over. Completion of the piece I would say is my failure on this one, It starts to really get good depth, but then there are only a few areas that I did that to, completing it would make it really stand out.
Overall a fine piece out of my portfolio, a few hard lines in the upper traps and a lack of shadowing on his left upper quad would make this piece complete.
Lower half on this centaur should've been proportioned correctly, his gluts are a bit small, and a bit of hard shadows going on his lower right ribcage.
This was and probably is my best work for the anatomy of a male. Completion of this would be my biggest flaw on it. This is the first Digital work I did, and not completing it has made me not want to show it. There should be more of a background and I think I also screwed up on the toes.
There are many pieces of work that I have come to really know, I knew about my weaknesses and have been addressing them already. I am hoping that I take the knowledge that I have learned in the last year and now apply it to my work in the 3d realms
Monday, October 8, 2012
Well, in my eye, I see myself as an artist/game designer, so when I look online to see and learn, there are two sites in particular that I have always garnered to. The first, gamasutra.com is a site that really breaks almost all of the industry down, there is information to the coders, sound board guys, the artists, and the designers. I did summarize most of the jobs, because there are many others that would be included into the creation of a game. But gamasutra will cover your needs when discussing the post mortems, to the creative board and how to keep your interest into what you are doing.
The second one that I have as one of my homepages has been game-artists.net. I don't frequent this site as much as I would of liked to in the past year, mostly because knowing my issues with 3d art, I focused on the traditional art, improving on my anatomy and shadowing skills. But this site holds many fine artists, that work in the industry and outside of the industry, they have keen eyes to help you to see things more clearly and where to improve. A big props to the site and the fellows that run it, for they do competitions that range from concept art, to speed modeling.
I forgot to mention another one that I do frequent, though getting response on it is sometimes flaky, would be deviantart.com. Can spend mass amounts of time looking at other peoples art and can get inspired by quite a few of the pieces there.
The second one that I have as one of my homepages has been game-artists.net. I don't frequent this site as much as I would of liked to in the past year, mostly because knowing my issues with 3d art, I focused on the traditional art, improving on my anatomy and shadowing skills. But this site holds many fine artists, that work in the industry and outside of the industry, they have keen eyes to help you to see things more clearly and where to improve. A big props to the site and the fellows that run it, for they do competitions that range from concept art, to speed modeling.
I forgot to mention another one that I do frequent, though getting response on it is sometimes flaky, would be deviantart.com. Can spend mass amounts of time looking at other peoples art and can get inspired by quite a few of the pieces there.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Self Appraisal
A flaw that I have heard on more then one occasion would be that I am arrogant, my friends state this, and even my own brother has stated this. I would say it is a problem, the reason why it is a problem is because I don't view myself as arrogant. I know a lot of information on a great many things, I wouldn't consider myself to a be a know it all, nor do I "showboat" the amount of knowledge or information that I know. When it comes to my skills, I consider myself to be lacking. There are areas in which I see disappointment or a lack of understanding and I focus all my attention onto those areas.
It is a issue, and I do know that I hold myself to higher standards, and maybe this comes off as being arrogant. In effort to not come off as arrogant, I try to be open, friendly and polite. I don't pass judgement on people, at least not right away, I will analysis the situation and the person, and might come to conclusion within a short period, but I don't see how you can't form an opinion without making a judgement on them.
I am creative, I am for the most part punctual, I like to get things done early, unless there is something else of importance that must be taken care of. I am a friendly, outgoing individual, I get along with most of everyone, but there will be a few that I don't, and when those do arise, it is the complete opposite effect, I might not have an issue with someone, because I have worked with a lot of different people, and adapt very quickly, and don't hold things, but that person just won't like me. I am a hard worker, I strive to work at the best of my ability and in a timely fashion.
As mentioned before arrogance stems from me, whether I know it or not, but the other one that I do know of, and this one I have worked on for many a year, it would be strong willed, or during a time when you are holding your ground, another name for it would be maybe headstrong. In this it is a double sided coin, for it is one of my strong suits, where it has helped me strive at becoming better, being on time, having the hard work ethic. And others it clashes, makes ripples in ponds when I don't intend to. When to pick the "fight' and when to back down. And I have no problems with backing down or being humble, I'm not hurt in being proven wrong, I chalk that up on lessons learned. I remember why I was wrong and I continue foward.
I would say that in the last 11 years, I have been opened to many things from many different jobs/careers, and each one of these has made me a better person. From my first job out of the house, learning to control my temper, to my last job as a teacher where I learned to convey and understand many people.
A flaw that I have heard on more then one occasion would be that I am arrogant, my friends state this, and even my own brother has stated this. I would say it is a problem, the reason why it is a problem is because I don't view myself as arrogant. I know a lot of information on a great many things, I wouldn't consider myself to a be a know it all, nor do I "showboat" the amount of knowledge or information that I know. When it comes to my skills, I consider myself to be lacking. There are areas in which I see disappointment or a lack of understanding and I focus all my attention onto those areas.
It is a issue, and I do know that I hold myself to higher standards, and maybe this comes off as being arrogant. In effort to not come off as arrogant, I try to be open, friendly and polite. I don't pass judgement on people, at least not right away, I will analysis the situation and the person, and might come to conclusion within a short period, but I don't see how you can't form an opinion without making a judgement on them.
I am creative, I am for the most part punctual, I like to get things done early, unless there is something else of importance that must be taken care of. I am a friendly, outgoing individual, I get along with most of everyone, but there will be a few that I don't, and when those do arise, it is the complete opposite effect, I might not have an issue with someone, because I have worked with a lot of different people, and adapt very quickly, and don't hold things, but that person just won't like me. I am a hard worker, I strive to work at the best of my ability and in a timely fashion.
As mentioned before arrogance stems from me, whether I know it or not, but the other one that I do know of, and this one I have worked on for many a year, it would be strong willed, or during a time when you are holding your ground, another name for it would be maybe headstrong. In this it is a double sided coin, for it is one of my strong suits, where it has helped me strive at becoming better, being on time, having the hard work ethic. And others it clashes, makes ripples in ponds when I don't intend to. When to pick the "fight' and when to back down. And I have no problems with backing down or being humble, I'm not hurt in being proven wrong, I chalk that up on lessons learned. I remember why I was wrong and I continue foward.
I would say that in the last 11 years, I have been opened to many things from many different jobs/careers, and each one of these has made me a better person. From my first job out of the house, learning to control my temper, to my last job as a teacher where I learned to convey and understand many people.
Well, it has been awhile since my last update. In the last couple weeks, I have gone from having very little feeling and a lack of control in my left hand to having stitches and slow return of both feeling and control into my main hand. I've been having this issue since July, and they finally decided to do surgery on my hand for carpal tunnel this past week. Well, more like about 9 days ago. My workflow has dropped almost to an nonexistence, due to the fact that when theres pain in the hand, I have to stop all activity with it, and take pain killers that put me to sleep. Now, my hand has finally started coming back around, I have to scramble to get my homework done, with a wrap around my left hand protecting the newly formed scar I will have for the rest of my life.
That in a nutshell has been my last few weeks, literally since my last post. I was hoping to have regained everything in my hand prior to school, but as luck has shown me, the dice don't roll in my favor.
That in a nutshell has been my last few weeks, literally since my last post. I was hoping to have regained everything in my hand prior to school, but as luck has shown me, the dice don't roll in my favor.
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