i've finally finished the concept work for my part of the WOW contest. now i must start the actual 3D modeling and texturing D; another challenge and portion to adapt to. The concepting portion was fun and something different and new. It taught me how much researching, finding reference, and asking for assistance (from instructors especially) can really impact your work. Im beginning to watch a 3D modeling&texturing DVD right now just to see if there's any tips within the DVD to assist me even more in this portion of the project.

that's all for now!

Travis Ngov

Winter Break

YES! it has finally begun.......well a couple days ago it has. I started winter break with a good start on my concept artworks for the blizzard contest. I believe i got a good headstart so far.

Right now im on the final phase of the concepting. Ive gotten the artstyle down, the mindset, and now i just need to create a finished piece. Ive already created many many thumbnails, and sketches of my project. The only thing left is that ONE finished concept artwork of it. I plan to have at least 4 final concept pieces to choose from. Then i can get to the 3D aspect of this! :D

Im confident that i can finish this project before school starts again, which is also about a week before the contest ends! :) i dont really want to post any concepts in progress but i'll post these actually when the artwork is completed just for personal reasons.

but i HAVE been doing alot of figure studies along the way! i do these studies casually as a way to warm up when it comes to drawing in my sketchbook. So far ive had many many pages ever since break started so it shows im not completely unproductive.

I do get this wierd feeling though as these days of break goes by. this feeling is the feeling of being completely useless/unproductive. This usually comes by when i dont do anything all day that has to do with art whatsoever like sketching,modeling, etc. I understand its "winter break" and we all DO deserve a vacation but i just feel theres so much talent and competition out there that i cant afford to just spend 3 FULL weeks of just playing video games and going out.

We all WANT something but we have to show HOW MUCH we actually want that something. And just sitting here saying things wont do me any good? so the further i get into this field, the more i want to..DO MORE? i guess you can say?

that's really all about it for now....i'll post some sketches up here sometime soon along with my concept artworks AFTER i finish the project im working on :)

Till next time,

Travis Ngov

So my finals is VERY close.

i have a Humanities, Game Prototyping, 3D Scripting, and Character Animation final!

My humanities final im a BIT concerned about but it shouldnt be too much stress.

for scripting, i managed to finish my script BUT found a bug recently. turns out it can only be used once. i'll be posting my script soon on my blog and a description on what it is and how to use it :)
but i will definitely fix this bug. its not too much to do. just will of course require alot of logic.

for Game prototyping, i stiiiiiill have yet to add my kismetics to my video game level. Its ALMOST done though :) no stress for this whatsoever either. just will require efficient time management.

and character animation.......oooooo yeah i feel VERY confident in the animations ive made recently. i will post every final on my blogspot once they're finished. VERY SOOOON

one more week and then i finallyyy get a break! im in sooo dire need in a break that today, for my one day off of the week, i slept for nearly 11 hours O_o

also here's a painting i did recently today while relaxing. i did sketch and basic value in school for 1 hour then today while at home i spent another hour and a half on it. Good results so far!

Im in LOVE with this wacom intuos 5 that i just purchased recently. it feels very comfortable and clean ^___^ i'll definitely be releasing more artworks this break! including my artwork submission for the world of warcraft student contest i have yet to do!

i HAVE done alot of conceptual sketches and studies on their artwork , i just have to scan them off my sketchbook =P okay thats all for now.

Sayonara,

Travis Ngov