what's up lately

couldnt believe it has been so long since i last updated this blog. in between this time, i have picked up a new hobby which was kinda draining all my remaining free time besides work and some gaming, i have picked up video editing as a new hobby. still new to it, and i am still trying to learn some basic stuff on it, but overall it has been a fun experience. have created a handful of videos recently, they are available at the side bar.

Sculpting Day 7 & 8

Was really busy these days at work, didnt really have the time to update,so here's a quick one.

Lesson 7


Lesson 8


Finished Product

Sculpting Day 5 & 6

been quite tiring since i started working in a new office. not because of the work load though, but i think its due to the fact that i have to attend lessons after work. even then, i feel that my time is well spent.

Lesson 5

have started working on the neck and shoulders area.


as usual, this side was done by the lecturer.


i wasn't quite finished with the left side of the face, spent another 2-3 hours after class at home to finish up the neck and shoulders as well as the cheek area.

Lesson 6

adding more details to the face here now, since lesson 7 would be the last lesson for me to finish up everything while Lesson 8 would be used for baking the super sculpey.


this side done by the lecturer again, the way he sculpted the ear makes it look so easy.


i spent the whole lesson just sculpting the ear, and it still looks weird. i went home and scrapped off the ear and redo it again, you'll be able to see it on the Lesson 7 post, i think :P

i hope u're starting to recognize who i'm sculpting, if not... oh well.

Sculpting Day 4

looks like the students attending the lesson is getting lesser and lesser. this week only 3 students from the short course attended the lesson including myself. i guess its good for me at least, where the lecturer has more time to attend to each student as compared to a larger group of students.


finally get to shape the sculpture to a specific model that we want to do. 1 of the students chose to make a lion-man, another chose to make one after her kid, as for me, well, not going to tell, see if you guys can find out wat i am going for as i get shape it closer and closer to wat i want to do.


this side was done by the lecturer.


i tried mimicking my lecturer's work and it seems to be quite nice... for the 1st time i was praised for my work in art lol. i never scored well in art classes back in my school days. so i was kinda surprised that the lecturer actually said i did a good job.

no lesson next week since its good friday, so will have to wait for 2 weeks before i have pictures for lesson 5.

Sculpting Day 2 and 3

did not bring back my sculpture on the 2nd lesson, so i didnt took a picture then. brought the sculpture back after the 3rd lesson and here's some of the pictures i took before and after the 3rd lesson.


this was done after the 2nd lesson. lecturer did the right side of the face while i tried to "copy" it on the left side.


this was done after the 3rd lesson. the same thing, lecturer did the right side of the face. i find the ear very difficult, so are the eyes.


this is the side view of the right side. see the ear... done by the lecturer, i wonder how am i going to match his level....

Sculpting Day 1

Went for my sculpting class last friday. i must say that i didnt expect the lesson to be so confusing and boring. basically not only the new beginners (like myself) are in the class, a group of advanced students are using the same classroom, but doing their own work. many times we dont know the instructions given by the lecturer was for us, or for them. moreover, i felt very out of place in class. everybody else seems to be an art student of some kind or have done graphics/design and wat not. i, have totally no knowledge of art in any kind, i cannot even draw!

anyway, with all the confusion going on, we're supposed to be making some kind of a head sculpture. we just managed to make out a simple shape of the head with aluminium foil and will hopefully proceed with the sculpey material. somehow i dont think the class did much in terms of teach and helping us understand stuff, the lecture was helping a couple of the students do most of their work, which i think, does not help these students at all if the work is mostly done by the lecturer. sure enough his/her sculpture will be the best looking one, but what did he or she learn after the lessons?


yes, this is my ugly looking unfinished sculpture. brought it home so i can make some adjustments to it.


this is the side view.

just when i reached home and started unpacking my materials (used in the sculpting class), i noticed that i have left the tool made by the lecturer for us (the new students) in the classroom. it was a small tool, and i got distracted when i was packing the bigger stuff. i hope that the school finds it or i'll just have to be thick skinned enough to ask the lecturer to make me another one.

Dante's Inferno

when i 1st saw the trailer of Dante's Inferno, it was really interesting. it's an action adventure game, a genre that EA seldom produces. i told myself i need to try this game out as it looks interesting enough. when the demo was out on xbox live's marketplace, i downloaded it immediately. played through it and was kind hesitant whether should i purchase the game or not.

1 thing for sure as i was playing the demo, i kept asking myself, am i playing God of War? it was so damn similar, especially the gameplay. the fighting combos, the upgrading "currency", the character movements, the life and mana refills and the soundtrack. besides having a different weapon, Dante and Kratos have really similar fighting combos. i wont say about the in-game "currency" as many action games nowadays have almost the same design: kill-something-and-get-souls-to-upgrade-something. the way Dante and Kratos move around looks similar too, maybe they are using similar physics engine... life and mana refills feels almost identical, except for the visuals. the soundtrack, REALLY sounds like a God of War track.

i really like God of War, but i'm not sure if i'm willing to spend money to buy a game that feels almost the same after playing the demo. i guess i will have to wait till i get more feedback from frens and such, and at the same time, if i can get my hands on a cheap pre-owned copy of the game, i'll probably buy it and give it a try.