The Harder the Struggle the Sweeter the rewards.

"Not all things in life can be summed up in a pithy comment."
-Mel Danes

We struggle to grow, evolve and sometimes just survive.
The last 6 months of my life have found me adrift looking for purpose. Beset by problems from without and within, I have felt a wide range of emotions, elation, rage, triumph and failure. Through it all I had a lingering sense it was leading me somewhere.

Life it seems has a plan for us even when we cannot see it.

After years away from School (Ferris State University) I have committed to finishing my degree. One simple class is all that lay between an incomplete experience and graduation. The sense of this moment is like the forlorn hope into the fortress of the unknown. So much potentiality wrapped up in a simple math class, the pivotal moment in focus and I can actually see it happening. Possible futures coalescing into reality.

Recently my father, a willful 76 year old, has had an extreme health experience. He looks like he will be coming out of it in pretty good shape. Between the worry and planning for the worst I have realized my being back in town allows me to try and get right with my Father.

There is so much happening in my life right now, it feels overwhelming. So we come back to the title. The glimmer of the future, if I can keep this cart on the tracks for just a little longer, oh man where we can go.

I hope to write here soon a story of triumph.
Consider this the place holder.

Life, it happens.

Well the company I worked for for the last three years kind of imploded. Yeti CGI continues on but not in the form it was previously, this leaner more focused company has a much better chance of providing the stability and prosperity the remaining team needs. I wish them all the best.

So what have I been doing, well I moved and the job search continues. My plan is to brush up on my art skills in an effort to broaden my employment potential. I also want to deepen my project management skill set and explore software I have not had much experience with.

On the art side the July Mecha project will be re-started and worked from scratch with a new focus and goal. previously I had intended to use it for a 3D printing project, but that is no longer the goal. Now I want to make a game asset, this will allow me to explore the Quixel toolset of dDo and nDo2, as well as Zbrush and 3Dcoat.

More to report as it comes in.....stay on target.

Dropship inbound, we are go in 5...4...3...

So I have approval to move forward with the new project.
I shall be modeling a mecha for the purposes of improving my hard surface skills.

Design by modalmechanica  on Deviant Art.

W.I.P. shots to follow.

Long ago a young man wanted to make robots.....

Now years later that dream may become a reality.

Follow this space.

Test video

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Rigging test using CAT 2010. Need to fix skin issues, nothing major.

Realized after class I never posted my current topo and sculpt start.
My Bad.
Final topo for Swick.

After much anticipation and tweaking i cannot get UV master to live up to it's name. I'm sure it is me but I will need more input form the community. Back to Roadkill for now.