::welcome to my portfolio site.

::6/11 New picture in the works. "Dual Citizenship" Will attempt colorizing. Should be finished within 2-3 weeks.

::5/5 Renaissance.

::4/30 It's been a while. Finally purchased a WACOM tablet. Here's a quick image I created. So it begins again... :)

::2/24 Final Replication of Steve McCurry's Afghan Girl Got onto Gfxartist.com top ten, position #6.

::2/23 Been a while... Got a job at Dell. Don't fret my bretheren, I shall not give up my dream of becoming a game artist. Working on Acornboy Story. Modeled Grandfather Acron and some scenery. Here's a some stages of a new Photoshop Project.

::2/10 24 Hour Quake 3 Skinning Challenge. Many talented artist participated. The original forum thread can be viewed at cgtalk.com. I think the thread made it to the daily heads up display.

::2/7 Although for only a short while, I was on gfxArtist's top ten member image gallery with vineyard girl.

::2/5 Learned some new color painting techniques that will hopefully improve my color images from now on. Colored my Self Portrait.

::2/4 Been checkin out some forums. I used to think they were a waste of time before I knew what they were about, but I have found some really great communities with very talented artist sharing their work and thoughts. Some of the best I have found are CG Talk, Eatpoo, and Sijun Forums. They have some great tutorial threads, contests, and a great way to network with other artist.

::2/3 I've been working on my updated berserker 3d model, but can't seem to not gravitate to painting in Photoshop. Im not finished yet, but Im sleepy. Today 3:11 am. Two cans of Wild CHerry Pepsi.

::2/1 Late night coloring project.

::1/31 As some of you may know, I am on the job search. Here's a stupid mistake. I sent out a resume with some freelance work which included the wording "several murals painting and framed PLAGUES." Who would want to hire someone who is the bringer of an epidemic of infectious disease, served up all spiffy keen like a martha stewart wall hanging with antique, gold leaf crackle finish? HAHA.

::1/29 Started a new modular attachment for Ratboy, still in in the works, needs more texturing and mapping to be polished. Ratboy will also be getting a facelift.

::1/27 Updated some of the sections to better suit the addition of images. George W. Bush

::1/26 Didn't get to much modeling or drawing, just practiced making a realistic hand. Almost there...

::3am Eternal boO yeAh foLks!!!

::1/25 Found an awesome polygon modeling script for MAYA. It's only 6:00 pm so maybe stayed tuned in for additions round 3-4 am. ;O)

::1/24 Painted in Photoshop all day long. human_skull - bird_bones - man_head

::3am Eternal whoOhoO! with a mouse!

::1/23 New splash page! The voice wav is from a Commodore 64 game called Mission Impossible by Epyx. Found that and some other good ones like Jumpman, Good Ole Times.

::1/22 Worked a little on the head some more. I might use it in a new website design. Otherwise I made some more textures. Im considering adding a textures page since I always seem to be making them. Anyways...

::1/21 Couldn't help myself from throwing some textures on my undone head model. Check it out!

::1/21 Turned in an application at Best Buy. It certainly is disappointing that I haven't been able to find a job in an industry where I can use my artistic talents and be paid for them, but it has only been 2-3 months since I began soliciting for a position. I feel that I will most likely have to make my own opportunities, but eventually, just as long as I continue to produce work, I will continue to become better, and opportunities will arise themselves. No artwork to post today, although I did start modeling my own head, and doodled a bit. Acornboy's friend or foe, I haven't decided, his name Trunk...boy. Ha. Maybe just Trunk. A wooden creature just like Acornboy, but instead he has a bulldogish jaw and a big trunkish head. Typical big oof character. No scans though until I polish it up. In the meanwhile, take a look at this artist's website and bio/journal. I hope that I will have a smiliar story to tell, years from now.

::1/20 Decided vieyard girl looked best in grayscale. Maybe when I obtain a Wacom tablet, I can colorize better... HEY Wanna see me?

::1/19 I don't have artsy names for my pieces, over the weekend I did vineyard girlsketch colored Im not quite finished, but the colored one is pretty decent considering it's done with the mouse.

::1/17 I searched on the internet for gas mask references and found more than a few Quake/UT models with gas masks, I guess I wasn't too original. I bet there aren't any with exposed cranium and brain eh!?! :O) And cowboy boots, belt buckle, and chaps! ;O) Check him out HERE. Approximately 1800 polygons, and he isnt finished yet. One 512 texture map. He's needs to be dirtied up some more, and his hands/arms are whack. Also I will probably have to tweak some of the UVs. ::one hour later:: I was gonna go to bed, but then I just started putting stitches in where his head and mask meet so...Berserker.

::1/17 I am proud to say I recieved my rejection letter from 3D realms for their environmental aritst position from owner/partner George Broussard himself!!! Oh yeah baby, I also got turned down for a date by Brittany Spears, and one time at a Pearl Jam concert, Eddie Veddar seeing that I was over heated in the mosch pit, actually took HIS drinking water and flung water out at me, not to anyone else, me. Although only a few drops landed on my head. He and I are best friends. Ha...check out http://www.gajusonline.com, a college peer of mine, his link for old Apple pictures is pretty cool. Stayed up til 4 in the morning modeling thedc.com project. Awesome YO, Dreamweaver MX has a ftp server built into it, after you update something, all you have to do is tell it update it. D_MX is the bomb Yo. Serious. Download a trial version here.

::1/16 Got back on the pencil, it's more sketches for thedc.com group workshop. We're all working on our own concept models from sketch, models, texturing, to completion, that will supposedly be brought into a game engine. Found an good article - "the need for good modelers will start to rise soon" Which gives me some hope. I realized today that it might take awhile before I can break into the game development industry, but until then I have all that time to get better.

::1/16 Added Burtonesque, Acornboy Upclose, Blue Earth, Ford Ranger, and Joyo_G_Design. They are older 2d/3d images of mine, just never added into the website til now. I'm thinking of redesigning the site. It's not condusive to images being added all the time.

::1/15 New small project to practice modeling, UV mapping, and texturing. Gettining alot better at the UV mapping thing. I think Im gonna try a new method... Found a great texture pack on Fileplanet. It's 40 megs, and has hundreds of textures from the actual Max Payne game by Remedy Entertainment. It's a good example to learn about texturing. Anyways, I just found out there's no such thing as the real world, its just a lie that you gotta rise above - John Mayer.

::1/13 Updated my B&W Photography pages, now you can access the images. Graduated and umemployed for exactly one month now, a slight twinge of disenheartenment, yet still positive I will work in the game industry. If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. - Thoreau.

::1/12 Finished my Stainless Steel Studios Artist Submission Test. See my shiznip. I used Aurora special effects to get the atmosphere so just ignore that part, that takes no skill whatsoever. Here is the unaltered render with the stats.

::1/11 Started working on another project, I will put up some images soon. It's a test that artist are required to fulfill to apply at Stainless Steel Studios. Good Practice in low poly modeling. Here's the 'assignment.' Also found a kickass website with great vehicle reference blueprints http://www.suurland.com Their links are good as well.

::1/7 Added Oni. Conceptual piece for thedc.com group development project.

::1/3 Happy New Year! SEE the Redesign? Learned some iframe tags.

::12/26 Added two new images. Warcraft III Orc, and Brom's Black Wing. Im considering challenging myself to an image a day. Found gmax on Discreet's website. Its a free watered down 3d Studio Max, the tutorials are dummy proof.

::12/25 Merry Christmas... Found some great new links - jobsmack.com thedc.com & digitalartistmanagement.com These links seems to be some of the BEST links to follow through on my search for employment in the game industry. Its gonna happen, but I may have to suffer a couple (or maybe a few) months of lowered ego and post graduation distress while in waiting.

::12/18 foolish jake - a children's story.

::12/18 Added links for 3d digital artist - jobs, industry informations, tutorials, and fun stuff.

::12/14 Graduated from MTSU with a BS in Mass Communications with an emphasis in Digital Animation, minor in Art. And the future was wide open... but an uncle says "You can't always do what you want..." Maybe not immediately, but I will.