Where am I now?
Today was an interesting day, to say the least. I got to experience my first public transportation moment, in none other than LA. Not only did I get to ride the bus(with a giant suitcase) I got to ride the subway. It was an interesting experience. I did two things wrong though. I went the [...]
End of line.
So the quarter is officially over, and I have left Savannah for the summer. It is always interesting coming home. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the house I grew up in, it is just I want to be out and about and do stuff and see friends and everything, but all of my friends(except [...]
Swamped
I am very swamped right now. I have had “redesign my website” on the list of things to do for a week now, and it will stay on that list for another week or so. I am sorry about that, I am especially sorry to any potential employers who want to see my gallery page. [...]
How-To: Reflective surfaces
Reflective surfaces are tricky, to say the least. What makes them so tricky is, unless you are looking at a truly reflective surface or a truly matte surface with no specularity, all surfaces change reflectivity based on the angle you are viewing them at. If you don’t believe me, go find a puddle and start [...]
How-To: Playlist exporting from iTunes
I recently(well a few months ago) bought a Motorola Droid as an upgrade to my old phone. I must say I love it, and the fact it came with a 16gb SD card means I can replace my iPod. After starting the transition I realized it cannot read the playlist file type that iTunes uses(though [...]
How-To: Environment Variables in Windows
This is a rather basic yet important tutorial dealing with Environment Variables and setting them up. An example of this would be if you had an execution script such as this: “java -classpath .;cutter.jar Cutter” Those of you at SCAD who have had Prof Kesson should recognize this script. When you try to execute this [...]
Wooden Mirrors
If you have never seen any of Daniel Rozin’s work you should go youtube it right now. It is some pretty awesome stuff. The works are pretty simple actually. Put a camera in the middle of the work to create the “mirror”, have motors move your medium to either reflect more light or turn your [...]
Working around the Gradient Control in MEL
We have all seen a Gradient Control somewhere within Maya, whether it be a color ramp or the Soft Select curve within the tool controls. They are very powerful tools, and the ones built into Maya are wonderful and easy to work with. I can tell you from experience, working with them within your own [...]