Waaaaaah. I feel so bad! This has been pretty much abandoned! =( Damn World of Warcraft. Damn DDR. Damn school =(. Anyway- not sure if I'll be back all the time, or what have you, but enjoy a quick doodle. 5 minute sketch- 1 hour photoshop. Was supposed to be my kitten, turned our more like a fox =P. Not the greatest, but it's kidna cute =D.

 
 Rock the Casbah!

 -Icaru!s

 Oh- and you guys should seriously check out Daniel Tammets'  Blog . This guy is amazing =D.

 Sorry for the huge lack of updates guys. I've been at camp a few days, and most of my modeling time is being devoted to other 'projects' I've been working on. The only thing I've got for you today is an image I've got for you is of, well, a propane tank and an oil drum :P. Weak, I know. Go me.

 

 -Icarus

 Finally got around to dragging my computer downstairs, where there's internet access. Hoorah.

 Anyway- a couple new renders today. This particular model took me quite a while. I decided to model a pair of glasses, loosely based off of my own. I'm really glad with how it turned out.

 

  800x1200

 And here's a quicky variation I finished up earlier today. I like how it turned out, concidering it was a last minute thing.
 
 Broken
 
 -Icarus

 Drove to Ohio with my dad, and his friend yesterday. I thought it'd be fun. Quite the contrary. Instead of being only 5-6 hours to get there, it took us seven and a half  O_o. Yeah. Also- the fact that the air-conditioning didn't work didn't make the trip any more comfortable. I did get to drive though ^^. Driving a manual is SO much better than an Automatic. That's right. I'm old school.

Speaking of old school! After we got to wherever the hell we were going, we spent the night, and went to this dealership that sold old classic cars. It was kickass. They had a GT500 Shelby there (for those of you who don't know- GT500s are RARE. I mean like, holyshitwow rare. Ever seen 'Gone in 60 Seconds?' The car at the end was a Shelby)! It sold for $250,000 O_o. I'm so excited about getting a car now.

 So yeah- that's about it really. I would have updated two nights ago, but the floppy drive on my moms computer decided to explode. So updates for a while- maybe late Sunday night, if I can find an old drive to replace the broken one- or if I want to lug my tower downstairs, to where the internet is. I dunno.

 Sorry for the crappy update. Stay pretty.

 -Icarus

 Edit- Was messing around with Blender on my dad's Mac- came up with this.

 

 Simply put- I was just having fun. And now that it's done and over- I don't like it. I do WAY to much chrome stuff-, all my backdrops are white, and my renders in general are starting to annoy me. I've gotta get better at texturing *sigh*.

 Who-huh-wuh? It's 12:30, right? That counts as tomorrow, right =P? Bah- anyway... Just sitting here, watching Ghost in the Shell (Stand Alone Complex, not the movies)... but because this blog isn't about me, more it is my 'art'- I'll shut up.

 Anyway- this is a photo I made with 'Garry's mod a LONG time ago. Garry's Mod is a mod for Half Life 2, which allows you to pose characters, create contraptions, etc. It's extremely open ended, because of the complexity of the physics engine. If you can think it, you can build it. Anyway- here's the image. A medic and wounded soldier (notice the shrapenal wound?) on the beach, taking fire from a Combine Dropship.

 

 This is actually a combination of a photo I pulled off of google, and some Gmod posing. Though there are alot of flaws regarding the posing- I still kind of like it- and so do many of my fellow forumers. Enjoy.

 -Icarus

 Sorry for the late update. Been stuck. Out of ideas (until now). Decided last night that'd I'd try my hand at a simple character. All I've got done right now is his head- and I dobut I'll continue any further, About two hours to model (sad, I know)- and probably about 4 (last night and today) hours to Texture (UV mapping) I'm still not overly impressed with this model- it's too simple and alot of the texturing needs redoing (the mouth, and the blood around the eye) but overall, I guess it's worthy enough to show you guys. If I manage to- I'll post more pictures later.


 
 800x1200 goodness.

 Oh- and I just noticed two things (the monitor I'm using now is alot lighter than mine).

 1. It looks like only part of his head is textured.
 2. Part of his mouth isn't textured. WTF?
 3. The white portion(s) of his eyes are way too bright.

 Enjoy.

 -Icarus
 
 Edit- Oh christ- I just noticed... those pictures are both terrible. I guess it was the whole sleep deprevation that made me think otherwise. Sorry for the shitty upate folks. I'll attempt to make up for it tonight.

 Graghhh- bored. Haven't had internet for two days. Getting better at DDR. Computer is still at dad's. Here's a drawing of an angry Chinese kid. Enjoy.

 Argh. I need a job. Wait, no- I need money. Computer needs an upgrade [more RAM], need to start saving up for a car [Jeep], and I really want to get one of those metal DDR pads [main priority at the moment].

 I really hate to rattle on and not post anything, but my computer is at my dad's, and I've really got nothing new to show you. I'll hit the forums, and see if I can dig up a couple older renders.

 -Icarus

 [Edit]

 Here's an older render I did a month or so ago. Just a couple of Blender logos floating around each other. No thumbnail for this one. Just 800x1200 bliss.

 [Edit {Again}]

 Just had to show you guys this :P.



 Well- my fellow forumers found it funny :P.

 I messed with my previous model for another hour or so, and came out with this.    
Added a couple washers, springs, and a some codder pin-like pieces to fill it all in (although now that I look at it, it still seems a bit empty). For the most part though- I'm impressed.

 Oh- and I am aware that the cog in the top left's reflection is off- thing is, I didn't want to remove it, as it seemed to help 'balance' the image.

 Enjoy!

 

 800x1200 Here.

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 Current Work in Progress-

 Shotgun Shell-

 Damn this thing has been taking me forever. I'm starting to dislike texturing <_<...

 

 Real quicky background. Nothing special. I plan to add more to it later- too simple right now. Hope you guys like it :D.

 

 800x1200 version Here

 Thanks Image Shack!

 -Icarus