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J.G. Phoenix

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Yamato 90%
Yorktown 80%
Essex 50%
Cleveland 90%
Blücher 95%
Prinz Eugen 50%
Seydlitz (Redux) 40%
Lützow 80%
Type 34 Destroyer 99%
Type 36 Destroyer (Redux) 50%

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MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jäger

YF-29 Durandal (WIP)

Two Books?

by | Jul 21, 2022 | ,

I mentioned it before but I haven’t been reading Dune everyday and I’m nowhere close to finishing it. Even today has been more of a ‘figure out Fresco’ day. Unless I take two or three days to focus solely on reading, I won’t catch up enough to finish by August. That really only matters because I want to read at least one novel a month, at the very least start a new one each month. Dune doesn’t ready quite like what I’m used to so I’m slower with it on top of everything else.

Either way, I don’t like the idea of speeding through a good story just to meet a deadline. I do this for fun as much as for consistency. So that leaves me with one prevailing thought: two books? That does sound like a bit of a choking hazard, but this 12 books a year goal is completely doable and I don’t want to let it go by the wayside if I can help it. I’d rather just tackle both books at the same time and still round out the year with 12 reads. I can do that; as bogged down as I am I can do that.

Assuming I go this route, I haven’t decided on the next book yet. Probably something shorter. The Legacy of the Force books don’t look that long individually. Spice and Wolf Volume 2 is also an option.

Do it Yourself

by | Jul 20, 2022 | , ,

The idea of having to go into the training room with specific sound settings just to record my own naval gun salvos is really annoying, but at the same time, I haven’t been able to find the sounds I want in an isolated state in either the game files, youtube videos, or sfx archives.

On the bright side, at least I’ll have my own sounds to fiddle around and experiment with. What was really jarring is that I couldn’t find naval artillery sounds for some of the older games I would have settled for, like Battlestations Pacific. Anyway, it’s just another hurdle to jump.

Small Update 7/19

by | Jul 19, 2022 | , , , ,

Since nothing noteworthy happened today I’m just going to leave a few comments about what I’m hoping to get sorted by the end of the month.

Premiere Pro

I need more practice with video editing, so by late August I want to have at least a couple of new videos in the Video section. It’s not just going to be World of Warships replays. I’m branching out from here even if I have to reach a little. That portfolio’s not going to be built on gaming clips. Not exclusively.

Fresco

This is one of the Adobe programs I’m trying out. It’s working with my stylus well enough, but there’s always a free alternative like SAi if I can’t get the results I want. I’m not too worried about that, though. By this weekend I’ll post whatever test art I’ve made.

Audition

Another Adobe program, a DAW I’m hoping I’ll have time to at least poke around in this week or next. I haven’t worked on music in ages and I’m not sure that will change any time soon, but if it does, it’ll have something to do with Audition. For now I’m just hoping to try it out and see if it’s the right fit for something down the road.

I can’t afford an illustrator, so it’s not like I can afford a composer, either.

Not yet~

Dune

Still reading through it and so far it’s really good. It’s nice to feel a certain way naturally and not be ramrodded toward it like in some kinds of media. It’s also nice to see the effort and I’ll be putting in just as much.

What I’m not sure on is whether I’ll be able to catch up and finish the book by the end of July. I’m only a third of the way through so things are only just starting to really heat up on Arrakis. I’m not sure if it’s better to let this month’s read stretch a bit into August by going at my own pace or pick a couple of days out to try and finish it on time.

A question for later, maybe.

Closing

That’s it for now. Let’s see how things look by this weekend.

Tablet’s Working

by | Jul 18, 2022 | ,

I was worried the fact I hadn’t used my tablet as a tablet in so long might lead to some issues and it did, but thankfully it only took about an hour to get everything sorted. Now it’s working more or less as advertised.

Next, I need to get my personal hardware (drawing hand) working and I should have at least a few practice sketches done by the weekend. I’ve got no idea what those sketches will be, but I want to keep things very basic to start. I never quite got over the difference between drawing with paper and pencil vs drawing on a screen with a stylus.

M.A.S.S. Builder: New Quark In-Game Footage

M.A.S.S. Builder: New Quark In-Game Footage

by | Jul 16, 2022 | ,

M.A.S.S. Builder – WIP: 0.9.0 New Quark In-Game Footage – Steam News
Back with another week of WIP update of M.A.S.S. Builder! This week, we’ll be showing you an updated final version of one of the newer Quarks coming into the game in 0.9.0. As mentioned before, we’re trying to add more details, making each of the looked more unique, and attacks in ways that players…
This drake looks pretty cool.

Big, overemphasized arms, red accents, and huge wings. There’s definitely more detail here. I also like the tinges of purple that are blended in with this design’s claws and other crystal-esque bits.

I’m not sure if this quark is going to be just melee specialized, or if it’ll be able to use ranged attacks. If it’s just a melee type, I’m guessing it will charge up those gauntlet hands with energy before or during its combos. Either way, very cool design. The extra detail makes it looks and feel more grounded and better scaled than the first set of quarks.

Perfect

by | Jul 15, 2022 | , , , ,

An issue that was slowing down my studies finally got fixed, so I should be able to get back to it in earnest. As for what any of that means, I’m not quite ready to get into details on the blog. Not yet. I’m just hopeful that by the end of the year I’ll be able to leverage more of my skills and really get this site (and others) off the ground.

In the meantime, it’s endless note taking, making whatever progress I can make on Lydia’s Golden Treasury, and brushing up on my drawing and video editing skills. Clan Battles ended at a pretty good time now that I think about it.

Also, have a look at this. It’s perfect for Aeon media … and a billion other things.

Planet Templates – Browse 159 Stock Photos, Vectors, and Video
Create with artist-designed Planet templates for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and Premiere Rush. Save templates with Creative Cloud Libraries.

Let it Rain

by | Jul 14, 2022 | ,

I never really understood the positive association with intense sunshine and the negative with rain and thunderstorms. It probably comes from living in the desert, but even more than that, something about the way the atmosphere changes during rainy weather, thunderstorms in particular, really puts me in a good mood.

It’s not really that close or intense right now, and I’m still getting the benefits.

Either way it’s nice to have a break, however briefly, from this 100+ degree (F) heat.

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