November '08.1

Today is the last day of my drawing class. Our final projects were due yesterday, and I'm very impressed with how many of them turned out. It's amazing to see how rapidly people can improve, especially since our classes are only five and a half weeks long. One student e-mailed me and asked if we could keep in touch after the course was over, to continue critiquing each other and follow my collegiate career and beyond. He's the first person who seems serious about networking, and I had enjoyed his classwork and critiques, so I agreed.

Tomorrow I begin my colour theory course. I've already been spending time on the site, seeing when my assignments are due and what I need to read. I always liked my theater design classes, so I'm pretty excited about this one, particularly because in theater I never really learned about colour usage and terminology. I hope that I'll be able to create some portfolio-worthy pieces in this class.

As far as my art goes...I've become very inspired by the Warrior books that I've been reading. I've been meaning to draw anthropomorphic versions of some of my favourite characters, but school comes first. There are a lot of pictures that I've started on but never finished, as well. I need to make it a point to go back and complete those. Things like my Berserker, my Final Fantasy XI art, and some random characters are at the top of my list.

In other news, Gears of War 2 is out now. I did work the midnight launch of it, but I didn't mind because I grabbed my copy and played through the first couple of chapters that night. I'm happy to see more story development in this title, better facial expressions, and bigger levels. I don't think that there's been a video game that's evoked so many emotions in me; there was actually one point where I wanted to cry. This game has definitely made me want to work for Epic even more, and I can't wait to get my art degree, create a portfolio, and go out there and make a damn good game!