first successful sketch

stopped here before it's too late


happy that i've finally got over with zbrush! but now it's pickup time! and happy that i succeeded my first sketch! *pat on my back! Hurray! ok. Time to sleep.

ciaos y'all!

zbrushing!

been soo busy working and playing recently :) never got the chance to do stuffs that i'll enjoy. some own stuffs!

always wanted to get into zbrushing, and always things turn out worse than i'd expect i'll be doing.. firstly having technical difficulties, secondly, very time consuming to go through the video tutorials i had with me for years! :p . Thanks to a buddy of mine that guide me through the stuffs that i've known and things that i've not known. and finally the "WTF!" stage is over! and got hang of it already.

And are having real fun with it! wip. . usavich! :) an interpretation of my version..

still lost more to learn , ways to do things faster etc.. i guess it takes time and practice. ah! at least something i enjoy doing :) i picked this line up from a tutorial by a concept artist he said "i prefer starting straight from zbrush and have fun with it. Instead of starting the base mesh from 3rd party 3d apps. because by the time when u get your base mesh ready from there, you might already loose your interest with it." which i think it's dang true, that's at least what happened to me, not sure for everyone else here. always caught up by the technical stuffs from 3dmax or maya, the amount of afford to put in there took out a large portion of my interest to continue on sculpting it. or simply, maybe i just suck at it! :D oh well .. more to come!

流汗！冷水凉！

前天的暴冷，今天又暴热 ！ 自从来到加州的我。从没感受过无缘无故的，这样站着都会流汗的那种感觉！今天，我流汗了！ 我！终于流汗了！ 除了运动或者是吃了什么超级辣的东西之外，都没有流过汗了！哇，对我着个“过动儿”（penny帮我取的外号）来说，不简直就是一级棒吗？因为都这么厉害流汗，汗孔应该是吃了兴奋剂。拼命的流汗，好似唔晒 $ o甘。可能就是‘人’吗，人最厉害就是犯贱吗。。 今天既然，无缘无故的流了少许的汗！哇，兴奋到啊。 或许是因为想家吧。。哦，然后冲了个冷水凉。wohoo! 不知该怎么表达我的兴奋！ :) 天气冷， 都没有机会能够洗个清冷的澡。哈。爽！

mm, 傻够了。 就当我没讲过什么。:)

来个小update ..

Few weeks back, a group of us went to Yosemite (yo-sayhh-meh-tee) . Somewhere northeast about 5-6 hours from our place. Kinda big group this time round, as we had never traveled in this big before *12 of us. 6 joined because they wanted to camp there, and the rest of us will not join the camping. It's dang cold out there. When we were there, reached around 5+ and was still able to catch the sunrise, and the tempreture was about -11ºc. That was what the iphone said. but well it's not -3 or -6 not as cold as we were during our stay in Grand Canyon. but anyway, few of us were under dressed. Experienced the chill that can dry your skin in few mins and then it started to get itchy. But the scenery was WOW, so WOW that we have forgotten that it's so cold over there :) Mountains everywhere, and at leasat one waterfall for each of the mountains! breath taking view. Believe that it's gonna be prettier during summer. But some of our mates went there during winter and that was pretty awesome too! a lot of the ugly branches and stuffs was covered by thick white snow, it'll give a treat or some when it comes to photo taking.

anyway, a picture speaks louder than words. share some shots here. cheers!







more photos here !

a return to Abalone Cove

I'm back again, like i'd promissed myself.. and finished off what i have not able to achieve the previous visit. And this time with a little surprise. Season change, and i like that ! :) Flowers! 

Grand Canyon Trip

Went for a trip to Grand Canyon for one of the long weekend. It's a 1100+ miles(1770km) round trip! This time it's traveling towards the East, No longer up north or down to the south. We've drove across 2 states. Nevada and Arizona. Grand Canyon isnt much if you're not gonna hike down. But it's a very hard hike. Due to the overall height of about 6k feet, oxygen were very thin. you'll be inhalling like no body business. 3 big gulps of breath and you'll probably get one gulp of oxygen.. and it's very cold there. It's from -3 to 0 degree celsius overall, but that's not what makes us cold. It's the strong wind that kills you! :D but well it's fun. Spent 2 days at Grand Canyon. Then off we go, drove another route home, pass by route 66. Was anticipating sometime similiar with the featured animation "Cars". But seen nothing similiar other than some of the shops there, tiny wodden shops. Route 66 is a long route. probably we're not in the correct portion of it :) But we enjoyed it. Then head up to Hoover Dam, another few hours drive. It was so crowded, we were thinking if it's because of Transformers the movie that made that place famous, or it's because it was famous and Transformers had on of their scene captured there. The dam is the border line of Arizona and Nevada. And there is a 1 hour difference between this 2 states. So we're like crossing a time zone. back and forth. Stopped nearby for sunset. then drove home! It was a 8+ hour drive when we're going to Grand Canyon. And the journey home took us 16 hours ! wow.. and it sets a record on my driving book.

the route we took for the whole trip

hoover dam

grand canyon

an abandoned building on route 66

:)

and some fun with the shot :D 

more photos here

Angels Gate Park, San Pedro

brought my Om-1n out for a spin during one of the weekend, had my scanner already and tried some scans. A very peaceful and pretty place to hang out.

OM-1n

Finally.. did not expect it to arrive that early! it was as described. Mint condition! really really good deal! cant wait to load my first roll and try it out! best deal ever. The metering is weak though. probably it's the battery, or it's my dark room condition. gotta bring out and shoot this weekend. Feels great!
finally my OM lenses can be fully utilized. And they finally able to meet their real mom! instead of hanging on to my adapter on 4/3 bodies.. Really felt happy for my OM lenses.. it's like both long lost being paired up again! :D

Can't wait! ..