Awakening

Again another morning...

Finally free from this project.

Though it's a bittersweet moment as I feel that my part dragged down the whole team. I am disappointed that I have not learned enough from the lessons of past projects.

Thank goodness my partners are kind souls indeed. Though it's double-edged since I know there's also disappointment in the air about my shoddy job.

Shoddy indeed, but at least it's done and over.

On to the next project. And sleep.

Too much time Redesigning the Redesign

Today was another day of work for the redesign project we are doing. As always, I spend way too much time worrying about some very specific issues while being blind to others right in front of me. So much for getting user testing "done" today. At least some kind friends were able to help us.

Onwards to the next day!

The in-between school time

Somehow I forgot what exactly happened today. All I know is that it was supposed to be productive, though I guess it wasn't as productive as I'd hoped.

Oh well, we still got stuff done.

Catching up on a 1000 Page Backlog

I spent most the day gradually catching up on a certain infamous webcomic/movie/whatever. I haven't touched it for probably a year already as it was about to reach a climactic finish to an arc. So when I decided to pick it up again, I'm greeted with more than 1000 pages worth of reading/watching/etc. As thoroughly confusing as it always is, I still remember enough details to make it enjoyable.

Fall 2012 Final Days 3 - Interlude

So called interlude because it's between two due dates for projects.

Although I did still work on the huge project for Monday by rendering.

This short break is really short indeed. Got to prep up for no sleep tomorrow.

Subliminal Namco Impact

Nico

Creepy little video featuring Nonowa (のヮの）　and a strange vending machine...

And who's that in the background? She seems to be form Home.


Also, today was a crazy project day. Had to do a lot of stuff because one of our members was sick... What bad timing.

Makoto's Stayin' Alive

Some had the bright idea of putting Makoto's Jitensha PV from Shiny Festa together with "Stayin' Alive". And it works really well for the first 40 seconds with that Makoto's strolling around in the hallway.

Post-Seattle Spatial Design - Week 2 Complete

Today we had our first presentation since the Design Charette in Seattle.

It was with the group we formed before Seattle, so the group in Seattle was split in half once again. Although we still don't have a dedicated graphic designer, we have an awesome team. Our writer is amazing, as well as our general do-everything guy. Then there's the infographic crew, and the guy who does random jobs. Then there's me, who does random jobs and attempts to pitch in with random ideas. Sometimes I feel like I just cause more work for them, but at least my presence seems to make people work.

As for the presentation content itself, we presented our very changed concept of "Wedges creating a Common Ground", that our writer, with feedback from the instructor, came up with. I believe he liked it a lot because he could clearly see it in almost every image we put up. And boy did he like that sketch that our writer did. The team was already amazed when we first saw it, so having the instructor like it was great.

Next week is interior design and more modelling. The following is renders galore. I hope I can survive.

Future. Innovation.

Today I had the chance to attend a Design & Technology conference in this pretty neat campus in the middle of nowhere. The name is this post plus the next post combined.

Mostly web design and this so-called "Responsive Design", as well as other neat things such as a cool presentation on open source, overview of new Adobe and Microsoft stuff, and a neat presentation on what type of designer you are and how to improve.

Some top dogs were here, but I sadly didn't have the courage to talk to many of them. At least I learned quite a bit and I am now more encouraged to try out more things.

There were also lots of pens and such. And neat T-shirts for volunteers. Too bad I didn't get any.


Oh and this weird looking beluga whale thing was part of the main design of this conference. Strange.

Kirito - Beast Mode

On to episode 19 of Sword Art Online. We get to see some fighting happening with Kirito, Leafa, and some Salamanders.

Kirito gets to unleash his magic as a Spriggan. With support from Leafa of course. He goes berserk so to speak. Looking a little like Gleam Eyes there.

Then they head out to defend some diplomacy.

Spatial Urban Study Week 8 - 2 days left

More work, less work.

Slides are being completed, the content and text is pretty much completed by our awesome dedicated writer.

Thank goodness that there are some people who can layout an outline so that we have a plan to follow. Or else we'll all be lost.

Graphic design is a pain, yet fun at the same time. Futura is an awesome font.


No library visit today. All project work all the time.

Little Busters 2 : Komari joins the Team

I recently watched the second episode of Little Busters. As random as ever, and the episode thoroughly introduced Komari. Komari seems to be a cloudcuckoolander huh... How interesting. Also great are the cute Rin moments. Oh so awkward, oh so cute.

And then narcolepsy. What will happen in the next episode? Who knows, but it seems to have someone who is very charismatic.

"What's necessary for baseball?"

"Guts! Courage! And Friendship!"

Spatial 3D Week 6 - 2 days remain

Rendering and lighting all the way. Took forever to do this relatively simple piece of lighting. Good thing someone in our group is working on the interior so efficiently.

3 days remain

More research. Woke up a bit late. Group mates worked hard with the model. Curves, curves everywhere! And did some sensor work on the side.


Later, went to see an Italian furniture/architect. He was pretty interesting.

Then, I played with the Arduino. (Pseudo chiptunes sounds yay!)

We Have A Dream - Chihaya, Azusa, Makoto

Nico

LiveInSlot! I can't wait to listen to a M@STER version of this.

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Sunday!

Doya Robot

Nico

Doya?

Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto-chan Nariyo~

Nico

"on and on" I can't believe I missed this during her birthday. Anyways, here's some endlessly looping Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto Makoto-chan Nariyo~

iM@S The Start!!

Nico

Oh my, I should really pay attention to these MMD Cups some more. Perhaps this and the video from yesterday could be a fan preview to the Band mode of Shiny Festa.

A Mystery in a Virtual World

Late, but I did end up watching episode 5 of Sword Art Online on Sunday.

This episode was actually a change of pace from previous episodes. Although I hear that it is another side-story, it actually involves more than just Kirito and his solo-self. It also involes Asuna, while having minor appearances by people like Klein and Agil.

The pacing of the episode itself was actually slow for once, as it also seems to be a two-parter instead of one story squished into one episode. The side story characters seem interesting enough, and it makes me wonder whether it is actually a person or a curse or something else that has caused the mystery. I do quite like that there's interaction between Kirito and Asuna now.

In a Virtual World of Swords

Sword Art Online Episode 1.

It kind of reminds me of .hack in the whole virtual reality kind of way. Except this seems to have bigger ramifications. The whole system and the lack of magic is also kind of surprising.

The first episode was not what I expected. The lack of characters introduced was kind of surprising. You mostly get Kirito and Klein, and a tiny glimpse of the others before the episode ends. Oh and of course you get introduced to the crazy but calm GM of the whole thing.

Here's hoping it ends up living up to the hype from the novels.