The evening before the project was due, I realized that I had managed to nearly overachieve myself into oblivion. I had made it too long, too clunky, and had high goals and aspirations that my talents in Adobe CS4 wouldn’t allow me to reach. In my mind, the project had been set up and planned like the ReElect the Dead film we created last summer. In the depths of my mind, I had known that was a bad idea. The next thing I worked on was the script and music.

I resolved that I would not sleep until it was finished, or finished enough to show in class. I animated. I fiddled with the software, trying to understand the keyframes and motion tweens. Trying most of all to figure out how to sync the audio track to the animation itself.

I did not sleep that night.

At 11:45 the following morning a haggard, bearded, dead exhausted man was sitting at his desk, sighing at his unfinished work (unfinished as far as personal standards are concerned) and packing up his gear, ready to head to his noon class.

The work was decent. I dodged oblivion. It could have been much better though, if I could just stop procrastinating. The following evening I slept for fourteen hours. Being up for 33 hours straight is not something I plan to make a habit of.

Next I have to make a game based on the animation.

Think I’ll work on that some other time.

-Lace

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–Lace

Now that I know I enjoy it, I’ll be making my own rings instead of purchasing them from a seller on eBay. 1100 stainless steel 16 gauge rings cost me nearly 20 dollars. 200 feet of stainless steel 16 gauge wire can cost me as little as 6 dollars or less depending on where I purchase it. That comes out to around over 4000 rings for nearly a quarter of the price. Expect more pictures in the future.

Cheers!

Lace

1. see my friends
2. work on my projects
3. enjoy what little free time I have left!

In light of this, I have decided to post some pictures of one of my newest miniature projects, which though not quite complete is still noteworthy. Yesterday one of my closest friends and I hung out all evening. We were acting our usual childish selves, watching action movies and cartoons, and finally we decided to finish off the night by building a miniaturized arc reactor look alike from the movie ‘Iron Man’.

A coaster, broken soldering iron, spare battery, some Shapelock, and two salvaged flashlights later, we had a decent looking replica. Though it is still missing the center section, I’m sure I’ll get to it at some point.  It might not look like much when in your hand, but hide it under your shirt and what a change. The diffused led lighting works perfectly to give off the basic shape of the arc reactor from the movie. I am most pleased with this extremely simple project, and am planning on building at least one more under-shirt only look alike, and then I’ll move on to building a more realistic one for use outside of shirt.

For those few of you who don’t know what Iron Man is, have not seen the movie, and have no idea what this project is about, please click here. Cheers!

Lace