Kaiyuga

Hello, my fellow watchers! I'm so sorry the place has been gathering cobwebs -dusts about the place-. Summer kicked off with guess what? More classes x_x Five weeks, I was conscripted to learn Survey of Art History, Basic Drawing and Contemporary Art History...For the FIFTH time -_-; I was so bored in Drawing I actually drew to pass the time Oo; But hey, at least it got me a nice pile of work I'd like to show off

I've also been throwing roots on the internet soil, planting myself in communities such as Behance and Vimeo. Been slowly accumulating more animations to show off, but I'm certain I'll have plenty of motion scraps soon enough

In other news, I've finished my first novel! Draft one anyways, I'm currently editing it before I send it off to a publisher Ultimately, I'm going to turn it into a graphic novel, and then, when I can afford it, a full length animated feature >w> However, to make this chain of awesome events occurs, a certain bg artist needs to contact me *coughcough*

In the meantime though, enjoy the upcoming art updates/dumpage and the completed Book 1 of 3 for Steam & Mist!


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Work List:

Steam & Mist: Shadow Over Silestra: COMPLETE
Steam & Mist: The Other Side: 20% Done
Steam & Mist: Return To The Source: 10% Done

Steam & Mist Animation Promo: 25% Done
Test Animation for Thesis: 25% Done

Thesis Design: 40% Done
Character Commission: 25% Done

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Hey guys! I'm alive!...again! I seem to be crappy at updating my statuses these days...months....okay, year and four months >>

But! I have been working on film projects, artwork and stories! So far my writing is the strongest, but I hope to post up some pieces within the next month.

Also, I'm currently working on the film set for The Retreat, a short independent film about four old friends with dysfunctional lives who go out on a retreat when the mother of the leader dies. Each comes to grips with their own lives and make peace with their pasts.

Hell, I'm excited the see the finished cut

In the meantime, I've started up a new Steampunk story called Steam & Mist. Enjoy!!

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Hey everyone! Yes, I'm alive!

College has been an awesome rocking fun experience so far, despite mental roommate(s). I love being in film and animation! Can I not use enough exclamations!?

Shouting and whooping aside, I finished Winter Quarter by the skin of my teeth (being sent to the hospital during the middle of the quarter was not fun and threw me off) but I at least got the cream of the crop finished in time for viewing- my final movie!

I asked dA to give me a film permission to post up here on dA, but I'm waiting on that one. Otherwise, you can view it on my Youtube account or DS2!

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/Kaiyuga
DS2: ds2net.ning.com/video/final-fi…

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Movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Rating:

I seriously was hoping for a little bit better. I always prefer a Brendan Frazer film (I especially loved Tarzan and The Mummy Returns) and was thrilled to see he came back onto the map of Hollywood films.

I think, honestly, this was a Bill Movie. (Description: A Bill Movie is a movie where a good actor plays in a crappy film, earning enough to pay for things, such as his various homes, college tuition, rent, etc).

The title itself is misleading. If any of you are sci-fi lovers, most likely you've read Jules Vern's Journey to the Center of the Earth. This movie should more be like Through the Center of the Earth or something like that, because using the exact same title implies that it's a movie representation of the actual book. Fat chance.

What really frosts me, and this goes for movies in general these days, is WHY ARE WRITERS SO BLOODY LAZY TO NOT INCLUDE SETTING?! This was the same thing for The Forbidden Kingdom (awful budget waster)- writers fail to include setting in the dialogue, or storyboard supervisors seem to just shove it aside.

Trevor is a middle-aged man who lives in a shagged down apartment some space away from what I can only assume is a university laboratory (since he bikes there). Now, where the hell are we? Are we in Washington D.C.? New York? Michigan? Chicago- where?! There is no iconic image to tell me the name of the urban environment, no text that obligatorily appears at the bottom of the screen when filmmakers don't bother to incorporate a panning shot of their scenery. Absolutely nothing that tells me where he comes from, save that he's somewhere in America (and then later decides to apply for Canadian citizenship )

The general story is socially inept-uncle takes high-tech, unsociable nephew with him to Iceland to find answers to his brother's death, meets hot Iceland chick who's mostly a bitch and seems to lack facial expression, and pretty much go through a trial of Vern's universe. Oh, and apparently with his nephew's harvesting diamonds (obviously NOT quartz crystals *coughcough*), he manages to get more than enough money to save his dying lab and get a new car. Did I mention his lab was about to go under, or was that important?

The visuals of the movie, however, were stunning and provocative; I drew inspiration from the design of some bits.

Unfortunately, the MST3K within me started up the wise cracking, beginning with the oh-so-intelligent idea of grabbing a seismic scanner in a thunderstorm ("If it's a seismic scanner, why is it sticking OUT Of the ground?") and then the genius bit of shoving a flare into a supposed "magnesium" vein in the rock. Rather than burn it a flashing blindness, it pops like fireworks, so it's more of natural gunpowder than actual magnesium XD So throughout the film, the tagline I made was whenever Trevor said "hey!" or "look!" and I replied "It's magnesium!". I cracked up when at the climax of the movie, Trevor feels the wall and remarks "it's magnesium!"

In the end, I give this movie a "meh"- it's worth waiting to come on DVD to rent for free, but save your cash for better films, like WALL-E.

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Oh I know I'm asking for death >> My friend had this little pop quiz up, and I decided (for some biarre reason) to post it here.

Shoot me x.x;

1. Who are you?

2. Are we friends?

3. When and how did we meet?

4. How have I affected you?

5. What do you think of me?

6. What's the fondest memory you have of me?

7. How long do you think we will be friends?

8. Do you love me?

9. Do you have a crush on me?

10. Would you kiss me?

11. Would you hug me?

12. Would you ever make out with me?

13. Physically, what stands out?

14. Emotionally, what stands out?

15. Do you wish I was cooler?

16. On a scale of 1-10, how hot am I?

17. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.

18. Am I lovable?

19. How long have you known me?

20. Describe me in one word.

21. What was your first impression?

22. Do you still think that way about me now?

23. What do you think my weakness is?

24. Do you think I'll get married?

25. What makes me happy?

26. What makes me sad?

27. What reminds you of me?

28. If you could give me anything what would it be?

29. How well do you know me?

30. When's the last time you saw me?

31. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?

32. Do you think I could kill someone?

33. Do you think I would kill someone?

34. Are you going to put this on your deviant journal and see what I say about you?

PLus, I should just give up on my grad party. Three times I've arranged it, and STILL only one person can come ==+ I just can't win, it seems.

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"Mitchell!"- MST3K "Mitchell"

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