video game design - 2010

haven't mentioned this project in a while, because it came to my attention only after i began getting study halls again. Noah Sebastian Alan and I began re-working on this after midterms under Sebastian's basic concept. i volunteered to be the art dept. and thus far, this is what ive contributed.

basic individuals; Sebastian's design, my fruition. legs go on later, but torsos can be mirrored to provide 8 directions of possible movement.

terrain: my choice of neutral colors which subtly make the characters pop. good news is that most features can be interactive, or independent, but look amazing either way. creates atmosphere. i like

early design for weapons. just to get basic shape imagined.

Hiking club – Blackstone Gorge

Hiking club – Blackstone Gorge

March 20^th – (a little more than) 7 miles – three locations

Surprise, my leg is better!!!

, Miles and myself, anxious to begin ( note the lack of slapstick)

So we piled into Mister Patterson’s car at the meet location… and took 2.5 hours to get to the first location, and then to find bathrooms… but no worries, we found them and then walked to a lock!

You know the concept, giant stone things changing the level of the water so streams don’t flood onto the land and boats don’t crash into the riverbed. It was pretty smart stuff. We walked around to get better looks from both ends of the construct, which was maybe 35 feet long, and we peered around the now unusable masonry... I bit miles and we called it a day.

The next location was the gorge itself, pretty deep, pretty spectacular… I have vertigo, and so climbing down for a better view took a lot. Not a lot, like drawn out, huffing puffing, trying to psyche yourself out for something stupid. But just letting go and plunging into the action… I only went about ten feet down and didn’t trust myself on the cliff ledge, but still, I was descending well aware of the rushing waters that could turn me into a ragdoll and bash me into thousands of sharp rocks without consideration for my future…

Risk taking… yup.

We hiked through the woods and then a field and back to the dam where we started. I ate my pb&j and the guys their own food, and then piled back into the car

Then we visited goat hill, climbed that summit, walked thru puddles etc. no bushwhacking like before, but still was good. Elevation, I know nothing about, but we were a while up. It was a gradual slope, and there were fewer traumas than the first hike so it wasn’t as exciting, but still cool. I think that this is the most I’ve hiked since the accident, but it’s given me the want to try further. We’ll see. The year isn’t over yet.

miles on the edge of a thing... maybe the dam... im betting the farm that its dam.