No rest, part two... (well, found a tiny bit of it)

Last night I did try to get in a couple hours of NEVERWINTER NIGHTS, but was so sore from basically living at the computer all day long I couldn't keep it up. Pity because I was enjoying the point I was in at the plot of the game. Did realize that it had been June 10th as the last saved game day I had, so it's been a while since I've done any gaming at all. Says a lot for how busy I've been.

About to go out to Fullerton for the day. Church, lunch, the two classes, then the shoe's on the other foot as I do a little bit of a refresher course with Kevin's Lightwave 8. Yes I know most shows these days are Maya and 3D Studio Max, but in a crunch you take what you can get. Other than a couple small bits, I do have Chapter 8 pretty well laid out.

Next month should be a little easier. Post-Production (which I know well) and distribution (which I've been researching for a while, combined with what I already know). This current chapter just snuck up on me. August is just the last chapter and conclusion. Which is good, because between Comic-Con in July and WorldCon in August, I'll have even less time than I've had with the others. Though I'm madly brainstorming who might be great last minute resources to pick up at both those conventions that I don't have easy access to or who aren't already in the book. The biggest key is balance: due to my background, I already have spoken to a fair number of people whose background includes Sony, Nickelodeon, Disney, or are so freelance they've worked tons of places. Most of the current Warner Bros. crew were my old co-workers at Sony back in the day. Of course SD Entertainment too, since I've worked there. So now I'm trying to figure out who I haven't approached in hopes of keeping a wide and balanced approach.

Gotta run, got subway and Amtrak schedules to meet.

After all that no class...

Well it turned out one of my students just became a grandpa, and my one who was out of town was back but at a wedding. So I just cancelled for the month since that left next to no one and the remaining few agreed.

Which didn't hurt since I managed to forget my key to the room anyway. Focused too much on the lessons.

But it is SO clear I am stressed out. Really openly beat up on myself, which I haven't done in a long time. NOT good. Kevin gave me a talking to.

Now back at Kevin's house trying to relax...

EDIT; The supposedly out of town student just called Kevin's house to see if we have class! She's still suffering from major jetlag, so it still benefits her to cancel class. Turns out it was a graduation, not wedding, she went to - and it was yesterday. Ah well.

Lots of things done

Well, Kevin and I had the pow wow over Chapter 8. Cleared up some things about 3D models, in the sense that the non artist got to chat with the artist type and try to find a middle ground explanation perspective that is technical enough yet not too "tech"-y. (Is that a word, yikes!)

Got page 14 of FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY "Off-Key Duet" up amd just drew up panel design layouts for the next 4 pages. I am really satisfied with how this issue is turning out.

Now I need to head home from Fullerton to LA... another crazy week of work calls!