The Update:

Hey all!

Back from some Army training, bs as usual, but I'm back home, and that's all that maters now.

well...some other things sorta matter...like the double flat tire I got this morning. That mattered allot.

Still workin on my game! Production stepped up allot, people are buying exclusives now, $100 a pop! More stuff in the works, but money and family security is the motivation!

Ideas come from ideas, that come from ideas

The videogaming journey continues! Ended up getting a really cool 3-D modeling program after realizing that I'm having some minor issues with keeping characters proportionate (i.e. one shoulder slightly higher than the other, jumpy animation, etc). Things graphically are looking way cooler than...well...originally not having anything at all!

On some other stuff...while designing a particular character I ended up running into an idea to better my family's CURRENT financial situation. You see, I work, I make money, and then the money is taken to pay off stuff. Obviously, this leave me a broke ass. But what I just ran into is simple, self starting, and cheap. A cool, yet simple enough concept for others to take on...like my significant other!

Going to school is hard when you have a kid. Yes, we are together as one functional family unit...but between class and work, it's been abit of a toll on her, a chemistry major with a job she despises...yeah, I gotta look at the situation and figure out what's best for our future AND her sanity.

I always thought she was better/had way more talent than what an employer could offer in turn. I also believe that she shouldn't be sacrificing her education for a 9-5 she dosen't even like. So we are gonna start small with this project/potential occupation, and measure our affinity for it...I honestly see this working out greatly.

So far...

It's funny how much improvement comes from a little internet tutorial reading. Vastly known for porn and bullshit motivational/de-motivational pics, the internet is finally becoming more of an educational tool in my everyday life than it is a hindrance.

This weekend I ran into some Johnny Juliano tutorials on mastering, tracking, and recording within FL studio. This was a friggin’ Godsend, because I honestly didn't know any of the three, yet here I was bravely trekking into FL studio utilizing Edison and some plugins to cover my amateurism, hahah.

S'all good now folks. And you know what? I found more, all varied. From production styles, to plug-in tutorials...I'm never buying a fucking leased track ever again....EVER. I don't have to! After creating the theme music for one of the games playable characters, I've realized that I got the flame...so I should run for me like I set out to originally.

Jumping scenarios, I've finally started digging into creating character busts...only issue is body and facial expressions...at PITT I only got into the body for the sake of spacial relations...Architecture students had to draw naked bodies, but after that we went straight into perspectives and buildings rather than people.

My project is satisfyingly challenging...not annoyingly challenging and I am happy about that part. Wish I could speed up the process though, lol.

The List

All moves are full steam ahead! I’m very glad to say that I've gotten everything on my equipment list! What does this mean??? My good people, it means I can do the following without ever having to pay/outsource/politic for it:

 

Recording

Mixing

Producing

Graphic Arts/Illustration

Animation

 

Quite a list, yes? Literally with the simple pieces of equipment I got, some easy to follow pdfs, and the internets as one giant resource, I can work on and release music whenever I want, however I want, and I have everything I need to continue working on my game! I got the following:

 

1)      New Drum Machine

2)      New Keyboard

3)      Condenser Mic

4)      Mic Stand

5)      Pop Filter

6)      Mic Cable

7)      Noise Canceling Headphones

8)      Mic Interface

9)      Lightbox

 

 

The lightbox is for tracing (it helps when you make thousands of frames for animation) and works in conjunction with the Wacom Bamboo Illustrator pad/pen I got when I have to start coloring/spriting.

 

I’ve always been about moving the way I want. I’ve never been comfortable with the notion that someone can think they have you in their pocket because they have what you don’t. Geppetto-wannabee-ass niggas are now just stringless troll targets. For everyone that’s been rocking with me despite it all, I appreciate it, I appreciate you, and you should start seeing things kick up pace.

Lightbox needed!

So I finally got this digital wacom bamboo pad and pen to help with the spriting I have to do (you know, the actual characters you see on a screen as opposed to the coding), but there is another very important tool I need in my short list of desired equipment...and it's a lightbox.

What it will do is help with my outlining of characters as well as retracing frames (for animation lol)...the wacom is dope as hell, but it strikes me as more of an illustration tool...great for staying in lines as opposed to a mouse.

So yeah I'm alive and workin bish! Should have everything on the list by next week!!! That means more than the game though...that means I can record Red Pill Syndrome right out of my house! INDEPENDENCE!!!!

Studios are cool and all, but I want my own. I've always wanted my own...I just ain't waiting on line anymore.

Math (I knew it was important)

At some point in my school days, math became the proverbial beast's burden; inner city schools did little to prepare a college bound student for college level mathamatics, i.e. calculus. It was a miserable struggle, but a part of my always felt that everything serves a purpose in a grand scheme, glass half full kinda outlook.

The moment I began attribute calculations for stat growth, I understood the REASONING behind it all. Take this formula for example:

Attack - def = battle damage

...simple, no? Well...you know other things are into consideration when you create something from scratch...every thing you base it on has to have a purpose...so, realistically, my equation for damage looks like this:

(((1/2) STR+ AS)+WD+MWD)x2) - (((1/2) VIT + AV)+ND+ARM)x2) = Actual Battle Damage

Where: STR= Strength mod, AS= Addition Strength mod, WD= Weapon damage, MWD= Modified Weapon Damage, VIT= Vitality, AV= Additional Vitality, ND= Natural Defence, ARM= Armor

And that isn't even taking into consideration Evasion, Countering, Parrying, Shield Blocking, or any additional varriables to combat.

Funny how everything in life comes full circle. My grey hairs have meaning, lol.

Needless to say, you can see what my weekend looked like...allot of equation creation @_@

I was dead serious when I said I was working on a game...wonder if anyone even takes me seriously yet, lmfao.

Burgh's too small

for the bullshit, that is. What I find funny is when people put up this "Image" for thier social media "fans", ESPECIALLY when you live in Pittsburgh. Don't do that to yourself. Here's why;

1) Your never in Polo like that

2) Your just another "2-chains flow" rapper

3) I know who your trying to get to

4) I have the skillset you don't

5) Your still dependent on free studio time

6) You barely know/understand the TERMINOLOGY, much less the BUISNESS

7) You trap rap "Cus' it's easy"

8) You don't get broads like that (See 1 for clarification)

9) You don't love the hood, your stuck in it

and most importantly

10) Because no matter what you do with that miserable existence of yours, you’re just going to talk about the shit you want to do; you haven't even left the house to make the moves you’re allegedly making.

Phew. Glad I spelt that out. Some local artists are cool as hell (Roscoe Wiki, Palermo Stone, Ads, Big Hogg, etc), but allot here aren't doing shit but holding their hands out for Rostrum to slap em' down. And they know this, deep down in their soul. But it's okay. My plan's already in action.

"Just cus' your man's on, don't mean your shit's potpourri ."