Fall 2008 marks my last semester at SDSU as well as my last chance to find out what I am capable of before I have to find my niche in the world. I can only hope that after all the changes that will inevitably happen to me afterward, I won't lose heart in the things I love and be able to find my way when the my path before me becomes unclear.

Got a lot of cover these last few weeks of being a student. Going to have to make them worth the time.

This time around I picked up some special studies classes that are allowing me to pick up on 3D Media again. Maya being the program of focus. I also have the luxury or possibly the incredible responsibility in helping out the class understand a program I myself am grasping for the first time for a unit of credit. That means that I will have to put in much more study time and online training for Maya and Max. Not that I'm complaining.

In another returning class I'm taking Emerging Tech a second time to pick up a few more tricks and designing interfaces and possibly games. Thanks to Micheal, a fellow returner, we are exploring how Adobe Flash can help us on our projects and possibly our portfolios. Just finished creating a map creator for Atlantis Laser Tag that functions as a program to help the owners design their mazes however they want before they would have to physically move the walls themselves. Still figuring out what to do for our next project but it is quite possible we'll be exploring who we can use 3D stuff for flash.

Composting is turning out to be the kind of class I need at the moment in terms of understanding the theory and mechanics of cutting video clips together using Adobe After effects. Currently working on a short 3D short called Baseball Bloopers (tentative title) with a fellow class mate. I'm handling the 3d animation while he takes care of the concept and story boarding. I'll put up a render or two soon. For the most part this is an incredibly simple animation meant to teach up the mechanics of Adobe After Effects.

My final class is a drawing class I probably should have taken several semesters ago but haven't taken until now because schedule conflicts. Life drawing focuses on the art of quickly and efficiently capturing the human figure in drawing. I am learning that some of the techniques I am picking up in gesture were techniques I have been using before to some extent. Some of the new things I am picking up in this class will hopefully enhance what I do in modeling figures and 3D.

\\\Think I'll log the other bits and pieces that make up my week later\\\