About.

This year I'm going to be looking at trying to maintain a blog.
I have a lot of stuff that I want to talk about and I have a lot of stuff that I want to get out into the world. This blog will hopefully allow me to do that.

About myself?

Well firstly I work in retail. I have a strong passion for video games of all sorts, however I of course have some preferences. I tend to play a lot of action games however I will play puzzle, turn based, MMO, RPG, shooter, racing, kart, mobile, sports, VR, AR, horror, stealth, beat em up, fighting, platformer and so on.

I also have a passion for football, following the team Arsenal FC. There are several problems at the club and it will be nice to vent somewhere. I also follow AFTV as although it has a bad reputation at times I feel that it is a genuine channel that gives the fans a voice, the toxic nature of the comments just reflects the feeling of the fans.

I have a passion for story telling, this draws me to movies, series and games. The stories that I follow the most are Star Wars, Mass Effect, Marvel Cinematic universe, Marvel, DC, Pixar, Sony and Dreamworks animation, Game of thrones, various Netflix series, Warhammer, the Grand tour, Hideo Kojima and many others.
Video games have a very big list and I follow as much as I can in my spare time, this spreads to games of the movies and series that I watch however I also follow Metal Gear, Plant vs Zombies garden warfare, Fifa, PES and several Sony exclusives.

Star Wars has left me feeling raw in terms of how much damage the hierarchies at Lucasfilm have truly damaged the franchise beyond repair. A strong reminder that even the strongest franchises cannot survive poor management.

I have a passion for cooking and food in general. I follow Gordon Ramsay and love his work. Although I am not a gourmet cook and received no formal training I do try and make some fancy food every now and again.
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I have an Arts degree in Computer games design labelled as Digital games. Mainly I try to focus on modelling, being either environment or character modelling. I have used Maya in the past however I have focused most on my time using 3ds max and Zbrush. My current computer is very weak in terms of its graphical prowess and I will look to upgrade at the next available point however this is what I have to work with.
I have created many assets already however they are not textured as my computer has a cry about using the texture programs that I wish to use and Paint is probably the only one that will not crash.

I will create a lot of stuff that are either off the computer or assets that I can create so that when I get my upgrade I can texture and complete my projects.
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I currently have assets developed for two Star Wars projects, the first being based on the Old Republic, this tends to revolve around Revan and the temple on Dantooine.

The second being based on the 1313 game that was cancelled. I love the idea of a more rugged and dirty version of Star Wars, it was one of the things that I liked from the Rogue One movie. I have done research into the underworlds of the USA ranging from the wild west to modern PMC groups.

I have also looked into Warhammer 40,000 and have designed a bunker that I will have built into the side of a small mountain, similar to the helms deep fortification. This will have a trench and an aegis defence line that will provide an early defence that will sit behind some dragons teeth.

I have been thinking about trying to make assets for a mobile game that I should be able to make myself.

The first will be a racing game that uses starships, I am thinking about either making a temple run style game or one that you turn the tablet/phone to turn for corners.

the other game will also be a mobile based game that I will base off the Cybernator game that was made for the Snes. This will be a platformer game with a mech suited warrior.

I have a scene that I have made based of the VR horror game called Dreadhalls that I fell in love with a while ago.

Finally I will mention that I am designing some scenes based on the movie the Martian, this will be a planetary colony like the one Matt Damon lived in, this extends to games like Mass Effect where you search several colonies for life.
I am also designing a "dream" home. this will be a large home with several things that I would love to have at my disposal.
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I will leave it at this for now. I hope to keep this blog updated regularly and hope that someone will enjoy reading and viewing what I have to show.