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Comic #65: Networking Unions [Before/After]

2011-08-14T20:51:00.001-04:00

So much for that comic tomorrow. It has been over a year since I made a comic. Holy crap. RIT started and I pretty much dropped most of my hobbies. Well, anyway, time for a Facebook Comic. I drew this one last September when I was getting my car inspected. Finally drew it into the computer. Huge thunderstorm hit today and it seemed like a perfect opportunity to get it done.

BEFORE

AFTER

Comic #66 will be in another year. Well..hopefully not. Damn, I don't even know if my Facebook will grab the RSS feeds anymore.

Comic #64: I Hate Heat

2010-07-08T20:46:00.000-04:00

I think there's a consensus when I say the heat is getting pretty unbearable. I'd rather have Winter. At least then you can keep putting layers on. You can only take so many layers off in the Summer. I drew this comic/demotivational poster during one of my lunches. My scanner won't work so I can't put up the pencil draft right now. It sucked. It was on the back of one of my work schedule sheets so it might show through anyway.

Yeah, there isn't really a title of this "comic" so I'll just go with what I'm feeling. Hey, it's been only a week and I made a new one. Not bad. Might have another one tomorrow for my birthday. No promises.

Comic #63: Last Minute [Before/After]

2010-07-01T19:28:00.000-04:00

I was wrong. It was a month and a half until my next comic. Well here it is, the last one. From my college breaks at least. Makes sense that my last one has to do with the pressure of exams. This one isn't really funny, just relatable. Or maybe it's just me.

Pencil Draft:

Color Final:

Personally, I'm glad this one is done so I can start creating new ones. I've been jotting down ideas every once in a while since college ended. I even got a small notebook to write things down. This is my first comic on my new laptop. Maybe with the portability of the laptop I'll feel like making new comics since I wont always have to make them in my stuffy room.

So that's it for the drafts. Unless I get really bored at Target. From now on I'll just be drawing them directly into the computer.

Also, here's some videos and a website I've been working on. Check it out:
http://genuinentertainment.com/portfolio.html

Comic #62: Not in OUR Lifetime [Before/After]

2010-05-09T23:31:00.010-04:00

49 days - It's been 49 days since I last made a comic. Damn I am slacking. Anyway, here is #62. Made this one a little bigger than usual so you can actually read the text on the TV.

Pencil Draft:

Color Final:

Also, I got a formspring. If you don't know what it is, it's a place where you can ask someone questions anonymously and the person receiving them can post the answers publicly. Feel free to ask something if you want. Keep in mind I can moderate the questions how I want. If you are intentionally being a dick I wont publish anything you say.

http://www.formspring.me/MattMiles

No sign up needed. Obviously.

One comic left. Hopefully it wont be a month and a half until then.

Comic #61: Positive Spin [Before/After]

2010-03-21T15:09:00.001-04:00

A simple four panel comic. I attempted to draw a new girl character this time, since the current conversation wouldn't make sense with Joey and Katie. The hair looks better, but the stick figure still looks like a man. Maybe it's because she's flat chested. lol But I can't add boobs to a stick figure. That'd look even weirder. Eh.. I'm not really sure what characteristics to add to make her look more like a girl. Or maybe the entire thing is in my head?

Pencil Draft

Color Final

First time I dropped the F-Bomb in a comic too. Oh well. It was originally going to be censored but the symbols looked crowded and overall dumb.

I thought I'd do the before and after thing again. This was originally comic #62 but I dropped #61 and #63 because they weren't that funny and didn't seem worth my time. Only two more comics left then I'm done with all the comics I drew in college.

Comic #60: WoW of the Future [Before/After]

2010-02-22T22:58:00.005-05:00

Damn I hate Windows sometimes. Flash locked up a few panels in and I had to redo an entire panel. Pain the ass. Oh well, here's another one about the future. I have a lot of fun with this theme. It still amazes me how well these turn out months later after I draw them. Being able to add color and gradients makes it look a hell of a lot better than the original white paper on pencil. In fact, I'm including a scan of the original drafts to show how different they really are. You might also note I change the text around a bit too.

A very rough one minute pre-draft to organize the panels:

The pencil on paper draft. Looks a lot better than the previous.

And the final product all neat and colored that you all know and love. lol

By the way, I'm plugging my website again. Added a news feed to it today so it's basically complete. I'm sure I can think of other things to add. A good archive of my comics is there as well as videos and program that I made.

http://gamerkd.homeip.net/index.php

Comic #59: Product Trials of the Future

2010-02-05T23:03:00.006-05:00

This one is an extension of the Piracy of the Future comic. How would the product trial of a car work? Hopefully they figure out a less painful way than this. The car in the comic is actually a Ford by the way. A 2009 Ford Kuga if you care.

Took a while to figure out how to draw those sparks and electric glow. At least now I can reuse them. Still got a few more future themed comics left (#60 and #64).

Comic #58: Chaos Theory Prank

2010-01-04T21:20:00.003-05:00

New year, new comic. This one is pretty short. Got this idea from that episode of Family Guy where Peter changes his past by time traveling.

Just think, some time traveler from the future could have changed the way the present is for you right now several times and you wouldn't even know or could know. Hell, they could ultimately be guiding your life.

Comic #57: *Results May Vary!

2009-12-24T18:59:00.005-05:00

Wow, it has been a while since I've done a comic. Exams, projects and other things have kept me busy. It's been a boring day so I traced #57 (one that I drew on paper back in September). I have a bunch of them drawn....up to #65, so I'm a little behind. Now that semester is finally over and I have free time again, hopefully I'll be able to crank out the rest of these that I have piled up. This one's not really Christmas related like last year but meh...sort of Christmas colors. Good enough? Happy Holidays.

Find a complete archive of my comics on my new website!
Gamerkd Creations - Comics Archive

Also you can find a queue of upcoming comics there too.

Comic #55: Dial Tone || Comic #56: Hook, Line, and Sinker

2009-09-29T15:58:00.003-04:00

Actually I finished them last night, but got distracted with some Halo ODST. Won the game though. It's a pretty interesting story, but I still don't think it's worth 60 bucks to get half of what you already have (Halo 3 Maps). Damn Micro$oft. Anyway, here are two comics that I drew a few weeks ago. Enjoy. I already drew out #57 and #58. One of them is golden my friend says. Be on the lookout for that one.

Yeah, a little bit of dirty humor. Oh well.

Comic #54: Monopolizing

2009-08-26T00:01:00.007-04:00

Well this week has sucked to say the least. I got banned from one of my favorite sites, my best friend won't talk to me, and on top of all that I think I'm getting sick. So let's get a comic out before I can't stand up anymore from dizziness. lol jk On a plus side, my external 1tb hard drive should be coming soon. :D One minuscule thing to look forward to. Onto comic #54. This idea was sparked from a conversation I had with some coworkers. You cannot tell me that this is not their plan.

Have you even seen Best Buy in such an evil image? Thank god Target is not one of their competitors.

lol....brb, going to go trade in some games. <_<

Haven't heard about this?

lol

Comic #53: Time Travel II : Regrets

2009-08-14T02:44:00.006-04:00

You have no idea how many times I have contemplated chaos theory. If changing one thing in the past could really make your life a little bit better than it is now. Would it make things worse? Would you lose something valuable? Or would it give you the thing that you want the most? Tricky subject. Well...emo moment aside here's part two of the Time Travel sequence. It took me a while to finish this one and believe me...some PEOPLE have really bugged me about finishing this. lol Hope you're happy. Don't read too much into it.

This is the longest one yet just like I promised. It's also depressing/not comedic like I promised:

Phew, so glad that one is done. This is the only comic that took more than one day. I must have spent a total of 10-12 hours on this and I felt like I couldn't continue until i finished this one. Hopefully there won't be a month and half wait next time.

If you don't understand, you should know that this comic introduced it in a way. Future Dan is coming back to the past to stop himself from ever meeting the girl who would eventually break his heart, thus changing the time line. Personally I don't think this is the best option. I think that even if there is bad, there is no reason to throw it away because then you also lose the good. And that never seems worth it.

Gamerkd Creations Site Launched!

2009-07-29T14:49:00.002-04:00

¤Gamerkd Creations Site¤

I finally got a good start on this website. The only thing that isn't on there yet is my projects and programs that I have created. When I finish up those pages I'll throw another update in here.
Anyway, this website is hosted on my own computer so I have more control over what can go on it. This also means there could be more downtime since it's using my bandwidth. I don't expect that many visitors though.
The website currently has all the comics that I have done in a gallery form and the comics themselves have all been redone so that the date and comic number are included in each. Also I added a video archive of all the videos I have created. The links go to numerous video sharing sites since (as you know from my first post on this blog) youtube sucks and deletes anything they don't like. The Gir Compilations should be back online as well. If at any time the links for anything are broken let me know on AIM at gamerkd17.

On a side note, Comic #53 hasn't been done at all yet except for the layout of the dialog. I just haven't been in the mood to do it or I haven't had time. It should be out soon though.

Comic #52: Simple Instructions

2009-07-01T23:51:00.004-04:00

Ever had a teacher like this? I did and it pissed me off to no end. Only reason I passed the class was because I had background knowledge in the class and a book. This was the comic I was talking about. The one I did back in January. Before it was only two panels but I extended it and added that last panel joke. Took a while to set this one up. I had no idea how many panels to create. It was going to be eight, then seven, then nine. Meh, whatever. Enjoy. Next one I create will be a big one. Literally. It will only be one row, and probably ten panels. lol That's a first.

E: Sorry, the image broke after only 12 hours. Geeze. Reupped and updated.

Comic #51

2009-06-11T22:25:00.004-04:00

Well, it's my friend's birthday so I figured I'd do a birthday related comic. The content isn't related to the person though. This the first time I used real perspective in my art. I mean like literally drawing a vanishing point and then drawing the lines to that one vanishing point, much like how we did in art class for school. I think it turned out better but it takes longer to do than freehand. I also brought back Katie. I tend to avoid using her since it's a bitch to draw her hair. And it still looks terrible.

Happy 50th!

2009-06-03T20:03:00.005-04:00

Damn, how much I hate drawing cars. Well, here it is. My 50th comic. For some reason 50 is supposed to be a significant number so I made it special. It's been a little over a year since I started drawing comics. My first one being "An Alternate Solution" drawn on March 6th, 2008. So yeah...it took me roughly 425 days to draw 50 comics. Wow, that kinda sucks. Whatever. Enjoy the 50th. It took a while to draw...about 4.5 hours. And I used one of my favorite subjects for this one. It is fun to think about how far technology will progress in the future - for the good or bad.

I still have three other future-themed comics left.

Comic #48/49

2009-05-17T06:36:00.008-04:00

I've been having a crappy night and I was on a sugar high so I thought I'd draw up some 5am sleep deprivation comics. It's been a month. I'm about due anyway.

Why did I find myself doing this a lot while I was cleaning my room today?

The next one is a first for me. No comedy at all. In fact, it's kinda depressing. But meh, it was my mood at the time.

No this doesn't mean Dan likes Katie or anything. There's no continuity. I'm just too lazy to make up new characters for a one time comic.

And I'm finally starting to crash. Time for bed.

Comic #47 - Human Error

2009-04-21T22:36:00.005-04:00

Yay....spring break. Hope yours is going better than mine....I finished up Comic #47. Actually I drew it on paper back in February. It just took two months to draw it into the computer. Laziness. Stay tuned. I still need to draw in one from January. :p

Click to reveal explanation

CAPTCHAs are those annoying things on registration forms online where you have to type the hard-to-read letters that are shown to prove you are not a spam robot.

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T22:05:00.004-04:00

Happy Easter! So here is a comic that has no relation to the holiday at all. Today has been pretty boring for me which gave me time to draw this one out in Flash. I actually drew it probably two weeks ago during Lunch, and I have about four more left that I still have to draw into the computer.
I've been pretty busy. With college assignments and now my new job at Target the time between each comic release might be even more sparse.

Comic #45 Time-Lapse

2009-03-06T23:44:00.004-05:00

So some people have been asking how I draw my comics. Not a lot, but some. So while I drew my last comic I recorded my screen in the background and just sped it up in editing. (123 minutes compressed into 4 minutes.) It's now on youtube. Check it out. It's complete with annotations and music. My first time using annotations. Everything went fine. lol

I know I'm a day late on the video. Oh well.

YOUTUBE - Comic #45 Time-Lapse

Comic #45

2009-03-04T17:09:00.008-05:00

Yeah, I know, it's been a while. Roughly six weeks I think. I've been caught up with college assignments and other free time stuff: SQL, PHP, C++, etc. Anyway, I drew this one today during Lunch and traced it into Flash.
Something else I have been noticing is people aren't getting the jokes off the bat, which can lower the humor if you don't understand the punchline, so I'm adding explanations after each one if I think it could be confusing or misleading.
I got one other comic to trace, probably for tomorrow or Friday. Also, I did a time-lapse of me drawing comic #45 in case you guys wonder how I do it. It's nothing special really, but some people have been asking, so meh. That should be online probably tomorrow. Anyway, now that you've read all this, I doubt many of you have, enjoy Comic #45.

Click to reveal explanation

The internet error 404 typically means a lost or missing page when you come across it on the internet.

Absent-Minded: New Comic Series

2009-01-16T20:05:00.006-05:00

And so it begins....

I'm usually against change, so this is a little weird for me. I've planned on doing this transformation for a while now, just couldn't think of the right time or way to do it. After getting a little bit of critism from some modacity members I decided to try to give my characters some personalities and a way to distinguish them from one another. I already got help with names from my friend Clark.

The new year has begun and so I launch the series: Absent-Minded.*

New title, new fonts, new characters with name and clothes, and OMG a girl?! This should throw some fun into the series a bit. Hopefully I can keep some continuity now. Anyway, enjoy comic #44! Kind of an introduction comic.

*If this name is already taken by someone else, let me know. Though I checked, I don't think it is.

Happy New Years 2038!

2008-12-31T20:15:00.016-05:00

Only four hours to go here. Here's a New Years Eve comic. I had another idea in mind but I didn't think I could finish it in the time I had left.

Don't worry. I'm pretty sure all computers will be using 64 bit integers by then, as opposed to the 32 bit integers we use right now.

If you don't understand, read this.

I lied. Here's another one I whipped up VERY quickly. Got the idea from a friend on stumbleupon.

News Link for the above comic.

Okay, and now I am done for 2008. Goodnight.

Happy Holidays

2008-12-25T00:33:00.005-05:00

I made a present for a friend of mine, which is the reason this is probably the only comic that has hair and glasses on the stick figure, but I guess it can also double as a Christmas Comic.

Around the holidays you always see the so common happiness and joy in everything, so here's something out of the ordinary. Enjoy. Happy Holidays.

It's only a joke. A hyperbole Inspired by one of my friends.

I'm on a roll...

2008-12-23T00:53:00.005-05:00

That's..what...three comics in under a week? Not bad.

This comic was originally going to be two parts, but I decided to drop part one. There was supposed to be a reason for why he did what he did but it seemed unnecessary so I tweaked the plot a bit. Enjoy. It's a big one.

I have at least one more comic planned for this week. And maybe one for New Years Eve.

Also good news. I got my Xbox back today from Microsoft. So yay I can play my new games for Christmas on it. Talk about cutting it close to the wire.

Oh...the weather outside is frightful

2008-12-19T21:37:00.004-05:00

Really. It sucks outside. Good time for a weather-related comic.

My ideas have been slipping (not as funny) lately. At least I think so. Anyway I got like three to four more comics planned for the next week. Another one possibly tonight and one on Christmas as well. Now that exams are over, and I got mostly A's on them so I am content with them, I can get more comics done.

December 20th, 2008: 1:27AM

Nope, I'm not making a new post for such a small time between comics. Here's another comic from boredom like I promised. I kept having an OCD vs creativity battle in my head because of the tilted flier.

And now I am done for tonight.

Comic #37

2008-12-06T02:28:00.006-05:00

Whipped up Comic #37 out of boredom. It's also based on recent events....sort of. Hopefully I'll be getting some Christmas comics in here soon. I'm working on ideas, but they aren't really that good.

Mine got the RRoD too. I sent it in to Microsoft a week ago but it'll probably be a month before I get it back. I guess no playing of Xbox games for Christmas this year. :(

Screw you Microsoft and your crappy quality product! They have an interesting tech support system though.

Comic #36 and Nifty Flash Animation

2008-11-19T20:04:00.007-05:00

Yup. True story. Like 10 min ago.

The paper is half done, don't worry.

Here's an example of what the comic is talking about:

Vector graphics....amazing.

Comic #35

2008-11-15T15:19:00.003-05:00

Who likes time travel? I love the concept of it and have been meaning to start this part of the comic series for a while. Note that this is only the first part. I plan to create other parts in future (no pun intended :p).

Ah, the wacky antics of paradoxes and parallel universes.

Halo Survivor: Episode One

2008-11-08T20:50:00.005-05:00

Our gaming group has spent SO LONG on trying to get this series started. After like two years of preparation and jumping over obstacles, it is finally done, released, and online for everyone to view. Go check it out. Now that we've begun, hopefully we can keep them coming.

HALO SURVIVOR - EPISODE ONE: "Wish You Were Here"

Click image to view video.

Comic #34

2008-11-06T16:37:00.003-05:00

Exactly what I was feeling last night while taking this stupid test.

How many times am I going to be walking down the street and thinking: "Gee I wonder what is the anti-derivative of 3x - 2."

And I so bombed the test I was taking last night.

Halloween Double Whammy

2008-10-31T18:32:00.006-04:00

Happy Halloween everyone! I created two Halloween comics today.

Yeah...right...be aware of those genius kids running around that can read binary at the drop of a hat.

Comic #31 & Planet Iceburg

2008-10-11T16:01:00.004-04:00

Ever felt this way?

No, that batch won't actually do that.

While I'm here I'm going to plug Planet Iceburg. It's a group that I am a part of and we hang out and talk about gaming and random crap on a forums. The place is very off-topic and if you feel you have the wacky nature enough to join, feel free. It's free. Link below (in the logo):

We are a professional group with our own web server. Not those wannabe 12 year olds who host a freewebs account and call themselves cool.

We've also made a bunch of machinima and you can find those links to the videos in the forums as well.

Comic #30

2008-10-02T23:45:00.005-04:00

I don't think this one is really funny. It's just something I whipped up out of shear boredom during lunch today.

Be on the look out though. I'm considering flashifying some scenes I drew in my Senior Year of High School. Nothing really fancy....just sorta cool.

Here's something I drew from memory during Study Hall one day. I scanned it into the computer and retraced it in flash.

Comic #29

2008-09-22T00:59:00.005-04:00

Spent a while on this one. Mainly because I did everything by hand. Even the text. Enjoy guys.

I KNOW THAT YOU DON'T READ MY BLOGS. IF YOU WANT THE COMIC TO MAKE SENSE READ THIS.

WATCH THIS
If you don't follow, it's based upon the editing styles of a new show called Fringe. Every time they show off a new place instead of the cliche white words in the corner of the screen, they put 3-d text into the scene and make it look like it's really sitting there.

Good sci-fi series on FOX. You should check it out.

Comic #28 - "The One that is Out of Whack"

2008-09-12T23:10:00.005-04:00

Just finished up comic #28. This one is different from the rest. It's larger for one. I needed more room so the text was legible. The second thing is it's not side by side panels, these ones are overlapping. So a few changes. Meh...enjoy.

Bonus points to whoever can solve it.
Below: What I think the answer is. I'm probably wrong.

ydy - 4(x+y²)dy = 0
y(udy + ydu) - 4(uy + y²)dy = 0
uydy + y²du - 4uydy + 4y²dy = 0
-3uydy + y²du + 4y²dy = 0
-3uydy + 4y²dy = -y²du
y + 4y^6 + y² dy = -(1/3u) du
5y^8 dy = -1/3(1/u) du
(5y^9)/9 = -(1/3)ln|x/y| + C
e^((5y^9)/9) = C(x/y)^(-1/3)

Hmm. Studying and drawing comics at the same time is possible.

EPIC FAIL LIST; Comic #27

2008-09-06T03:28:00.005-04:00

Sitting here bored, I began to think about all the unfinished projects I have yet to accomplish. Some of these WIP's are no longer Work in Progresses anymore. I gave up on them. But it would be interesting to compose a list of my failure over the past few years.

EPIC FAIL LIST:

Halo Survivor - Began production in 2005. We put out a few episodes on the PC version but then decided to move to the Xbox. After much time of preparation and gaining voice actors and writing scripts we have finally finished filming Episode One last month. Now all I need are the voices from everyone and I can edit it together and release the episode.

Sierra - A series made by my friend Andrew. I only participated in it as an editor and voice actor, nothing else. He gave up on the series temporarily because of lack of resources. Not so much my failure.

A Race Against Time - A series I made with my own clan in 2005. We made one episode, then the clan broke up and the project was dropped. The story lacked detail and effort.

Technical Advantage - A new series I started writing in 2007. This one is a revamped plot of "A Race against Time" with a much better name. The plot has been built upon extensively and I have written up to 13 episodes out of 18 for season one. I have yet to film any of it. I'm just waiting for the right time.

Downlow - A map I have been making for a year now. My friend Clark suggested the idea and I volunteered to make it with no promises. There has been so many attempts I have made at this thing. Three times I have erased everything and remade it with a much more efficient method of modeling each time. At this point, I am pretty sure I would stick with the model I have right now. I just lost interest in it. I may come back to it again. I did two times before. It just might be a while.

Condensation – A map designed and modeled by Clark. I fixed all the MANY errors he had in the geometry and then gave it to him to skin. He's yet to skin it. I did my part, just waiting on his part now.

Movie Theatre - A map designed by Rik. Very little was done by me in this project aside from a candy booth. It's still an unfinished project nonetheless.

Sierra Map - I volunteered in making a map for Sierra. I had finished much of it only to realize that I saved it in the wrong file format and could not compile it into a Halo Map. There was a way around it, but it required much work to recover everything and I didn't feel like it was worth it.

Intertron - I made a map that was to be used in a scene in Halo Survivor. My computer crashed in September of 2006 and I lost everything, including this map file. I never bothered remaking it.

Conoid - Another map I lost in the computer crash that was based upon three cylindrical rooms. I never bothered remaking that either.

Halo Campaign - Very little was done but I attempted to make a single player mission on Halo once. I lost interest in it when the scripts became too hard.

My Room - I modeled my room to scale and made it into a Halo Map. Something happened with the bitmaps and they all got corrupted. I never fixed them. Though I did get it in game.

Halo CE Trainer 9.0 - The third installment of the trainer that I was working on. It was to have in-game menus so that you could control commands without minimization. Coding became too difficult and I put off the project until I was able to learn VB.net and dll's. I might take a course in college for this. I could come back to this.

Halo 3 UI - A current project that I was working on. I got much done with this one. The Halo UI map resembled the theme of Halo 3's UI. A lot of the menus are done and it received much feedback from a mini fan base. Something happened with the bitmaps one day and all my files became corrupted. I've been too busy to figure out how to fix them. I will come back to this. It isn't a lost cause and hopefully won’t be a WIP for long.

Ferris Wheel - A model I was working on. The model is complete but the explosion isn't ready yet. My most recent file has the asteroid modeled and the path created for which it will travel and crash into the wheel. I'll finish it up sometime soon.

Bunker - A piece of scenery I modeled but never got in game.

Battle Arena - A game I and Rik worked on a while ago. We finished up the demo but we never worked on the final release.

Bouncin Maze 2: A game I worked on by myself when I was young. I finished the first game, but it was very messy and thrown together. I then developed the sequel with a much neater interface and idea. Currently the demo is complete with 20 levels and 2 bosses. The game was never finished though.

The Experiment - A series that Andrew is making. I have been editing his videos, but due to resolution complications, memory leakages, and just loss of interest, I keep putting off this project. I usually begin working on it again a week later when I'm bored. Kind of funny how the ONLY video editing projects I put off are Andrews. This doesn't happen with anything else.

Tire Cannon - A weapon that Rik designed and I modeled. We got it in game and it is complete. It just was never released.

S Series Weapons - Another weapon Rik designed. I got a rough model in game, but I just lost interest with it.

There are so many other things that are too small to be listed or even remembered. I lost a whole bunch of WIP's on my computer crash in 2006. And some things I worked on last only like a day and then I get interested in something else. These are probably photoshops, flashes, or models. Videos that I edit usually always get finished. I enjoy editing too much to throw it aside.

This list is subject to change.

This list will be added to if I remember something else.

Now...after all that babble. I made a new comic. The idea might be a bit confusing. So I’ve been told by multiple people.

Basically things always go perfect in movies. Bombs are stopped, people are saved. I doubt it would be that lucky in real life.

Comic #26, Comic #26.5, Exploding Ferris Wheel

2008-08-22T14:55:00.003-04:00

Yes. I realize I could have just made two panels in one comic. Do I care? No.
Visually, this one looks really good. I spent a good three hours on the first one. Ten minutes on the second.
^ Another reason I only draw stick figures in comics.

By the way, that 3D person is supposed to be me. Well the stance is anyway. I traced a picture of my body once I got sick of messing up trying to draw it from memory:

Finally, I managed to explode that Ferris Wheel I showed on here a few days ago. It's now on youtube. This was just a test phase. It will get better than this.

Comic #25 and Flash Game

2008-08-17T20:55:00.003-04:00

I made a new comic yesterday. This one was inspired while watching the movie Paycheck. Good movie too, if you're into action, mystery, tech films.

Everything always seem to go perfect in car chases...just as planned. In real life, I doubt you would be that lucky.

Also a semi-cool announcement: Our company Iceburg Inc has released a flash game on Newgrounds. This is the game I have been talking about the past few months. If you have enough patience and/or want a good laugh go check it out: Hitler's Strawberries.

I say patience because this game was specifically made for Clock Day, a day for Newgrounds where nothing can get bad ratings. Everyone takes advantage of this, including us. So this game is intentionally supposed to be bad and make no sense at all. It turned out pretty good for a majority of it being done in three days tops. Rik and Batto are designers, artists, and composers of soundtracks. I programmed it and added weird text in places.

Comic #24, Games, UI, Animations

2008-08-13T16:46:00.003-04:00

A lot of things have been going on in the last few weeks.

The first thing being the UI. I have stopped working on it. My tags somehow got corrupted, and now I can't use my editing programs. I'll be able to fix it, but I kind of took a break from it for now. It seems like the perfect opportunity to do so anyway.

The second thing being the comic. I had some downtime from the game programming, so I whipped this one up.

We had a huge storm a few days ago, and this was exactly what I was doing while modeling in 3DS Max.

The third thing I started doing was modeling a Ferris Wheel in 3DS Max. (In a way, all these sections in this blog are interconnected.) I got the model finished and rotating. However my intention was to destroy it in a demolition type animation...of course. So I still have some work that needs to be done. Here is a bad quality preview of what is done so far.

YOUTUBE LINK - FERRIS WHEEL.wmv

The fourth and final thing was quite last minute. I am programming a game, as I mentioned above and back on May 26th, for my friends Lineman and Batto. I can't give away information about it, but it will be ready very soon. Once it's released, I'll post a link in here.

So that's about it. Summer is winding down. and I'm trying to finish all my Work in Progresses, which wont happen. Also I'm curious as to who actually reads the blog, rather than look at all the pictures. So if you see this sentence right here, let me know.

Comic #23

2008-07-29T22:00:00.004-04:00

Not really comedy, more like a drawn out theory:

Also I created an up-to-date Comics Collection Flash:

Comicsv7.swf

Comic #22

2008-07-21T00:12:00.006-04:00

I told you I would finally do another one. An idea that sparked from last time I was at the theaters and how the screen ALWAYS freezes on the "silence your cell phones" bit.

Funny how he is the only one being yelled at. Almost as if the other people's ideas aren't stupid or moronic. Wait a second...

Halo 3 User Interface

2008-07-15T18:38:00.025-04:00

UPDATE #3.5
Here's a video preview of the UI and what is done so far:

YOUTUBE

Leave comments.

UPDATE #3

I guess this one is about done. I was going to add some extra buttons to the game to take you back to different sections, but I thought that would be kind of useless. I have discovered that the text input screen is hard-coded just about everywhere, so you will barely see any changes to that because I am very limited with what I can do. Besides that, nothing really special here...just new buttons and graphics that follow the theme.

SERVER SETUP SCREEN

TEXT INPUT SCREEN

UPDATE #2

PEOPLE SHOULD TRY READING THE BLOG FOR A CHANGE IF THEY WANT QUESTIONS ANSWERED. OK?
Here's the newest update, since everyone keeps buggin me about it. The gametype menu is pretty similar to the map menu. I made some custom images for each gametype, all of which wont be shown in this picture. Also I got a new font for buttons, so the map menu screenshot below has been updated as well. I need some sort of graphic in that empty space at the bottom. Any ideas? Let me know.

GAMETYPE SELECTION SCREEN

People are asking when it will be done. I don't know. I don't have a deadline. It'll be done when it's done. Seriously, I just work on it when I'm bored. When college semester begins again, I might lose more of my free time. The updates should be enough.

UPDATE #1

First time I think I ever used color in this blog. Oh well. Here's the newest update on the Halo 3 UI. The map selection screen, which I must say looks A LOT better than the original. Also as a bonus to these awesome graphics, you get to hold 14 maps on a screen at once, instead of 9. Convenient? I don't really know. Well without further ado:

MAP SELECTION SCREEN

Next thing I will be editing is the gametype selection menu. This update might be quick, because this page uses similar tags as the map one and half my job will be done. You'll also notice I started using my actual alias in the profile name, Lightwave is just another one I use.

Finally, apparently I am starting to get a little fanbase. X-fire helps a lot. So let me say this, I am not taking any beta testers at this time. You can bug me, spam me, or even threaten me (surprisingly I have gotten that) but you will not get an early release. I will take suggestions, but nothing else. One example is the descriptions for the maps. I will take creative descriptions for the maps and maybe even put yours in it. So let me know of any you think of. The first one, in the pic was done by me.

And if you're one of those people who just looks at the pretty pictures and doesn't read the text along with it, well I'll just ignore you for your ignorance.

ANNOUNCEMENT

I am making a new UI for Halo CE that will closely resemble Halo 3. Some parts I will make up for the sake of simplicity, but overall I will try to make the colors and theme match that of the game Halo 3. Here are some beta before/after screenshots of what is done so far. And no, I will not release until it is complete. Only a select few will be my beta testers.

MAIN TITLE SCREEN

PROFILE MENU

NETWORK SETUP MENU

Click the images they enlarge the picture. I still have much more that needs to be finished. My next part I will be working on is the select map menu.

Also yeah, I realize it has been a while since I released a comic. Expect one soon. I have an idea for one, I just have to draw it.

Xfire = gamerkd15

Comic #21

2008-06-24T04:09:00.010-04:00

Yes, it's 4 AM and I have nothing better to do. So I made a follow-up comic to "Airport Fears". Interesting enough, I have oddly timed the release of this comic; my friend will be returning from her trip soon as well. I guess events trigger ideas for me.

That contraption there is probably not structurally possible. Most of it I just made up.

Comic #20

2008-06-19T16:35:00.005-04:00

It's been a while since I released a comic. I guess I have been busy. Editing a movie or maybe it's the trying to find a job. Which is damn near impossible to do when you have no previous experience and the economy is at it's worst in 60 years. Anyway, if anyone hates those Mac vs PC ads, you might like this comic. I don't mind the commercials, but one of my friends does, which gave me the idea.

NEW SPECIAL: For a limited time, Microsoft is giving away rocket launchers with each purchase!

Comic #19

2008-05-27T19:02:00.009-04:00

A friend of mine is going to Europe and it gave me the idea to do a comic about an airport:

I highly doubt you can get flights there easily.

Fun Fact: I've never been to an airport before, so I used images off the internet as references. Thank you google.

What's on the Plate

2008-05-26T18:45:00.004-04:00

So, what is on the plate, as projects go, for this summer.

First, I want to do is get Halo Survivor started, a Halo Machinima created by my friend Rik. I'm hoping on getting a better capture card this summer for my birthday so the quality will be better in the videos.

Another thing I am attempting to learn is VB.Net. I'm hoping the new concepts from this programming language will help me finish up the Halo CE Trainer 9.0. Details about that trainer can be found on my gaming site.

Third, I want to continue the comics. I'll probably update comics on here every once in a while when I get bored, which will be a lot this summer.

Fourth, is a flash game I am coding for Newgrounds with my friends Batto and Lineman. I won't release any more info about that.

I am sure there are many other small things that I may work on as well, such as 3D models and mini-flashes, but those are basically the big things I hope to accomplish in the next 3-4 months.

The success of all of that is going to depend on the job I am trying to get. No doubt that work hours will take up a lot of my free time. I just don't know how much free time that is. So I guess I'll have to see how things turn out. One thing is for sure, and that is I am going to try to go for one thing this summer: busy.

Comic #18

2008-05-22T19:59:00.003-04:00

Hmm, what do you know. I guess I'm not done yet. I got this idea last night while talking on AIM. Decided to draw it into flash without sketching it first.

By the way, we're in the second fall right now.

Comic #17

2008-05-21T19:59:00.003-04:00

The 17th comic I've made. My favorite number. This is the last of my in-school comics. Unless I make more during the summer. Probably will. I'm trying to avoid this editing project for a friend of mine. lol

But yeah, I've had 3 hour breaks before. I know how these feel.

Timelapse Video

2008-05-20T14:01:00.003-04:00

I was bored a few nights ago so I made a time lapse of my front yard. it didn't turn out well again because it was inside and in front of a window screen. One of these times I'll actually put the camera outside. But yeah, I uploaded it onto my third youtube account:
Timelapse
3 hours compressed into 2 minutes. That's 256x speed.

Comics Collection Flash

2008-05-17T22:35:00.004-04:00

For all you high-tech people out there, here is a flash that has all the comics in it that I made so far.

Comics.swf

By the way, those arrows on the top of the screen move to the next comic and previous comic. Apparently there are some people out there who don't understand that the universal symbol for an arrow is "to move from one place to another". lol

Comic #16

2008-05-17T18:42:00.004-04:00

Just flashified this one. Also, I just made it so that anyone can leave comments, anonymous or with an alias/name.

And yes, I do realize there are no gastank explosions in House.

Comic #15

2008-05-16T16:45:00.008-04:00

Just flashified(2) a new comic. This one is a continuation of the Virtual Reality series.

Classes just ended for me today, so the quantity of comics will probably die down over the summer. But there are at least two more comics left that I still have to flashify.

2. A word I made up for tracing scanned images of comics into flash.

Comics Archive #2

2008-05-16T15:39:00.004-04:00

Some more comics for the archive. From now on if you want to find all the posts involving comics, just do a search for the label "comic".

The Great Thread Race:

Prank Gone Awry:

Tk'ers:

Middle School Years:

Spell Check:

Party Games:

Comics Archive

2008-05-16T15:07:00.005-04:00

I have been drawing out comics the past several weeks during my breaks between classes. I then learned how to trace them into the computer and redraw them in flash to make them much more neater. A friend of mine suggested I upload these comics online so people can see them, saying that it might catch on, so I'm going to put them in this blog. Here is an archive of what there is so far:

An Alternate Solution:

Definition of Strategic:

Inside the System:

Quick Thinking:

Extended Warranty?

Next Generation Wars:

The Best Things in Life Aren't Free:

Anger Management or Destiny?

Click the images to enlarge.
I'll upload more in the future and constantly update this page.

Hatred for Youtube

2008-05-12T23:27:00.008-04:00

Maybe it is about time I actually used this thing. I need some sort of site to host my stuff on. One that wont be deleted NUMEROUS times. Yes, youtube. I might as well complain about my hatred for youtube as a first post. I had an account with them for two years. Over those two years I gained 100's of subscribers, 1000's of comments, 40 videos, and over 150 favorites. Youtube decided to delete all that, without any warning, just because one of my videos had parts of a TV show in it. So yes, they ruined a large portion of my internet life in one large blow. Well I created another account. Uploaded ALL the videos again. Took some time, but I figured it would be back to what is was before. A few weeks later, they delete that one, without warning, again. Someone is out to get me, don't know who though, because my videos keep getting flagged. So let's try here. I'll upload my stuff here. I doubt BlogSpot will be as much as an annoyance and utter worthlessness that youtube is.