Diving in Thailand pt.2

Ah, so the bookings are complete! My counterpart, Keith, and I have our flights booked. (Not a fun or cheap process btw)

Our hotel and dive shop have also been booked. We will be staying at the Baan Suay hotel at Karon beach in Phuket. Looks like a nice enough place. It was recommended by a dive master that lives in Thailand; the same dive master that did the Thailand bookings for us.

The dive shop we will be at is called Dive Asia. I am pretty excited about this place, as it comes highly recommended by a few people and on a bunch of diving forums I read.

We will be leaving here May 23rd and will be getting back June 2nd (and have to work that day). Be prepared for a flood of pictures next month.

-Aaron Jones-

Image courtesy of Whale-Shark.org

Gears of War 2 Footage Debut

Gears of War 2 gameplay footage was released last night! You can now check out the new Gears and grab a sneak peak of what is in store for you in November.



You can also check out GameTrailers break down of the video to show you things you might have missed. (below)



-Aaron Jones-

Video courtesy of GameTrailers

Crashing and Progress

Maya crashed on me again. Happens every now and then, but Maya usually autosaves what I am working on. Well this time it said "unable to save" or something like that. I save often but sometimes I get in 'the zone' and forget to save. Thankfully I didn't lose much work. I was working on the eye area around the head of the model. Just tedious work, really.

Just finished up the body. Started the head tonight when it crashed. Oh well; you can see the body in high poly. The head, what I have so far, is above as well (minus the eye sockets).

Overall it is coming along nicely. Can't wait to finish up the model so I can get on to the rigging and then the animation (who needs textures anyways). I figure it will take me about another month or two to finish it all up; with school and work taking most of my time.

-Aaron Jones-