I’ll keep it short and simple - It’s a new chrome rim. I wouldn’t really consider a job out of it if I were you.

So a friend of mine from the institute drops by my blog and suggests I try and be less goofy as I can be a really good critic. Basically that meant, “You’re such a hard ass everywhere, why not rip out some guts on your site as well? At least that will help you NOT make our lives a living hell!”
Critic or not, here’s a little review for ya, ya little maggot girl!

So The Simpsons Mewvie… “On The Big Screen” is like seeing Scarlette Johanson in a classy black dress after seeing Sophie Moon naked. The latter is in no way as good looking as the first one, but hey, at least she flashes abundantly and with a known tinge of play. Let me elaborate on how the obscure analogy fits.

The animation and the graphical presentation of the movie as a whole, is fabulous, if not outstandingly revolutionary. Hands down, extremely pleasant. That’ll be the Scarlette Johanson part of the whole deal.

But then again, The Simpsons series is not known for visual appeal, or is it? The whole script lacks in punches and the in-your-face wit that the series is known for and the story gets really slow towards the middle and that Spider Pig thing went from slightly comical to grotesquely irritating within the first 2-3 appearances. And to revolve an entire story around the same irritating thing’s poop silo? Now that’s a “The Simpsons Gone Crap” spin off in the making.

Frankly, the movie as a whole seems like an overstretched version of one of those uninteresting Simpsons episodes, where you just watch the damn thing because you truly love the Simpsons. Out of courtesy with a slight pinch of pity and an overburdening weight of loyalty because you grew up watching the most loved family.

And probably the only quotable line in the movie is that song Homer sings - Spider Pig… Spider Pig… And even that makes you sound more like a retard than a Simpsons fan. Where is the outrageous audacity and the satirically attacking flow of wit? I have seen episodes that are far, FAR better than the movie and much more satisfying within a 24-30 minute time frame. Now that would be the naked Sophie Moon part.

Referring back to the analogy, so the episodes don’t make it to the big screen, at least they give us what we really want, aye?
All in all, I’d say the movie misses out a little too much on what was really needed in there. But oh well, it’s worth a watch anyway. Loyalty factor

I have finally witnessed the enlargement of my scrotum and achieved a higher sperm motility rate, thanks to the back-to-back play of Die Hard 4.0.0.1 in the morning… Thrice!!! And I’m still thinking - Man WTF?

Please excuse my lack of coherence, if you will, for I am writing under the influence and listening to Marilyn Manson on atrociously high decibel levels. I also happen to be having a bad hair day and a bad beard day as well. So most probably I will be gleefully writing some stupid crack stuff, out of my own free will and free testicular rotatory movements.

And I know what you’re thinking: “Man! I saw Bruce Willis pwn Gabriel in the movie but I never saw the Pope in there…”

Confused? Don’t be. It’s one of those scenes that weren’t included in the final cut, but I got my hands on the aftermath of the scene where detective John McClane really bangs the living Gehenna out of the Pope. And here it is for your viewing pleasure just for good measure…

So anyway, even though Die Hard is mostly composed of hot and steaming poop with utterly lucky streaks of cars hitting and destroying helicopters in mid air and a teenage n00bcake of a hacker overthrowing the dude who actually built the whole program with his own two hands, I’d say it’s enough of a ballz-ride to make you munch your popcorn for a little over two hours, straight up. Way ta go!

Ladies and gents and potentially-unmentionables, I give you the technology of the future: MechaLeg 1.0

Chop off your legs knee down, and stick a pair of these up there and feel the beauty sink in. You won’t be able to run, but you’ll be a sewper secsy geekwad!
Just kidding!
This was modeled, textured and illuminated all in Max and given a final touch-up in Photoshop. Using the Car Paint shader in Max, it was bound to have fluid-like, candy reflections. But then, I also used two self-illuminated large size panels in addition to two area lights to really bring out the reflections, using Final Gather of course.

To be honest, this could be my last render for a while. I need to get back to making some new stuff. So, see ya around!

Here’s a model of an industrial motor. Had been lying around on my hard disk for a couple of weeks now, so today finally, I thought of giving it some texture and illuminating it. Came out far better than I had actually expected.

I know it doesn’t look all real because it looks too shiny and brand new. But hey, it’s there just to show my modeling skills (yea right, if any). It is actually an element in an upcoming animation, which my friend and I plan on finishing by December this year. So when that hits the line, I’ll texture this model again with more grunge and grit to make it look far more realistic.

Oh btw, if you’re tired of these cut-out displays, you can view the full versions of this motor and the rim I posted last night by clicking the following link (it will take you directly to the 3D section on my portfolio):

http://www.corrosionlogic.com/3d.htm

Here’s a final render of that rim I showed you guys last night. I think it turned out pretty well given the conditions and the look I had in mind. Quite frankly, using an Arch n’ Design material on the underlying plane and then using a wide angle camera with all sortsa parameters set to near highest, the render took quite a lengthy snatch of time.

And who says you can just render stuff off of Max and use it as it is in the raw form? Bah! Humbug! Photoshop does wonders and in no time. All I had to do was:

i) Adjust Levels.
ii) Adjust the Curves.
iii) Adjust the Brightness/Contrast.
iv) Duplicate the specular regions and give them a slight outer glow for that metallic “energy dispersion” effect. (Very subtle though)

And it’s done.

Even if someone says it’s less than satisfactory, I’m not going to work on it anymore as I have invested too much time and imagination in it already and this is more or less the look I had in mind originally. I don’t want a cheesy looking, super glowy chrome rim with specular highlights on every edge.
Why I named it a “Superleggera Concept”? Because the design is inspired by O.Z. Wheels’ Superleggera model and the 2008 Gallardo Superleggera and is made for the same too. So the “Superleggera” title seems to be in order, aye?
I’ll be updating a few things on the car as well. Also in the pipeline - Some updates to the look of this site
See ya around amigos!

Aye, overkill! That is exactly what I have been having for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and during nightfalls the past week and continuing. I do snack on massive amounts of stress and backache too. Which is perfectly unhealthy, if I may be allowed to be Mr. Obvious for a moment! Hey, at least I get to be perfect at something this way.

Within the past week, I’ve had to work frantically at finishing a draft-ish character animation, a detailed custom alloy rim model (the one that you see above), a 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera (the one you see below), some new music and old remixes, a few graphic designs AND taking care of life in particular for there seems to be a terrible lack of order in that regard.

And now comes the actual overkill part - Once this car is done with, I am required to create 20 3D models in Maya. All of them more and more detailed with respect to chronological increment in expectations. They say a little hard work never killed. What about a lot? That is surely potent enough to finish the job, aye?

Oh well, I guess I really shouldn’t be complaining after all. I do feel this aggressive impulse build up inside of me to get all of those 20 models done and that too well within the time limit of 3-4 weeks. (Yea, there’s some more crunchy, delicious overkill for you right there! )

This reminds me… I need to design myself a business card and get that sucker printed and distributed. AND! I need to design and code a video player and design an audio player for my portfolio so I can upload my animated drafts. All that, and there’s only 24 hours in a day. Life sure is a ride. A camel back ride on a road over saturated with bottomless pits that is. No I’m not being negative, I’m being myself.

Vimeo has been acting strange and won’t upload my videos. Well actually, it does “begin” the upload but stops at around 40%-50% every time. Which isn’t really good for a site that wants to “grow” and the bugs section on their forums is a tragedy. I’m not saying Vimeo isn’t cool, it’s probably not as cool as the rest of the vid-sites.