Sooo... who on devART is going to be attending FITC in Toronto this month???
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My design & systems prof told us about it... The conference is called "Flash in the Can", its basically 3 days of conferences about new media, interactivity design, flash, game design, etc, taking place in Toronto. Apparently the after parties are really awesome, too! It is going to be good times. The conferences are at the Hilton, and the parties are at various bars downtown.

I'm working there as a volunteer, since student prices even are $400. However, I can attend events while not scheduled to work! Woohoo! I am so excited!


Oh, and those who aren't going to FITC, but are in Toronto and interested in getting a job relating to new media, this event is free: [link]

I've been working on a group project for a class called Design & Information Architecture. We are designing an system to help people find locally grown & organic foods in the Toronto area. Also it can assess your diet to recommend places to eat/shop and how to eat healthier. You can also use it to find recipes that feature locally grown products. Right now we've just been working on designing the system, getting process documents done, but here's our stuff so far:

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I worked with a group member on the systems map yesterday, and maaan, a lot of work but it is a very useful document. I can see how I can use these methods to start designing games and such in flash or w/e. I find I am actually very good at thinking in this kind of logical way. Maybe I could do something like this for my career in the future?

Next will be our "representation" phase, when we actually design what this thing looks like. Ah it will be fun! I need to improve my "sleek/stylish" design skills, as opposed to just being arty all the time.

Hey all,

Just a small update...
First of all, I am very busy with school lately. Aaaughh. I have some really fun projects that I am working on, however, they're leaving me with little free time. Though, I do have some free time...

I started taking life drawing courses on friday, it is pretty awesome. Last week we had a sexy asian model... Who will we have this week? I've gotten a lot more experience drawing males, which is good. Also, I've been working on.... pixel art! I'll be honest, it's more like therapy than anything else. Just to sit there, and perfect it pixel by pixel to make it something so small and lovely, it's really soothing! I am working on a new (and improved) sushi set, a chocolate set, more fruits, and in the future a coffee/bakery goods set. So, expect to see both life drawing works and pixel works in the near future....

As for whether or not I'll be going back to Gaia, I haven't a clue. The shop was always tough because if I didn't send out orders daily, they'd build up so fast and it would take me hours to send them all out... so I would always put it off. I DO still browse Gaia and miss the gold income... but it's way too time consuming. Anyway, but it's not forgotten yet... I'll try and come up with something...

Ah! Sooo I went to the Sheridan art store to pick up some new pens/markers because the ones I had basically were dead. And yeah... I have been getting back into drawing lately, so when I went to look at the copics I was like o___o! Ah but I dunno what kind to get. ^o^ I got a black copic brush pen for doing stuff like expressive lettering and concept sketches (soooo sexy!). And yeah... I was gonna get some colours too, but I want to think about it first! For general colouring... do I get the square shaped ones? (I only saw square ones and the oval ones... the brush pens). Does anyone who uses copic recommend specific tones for skin colours??? Ahh I dunno what to get. >_< So yeah advice = good!

designers are basically the coolest people in the world and everyone wishes they could be like us. Hahaha. Plus we have sexier software than anyone else....