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  • Mar
    2023
    21
    2023 / Mar / 21

    Bangai-O (Dreamcast) – Beat!

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    dropcap]C[/dropcap]ontinuing the momentum of beating old Dreamcast games, I worked my way through Bangai-O. A really fun bullet hell style shooter, best known for it’s signature homing missiles and general chaos.

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  • Sep
    2022
    05
    2022 / Sep / 05

    Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast) – Beat!

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    Years ago most of my vintage game systems/games/movies etc. were stolen, and I’ve been slowly rebuilding my collection over the years.

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  • Feb
    2022
    28
    2022 / Feb / 28

    Let Me Nightmare Oh Lord

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    Let Me Nightmare Oh Lord


    Driven by the vanity of desire
    haunted by your absence

    I am the part of you
    that wants to be tested

    …

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  • Feb
    2022
    28
    2022 / Feb / 28

    You Can Go Rabbit

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    You Can Go Rabbit


    Running through earth and ore
    your past cascading
    to my bleak resounding shore

    …

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  • Feb
    2022
    28
    2022 / Feb / 28

    Watercolor Windmill

    • posted in Art
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    I got a new set of watercolors recently, and thought I would attempt a more patient illustration, as opposed to the quick sketches I normally do when plein air painting.

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  • Nov
    2020
    17
    2020 / Nov / 17

    Ozzy RIP

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    A little over a year ago Nancy and I fostered a wiry little kitten for a couple weeks. To help him gain weight and take some pressure off of the adoption center.

    We fell for the little guy and ended up adopting him ourselves.

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  • Apr
    2018
    30
    2018 / Apr / 30

    Breath of Fire 4 (PS1) – Beat!

    • posted in Art, Video Games
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    I‘ve been playing Breath of Fire 4 off and on for over 15 years. …

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  • Sep
    2016
    30
    2016 / Sep / 30

    London Plein Air

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    Since moving to London, I’ve tried to trek out to the cities amazing parks each weekend, to paint in my sketchbook. …

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  • Aug
    2016
    15
    2016 / Aug / 15

    Hasui Kawase

    • posted in Art, Video Games
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    I was reading through a tech-art presentation given by Gjoel Svendsen over at Playdead studios, on all the clever things they did to make deceptively simple art for their game Inside.
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  • Jun
    2016
    16
    2016 / Jun / 16

    Game Pre-vis

    • posted in Art, Video Games
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    Greetings from London! I’ve been in London a couple weeks now and I’ve been working on building out some 3D previs for the game I’m working on at Wibbu. …

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  • May
    2016
    27
    2016 / May / 27

    Farewell Bay Area!

    • posted in Art, Travel
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    My move to London is a couple days away, and I’ve spent my free time the last week painting my favorite haunts in my shiny new sketchbook. Here are a few of them, I offer as a farewell to the bay area. …

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  • May
    2016
    23
    2016 / May / 23

    Prime Mover Confusion

    • posted in Art, Staccato Thoughts, Writing
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    I suck at science. I’m stupid and easily confused. I spent my youth practicing Street Fighter combos and learning yo-yo tricks, instead of basic science literacy or critical thinking. Please listen to this rant and tell me what I’m doing wrong:…

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  • May
    2016
    20
    2016 / May / 20

    Portrait Painting

    • posted in Art
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    Thought I would try my hand at portrait painting in oils. It’s been years since my last oil painting, and even longer since my last portrait, so it was a fun blast from the past for me. Nancy was brave enough to sit for it, and the results came out okay, more of a learning experience for me. …

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  • May
    2016
    19
    2016 / May / 19

    Figure Drawings!

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    I came across these old figure drawings while packing, and thought I would scan and upload them before they get stored away indefinitely. …

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  • May
    2016
    14
    2016 / May / 14

    Six Month Stickies # 17

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    As usual the tracks of music that got stuck in my head in the last six months, in order.
    * Click image to download a ZIP of the compilation:…

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  • Apr
    2016
    30
    2016 / Apr / 30

    Japan Photos

    • posted in photography, Travel
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    Photos from my 3rd Japan trip. Mostly of Nancy frolicking. …

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  • Apr
    2016
    28
    2016 / Apr / 28

    London!

    • posted in Art, Resolutions, Travel, Video Games
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    After years of freelancing I’m finally settling down into a lead artist role at Wibbu Education Studios in London. …

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  • Apr
    2016
    26
    2016 / Apr / 26

    Reel 2016

    • posted in Art
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    I finally updated my reel after ten years of procrastination. Showcasing the 3D and 2D work I’ve done in games/animation. …

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  • Apr
    2016
    07
    2016 / Apr / 07

    Japan… Again!

    • posted in Travel
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    Back in Japan for the third time. I magically happened across some insanely cheap plane tickets, and have a friend who’s renting me his place for practically nothing. The opportunity was too good to pass up. …

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  • Mar
    2016
    22
    2016 / Mar / 22

    Food!

    • posted in photography
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    I decided to post photos of the food I’ve been cooking lately. I used to just cook vegetarian meals, but I found a seller of wild game meat based out of Texas. So I’ve been cooking lots of venison, antelope, boar, quail etc. …

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