Kieve-KRS

Given my focus on 3D, texturing, and animation, you'd think modding for a game like Faster Than Light would be... "setting the bar low" so to speak. But it's actually turned out to be a fantastic inspiration, and in a completely unexpected direction.Now yes, the game is basically just PNG sprites and XML events written up in a bastardized HTML-type syntax, so it's shockingly easy to mod (where stuff isn't hardcoded in, anyway). My core talents are more towards texturing than sprite-work, but I've still managed to produce some worthwhile stuff. "Turning the Tide" in particular is getting a pretty warm reception, despite being barely more ...

Long story short, I've had numerous computer issues that eventually necessitated a complete reinstall of my OS, and all subsequent updates. I'm still using XP because fuck off , and of course a full reinstall means all the software I'd been running too. Okay, it's annoying to restore all my registered production software and games, but then I get to Tera. Hoo boy, Tera. Enmasse, what in the bloody blue fuck were you thinking making your launcher scour my registry and windows certification just to run a fucking game? Seriously? Why am I jumping through sixteen tabs of Microsoft validation and "Genuine Advangate Check" on a system I alread...

I have about a dozen unfinished "scenes" in 3DS Max, scraps of character designs I would poke at and never quite figure out how to complete. I get entirely too hung up on intricate details, rigging issues, you name it, and eventually fall short of actually animating anything with these scrap-box polygons. Last night I decided I would make a concentrated effort to cut to the chase - a simple, low-detail character I could use purely as my animation puppet.I've stalled out on too many projects, entirely too many, and I desperately need something to show actual progress. I have all the tools I could ever need, I just need to find my focus....