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Homework Submission – Week 2

Wow, theres some really jaw dropping entries this week, and im loving seeing the interpretations and background stories.

The hardest part im finding at the moment, its the grey area in the middle of a side view and a 3/4 view, and trying to interpret what lies between. and coming from an engineering background im used to the exactness of drawing different elevations, but i need to practice to ‘let go’ of precision in alot of cases and go with the flow.

going through the prerecorded course work took alot longer than I expected, only made it half way through the character creation course, to which point I thought i would start with the skin modifier, took me a couple of hours to start getting it to behave the way i wanted it, but learned alot along the way.

Well, for myself, here is, ill have to go back and finalise again when i get home tomorrow. (hangs head, in the state ive left it)

but, that said im enjoying the experience so far, and picking up alot along the way, so its all good 🙂

Background Narrative : 

For alot of us, the daily monotonous drone of a 9 to 5 is a factor of life that we have to deal with in order to get to that weekend sliver of freedom that we can call our own, until Monday morning comes knocking with a smirk on its face and kindly delivers the not so palletable news that its time to start it all over again..

And nothing is more so, than for our Professor Mathers. Leafy suburbinite, waiting for his 50th year to greet him since saying hello to the world. College math lecturer by day, avid quiz show and microwave meal afficianado by night, with only Boris, his tabby cat for a companion through the years since never quite finding the time to marry.

The daily grind of monotony, with a sprinkling of 20 years doing the same thing day in day out, has ground away at his passion for shaping young mathematical minds, and quite frankly has him sick of three minute micro-lasagne (Boris agrees on this point)

Yet, he carries on doing what he has done for so long, but with a slight spark forming in the corner of his brain slowly battling the normally dormant place where “is this all there is to life”, and “youve been doing the same thing for how long?” resides.

As Professor Mathers contemplates opportunities missed and what else is out there, he continues on his journey of life, one test paper in front of the other, dreaming and yearning …..

Sculpt :