I can't thank
@greatkat
,
@Pskelly86
and all of
@RetroRevivalFGC
for making this happen.
Also huge thanks to our friends who were able to come out, gift stuff from the registry and my husband for helping plan this. ๐ I love our local fighting game scene and am super grateful.
Tonight the
@RetroRevivalFGC
crew threw a surprise baby shower for
@_Legi0n_
alongside the regular weekly. I coordinated with them since we got back from EVO to get as much of the squad together as possible.
Shoutouts to
@greatkat
for going the extra mile to make it special.
I LANDED MY FIRST SALARY JOB!!!๐ฅณ I start Monday as a Junior level 3D artist for a government contractor. I cried when I got the offer and I'm so grateful for this opportunity. This took 4 years of hard work through battling health issues, poverty and moving when I started.-
My husband just got his merch/swag from his new game dev job and I want to cry for him because I'm so proud.๐ค He worked over a decade trying to land this, including dealing with a lot of bumps in the road and working on himself to achieve his goals. But it was worth it.
Removing remote work as an option legit prevents disabled people from keeping their jobs in the tech field. No one realizes how difficult it is to be away from home for 10 hours when your illness acts up and you don't have a quiet place to lay down and continue working.
I'm missing a few parts and it's in it's ugly stage right now tbh. This is only my test bake, my UV's were kinda crammed together (some overlapping) so I need to seriously go back and fix things before our next deadline.
#screenshotsaturday
#gameart
I've shown these to a few close friends but these are my MRI results.
My apologies if the post gets too heavy or depressing. This has been weighing on me for quite a bit and I'm managing this while trying to live a productive life and career. I'm trying to do my best every day.
Image quality is bleh but this is the first ultrasound and I'm officially almost 8 weeks (off by a day). My due date should be mid September and it's safe for me to travel basically until the last two weeks of that expected time frame. I just have to wear compression socks in the
When men from the industry follow me and then unfollow as soon as I mention my husband or that I'm married on my account.
At least the trash takes itself out and I will rub it in your face a million times until I turn blue, I ain't got nothing to hide and idgaf.
The fact that my husband spoke out against repulsive behavior (people who support art of child exploitation) and it lead to them trying to frame him of targeting specific people or false accusations, when he literally made a general statement, speaks a lot about this "community".
My husband got into a car wreck and almost lost his eye, only 5 minutes down the road from our house. I bolted over there and thanks to a friend, we're at the ER after waiting hours for highway patrol. Idk the shock of this is hitting me now, even though I pretend to be calm.
She was moving around a lot during my ultrasound earlier and it looked like she was flipping off the camera. ๐ญ (I guess that's how you know she's related to me).
But yep, we're having a girl. ๐๐๐๐๐ผ I hope she's 6'4 like her dad/kicks ass in sports and fighting games someday.
Happy International Women's Day to my lovely wife
@_Legi0n_
... and our future daughter.
Yep, we got confirmation today that we're having a girl! She's in great health so far, and while we haven't decided on a name yet we have some good ideas. I know she'll make me proud one day.
finally done...After 4 sleepless days ๐
This was a stressful but cool month of learning Zbrush, I've never done much sculpting (aside from polymer clay stuff and drawing as a hobby), but this is something I'm starting to love. ๐ค
#Zbrush
#DoomEternal
#Tyrant
Only a preview lighting build but I still need to go in and fix some things (specifically my roof pieces). Not looking forward to Uving 40 pieces.๐
I could've probably made a more efficient kit with half of that but I only had a day to plan this out.
Happy first Father's Day to my amazing husband. 3 months until our baby is here but he's been doing a great job taking care of me especially while I was sick during the beginning of my pregnancy and also taking big steps to guarantee that our daughter has a good future.
Her advice has been really extremely helpful and she's probably one of the better resources that I've fallen back on to help myself get back into shape.
Lol @ dudes who passive aggressively unfollow me immediately after I mention that I'm having a child soon.
Bitch bye. Ain't no one chasing after your weirdo self.
This is going to fall on dead ears because of 3D art twitter being basically split at this point.
But character artists, what are your views on using a default zbrush base mesh for a client while doing freelance work? I'm just curious because I want to know if I can save time-
Baby's currently doing Guile Flashkicks in my gut but anyways.
Rad venue pic of some of the Goons from our Discord, we literally call ourselves Goons Inc lol. Wish that more of us could've made it out but it was fun traveling and playing sf6 with friends. ๐ค๐ผ๐
#combobreaker2024
Love this dress way too much. ๐ค Had red and gold eyeshadow too but was too lazy to take more pics in better lighting. Going to definitely wear this at Evo.
I've basically gotten accepted into one of the best art schools of the country, that will gurantee me a job after getting my BA and am being pointed to a number of scholarships. Was scary showing my portfolio of stuff last minute, but I'm excited. I'm still in disbelief.
Someone on YouTube uploaded an 8 hour chunk of Toonami's episode block from the summer of 2000 and it just goes to show that there are really some people out here doing thankless jobs. ๐ค
Not a big deal and this was my first mkx tournament in 4 years, but I made 3rd at
@JuicyGameNight
/
@OrlandoRunback
๐ค
Forgot how much I enjoyed this game and wasn't sure how I was going to do after forgetting a lot of things.
Spoils of victory today; won 2nd in Divekick for CEO2023 and treated myself to a Victrix pad after getting my first big paycheck from my new job and telling myself that I'll only buy one after placing at a tournament again. Sf6 and mk1 here I come. ๐ค๐ฅ๐ค๐ผ
Got out of the ER last night and thankfully things are much better with clear answers.
So tl;dr my main specialist for prenatal stuff basically didn't bother treating me and it could've caused a more severe bladder infection along with early labor but catching it early prevented
Disclaimer; this is a class assignment that I've been working on while juggling a ton of other things outside of school. I'm not happy with it lol. I'm also realizing how many things I'd do differently the next time I make something similar.
Going to tweak my textures though.
If you're from the fighting game community and you have a problem with me, just remember that you know who I am but I have no clue who you are...and I don't care. Let that sink in for a sec. ๐
Some photos from
@Argenrost
's cosplay photoshoot during last CEOtaku. I have a few glamour shots of myself that I'll upload in a bit.
๐๐๐ credit goes to
@MrDarkIce94
.
Crappy lighting but I love my eye makeup in this. ๐ It's hard to tell but the creases were cobalt and the lid itself was more of a powder blue with white.
๐ญ I have an obsession with clothing so I often dress over the top, but it's fun.๐ค ๐๐
Need to take better full body pics though. I'm too lazy.
Loved how my makeup turned out today. Also kind of bummed that I couldn't get a good photo of me wearing my new diamond earrings but they looked amazing in proper lighting. ๐ค
Just booked our suite for
#EVO2024
at the Westgate. ๐คโจ
It's a 1500 square foot suite with multiple bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Going to turn up with friends and there's plenty of space for fighting game set ups. ๐ We're staying for almost a week so we won't feel rushed.
Bit of an update, I've been mostly busy with trim sheets and UV's, lighting and processing effects in UE. Still going to add more planks of wood to hide those ugly seems. I've had a deadline for something every day since this month has started hahah.โฐ๏ธ
Omg he's so cute! ๐ฅบ bought this from
@2D_dey
at CEOtaku and now he sits on my work desk. ๐ค
(I flip him over to the snooty side instead of the sad one whenever I meet a tough deadline lol.)
This sounds bad but right after my interview I spent most of the day bleeding and in pain. The loss of our tiny baby won't instantly go away but we're just trying to look forward to the future and big life changing things in our career right now before we start a family.
A sick birthday is waking up to my husband bringing me a vegan cake with fried chik'n and recruiters contacting me for salary jobs in my field. ๐ฅ๐ค๐ค๐ผ
Thank you.
@Argenrost
๐ค๐
Weaseled my way into 17th out of 70-ish today at the
@JuicyGameNight
monthly! ๐ช๐ผ๐ฅ๐ I lost to really good players (friends) but I still feel content that this was right after my EEG yesterday which was rough.
Also I love my new limited edition Playboy shoes.๐ค๐ค๐ค
The spoils of victory from last night's team battle for Sf6 at
@TheBitEGaming
. ๐ค๐ฅ๐ค I landed a perfect but got cooked in grand finals. But I'm still really happy that we got to enter. Learned a lot while having fun and I wish monthlies in our region would do this.๐๐ป
Did I burn myself out taking college and my career too seriously which forced me to abandon my hobbies for the last 4 years, while battling a chronic illness?
Yes.
Am I having a good time playing fighting games again and fangirling over the characters I play?
Also yes.
A little sad that I forgot to take a venue pic of us at CEO this year (since this is the last time that it'll be at Daytona). Definitely don't like how some people behave in this city but this was the venue where John proposed to me on stream back in 2019, after getting 5th in
Doubt anyone will see, but for anyone working in AAA games;
What is a safe tri count for a hero prop? (Current gen console).
My instructor has no idea, can't find the answer off of google and this was supposed to be a portfolio piece but I just want to get it right lol.
A bit more personal than it needed to probably be but you'll live lol.
Incoming graduation thread. My life has been very turbulent but it seems like things have become so much more stable in the last few years than they ever were.
1/3
I'm grateful to have woken up and the surgical team that worked on me was so sweet. ๐ค Still bedridden for a bit though and a bit dazed but it's fading with some food.
@Argenrost
is also an MVP for making this possible and caring for me today and the rest of the month or two.
So it basically wound up being a combination of her punching my bladder and a mild UTI. They did a test for kidney stones and thankfully I don't have those. Catching the infection early is important because they can get a little crazier while pregnant and cause early labor.
It's been 4 years since I told twitter fgc to unfollow me after trying to leave the community entirely (but realizing that it was a mistake and missing it).
For those of you who've stayed or re-followed, you get a piece of candy or something the next time I see you.