TO ALL YOU NON-READERS

It's been long since I've posted a news post... I almost forgot how to do it (no seriously, I did). I've finally been working on that animation again. It's summer break, I'm too stubborn to get a job and have been working on it for a few weeks now. Process is slow, extremely slow, because I'm trying to improve my animation skill as much as possible during this production (actually I'm just really slow and get distracted too easily).

The reason why I've decided to spend my break on this animation is because the teacher's council at my school decided it would be funny to notify us that our 'solo-project' (an video/animation project which you create on your own, from concept to product) should be finished if we want to be able to start our 'exam'. I wanted to take my 'exam' as soon as possible to get away from that wretched school, but now I'm stuck with this 'solo-project'.

Not that I mind tho. I wanted to make this animation for a long time, but haven't had the time to do it. Now I have all the time in the world! Anyway, the animation's for 1/5th complete now. I hope it will get some attention, or maybe a award... Ah well, we'll see how it'll go.

Here's a screenshot, if you were interested:

Halp! I need some voices for a new animation I am working on! Here's a link that shows all the info (scroll down a bit and look for my post, it's above that ugly red/grey signature), because I am too busy (playing some game) right now. PM me if you want to send me a file or if you have any questions.

Since I have a lot of time to do some things for my portfolio on school, I wanted to do something to improve my flash skill. And I always wanted to make a collab like nobody else has ever done before! I hope I succeed with this one, because I think this will look really great when it's done! I am planning on making a really awesome menu, intro and credits and a little animation too. For any one who's interested: http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/85 4449 (altho I doubt that any one would read this :P)

I was feeling a little down today, but this really cheered me up XD

Edit: damn, it's deleted. bah

It's my future Blood Elf Priest Wearing Gladiator's Raiment. The crystal hammer (yes, it's a hammer, I know it's not really clear, but it is) is Gladiator's Gavel. He's wearing Vindicator's Dreadweave set too, but you can't see it, because the set includes bracers, boots and a belt, which are all out of sight. Same counts for the book called Gladiator's Endgame, which is held in the off-hand. At the moment I am still busy getting this complete gear on my shadow priest. My Gladiator's Raiment set is almost complete, only missing the trousers. Next to that I'm lacking the complete Vindicator set.

I am getting bored in this World of Warcraft... Most of my friends are already lvl 70 and all they do is BG's or Arena's. Since I rerolled too many times, I'm still not lvl 70 (64 atm) and I'm getting sick of going to 5-man instances with some idiots who 1) can't speak English, 2) nabcakes, 3) ninjas or 4) think they are pro, but get aggro even when we have an extra off-tank!
Could someone please show them how to play? Halp!
/w Calkhoven, that's my Blood elf (shadow) priest.

Ever wondered how it's like to be the first class? Well I can tell you! Last year I joined the "Multimedia Design & Development" class in Emmen, Holland. Of course some starting problems are not really surprising, but it can be annoying. I barely made it to next grade.
After this troublesome year I had the choise to start over in Zwolle, on a different school. But I refused, I assumed that my current school learned from their mistakes and would make my second year a lot more comfortable... WRONG!
I had a boring vacation this year, worked most of the time to save up for a new PC. With a good feeling, I returned to school after the holidays. I systematically walked up to my old classroom, when a see that it has been taken my the new class... Ok, ok, it was not quite a shock, I could have seen this one coming...
But then I saw my new classroom...
Does any of you have a walk in closet? Yeah? Well, try to picture 22 students sitting in it, all behind a PC or laptop. Unthinkable eh? Well, it is possible, I've withnessed it!
Also, the room was completely empty, we had to carry down all the PC from the old classroom to this one. Plus there weren't enough chairs, so those had to be carried down too. Lets see, what else...? Oh yeah! We had like 8 power sockets in the room, while we need around 45! (PC's, monitors, fans, printer, scanner) And, last but definitely not least, there were no UTP cables (internet) in the room! Doing this Multimedia thing without internet is like playing tennis without a net, it's possible, but very frustrating.
Oh, and I almost forgot. The new students are all equipped with a Mac Book! I had to buy a laptop, with a crappy video card, 512MB ram (64 shared with the video card) and a terrible noisy fan!

I'm off, I'll try to get some sleep...

Gegroet,

Martijn Calkhoven (Pyrow)

To all who is not reading this

Nobody would care about what I make, but anyway...

It's not going as fast as the first episode, but I'm working on part 2 of RTS. I've read all the comments of the first part, so that I know which points I need to change or modify. This time I will make it a lot better! The script will be much more advanced, the animation smoother and more realistic, the graphics more detailed and the voice-acting more clear... I hope...
I already finished a part of it: the Calkhoven intro (man, I just love to mess with creepy sound effects!), the first scene and the title-intro. About the voice-acting: this time I won't have to do it all by myself, my girlfriend didn't mind doing some lines for me, the sweatheart!

Well, that's about it, now quit wasting your time reading this! Oh no, too late for that...

Gegroet,

Martijn Calkhoven

It's done, my movie is submitted and under judgement as we speak. And I'm nervous as hell! I hope it won't get blammed...

I know nobody's reading this, but at least it kills some time writing it...
On this moment (well, not exactly on this moment, because I'm writing this now) I am busy making the first scene of my third project! (yes, the third, the first one was blammed because of a lack of quality...) I is going to be a short one, but I hope it will pass the judgement!