I hate Lab Two.
There's a double Lunargyros update from yesterday! :D And since I was thinking about it, a bit of rambling:
I've seen a few people totally having fun in the comments for LG...it started with just humorous "what-if" jabs at the characters/situations, but now I've actually even got the readers having their OCs/self-inserts interacting with my characters in comments...even hitting on them! I took me a bit to realize it, but I've got the teeniest beginnings of what amounts to a self-insert trying to sweet-talk my characters!
And yet, somehow, my reaction is 10% disturbed, and 90% amusement. I'm shocked by how little I care about fans kind of having their say in "fanfic," as it were (although that's not exactly what it is) and that some of it might start to fall into the categories I commonly associate with "badfic." or "crack." (I am generally not a fan of crack...) Instead, I just find myself amused, entertained, or thrilled that people are enjoying the story enough to want to interact with my characters. Maybe it's because I am just excited for the attention, or because I have some kind of peace of mind knowing the characters are under my ultimate control, and that no matter what people do, they'll always appear as a certain way to me? I don't know what it is. But I just know (even if I don't say so out loud all the time) I get lots more defensive about the characters for fandoms I'm in...I get super-steamed at character bashing, will go on the mockery offensive with badfic/badart, and will definitely get defensive about pairings I love/hate. But with actually making the characters? I feel a whole lot more laid back about how people treat characters that, ultimately, belong to me!
It's so weird looking at things from the creator's perspective as well as the fan, and I'm kind of surprised that I'm less uptight about my creations than I am someone else's! Has this happened to anyone else? Have you looked at how someone interpreted a character differently depending on whether you were its creator or its fan?
For Poly 2, I decided to try modeling the same character that I am ultimately using for my Visual Structure story: Jack Lope! :D My topology sucks less with this model than the ones I did last class! I'm so happy with how the face came out okay. Still need to do the hands and his clothes...and I'm debating whether or not to redo the leg, because it came out kinda chunky and twisted at an angle. But it took me so long to do it already... ;_;
Also, while I was working on this for the past hour, I suddenly went to insert an edge loop, and it ERROR'D on me and quit.
Way to lose AN HOUR'S WORTH OF WORK ON ME, MAYA. Apparently, inserting an edge loop is OMFG SCARY, NO CAN DO. D: YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO DO WITHOUT YOUR SILLY EDGE LOOPS.
I swear, it must be this lab. I hate Lab 2, it's dark, oppressive, and the computers are slow and lack a bunch of the programs we need to work with. And this Maya pulling "ERROR'D" crap on me and making me redo an hour's worth of work? Comes after we tried to check out the camera and lights for Digital Video homework, but couldn't because everyone had them in one place or another. We couldn't reserve it again until Monday morning, which means getting up at 6:00 in the morning for me just to be able to get my assignment done!
So this afternoon pretty much fails at productivity. DX At least I got that other friggin' page toned. I'm going to go walk to Panda Express and get orange chicken before acting class now...
Drawing: Got a storyboard and Harry Potter homework to do tomorrow; finished toning a page this morning... @_@
Writing: Nuttin' much.
I've seen a few people totally having fun in the comments for LG...it started with just humorous "what-if" jabs at the characters/situations, but now I've actually even got the readers having their OCs/self-inserts interacting with my characters in comments...even hitting on them! I took me a bit to realize it, but I've got the teeniest beginnings of what amounts to a self-insert trying to sweet-talk my characters!
And yet, somehow, my reaction is 10% disturbed, and 90% amusement. I'm shocked by how little I care about fans kind of having their say in "fanfic," as it were (although that's not exactly what it is) and that some of it might start to fall into the categories I commonly associate with "badfic." or "crack." (I am generally not a fan of crack...) Instead, I just find myself amused, entertained, or thrilled that people are enjoying the story enough to want to interact with my characters. Maybe it's because I am just excited for the attention, or because I have some kind of peace of mind knowing the characters are under my ultimate control, and that no matter what people do, they'll always appear as a certain way to me? I don't know what it is. But I just know (even if I don't say so out loud all the time) I get lots more defensive about the characters for fandoms I'm in...I get super-steamed at character bashing, will go on the mockery offensive with badfic/badart, and will definitely get defensive about pairings I love/hate. But with actually making the characters? I feel a whole lot more laid back about how people treat characters that, ultimately, belong to me!
It's so weird looking at things from the creator's perspective as well as the fan, and I'm kind of surprised that I'm less uptight about my creations than I am someone else's! Has this happened to anyone else? Have you looked at how someone interpreted a character differently depending on whether you were its creator or its fan?
For Poly 2, I decided to try modeling the same character that I am ultimately using for my Visual Structure story: Jack Lope! :D My topology sucks less with this model than the ones I did last class! I'm so happy with how the face came out okay. Still need to do the hands and his clothes...and I'm debating whether or not to redo the leg, because it came out kinda chunky and twisted at an angle. But it took me so long to do it already... ;_;
Also, while I was working on this for the past hour, I suddenly went to insert an edge loop, and it ERROR'D on me and quit.
Way to lose AN HOUR'S WORTH OF WORK ON ME, MAYA. Apparently, inserting an edge loop is OMFG SCARY, NO CAN DO. D: YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO DO WITHOUT YOUR SILLY EDGE LOOPS.
I swear, it must be this lab. I hate Lab 2, it's dark, oppressive, and the computers are slow and lack a bunch of the programs we need to work with. And this Maya pulling "ERROR'D" crap on me and making me redo an hour's worth of work? Comes after we tried to check out the camera and lights for Digital Video homework, but couldn't because everyone had them in one place or another. We couldn't reserve it again until Monday morning, which means getting up at 6:00 in the morning for me just to be able to get my assignment done!
So this afternoon pretty much fails at productivity. DX At least I got that other friggin' page toned. I'm going to go walk to Panda Express and get orange chicken before acting class now...
Drawing: Got a storyboard and Harry Potter homework to do tomorrow; finished toning a page this morning... @_@
Writing: Nuttin' much.