Posts by Bunglo

  • What's going on with your life?

    Quote from Minos

    Jesus man...let us know if you need any help, I'm sure the core could give a helping hand to a fellow hurgbrotha in need~

    Thanks Minos, appreciate it! I think I'm good though, the worst is behind me and the storm has passed, knowing my core bros got my back is enough!


    Quote from SpronyvanJohnson

    Dude, you are probably not going to respond to my offer, but seriously, you can talk to me. I already figured that stuff was going on. You're a hard man to reach and I tried. Anyway, unfortunately I have a lot of experience with depressions. It runs in my family and basically my entire life has revolved around it (I'm manic myself). There have been multiple suicides in my family and I've seen a lot of mental wards because of those people. So I think I can bring years of experiences to the table. No doctor Phil stuff and telling you what to do. No, simply being someone you can relate too helps. The offer stands.


    This is a true statement. Having someone, even if it's just a single person you can trust and talk to about stuff like this... it's a MASSIVE help. Seriously, I have one friend who I trust more than anyone I know, she gives a shit about me... like she actually loves, truly and genuinely loves me, I don't have to worry she's going to judge me or ridiculous stuff like that, she's just there for me. We've both suffered from and still suffer every now and then, serious depression, this little thing we have in common makes us trust each other even more. If she needs me, I'm there for her and she's there for me.


    A lot of times we don't need advice, we just need someone to hear us. This is a fundamental element of what it means to be human... we need to be heard. I think you'd be surprised at how many people actually care about you and want to help you, even if it's on a silly internet forum. Just know you're not alone, it's a struggle for a lot of people, surround yourself with people who love you dude. People care about you, just remember that.

  • What's going on with your life?

    Back at the end of October, I came home from work to find that my house had burned down, I lost everything but the shirt on my back, my car, and my phone. Two of my dogs died in the fire (one of those dogs was my shadow... miss that guy), and the third got out but later had to be put to sleep a few weeks later because she couldn't keep down water, vets said the surgery to remove what was blocking her kidneys (they presumed she swallowed a wood chip or something) would have been $2000+ and she was so weak from not having any water/food for a few days, she might not even had made it out of surgery.


    My mom ended up in the mental ward (again) as all of this was happening (I was up in a hotel at this point), and within a few weeks of the fire, I lost it at work as a co-worker decided to kick me in the teeth and I quit on the spot.


    Been in a rental home since November and unemployed ever since. Just turned down a position to be a field tech for a cable company, paid good, full time, etc but I've decided to just get a part time job, look into anything that will fuel my passions for art (like taking daarkens mentorship program... that looks bad ass!) while I work on as much art as I can so I can do what I want to do for a living... I'm not settling for anything else.


    Dux, sometime depression is caused by something physical (chemical imbalance etc) but other times there's a deeper root of the cause. For the majority of my life, I suffered from extreme self hatred due to various reasons, most of which were all in my head, aka I believed a lie that I was worthless to anyone and a wast of space. As a result, I was horribly depressed for the majority of my life. It took an encounter with God (literally... talking bout Jesus just to be clear) to make me realize that I was believing a lie. I won't turn this into a discussion relating to ontology or anything metaphysical but there's a good chance there's a deeper problem(s) that's causing your depression.


    It could be a physical issue but we're all broken in our own way, maybe it's your brokenness that needs to be properly addressed?

  • Minos' digital sketchbook

    Liking your stuff, Minos!


    I know what you mean about perspective, I'm finally committing myself to learning it properly. You probably already know about this vids but just in case:


    http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/category/295/


    I don't know how in depth you've gone into learning perspective but I know it would help a lot of your paintings tremendously, it's one the larger areas in your work that needs improvement.


    Post more often in this thread duder!

  • Bunglo's Flat Stuff n Shit

    I suck at art in general... like I suck at it, it amazes me. That being said, I enjoy the hell out of creating my art, even traditional stuff, which I'm even worse at than this vidya game pidder making.


    Anyways, I'm gonna dump all my shite for you all to feel better about your skills right here, right meow.


    Haven't drawn anything in... a year at least? Never been any good at it but here's something I'm working on, took me a couple hours but I enjoyed ever funking second of it!


    Here's da ref yo: http://www.domai.com/pics/big/dancer-0099.jpg


  • Camera Info Thread

    That a6000 looks pretty interesting and with their 35mm/1.8 e mount, it'd come in at about $1100, which I have. I actually have enough to get the zoom kit and the prime... I'm coming to the conclusion that I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and buy the gear, otherwise I'm going to be researching forever.

  • Camera Info Thread

    Quote from 2d-chris

    What seir said, if you don't know the answer to this, then you really can't go wrong with any manufacturer today, canon, sony, nikon, pentax etc - they are all fantastic and as good as each other until you enter the realm of high end pro.


    my advise for equipment is to buy something with interchangeable lens options, so a mirrorless system or dslr - they start from about £300 including a kit lens.


    Yeah, that's kind of the conclusion I came to, Chris. My main concern is getting a body that won't (hopefully) box me in as far as lens options go if my interests in photography grow after I get my first camera.


    EQ gave me some advice on the pc thread: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost…6&postcount=547


    Still a toss up on if I should go with the cheaper body, such as the t2i and get a few lenses such as EQ said or go with a mirrorless system as he's also suggested. I think I'm heavily leaning toward the mirrorless at the moment.


    Getting a decent body with a decent prime 25mm/1.8 (50mm) to start off with seems really appealing to me.

  • Camera Info Thread

    Reading through the pc thread again, didn't realize people are still posting in it, pretty much has all the info I (or anyone for that matter) need for starting out. Still, I always like hearing what you guys think so any general thoughts on photography and equipment would be nice to read.

  • Camera Info Thread

    Alright, so I finally have the dough to start getting into this whole photography stuff, which I've wanted to get into for awhile now. I've read through most of the polycount thread on this same topic in regards to what kind of body and lenses to choose etc, but there's a sh*t ton of info in there and I think maybe if you camera dudes on the core had some simple, to the point advice for people who want to get into photography about how they'd recommend picking their equipment, it might be a better resource than sifting through that entire pc thread.

  • totally random texture thread

    Quote from kikette

    Too generic imo . You should put more details into =)


    Agree with you there, Kikette! I've moved on from the texture but you're definitely right, needs more interest.


    Here's another attempt at rock, think it came out too soft, might try and get some more prominent edge highlights to help reverse the soft look.