Ok, I liked Avatar, its not the greatest piece of story telling ever, the mechs were a bit lame but overall I loved it, the 3D was exceptionally immersive and I loved the environment and the creatures and tbh I'm sick of the people who though it was mediocre pulling it apart with a microscope and ranting about it.

Now fair does the story is simple, it is simple in the way any other film in which the main char joins with the indigenous people and changes sides to fight against their oppression is, take Dances with Wolves, The Last Samurai, The Mission, etc etc ad infinitum, can be. The story was good enough to keep me watching, that countts for something, and yes I did end up rooting for the Na'vi.

Most of what this film was about was the tech, and no I don't mean the mech suits, they just looked like rejects from the Matrix, and if anyone comments about exposed pilots look at the matrix ones first, ahem. Anyway, yes the technology behind this film is what makes it such a spectacular viewing experience, the total immersion given by the 3D was superb, usually in a 3D film it gets over empbasised with things that come straight towards the screen and make you want to duck out of the way, with Avatar, there was none of that, it just helped build the impression that you were there in the world with them.

Now, the creature designs were cool and loved the complex idea of how they could connect with the environment in a very litteral sense. One thing that I found a little odd in retrospect was that the majority of creatures had 6 limbs yet the Na'vi have only 4 a minor detail but bleh.

I 'd happily go see Avatar again, there is too much to see in one sitting I felt and if you feel sceptical about going to see it, put it all out of your mind, clear your head, don't over analyse it , sit back, relax and get swept away.

Yes, yes I know its been ages since I updated here but Uni has been so full of work and stress its been unreal, and there's still a week to go. I can't wait to do nothing for a good long week and not have to think about childrens animation, not that I dislike childrens animation I just don't want to work in that industry.

Before I go a big thanks to everyone who has looked at my artwork, all 3100+ of you, its not much but I'm glad you stopped by and even more so if you left a comment.

Anyway its back to the grindstone, more stuff to do.

Laters.

Oh dear, I seem to have left it a while between journal entries, DOH! Unfortunatly though I have little exciting to report on the whole, Shandor came up for a week in Auguest and that was awesome although I'm sure I had a minor strain of swine flu the week after she left

(please note I am not implying that my GF was the carrier for that virus its a likely coincedence and no blame is being ascribed )

Ahem, anyway apart from a couple of shifts at work, as usual bum all is occuring in the world of Dom. Although a significant highlight would be the viewing of District 9. In short its a work of near genius fantastically combining issues of predjudice and just how shit humanity can be along with super special effects, awesome aliens and the best robo-battle suit in cinematic history. I'm not gonna give you any other info, just go and see it and judge for yourself.

Other than that I can;t really wait to get back to Uni again, 3 months is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long when you havent got much to do. I mean sure if I was having fun it would be great but when you are stuck at home and bored most of the time 3 months of nothing is hell.

Anyway, props to all the uni people, not long to go
Take it easy now,
D

But surprisingly I'm feeling quite inspired at the moment, dunno why, but the last few illustrations I've done have been all gone well and I feel like for the first time in forever I'm progressing technically.

Other than that there is very little going on at the mo. Got abit of decorating to do but nothing too hectic, no shifts at work for the next few weeks which both sucks and is a relief as I'm tired of working the bar at wedding functions, partly because drunk people are arseholes and also because it makes me miss my girl abit more than usual, but hey she'll be here in a week and a bit. It feels like ages since I've seen her since I went to visit.

Anywho, its late and I should mosey off to bed,
Catch y'all later

D

I hate summer holidays. I'm bored, uninspired, a tad miserable, work is scarce and my girlfriend has gone home for the holidays and I'm missing her lots. Bleh.

Oh yeah and my desk chair has just gone and partly collapsed so I feel like I'm sitting on a rather unstable metal mushroom like a deranged pixie.

Anyway enough of the misery, I've just discovered Artrage. Now I've used photoshop and painter before but this is something completely new, it feels wierd using a tablet again as over the year at uni most of my drawing has been scribbly, scrawly sketchbook stuff and line test work but this look like a rather interesting package so HOPEFULLY I might actually get around to doing some proper drawing and stuff to post up here.

Attempting to carry on the more positive tone, I'll be off down to see my girlfriend in little over a week and a half so thats something to look forward to at the very least.

Anywho folks, its late and my sleep pattern is already a wreck so I'll catch y'all later

Take it easy now, hope you are having a good summer whatever you are up to.

Dom

Oh yeah a few general comments:

- Star Trek was FREAKING AWESOME!
- Terminator Salvation is pretty cool but why can't they just EMP the bloody robots?
- ummm I had more to say but I have forgotten it, I'll remember later