Twarda's scraps & stuff

AT LAST!

I had preordered it in dinosaur age (ok, in 2012, but you get the idea) and finally it arrived! D-Arts Mewtwo, with Mew as a preorder bonus. Shadow Ball included, but I didn’t use it. I nerded again, hurrdurr.

Twarda gains +120 to nerdiness.

The mentioned skull sketches. As a bonus I included a kangaroo skull photo, done with my 3DS (it has pretty 3D effect: if anyone is interested to see it, PM me).

Yesterday and today I was having fun with AR games and Pokedex 3D pro.

Yattayatta:

Sooo… I didn’t play Zelda games as a kid. Moreover, I barely knew anything about the franchise untill 2009. In 90’s a friend lended me for a short time her German version of Link’s Awakening for original GB, however. But she lended it to me because she had stucked in the game and I was the only person who actually could make any progress (I check every pixel in games so I always find a way, even if I don’t know the language/the game is a poorly translated bootleg). As you can see, my Zelda games experience wasn’t the greatest.

In 2008/2009 I managed to play Link to the past, for GBA. I didn’t finished it though. It was a good game, but I remember that later it got quite complicated with maps, or something like that.

Lately I decided to download a VC game to my 3DS. I like 8-bit games and having original game on a system somehow makes the playing experience better. The download was… Link’s Awakening DX. Played it, enjoyed it, finished it, liked it.

I have never got a chance to play the original N64 game, and generally Ocarina of Time 3D was on my “future purchase” list, but it wasn’t a “must have” tittle. However seeing all those: “one of the greatest game”, “masterpiece”, “must experience” comments & reviews and having a good experience from the gameboy tittle, I decided to buy it. Since I was going to buy the game anyways, Instead of waiting for “better times” (I’m thin with money atm), I bought it recently to give it a try. I actually ignored the eShop promotion because I like have a physical copy of a game.

I don’t play games very often. And when I do, I usually stay with my old favourite childhood games and pokemon. I treat video game as something between watching a move and reading a book, plus, the ability to explore the word in your own way and to take time to admire the models and textures. Hence, whenever I pick a new to me game, I look for something good (some people buy/download small time-wasting games to… waste time).

So far the game seems good. I think that because the original game was made in 90’s, it adds something nostalgic to my experience. I have to yet adjust to game’s interface.

dl;dr - I know nothing about Zelda franchise, played Link’s Awakening, recently bought Ocarina of Time 3D and I am enjoying it.

Soon…

October 2012 (I like the middle one, with 126p). I think all 2012’s photos that I wanted to upload have been/were uploaded by now.

Book showcase because why not? This post has been waiting in my drafts since ~July (or maybe even since 2011). I updated it though.

1. Must have/highly recommended. The first two were in my “must have but will never get them” list; Color and Light was a present for me, while The Art of Oddworld was bought thanks to commissions I did. I bought Imaginative Realism later, for curiousity. Personaly I think Color and Light is better than Imaginative Realism. Anatomy for the Artist (Sarah Simblet) is a nice book with many references and poses. Pretty useful. Anatomy Drawing School is full of drawings of human and animal anatomy. I found some typos in the book though: in my book the page where the bones of the human skull are shown, the bones are wrong numered. From what I know and from what I have found on the net, the book is an “abstract” from 2 other books, where one is about human anatomy only and another one is about animal anatomy only. Recently, I think I saw a smaller version of the book, which is also cheaper.

2. Anatomia Zwierząt, first 2 volumes. Those are science books, with very detailed descriptions and a lot of names C: Those aren’t for artists, haha. But I like those books very much. The Dawkin’s book is here because it was one of the 2 books I readed as slow as possible because I enjoyed it that much. I think I should read it again, I don’t remember what exactly it was about xD

3. Comic books. All time inspirations. Especially Podróż Smokiem Diplodokiem. That’s one mighty comic book. 

4. Twarda likes Giger.

5. Twarda used to be a pretty hardcore metal music fan :P

6. Some random inspiration/reference books. When I didn’t have the internet such books were very important.

I would like to put other books I have, but I don’t think they are worthly to spam your dash :P 

Photos from some trips. 

Second half of 2012. Not in chronological order.

To była chyba Bonarka ale nie pamiętam…

I like 1 because it’s kinda dark. You will never again see the 2 ^2. 3 and 4 looks like sea. I made video of 5, the little clouds were moving weirdly. 6 is a sunrise, I liked how sunrays lightened that road. I like last two because of the hidden in fog buildings.

Cracow, various.