Life

Graduated

2009-08-28T23:02:00.001-07:00

Well I finally made it through. I now have an A.S. in Digital Animation as well as an A.S. in Web Design. I am contemplating working on a B.S in Anthropology.

November 2008

2008-11-02T20:08:00.000-08:00

Crashed and burned on statistics. I was attempting it online and just could not devote enough time to it. I need one class to finish my two Associate degrees, one in Web design and the other in Digital Animation.

New semester

2008-01-30T11:29:00.000-08:00

Well its been a while,I'm starting a new semester,Statistics ,Philosophy,Archeology and womens sociology

Made it throuh summer school

2007-09-10T00:25:00.000-07:00

I made through,it's been a bit tough going for over one and a half without a break. Now Fall semester has started and it's English 101 and math. Ive made a few cool new pictures I'll share next round

Game pitch

2007-07-18T21:35:00.000-07:00

This week we are going to be making a serious game pitch. I have been working on scripting in second life these past weeks and just have not had time to keep up. Second life has some scripting tutorials but it takes a lot more to understand what makes what do what.

Some Free tools

2007-06-16T16:16:00.000-07:00

Below are a few links to some software and I have provided a link to second life a game that allows you to model objects in a game environment. There are active links for these sites at the bottom of the page underFreesoftware

http://www.secondlife.com/

Free 3d modeling software http://www.wings3d.com/

Free 3d modeling software http://www.blender.org/

Autocad http://www.alibre.com/promos/online/easy3dcad.asp

A few of the clases I have taken

2007-06-16T16:07:00.000-07:00

Some of the things I can do

I can build custom computers
Home remodeling
Fix some computer program related problems
Draw story boards
Make animatics
Make really good Carrizo and eggs
Make mistakes
Have a bad day

I have skills in

Photoshop
flashmx4
XSI some modeling and rendering
Virtools
I can draw
I have some experience in design and marketing
Wings3d
Blender
After Effects 7
Adobe Premiere 1.5
Dream Weaver
Upaint
I can build web pages
Leadership
Thinking out side the box
Production management

Below is a list of the classes I have taken in Web design and Serious game design

MA C101 Cerro Coso CC Fundamentals of Web Design

MA C105 Cerro Coso CC Accessibility and Usability

MA C128 Cerro Coso CC Interactivity & Interface Design

MA C130 Cerro Coso CC Fundamentals of Game Design

MA C102 Cerro Coso CC Digital Imaging

MA C115 Cerro Coso CC Hypertext Markup Language

MA C125 Cerro Coso CC Writing for Media Arts

MA C160 Cerro Coso CC Principles of Animation
MA C180 Cerro Coso CC Create Motion Graph w/effects

MA C140 Cerro Coso CC Production Management

MA C158 Cerro Coso CC Media Production Art MA C161 Cerro Coso CC Animation II

MA C230 Cerro Coso CC Game Prototyping

MA C138 Cerro Coso CC Game Production and Workflow

DMA C101 - Career Planning and Portfolio Development

Gary Lowrey (bear)and his new life

2007-06-11T13:29:00.000-07:00

Those who seem to be in charge tell us that we will change jobs and life styles more than once in a life time and from my perspective they were right. I have made several evolutions from one career to the next; and in some cases I thought this is the end in more ways than one.

I have always been interested in art but never really had time to do more than dabble in it. Then I got hurt at work and life forced me to reevaluate . I had been in law enforcement for 11 years and the oil industry for the prior 10 so 21 yeas were swept away in seconds. I began to feel sorry for my self and during this time my oldest son asked me to play a video game. The game was called Half Life and it contained in it three stories inter woven about scientists and alien technology. I played all three games and fell in love with that world.

Cerro Coso and Jim Kiggens

I was offered retraining by my former employer and could only qualify for the web design certificate from Cerro Coso. My oldest suggested that we take a few classes in game design so I did and I found that I liked it. I went on the receive my certificate in Web design and am currently working on two degrees one in Serious Game design and the other in Web design.