I just noticed a whole bunch of DA accounts appear to be hacked, as I've been finding lots of users posting links to phishing sites. Just as a reminder, make sure you have a strong password.

Also, I'm curious how strong DA's security is. I've never tried to brute force the login, but if DA has not tried preventing people from doing it, they should.

briansport dot com (it's still a brand new site, so there's lots to come; don't expect much yet).

I finally found a decent domain, and gave in and bought it. I bought my domain at namecheap.com for about $8.9/year, and have hosting from hostdone.com for $27/year with 200GB storage and 300GB of bandwith. I did my homework and was a smart consumer, at least I think so. I don't think you can find much better than that for a good price.

Anyway, so the point is, most of my effort this summer is going to be getting this website up and running. I'm working on the scripting a lot so far, and still haven't even completed a design scheme. You can check out what I have at: [link] <-- which just leads you to the construction page, or go to [link] to see what I've have so far. I said I'm working on the scripting, but I you won't be able to do anything.

I have the database set up, and a fairly secure log in and way of encrypting the user information. I still have to fix a tiny thing. I started using PHP sessions for the first time as opposed to cookies, so the password is stored differently, and maybe not as secure as it could be. There are still quite a bit of security things that haven't been set up, to help prevent hackers from attacking my page, such as blocking brute force attacks and such, but I already have some systems almost implemented, I just have to tie them into my site.

If you have any suggestions, by all means, please spill out your heart about what you think, what you think needs improvements, and any ideas you have. I'll fill you guys in more on the site, and more of what it's about.

I only bought this site on May 30th, and I haven't had a lot of time, and as a result of the hot weather, haven't felt motivated enough on some days to work on the site.

This site is going to take a long time, because I'm not using a pre-existing Content Management System, I'm programming everything myself. I don't want anyone to be able to hack my site by exploiting a CMS's weaknesses that can be looked up on Google, so I'm making my own, so I know how everthing works, and will more easily be able to fix any weaknesses. I'm going to be programming accounts, a blog, a forum, a project management system, a comment management system, etc. This was originally going to be a personal site, but I have dreams of making it a big site, that anyone can use (you can kind of call my idea the facebook for programmers and game designers). I'll give more details later, right now I gotta go! I can't wait to show you guys something more concrete. But when I get this site done, I'll be able to start working on some game design projects and 3D models.

Today marks the conclusion of my winter independent study. We have a "finished" game, that still needs a lot of polish. It's not quite done, and there are a few things we didn't get to do that I hoped we could do, but oh well. I'll be posting pictures, and probably the executable of what we did, as soon as I get permission from the group. I can't wait to see what you guys think! (it could be better, but considering this was my first time making a 3D game, I'm happy with the results).

The first animated picture is up, called Viri.

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On another note, I'll be posting some drawings hopefully soon. I started working on this vampire drawing, and I like how his mouth and eyes came out. If I can satisfy myself with his face, then I'll submit the whole drawing when I'm done. I'm going to try to be patient with this picture so it comes out really well. Wish me luck, I don't know how long I'll be able to last... (I'll also be updating my avatar to something original!)

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Hey guys! I know it has been a LONG time. It turns out I volunteered to work with a group of upperclassmen on an independent study in Game Design. In one quarter we're going to make a fully functioning video game. I'll be doing the 3D modeling, because we already have 6 programmers, and no artists. 3D modeling isn't my forte, but it's something I want to learn to do. So I have to teach myself how to model a human or character from drawings by the next quarter, which begins December 3rd. I'm really busy now as it is, so I'm hoping I get the techniques down, because I can't let these upperclassmen down (I'm only a freshmen). Wish me luck!

Anyway, my point is, as long as no one on the team minds, I'll be uploading the work that I do here on DA. I can't wait to show you guys what I can do (if I can do...).

I started practicing some 3D modeling for next quarter. You can check out what I've done so far at the following: [link]

I did some practice with a bone rig at the following: [link]
I did mess around a little bit with a bone rig with the muscular torso I made, but I wondered how it would work for a character with arms not welded to the body...it seems to work the same.

Anyway, I've already started the next quarter, and we've had a few meetings for my independent study. I have a few character sketches I get to start making things with, which I'll get to show you in due time. However, I have A LOT of work to do in the next few days, so don't expect much.

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I almost finished the main character, but I almost finished my grenade model, which you can find at the following link: [link]

I was able to do some programming for our game, I have the keys mapped to a standard FPS game (keys a,s,d,w and the mouse). The mouse causes the character to move, which in turn causes the camera to move so it's always behind the player. How I original set it up, it reminded me of Unreal Tournament 2004. It's pretty cool so far, but we still have a ways to go. We're going to be working our asses off in the next few weeks.

**Here is the main character: [link] **

Opps, my bad. I completely forgot to post a journal...announcing it was my birthday September 28th!!! It was a fun day...some bad things happened, but then many good things happened. It turned out nicely

I got a rubix cube. Damn are they brain racking.