The reason I haven't been posting as much is that I recently started working on a character idea/story of sorts, and when I get a sudden wealth of creativity, I try to make the most out of it. So... yeah, that's that, and keep an eye out I guess, I'm trying to decide how I'd like to present it, instead of doing like I normally do and just show the bits and such of my drafts.
But honestly, I think it's gonna be pretty cool.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
A Scary Thought
I follow SciShow, CrashCourse, and The Brain Scoop, so that's where this is coming from. A couple things I've recently been informed of were the disappearance of A LOT of honey bees, and the deaths of MANY bats. According to the Brain Scoop(and honestly I can't help but to see the validity in the thought), we(as a planet) are probably approaching another mass extinction. This time though, it probably won't be from some major natural disaster(at least not from the root); Humans will most likely be the primary cause.
Human actions have helped lead to Colony Collapse Disorder, the cause of the vanishing of a majority of honey bee populations. Studies have been finding increasing reason to believe that many of our pesticides and maybe especially fungicides are causing this problem, in which entire bee colonies seem to just up and... bee gone?
As far as the bats go, this is an American thing(as in North America, not the U.S.(IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT US)), since the fungus which is killing off so many bats(6.7 Million in the last 5 to 6 years) was originally from Europe, where it doesn't really seem to affect the bat population there. It's likely that people visiting Europe have inadvertently carried the fungus back here to North America, and we all know how bad invasive species can be(BAD. STOP TRANSPLANTING WILDLIFE PEOPLE COME ON).
Bees are incredible pollinators, and without them it will severely cripple many crops and the ability to grow them, and if we think outside humans... this is gonna be horrible for like, plants everywhere. Scientists are still trying to find out what is the major causes, and what we can do to stop or slow CCD. So bats... bats typically eat their weight in insects every night, and also help pollinate and disperse seeds. Imagine insects(like mosquitoes and all the awesome gifts they give us) running much more rampant(okay so yeah we'd probably just use more insecticides... because that sounds like such a good idea. COME ON PEOPLE) and not being controlled, spreading disease and eating plants and all that jazz. The impact of these two creatures dying off on a huge scale has huge implications for ecosystems as a whole. So the idea that another mass extinction is on the way, is a pretty real and scary thought.
The Brain Scoop on Mass Extinction - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbKtBLDRfwU
SciShow on the Vanishing of Bees - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgc5w-xyQa0
SciShow on the Dying-Off of Bats - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q5oe33M15Q
Human actions have helped lead to Colony Collapse Disorder, the cause of the vanishing of a majority of honey bee populations. Studies have been finding increasing reason to believe that many of our pesticides and maybe especially fungicides are causing this problem, in which entire bee colonies seem to just up and... bee gone?
As far as the bats go, this is an American thing(as in North America, not the U.S.(IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT US)), since the fungus which is killing off so many bats(6.7 Million in the last 5 to 6 years) was originally from Europe, where it doesn't really seem to affect the bat population there. It's likely that people visiting Europe have inadvertently carried the fungus back here to North America, and we all know how bad invasive species can be(BAD. STOP TRANSPLANTING WILDLIFE PEOPLE COME ON).
Bees are incredible pollinators, and without them it will severely cripple many crops and the ability to grow them, and if we think outside humans... this is gonna be horrible for like, plants everywhere. Scientists are still trying to find out what is the major causes, and what we can do to stop or slow CCD. So bats... bats typically eat their weight in insects every night, and also help pollinate and disperse seeds. Imagine insects(like mosquitoes and all the awesome gifts they give us) running much more rampant(okay so yeah we'd probably just use more insecticides... because that sounds like such a good idea. COME ON PEOPLE) and not being controlled, spreading disease and eating plants and all that jazz. The impact of these two creatures dying off on a huge scale has huge implications for ecosystems as a whole. So the idea that another mass extinction is on the way, is a pretty real and scary thought.
The Brain Scoop on Mass Extinction - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbKtBLDRfwU
SciShow on the Vanishing of Bees - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgc5w-xyQa0
SciShow on the Dying-Off of Bats - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q5oe33M15Q
Monday, August 5, 2013
Who is Alturiigo?
As time progresses, this becomes a more interesting question to me. There was a character a long time ago for a pen-and-paper game I played which I had named Altur. Much later, as I was beginning to dream up the Echoes story, I wanted to create another pair of characters for the story, who were another human and spirit who were bonded together. Remembering the name Altur, I had the thought that maybe the spirit might be Iigo. Maybe the ghost could help him look different, and that could be his... power?
The thought progressed as the character and the story became a little more developed, to the point where Alturiigo looks a lot more like this(->).
This is image is supposed to something of the two in a fully-bonded or merged state, where Altur's dead-pan/apathetic personality gains Iigo's wicked glint and mischievity. When I was deciding what should be my PSN name, I figured why not use Alturiigo, since it seemed pretty fitting for a screen name. So there's a backdrop for you.
Like a nickname, a screen-name is in some ways an aspect of who you are. While you might be showing your full self, you're at least sharing the aspect of your thoughts(unless you solely plagiarize). Something I think is interesting about this, is that the more I share as Alturiigo(or through them), the more realized they become as a character, even when being cast in different ways. My best personal reference for this is that as a gamer, I reuse certain characters across various games, despite different settings and stories. But I still feel a congruence of character for them.
I don't think I(Adam) have become Alturiigo, or that they are some sort of person outside me, but at the same time, the concept of them has become further dettached from the way I perceive myself. I believe this is because... well, I'm not entirely sure. Because it helps me think about things a little differently, and try to think about how I might approach it if I weren't me, but was. So maybe like to say, if I could partition part of my thoughts to be a little more aloof and less biased(which is pretty much impossible to be rid of).
-Adam... mostly
This is image is supposed to something of the two in a fully-bonded or merged state, where Altur's dead-pan/apathetic personality gains Iigo's wicked glint and mischievity. When I was deciding what should be my PSN name, I figured why not use Alturiigo, since it seemed pretty fitting for a screen name. So there's a backdrop for you.
Like a nickname, a screen-name is in some ways an aspect of who you are. While you might be showing your full self, you're at least sharing the aspect of your thoughts(unless you solely plagiarize). Something I think is interesting about this, is that the more I share as Alturiigo(or through them), the more realized they become as a character, even when being cast in different ways. My best personal reference for this is that as a gamer, I reuse certain characters across various games, despite different settings and stories. But I still feel a congruence of character for them.
I don't think I(Adam) have become Alturiigo, or that they are some sort of person outside me, but at the same time, the concept of them has become further dettached from the way I perceive myself. I believe this is because... well, I'm not entirely sure. Because it helps me think about things a little differently, and try to think about how I might approach it if I weren't me, but was. So maybe like to say, if I could partition part of my thoughts to be a little more aloof and less biased(which is pretty much impossible to be rid of).
-Adam... mostly
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Creating and Self-Esteem
I often refer to many of my drawings as doodles, and you'll probably never hear me refer to anything I do as art. I'll take a moment to explain my reasoning for this, and also this is a perspective I have only towards myself, not towards the works and expressions of others.
I would mostly say that I dabble in things, or have various hobbies. I like to write, but it's never very much; I have "chapters" of a steampunk story I have bouncing around posted in various places. I draw things because it helps me explore my visual representation of them, in fact when I initially draw a character I don't necessarily know exactly how the will turn out. A good example of this is Bec and Elara T'Surin.
Almost no given drawing or other thing I've worked on has ever had more than four hours of time spent on it. I often work simply in pencil or pen, and it's as I'm thinking and creating. What you see(including posts) is almost entirely unedited, and often is the actual act of the creation. My vlogs are obviously edited because they would be longer and have plenty more awkward pauses. I say anyways far more than you may realize.
Anyways, I also would not consider my creations to be of incredible standards, and I feel that that is a very honest and as close to unbiased as I can be. This applies to a lot of things I've done, because while some things I've done quite well at, I would rarely be considered the "best". I do feel that I can do many things quite well actually, though even typing that statement makes me feel a need to instantly retract it for fear of sounding like a narcissist. In cards, the queen, king, and ace are all above the jack. So being a jack-of-all-trades mean you may do well at many things, but excel at much fewer if any.
I believe that a good fundamental to have is to try to see things complexly, especially others and also yourself. Sometimes I find I struggle to be happy with myself, and when I do it's because I'm often failing to see myself complexly. For example, I still have apprehension to share my creations and thoughts, and I believe it is strongly related to my idea that I don't do anything well enough to really have it define me. I'm not an artist, I'm not a scholar, I'm not a philosopher. But you know what, I'm a human, and so is everyone else. I have many friends that like and appreciate the things I do, so when I want to tell myself I don't have merit, maybe I should take a moment to respect their opinions.
Think On Everypony,
Alturiigo
I would mostly say that I dabble in things, or have various hobbies. I like to write, but it's never very much; I have "chapters" of a steampunk story I have bouncing around posted in various places. I draw things because it helps me explore my visual representation of them, in fact when I initially draw a character I don't necessarily know exactly how the will turn out. A good example of this is Bec and Elara T'Surin.
Almost no given drawing or other thing I've worked on has ever had more than four hours of time spent on it. I often work simply in pencil or pen, and it's as I'm thinking and creating. What you see(including posts) is almost entirely unedited, and often is the actual act of the creation. My vlogs are obviously edited because they would be longer and have plenty more awkward pauses. I say anyways far more than you may realize.
Anyways, I also would not consider my creations to be of incredible standards, and I feel that that is a very honest and as close to unbiased as I can be. This applies to a lot of things I've done, because while some things I've done quite well at, I would rarely be considered the "best". I do feel that I can do many things quite well actually, though even typing that statement makes me feel a need to instantly retract it for fear of sounding like a narcissist. In cards, the queen, king, and ace are all above the jack. So being a jack-of-all-trades mean you may do well at many things, but excel at much fewer if any.
I believe that a good fundamental to have is to try to see things complexly, especially others and also yourself. Sometimes I find I struggle to be happy with myself, and when I do it's because I'm often failing to see myself complexly. For example, I still have apprehension to share my creations and thoughts, and I believe it is strongly related to my idea that I don't do anything well enough to really have it define me. I'm not an artist, I'm not a scholar, I'm not a philosopher. But you know what, I'm a human, and so is everyone else. I have many friends that like and appreciate the things I do, so when I want to tell myself I don't have merit, maybe I should take a moment to respect their opinions.
Think On Everypony,
Alturiigo
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Bringing Sexy Back
Back from where? It went somewhere? Was there a time that I'm unaware of in which people didn't think sexy was socially important?
I feel like there's a lot more to be said on this, but to be honest I'm not even sure where to begin on that, or that it's something I even want to touch. So maybe share your thoughts in comments, think for your own enjoyment, or just continue on your merry.
Trot On Everypony,
Alturiigo
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