Keeping busy in the "Great Recession"

I am Still alive and kicking...not yet a zombie...although last weeknd I dreamed I was in the hospital on a caffiene glucose drip. Too much sweet tea. I used it to keep me up to finish my projects. I have seen the end of two projects this week finally, the Comic Con Challenge and The Animal songbook! Next projects now have a name: Cookbook: The Hand Me Down Cookbook and our Independent Game Project: Kuromaku (which has a new Top Secret Title so far.



Rush:

My Family Heritage Cookbook: AKA The Hand me Down Family Cookbook!!
Payment: Paid, Supplies delivered, printer set up: Paid Work will now commence.
My phase: perimeters and planning: 30-35 pages, 60 books to produce total.
Phase: Supplies delivered, Printer delivered and ready to begin printing after planning and production are finished by Nov. 15th) Thanksgiving at the latest.
Deadline: In order to get it self-published / printed: October 17 - Nov. 15th.
Deadline for Christmas delivery: First week of December.

New Project: Door Mural for MADA house. I've done doors before luckily during my Theatre internships thanks Bruce, Linda and Especially Tammy and Chris for MADA.
Deadline:TBA

C-Team Portrait : Sketch Phase/ need to sketch the background in perspective/model it in sketch up.
Deadline: finished and color prints by Christmas Rush. IF I like it and get permission from other creators to have print available as a DA print?

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Major Competition:
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Dominance War : Nov 8th-dec. 6th / Jan.5th-Feb. 28th/

Prepare for War!! Dominance War Website Launched
Tue Sep 21, 2010, 9:50 PM
Dominance War V is being prelaunched in 48 days or Nov. 8th at MIGS 2010! Dominance war will itself start after the Holidays on Jan. 5th 2011!!
official website:
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Schedule:
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Long term projects:

Online Independent Game Design and Development:

Open ended: Art Director wants to see first concept sketches and paintings pass by Nov.6th.

KuroMaku Game Project: Get Maya and z-brush working, start reading and doing tutorials and get to know interfaces and basic modeling in 2 approaches. Borrow Intuos after all?

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