#noddy rambles

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A big boy

This is a quick thing from my last stream. I wouldn’t usually post something so rough and sketchy here but it’s kind of sentimental.

For a long time, it’s been my dream to be able to doodle something quick and stupid in a stream, just like a lot of my favorite artists do, but I could never seem to make anything that quickly. While doodling this hog, though, I suddenly realized how far I’d come in that regard. The fact that I could quickly look at a reference and just doodle away amazed me, and this isn’t the only example; looking at the other stuff I’ve done recently, I’ve found it so much easier to get something from my head onto the page even though I’m not totally happy with the result.

I get frustrated with my art very, very easily, so while this little epiphany feels somewhat insignificant in front of everything I still want to be able to do, it’s at least a nice little boost and proof that I am slowly improving.

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Still Alive

(and screaming into the void)

I haven’t updated this dusty ol’ blog in a while but it feels like I should document my progress. Unfortunately, I haven’t really made much headway any any projects save for Cobber-9000 (more on that later). Nearly a year into my job, I’m still adjusting to my dramatically reduced free time; finding the energy and time to sit down and focus has been a challenge. Still, I’m learning a LOT about development at my job and it’s been great to apply this newfound knowledge to the personal projects that got me there in the first place.

So, yeah, I haven’t gotten much done, but I have been working somewhat consistently on my pride and joy, Cobber-9000. With the liveblog scene going strong, I’ve had a lot of inspiration to keep chipping away at this bot. And now, nearly two years from its humble(er) beginnings as ModBot, Cobber is finally starting to take shape. There’s still so, so much to do, but I’m starting to get really excited about where this project might be in a few months.

So here’s a post to say NoddyCode is still chugging along. Here’s to hoping for a bright and fruitful future!

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My Biggest Goal

If I could narrow all of my coding ambitions into one goal, it would be to find a way to marry my love of art and programming. I want to make a program that makes art in a way that uses what I’ve learned about both, but I think I still have a lot to work on in both skills before I can make something as vaguely grand as I’m imagining. Still, I think the Anatomy Viewer project is the first step in that direction and I hope to come up with more stuff that gets me closer to this goal.

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What’s this all about then?

I’ve decided to finally make a blog to collect all of my code ramblings in one place and, should anyone happen to stumble upon this blog, to get help and ideas from others.

Posts will likely consist of things like project ideas and, hopefully, actual code.