You...

..know that feeling when you want to start your new blog entry forcefully, when you realize you haven't got a clue what to write about?
This is that moment for me
So I'l just write my impressions from the movie I've seen recently.
If you haven't seen it and want to, avoid reading for some possible spoilers.

Conan The Barbarian
My oh my what a bad movie was that.
I love the world of Conan and his character, I've read so many Conan comic books and stories in my childhood.
I consider R.E Howard one of the best story tellers in fantasy genre, alongside R.E Tolkien, George Martin and many more
Then comes the Hollywood and butt rapes everything I hold dear.
The backbone of the movie is not so bad.. A guy looses his wife and decides to resurrect her by collecting pieces of some magic mask or whatever.
No problem with that.
What I've got the problem with is the way some parts of this movie were shot. Just so naive and lame that I cant believe some people were being paid to write such a lame ass scenario to be filmed.
The opening sequences of fast forward narrative of what's going on and yada yada yada,, the moment it finishes I scream just like Conan's father screams when he pulls baby Conan out of his dead mothers womb(that scene in itself is epic, bit gruesome but still epic)
I loved the scene where young Cimmerian man were being initiated as a grown man and warriors with that running around the hill with egg in their mouths,,, then teen Conan slaughters some wild horde, returns to his village and spits out unbroken egg, that was epic as well. Dont like entirely the way it was shot, but love the idea and epicness of Conan.
The actor, Momoa, even tho I was quite disappointed when I discovered he is playing Conan, he proved me wrong. I liked him as a Conan, very fitting casting in his case, tho it would not hurt if they increased his physical size using cg trickery by at least 15%
Reading most of R.E Howards stories, I always imagined Conan as a biggest and toughest guy in the neighborhood.
Anyways, to avoid going into details, I hate how clunky and badly this movie was put together with so many holes in the story development.
The ending was just plane terrible. As if studio run out of budget and slapped the ending together in one day or something.
So predictable and shallow and inconclusive,, what a waste. I wanted to see Conan The Barbarian that can compete for oscars, that can get your emotions up high just as Lord of the Rings movies does, or Brave Heart,, but instead we were given another cinematic garbage and another successful rape of Conan franchise. YACK

Illustrated book postponed

I had so much work and freelance that I only managed tiny progress on the illustrated book project. I managed to develop storyboard but haven't been able to move past that phase.
So I came here to write it down, to try and ease the pressure I felt for not making it happen as I planned. But, I never quit, so this is something that will happen in near future for sure.
So many plans and ideas yet so little time at my disposal, but as Gandalf said it once..
"All you have to do is to decide what to do with the time given to you."
I love that quote! Don't waste your time dear readers, tho' wasting time is debatable...

Check my website and my D.A profile for latest work I've done
http://damirgmartin.com/
http://airt.deviantart.com/

Im prepping elements for children illustrated dinosaur themed book

Yep, just what the title says!
I have been thinking about it for some time actually, but never done it really. It all stayed in the back of my head. Now I plan to change that and sit down and really do it.
I wont talk about details, it is about dinosaur, one specific species. I hope it will be likeable little illustrated book. Plan is to finish it and put it up to self publishing sites till Christmas this year.
If there is response and interest I might even do small series cos I have ideas for more than one illustrated boo on the same character..
Once I get it close to final I will post page or two, and maybe cover page etc. and write about the creation experience a bit.
I think 2 months are sufficient to create a 20-something pages book, will found out quite soon if I'm wrong.

Also, to anyone who stumbles upon my blog entry, follow the link to my D.A journal and see if you can help me out: link: http://airt.deviantart.com/journal/

Anyways off to do some work

Lil' interview

Hello
Little article/interview 3Dtuts.com made with me.
Follow link to read
http://3d.dtuts.com/articles/interview-with-damir-martin/

thx Marina!

Li'l something I painted in about 30 minutes.
Depicting, well, you probably see what it is about.
Every now and then I make something like this, so I dont forget how to draw or paint of all the 3d Im under.
This one would make a nice T-shirt design?

Cheers

Concurso Internacional de Paleoarte

I have been busy last couple of weeks and months for that matter.
This is just to get a hang of it, get back to routine of posting news on my blog..
Check this out:

http://www.xxiicbpnatal.com/concurso.php

That is a paleoart challenge, everyone is welcome!
Anyone interested in it get your bums there, read trough and do some art..
See you soon with some more stuff from my end.

Check out this small article at 3Dagain

I was asked to answer some questions for 3Dagain. I wish to thank them for having interest in my work.
So if you 're interested in it, follow the link from the title or here: http://www.3dagain.com/interviews-cg/interviews-cg-artist/237-intervista-a-damir-gmartin.html

Ciao!