SIGNING OFF!

So I signed up with squarespace, payed 'em some dollars and got me a website.

As happy as I am to grow my online home it is still saddening to be saying goodbye to blogger.

I will leave this site up for the months to come but no longer will I be posting here - But don't worry... I have transferred all my content from blogspot, and will continue to run the digitalWAX journal from its new home at:

http://www.waynetaylordesign.com/digitalwax/

I had some help from, and must thank, Jamie and Ray at C&C Design who helped with some technical issues involving the URL transfer and related email adress'. Cheers Guys - the Thai food was awesome!


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Site address:

http://www.waynetaylordesign.com/


and corresponding email:

mail@waynetaylordesign.com

RSS for digitalWAX:

http://www.waynetaylordesign.com/digitalwax/rss.xml


Any advice, questions or abuse can be sent using the Contact page. Or if you have anything cool to send me - use the quick and easy drop box provided.




So this is me...


...signing off.

Whatever happened to my Website?

For a while I have wanted more than the basic blog that blogger offered. I wanted more of a website, with my own URL a nice image gallery to hang my portfolio, something more professional looking. So after months of toying with WordPress and MrSite. I even considered spending the couple of thousand pounds for the' pro's' to build me a site, but finally i believe I've found a contender to replace this blogger.

   http://www.squarespace.com/ 

It aint free, and at $14 per month it's steep compared to the freeness of blogger.  But I like it.

I like fiddling, tweaking, having control. I'm a hands on, visual person - not a programmer - so html and stuff is basically out of the question. I have neither the time or inclination. But this squarespace - it's Good.

I'm enjoying playing with this new site, tweaking it, getting it ready.... I've imported this blog over and got a few pages in place. Still loads to add but she's up and running so you get to watch it develop over the next couple of weeks.

Shall I commit to the monthly fee after the 14 day trial? we shall see....

Go check it out: http://digitalwax.squarespace.com/ - and gimme some feedback - it's needed - I'm on my own out here!

I’m Back!

Wahey – a new post!

 

Thought I should get back into this blogging malarky as I’ve been hiding for last four months. I started this blog to document my journey into digital sculpture but many other things have taken my time over the year and the digital side of my work and learning ground somewhat to a halt.

So what have I been doing?

I went to see Radiohead in Glasgow, then again in Amsterdam. I went to Paris with my better half, drank wine and collected conkers! I designed a range of Cats for ENESCO (which ended up ‘too cartoony’) I was offered a contract at a Games Company but had too much other work on to take up the offer (doh!) I have been perpetually busy translating Pete Underhill’s Bad Taste Bears from sketch to 3D and any other spare moments I have used to sample the delights of Yo Sushi!’s culinary conveyor belt.

 

Anyway, check this beauty out…

 

La Maine Des Maitres (The Hand of Master)

Mixing Mucha, Mamoru Oshii and Katsuhiro Otomo into a steampunked short - a majestic achievement of design, atmosphere and lighting. I love it.

The French keep delivery the most interesting Animations (and this a student film!!!), I pray these guys are working on a full length movie.

 

 

Check out the Original website here:

http://www.lamaindesmaitres.com/

an interview here for anyone who can read Francais otherwise happy translating :

http://www.3dvf.com/modules/publish/_2138_1.html

 

 

All Work and No Play...

I have been lying low recently.


For the last couple of years I have worked hard. My full time studio manager position ate most hours from the day and two house moves and a part time Illustration MA stole every other second. Any spare time I had I devoted to learning new skills and after the learning curve of ZBrush I needed to put my feet up for a while. To keep a balanced life and keep my partner content; a little R&R was on the cards.


Since going Freelance at the start of this year, my main client went into administration. The fear of having to 'get a job' made me assess where I was and where I wanted to head. Luckily the work has kept coming in steady but Freelancing felt more like Freewheeling. I had to get back in charge of my destiny.

Lately I have been looking into starting my own limited company. Client work being the bread and butter untill I can launch my own product/brand. So I have not progressed the digital sculpting for a couple of months. Writing Business plans, attending Business advisory meetings, searching for funds, Designing business cards and the layout of my own website has kept me busy and there is still a mountain of tasks to get through before I can turn my full attention to developing my own product.

The hardest thing of all these tasks has been choosing a business and website name.

I have also begun to strip the 70 year old wallapaper (and the other myriad of layers) from my studio room so I can finally create a working environment suited to my needs.

So please accept my humble apologies for the lack of activity here, I'll be back on track soon. The next project I will document here may be a traditional sculpting tutorial.




Oh... when I finally launch my own website, this blog will be re-housed on the site, the deadline for publishing my website is currently September. I have posted a first draft of the web layout below - please ignore the wordage on the site, it is only included for layout purpose only.