Tebby Bear

3D avatar

2009-08-04T10:11:00.001-07:00

Done this work some time ago i was just very slow to upload it. apologies..

Tebby Bear

2009-08-04T09:59:00.000-07:00

Just a few designs that could end up being designs for a t-shirt label. No specifics now.

SELF IDENTITY

2009-02-20T03:42:00.000-08:00

Self-concept or self identity refers to the global understanding a sentient being has of him or herself. It presupposes but can be distinguished from self-consciousness, which is simply an awareness of one's self. It is also more general than self-esteem, which is the purely evaluative element of the self-concept.[1]

The self-concept is composed of relatively permanent self-assessments, such as personality attributes, knowledge of one's skills and abilities, one's occupation and hobbies, and awareness of one's physical attributes. For example, the statement, "I am lazy" is a self-assessment that contributes to the self-concept. In contrast, the statement "I am tired" would not normally be considered part of someone's self-concept, since being tired is a temporary state. Nevertheless, a person's self-concept may change with time, possibly going through turbulent periods of identity crisis and reassessment.

The self-concept is not restricted to the present. It includes past selves and future selves. Future selves or "possible selves" represent individuals' ideas of what they might become, what they would like to become, and what they are afraid of becoming. They correspond to hopes, fears, standards, goals, and threats. Possible selves may function as incentives for future behavior and they also provide an evaluative and interpretive context for the current view of self(Fleming, J. S., & Courtney, B. E. (1984). The dimensionality of self-esteem: II Hierarchical facet model for revised measurement scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 404-421).

Considering my permanent attributes i would say that I am Lazy, caring aswell as inconsiderate at times, immature, proud, easily aggrivated, imaginative, protective, competitive, jealous and friendly. There is more i am sure but this is what I think of myself so far. As for my future self identity it would mainly depend on family situation and job for example i either expect to have a very well paying job or a very average job either way would affect me alot for example the well paying job would lead me to be very self concious, selfish, snobby, very protective and caring for family members and shun others and so on. however an average job would leave me more or less the same considering that my family situation would be the same as well. This is my own personal look at self identity if you know something i dont know about myself please say so. I have tried to portray some of these attributes in my videos and i think it would be quite noticible for example i fit in as many jokes into my videos as i can you may not get them all because of thier level of maturity could be quite low, at the start of most of my videos i throw up a disclaimer and most of them will state in a very nice way that i hope that no one will steal ideas from me but what brought up that message in the 1st place would be my jealousy and the need to protect anything or anyone close to me. Im not sure that would be considered as me bringing out part of me into my short vids but i do consider it to be.

My over-reacting worm

2009-02-09T08:55:00.001-08:00

That title sounds wrong im sure but this video is still to be edited.

my pics

2009-02-07T04:51:00.000-08:00

just a few of my sketch's i have made into characters and i plan on turning them into 3d models, not all of them though. some of these sketches were done impulsively and one is for the logo I am still desinging. I do get inspiration from other characters but most of my characters are drawn from head maybe with some sub-concious inspiration.

My name in 3D

2009-02-05T03:06:00.000-08:00

Could've been an octopus but i missed that but il get on it today swear down!

Scissor Man

2009-02-02T18:01:00.000-08:00

An animation I put together with some help please enjoy and comments are welcome.Not for NTU just the portfolio.

Practioner Development

2009-02-02T17:48:00.000-08:00

I am developing myself by creating as much personal work as possible, I figure that if I create as much work as possible I will eventually end up with a healthy amount of characters and sketches, enough to stream a few episodes of a small show created by myself ofcourse. I've created Little scenes that my created avatars would act out with various jokes but only in writing i do plan to put my work to sketches eventually.I cant say that I have researched many animators but alot of animations can be admired on youtube and that is what I tend to do. I do intend to have a more serious approach sooner or later but I'd rather just get work done now.

The ring in the Microwave.

2009-01-15T22:37:00.000-08:00

Wow its early! I stayed up all night finishing my new animation video and im not all impressed there is so much room for improvement that it left this animation looking as if it were half done but I will stand behind it as it is my work. Its supposed to be a pardody of the ring but i only bring that into play twice and you might not get it the 1st time round. If need be watch it more than once. The flash towards the end is a small skit with characters of mine that i intend to do more of in my videos. Once my skill in flash has improved I intend to make a little show out of it just for fun but money is welcome if you'll pay. Please enjoy.

Mood Board

2009-01-15T12:26:00.000-08:00

Above is a picture of all the things that i would say describe me. although i have not come up with an idea for my identity box this is what I do have so far. I wanted to photoshop a family photo in but my program wasnt working so Il start off by saying that they are what is most important to me in my life without them i would be no where.

Now on to the photo. The 1st I would like you to notice is the passport. I put this up ofcourse to show I am a citizen of Botswana and I infact have nothing to do with america, but also because I am very proud of my heritage and even though I only have south african blood in my viens I still represent my country as much as possible. The South African in my blood cant be shown since I dont cut myself but all south africans have a strong passion for money also could be the reason why the crime is so bad however I put this picture to show how much i love money and my south african roots. Next is my hat i love this hat, but in general i love hats and caps always have since childhood and i think I have such a strong passion to caps because my father wears hats all the time i probably picked it up from him at a young age. Infact my wall is posted up with caps(Fitteds, 59 - 50's, flags and baseball caps). On that are my head phones to represent my love for music hip hop and drum and base in specific but i do like a few more genres but Id speficially listen to these two and in the cap is another symbol of music, so the headphones were my fail safe. The Zune is an mp3 from microsoft just as good as the ipod if not better Id say.however my Zune eneded up breaking down and I had to buy a Ipod shuffle. Next are my shoes they are skate shoes adio eugene. I think that skate shoes are the most comfortable shoes and I hate crocs i think they are terrible little random fact It also shows my passion for skate i slip in skating whenever I can and i think its great besides sitting by a computer for a long time like this course is going to demand. Above is my clay designs which you will see in my latest animation which i feel so so about but am still proud of it and hope i could get a few more of the animation at the end and if successfully and if after i improve my skills i will try upload frequent episodes on youtube. Below it all is my skateboard but I have already gone on about my love for skateboarding. So below that is an xbox controller and I gotta say i love playing xbox reason why i want to go into game design and animation and directly below is a Richard Prior cd which is hilarious and i like many comedians that i dont have any dvds of but richard prior is the grandfather of funny. Next to that is the child of comedy grandfather to family guy would be simpsons expcet the grandmother was Pink floyds the wall. On the left is a cup a friend got me for my birthday which says world best drinker on it which shows i like alcholic bevarges if you can see from the picture on it. I wouldnt say i get unbelivably drunk. Next in line is a small can of spray paint and when i was smaller i used to spray paint houses near my home because the streets where very dangerous but then it would make you think hey if you really want to be a badass then actually go do what they do dont stay near home like a poser however i was not bout to get stabbed for 30 pula phone = £ 2. no jokes and last ketchup because it goes with everything seriously and i have cooked many bad meals but ketchup got me through so thanks tomatoes peace!

More Pics

2009-01-03T06:12:00.000-08:00

My 3D avatar

2009-01-03T05:48:00.000-08:00

I have successfully created my online 3D avatar and have begun exploring the 3D world. A few minutes later after what I previously wrote I explored the world of Second Life and the only complain so far would be the controls. It would seem that there is no exact point of this online game except to explore the world. I've previously played World of Warcraft and i would much prefer this game however I am not prepared to have to pay to get my identities work done. After taking literally two hours to get a person who didn't know how to speak english properly to help me get the measurements right for the clothes i wanted to wear, just so the clothes look baggy and such but now my camp is tilted just right and Im off to see the world. This takes place a few minutes after I left this blog. I first visited the home of sonic and as soon as I clicked on a kunei block the game crashed, but I did like the few seconds of the themed area you could pick up rings as if in the actual game. So far in the game I have been a DJ I have gotten a free bike and car and rode around Brooklyn New York and Liverpool Lime ST and I think that the game is alright but without a proper aim of the game why would anyone really want to play this? Ofcourse I will continue to do so until completion of this Identities work.

As quick as the flash....cough cough

2008-12-13T08:42:00.001-08:00

I have no idea why i cant upload my flash but i did get it handed in and i hope that this will matter more when it comes down to the marking. However creating the flash at first was a very fast process i quickly snapped all the photos i needed but then it all went to hell when it came to editing in flash.. Like a fool i thought that every single frame would need to be spaced out so now i have a single frame occupying the space of 30 key frames. The flash works fine exactly how i want it to but the file is so big I should think this is the reason it wont go online. I was told to see Roma Patel but since i could not find her il have to wait for monday. Since it was my 1st time to edit in flash I found it quite hard but with the help of the tutorials i managed to get my flash up and running, however just not on the internet.. Quite terrible

1shot t.m edit

2008-12-06T07:34:00.000-08:00

My colour work

2008-11-23T04:22:00.001-08:00

These are the two pictures I edited using photoshop.

The Dreaming - Colour and Light Work

2008-11-23T04:19:00.000-08:00

I chose this picture by Rebecca partridge because I find the qualities very interesting what I find most interesting is that she only uses the colours red, blue and green in the main circles but by adding them with others circles of different colour she creates new ones. This is the only piece where she does this, in dazzling darkness she comes close but not all the images mix. She also uses the colour black in the background to bring out all these colours whereas in all of the others except one she would use a black background. I picked this background because of its uniqueness I think it stands out from the rest. She used brighter and darker versions of the colour at the top and the bottom of her work creating a 3D effect as if the coloured lights where traveling in a cylindrical shape I say this because the coloured circles at the top are brighter and the ones at the bottom are darker creating a feeling of seeing light at the end of a tunnel and darkness at the bottom. This work is called dreaming and my understanding of this would be that where it is dark she would be dreaming but because there is an effect of the brighter colours approaching i would say she is about to wake up.

http://www.rebeccapartridge.com/Recent-work photo link

Rule of thirds

2008-11-16T04:27:00.000-08:00

The rule of Thirds is term stating how a picture can be divided into 9 equal parts by using 4 lines which 2 of them are vertical and the other 2 are horizontal. With doing this the rule comes into play because automatically the images points of intrest are brought forward and are directed to all viewers interest. The lines crossing each others paths are power points creating points of interest depending on the image itself.

Why we want our purchased items to do more than work well and what is going on in your mind as you purchase a new item?

2008-11-03T13:06:00.000-08:00

We want this because within time the items purchased will become more meaningfull towards the person who bought it for example this skateboard i bought, it might seem worn out but the only reason i have not gotten rid of it is because not only does this skateboard serve its purpose but i also have an emotional connection to it because of the tricks i have successfully landed on it. this would be the same for anyone with an item they have purchased another example would be an ipod because it holds that persons songs and thier pictures so some would say it holds more of an emotional attachment to the owner but with a skateboard most scrathes on the board resemble a time when a trick was attempted or if a sticker is placed it could resemble the time a person did a certain trick. I think people would pay extra fo something with an appealing form to simply show others that they either have the money to afford such or that they simply like that appealing form.

Random Day Out T.M EDIT

2008-11-03T12:11:00.000-08:00

This is my edit of the group pixilation video. Even though im full of shame that I used a mac i did however use an equivelant to the premier program called final cut pro. all in all i enjoyed making this video I hope you enjoy watching it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVDLOWv3tWk

Microsofts Tabletop PC 'Milan' Reading and Reflection Assignment.

2008-10-27T21:30:00.000-07:00

Microsoft’s New tabletop computer interface is an amazing design for a Pc. Its in the shape of a coffee able and is completely interactive via hands the table is still being developed but will be sold to restaurants casinos and bars. This device is multi touch which means it can have two people controlling it unlike a mouse this device will be able take more than one task. This new interface can also transfer files wirelessly so instead of having to transfer files from a camera with a cable you’d simply place the camera on top of the tabletop and it would extract all the photos and videos from the camera or any device that can contain such files, this information can also be transferred wirelessly, tabletop also takes credit cards details when it is simply put on to the screen customers will be able to over the dish they would like pay for the meal and set how much to tip without having to move to the reception it would seem. The tabletops screen has cameras beneath it capturing the motions of the users hands and reacting to those movements. The table top already has a few programs being tested and run on it a new version of paint , jigsaw and world of war craft and these programs look incredible. It seems as if this interface will definetly be successful because it outruns the use of wires and the creators said it could be the new remote that you could not lose meaning that once this device will be able to control your tv. My view of the tabletop is that it is quite a good device its seems to be a computer just in the form of a coffee table but just a bit more flashy and just because it is touch screen it would excite people as I think the macbook did but the computer may never be surpassed however this tabletop can be operated by at least 3 people at once and looks very easy to use so it will definetly be big. I think this device will have a positive but also a negative affect upon society and I say this because with this tabletop its an advancement in technology and it looks easy and enjoyable to use I think this device would be a great household item but now there is less human contact with this table and this is true for alot of technology advancements very few waiters will be needed because now orders will not need to be taken just delivered and another person loses their job to a machine. Overall I think that the tabletop is a good device and looks to be very successful.

links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlWCgWCoeOg
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18936536/

My work

2008-10-22T03:47:00.001-07:00

There really is not much too say when it comes to this because im very half way with my work. I have alot of ideas and right now im trying to apply them i guess. right now im working with a program called inkscape just designing characters i will sooner or later put into a small show by myself but until then they are just digital drawings in my portfolio. I have however created one piece of work it was for my college project and here is the link if you are intrested enjoy.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-hj84ypbGQ

I will experiment and make more videos and try keep this blogging updated.

What do you want to get out of the course in addition to passing and what did i get up to in the first week?

2008-10-08T04:17:00.000-07:00

Out of this course i intend to get all the skills I need to create a life name and income I can be very proud of one that will people will refer to as a great animist. Besides this I'd just like to get through this course with as little drama as possible but in addition to that i would also like to have a great memorable time, nothnig in specific nothing too spectacular but honestly anything will do im not picky. This week i have gotten through oreintation and a few classes just getting around and that. Also during the 1st week we were put into groups of 4 and created a white board animation by use of stop motion which was quite entertaining, we also made camera's out of beer cans and developed the pictures the link to all of these are aas follows but the link for the video is not out yet i will update asap.https://elearn.ntu.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.reflectivejournal.co.uk/students/yr1/induction/08-09/pinhole/

Tebby Bear

3D avatar

Tebby Bear

SELF IDENTITY

My over-reacting worm

my pics

My name in 3D

Scissor Man

Practioner Development

The ring in the Microwave.

Mood Board

More Pics

My 3D avatar

As quick as the flash....*cough* *cough*

1shot t.m edit

My colour work

The Dreaming - Colour and Light Work

Rule of thirds

Why we want our purchased items to do more than work well and what is going on in your mind as you purchase a new item?

Random Day Out T.M EDIT

Microsofts Tabletop PC 'Milan' Reading and Reflection Assignment.

My work

What do you want to get out of the course in addition to passing and what did i get up to in the first week?

As quick as the flash....cough cough