If I’m walking on the left side of the road, and you’re walking in the opposite direction, towards me, on your left side of the road, you are not supposed to change sides into my left side of the road when we’re 15 meters from meeting and expect me to move aside. So when you then have to move aside when we meet I don’t give a toss if you get upset with me since you’re a moron.

“The biz”. Sounds like showbiz, doesn’t it? There is a lot of showing, and there is definitely a shitload of business. Last Tuesday marked the 6 month mark of my first industry job as a professional artist, and it has been an interesting ride. It hasn’t been the kind of eye-opener that I thought it would be. Thanks to communities like Polycount, and helpful people like Vidar Rapp and Staffan Persson (who is a luddite, and thus has no blog/website) - I think I came into this whole thing fairly well prepared.

I have been told that my joining the company (TT Fusion, part of Traveller’s Tales, part of Warner Bros.) was a bit like being tossed into water for the first time, and that I was either going to learn how to swim, or sink, and die horribly, get all spongy, and eaten by hungry fish. Things were very hectic, and no one really had the time to sit down with me and explain how things were done. Except for Warren, of course. Warren is the kind of guy who knows everything about everything, and is always willing to share his knowledge and help out. I probably owe him a debt I will be hard pressed to work off.

I didn’t sink, though, so I think I have learned how to swim. Or at least stay afloat. Since my start I have finished one project - Guinness World Records - The Video Game - which you can buy if you think it looks like fun, and if you don’t you shouldn’t of course buy it. There were times during the game’s development that I hated it with a vengeance, but in the end I was surprised to see just how well it all came together, and how fun and competitive it is. But don’t take my word for it, since I was part of making it.

Oh yeah, in this whole changing jobs thing I moved from Sweden, to the UK. It wasn’t as tricky as I had thought it would be, and my family back home was very supportive. Especially my grandmother who was very sad to see me leave, but still managed to be encouraging while fighting back tears. I owe her the world for so many things. I’m slowly getting acclimated to the culture (football and pubs) and climate (rain, rain, rain), and it isn’t completely out of the realm of possibility that I might have a more permanent place than I had first thought here, even though I don’t enjoy watching football, and pubs are only nice with the right company. I love rain, though.

I don’t post a lot here about the things going on in my life, but today has been an exception. It’s good to finally have the job of my dreams. Is it all I thought it would be? Well, the answer to that is the old cliché: It really is what you make of it.

Started my GameArtisans.org Comicon Challenge entry two days ago, and I’m fairly happy with the progress so far. All in ZBrush so far, but it’s time to start considering the low polygon model. The triangle limit is 7000, which should be more than enough for this one, providing the cloak doesn’t cause too much trouble.

Trying something new. Don’t have time to work on personal stuff as much anymore, a couple of hours here and there only.

I have always been proud to be a Swede. I used to think our nation had values that respected the people’s privacy and integrity, but this day will forever be marked as a dark day in history. The FRA law passed today. This is a surveillance law that lets our government spy on its citizens without any just cause, or suspicion. It’s a general surveillance law which hits us at our core, grossly violating our civil rights.

I have never been more ashamed to be a Swedish citizen than I am today.

Granted, I am currently living and working in the UK, but I had planned on returning to Sweden at one point. Now I’m not so sure anymore. I don’t want to live in a society where everyone is assumed to be a criminal by default.

Started this two days ago. I have a lot going on right now so I haven’t had time to work on it as much as I’d like to. This time, it’s an existing, and familiar concept..

A bit stalled on my Dominance War III entry, so did a little work on J.C. to focus my mind. Also have a phone interview tomorrow for a job, so I’m slightly nervous and need to keep my creative juices flowing to keep a somewhat calm head

Finally took some time to make some changes to the front page. Before the change, it only redirected to my blog, and it could be a hassle to get a good overview of my work. Now, you get a quick overview of the things that I’ve done that are somewhat presentable, and people who’ve never been here before get an idea what it’s all about.

I’m going to celebrate this by posting perhaps one of the strangest, oddest, and absolutely most amazing music videos ever.

So it has started. Doing thumbnails, blocking things in roughly. Not quite happy with any of these, but I keep going.