a website about my video games. I think
I started reading a long time ago but, have not finished it yet. And I want to finish reading it so that I can go on to reading other pharo books.
And it would be nice to finally make something with pharo this year. I don’t know if that will happen but, there is always hope. I hope. I will keep trying to design and make a program. And maybe one day it will actually happen.
I think it would be so cool to go outside at night and have a telescope and spend time looking at stars. I need to do a lot of learning. I have no idea what stars are where.
Maybe I could even hunt for planets or discover things that no one else has discovered. Probably not but, it would be cool if I did.
I had a lot of years to look up at the sky but, I never did. And this year I want that to change. I hope to learn to use stellarium and read issues of astronomy magazine to help me learn about the night sky.
cream tutorial I have been watching and do you know what? The material on my ice cream cone doesn’t look bad. I was surprised that a brick procedural texture was used to make the texture on the cone.
I am always intimidated when I use material nodes. I think there is no way I am ever going to figure out material nodes in blender. But, if I never use material nodes I will never get better at using them.
I definitely need a lot more practice using material nodes in blender.
Also today I read about inkscape’s path tool. I could use a lot more practice using that also.
Its sure fun to make art. I hope I keep working with blender and inkscape.
I have not used the tool very much. I don’t have a tablet and even if I did my drawing needs to improve.
I have always wanted to be great at drawing on paper. There have been years where I practiced drawing everyday. I have not draw everyday for years.
I get paper and want to use it for drawing but, end up never using the paper for drawing.
Maybe I think I will get better at drawing if I think about wanting to draw. I am sure getting better at drawing does not work that way.
So today I learned that with the free hand drawing tool I can make dots by holding down different combinations of control, alt, and shift keys.
I also learned that I can adjust the smoothness of the line I draw with my mouse. And learned about the different settings for the tool.
I need a lot more practice with inkscape. And I also want to think of a project.
Maybe about the same time I started using blender 2.42. But, I have never made much of anything with inkscape. I am sure I have made a project or two but, I am sure they were not very good.
What I need to do is used inkscape as much as I can so that I will remember what I learn about how to use it. Using a program every once in awhile does not work. I always have to go back and relearn what I have already learned.
I learned about stars, 3d boxes, and the pencil tool. I don’t remember ever using the 3d box tool before so that is something new.
I don’t know what I am going to make with inkscae yet but, I have used the program on and off for years and want to get good at using it this year.
So I hope to keep using it as much as I can. I hope I get decent at using inkscape.
I read the manual and learned about how to make circles, eclipses, squares, and rectangles.
One thing I learned is that if I press all while I am using the move tool I can select objects. Its a red line and what ever I drag the red line on is selected.
I also leaned how to round the corners of a rectangle or square. I used the circles around the object. And I also learned that on the bar above the canvas I can return the square or rectangle to pre rounded condition by pressing a button. That is helpful to know.
As for circles I learned to use control to turn and ellipse into a circle. And how to make a pie shaped cut out of the circle by using the round dot on the circle. And I also learned how to reset the circle.
I hope I remember the stuff I learned today. I think it will come in handy.
and blender, and inkscape better but, I never seem to use Godot or Inkscape much. I want to set aside time each day so that I can use those to programs.
I don’t know how much time I should set aside. Maybe I could try a half an hour. So at least I would start using them daily.
Maybe I will try 10 minutes to start with to get myself in the habit. Well anyway I want to start using them on a daily basis. So I will give it a try.
So I figure I need to finish one of them so I am going to finish the ice cream cone. Then I am going to make a scene to go with the ice cream cone. I want to make a person and put clothes on the person.
Have the person holding the ice cream cone.
I will see if I actually get any of this done. Time will tell.
cone. Well I just got started adding materials. I hope to finish adding the materials tomorrow.
I learned how to add a PBR world material. I am not sure that I lined the light up with the sun correctly. I will figure it out someday.
