Blog, blog, bloggity, blog.

I am terrible at this blog stuff. Never really have managed it well. I have been primarily posting on my other blog. http://bucktoothfoo.blogspot.com/

I tend to forget the password of this blog, but that blog up there I remember the password.

In other news, I have been working on a new animated short since January. I set the release date for this Thursday, which is May 12th. I'm very excited!

I have been blogging about it on my other blog. So, if anyone actually reads this blog my new stuff is on the other blog. That is all from me. Now I'm going to go make a cake.

- nittens

Maachiinima!

Just a short note for the progress of the new video. Well, I'm not filming it. I'm thinking about it a lot. I probably won't start production on it until the middle of November. Soon but so far away! I'm having too many technical issue to even begin to talk about. It's just stupid. I hate Windows. Especially XP and not to mention Media Center. Don't buy it! Just save up for a Mac. Unfortunately I have to work on a Windows computer with The Sims 2. So, when the stars line up I'll begin production. Until then I'm doing a lot of planning and storyboards. It'll make for a better movie. See ya!

- nittens 

Moving Forward

I recently posted a video I made for a friend. I used Flash to animate the characters and Photoshop to get the photos ready to be animated. This is the first time I truly animated a video in Flash. I've done work in Flash in the past but nothing like that. It's no jib jab but it's still good for first time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCn9aYhA9M

In other news Pre Production of the new machinima I'm making has started. The music has been selected and things are getting gathered. I haven't used The Sims 2 on the computer I'll be using in a long time so It will be interesting. I imagine I'll start filming shots next week but who knows. Life might become my priority. I have some pretty awesome stuff in store for the new video though so it is exciting to me. I'll keep you updated.

Coming Along

So far the website is looking better. I put up the logo a week ago and I re posted Rockstar on youtube. What a terrible time I've had with that movie! Anyway, moving along I am working computer stuff right now. I have a new video that I'm going to start working on but I need to work out some computer issues. It's amazing how everything just stopped working when I came home. When I say everything I mean everything! Including the computer. I'll get it working again if it's the last thing I do. I don't want to say much about the project but it's going to be made from The Sims 2. With the pros and cons I'm going to go with The Sims 2. That's all I can say for now but you'll be pleased with the results. Hopefully. Gotta run!

- nittens

An Update

I started doing some test renders a few days ago. So far they are terrible but I can see how far I can go with the test shots. The final product will be so much better. I'm working on the website slowly but I've been working on updating the youtube profile more. I took off some videos that just needed to go. I'm not sure why but I just posted part 3 and 4 of Moirai and not part 1 and 2. Weird. Well, it's gone now anyway making room for future work. One movie that was up there was Reviere. Wow, what can I even say about that movie? I think some of the effects are great but the movie is not so great. It's gone and locked in the vault. The random Halo 3 videos I had up are off too. I'll warn you now Rockstar will be going off. I just don't have the heart to take it off yet. Unfortunately it didn't get the attention it deserved from me in its most vulnerable time. When I left for Florida thesims2.com saw it on their forum and loved it along with Wendy. They featured it and it got massive feed back. 5 months later I hear about what happened and start reacting to it. It was too late. A weird little youtube executive or noob on youtube flagged it for the credit music. They took it off and replaced the entire video with a stupid song. Now it's still on my profile as a reminder of what it could have been.

More Sims 2 won't be back for a while. I'm working on other media. I've done 3D animation, machinima, and stop motion. Something recently has sparked my attention and I've been working with it for a few weeks. I'll let you know how things develop.

- nittens   

It Begins...

It begins with the name nittens. What does it mean? Where did it come from? And why? Well, when I made the name up I didn't have a clue. The name just sounded like a good gamerstag on Xbox Live.  Later when I matured I saw how the name nittens could come across a little girly or foreign. I thought about changing it many times. Usually to something more manly like ponyslayer 3000 or Karma Hunter. Those just didn't fit. The name nittens came about in 2005 and here I am in 2010 with nittens. Over the years the name has slowly become known and the reputation on the name nittens has spread. Thesims2.com featured Rockstar two years ago and they favorite many other videos I made. The nittens name is set in stone. It has grown on me like a son who I've gotten to see grow over the years. Who knows what the years will bring...


I've began updating the youtube page, twitter, and the website. The website looks great but there is still a lot of work to do with it. I think the website interface reflects my ideas for the project I'm starting. Coming back to the internet scene a lot has changed. Many great directors have waved the white flag and other directors have emerged that I have yet to discover. Many machinima directors have gone the ways of other media like writing, film, drawing, and 3D. I have done a lot of 3D work in the past. I think it's natural o go from The Sims 2 where you are restricted in many ways to real 3D animation where the possibilities are endless. Although, 3D animation is very very expensive. For those who have low budgets stick to The Sims.

This is the place I'll keep you updated with. From project to project I'll be sure to document it. Here is a picture I made tonight on Maya. It is obviously a tree with dramatic features. I've been playing around with Maya lately getting myself warmed up.

- nittens