Shepard returns in the final instalment of the epic space adventure, (my copy came yesterday thanks to online shopping), and its getting rave reviews across the board. I imported my character from the first two games, however, the custom face failed to import properly, not that I remember what he looked like so default Shepard it is for me!     The game starts in an introductory fashion in case you had forgotten how to play the game and its actually a good start with the reapers arriving all guns blazing rather than repeating the “reapers are coming” mantra from
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As you may have noticed, the site has been given a much needed facelift. It has taken a while, with lots of experimentation and chopping and changing. Its always strange how you are never quite happy with your own designs. The portfolio is a result of me playing around with custom post types and allows for me to feature new pieces in an easier fashion, adding them straight from the WordPress back end. The logo tries to show the “reflective nature” of being a twin and the colours are supposed to be welcoming and friendly, but not overbearing, hence the
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Another image heavy based post today. I have finished the Ricky Gervais show drawing I showed a glimpse of in my previous post. Check it out and let me know what you think (Click to enlarge as always): In addition to the drawing above, I have been playing around with Inkscape, getting to know how it works and all about Vectors. I followed this tutorial from Chris Spooner to create a retro superhero book cover. His tutorial was for Illustrator and Photoshop, but the same principles can be applied to Inkscape and Gimp. Here is the result: I applied the
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Another year, another E3. The overwhelming emotion as a gamer is best described through a 3 letter word; Meh. Microsoft kicked off the show, repeating the method they followed last year, showcasing another Call of Duty demo. Early on the controller disconnected. Looking back it was an ominous sign of things to come. The demo played out exactly as anyone would expect, i.e. simply another COD (Yawn!). Moving on we saw a demo of Tomb Raider, best described as an Uncharted rip off which also borrowed from a porno flicks soundtrack.   EA came on stage to announce Kinect support in future sports titles. A pretty
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I have been practicing with my new Wacom Bamboo pen over the last few days. It is my first pen tablet so it has taken some time to get used to.     It seems to work well with Gimp. I especially like how it works well with pressure, so you can adust colour, size, opacity and hardness depending upon how hard you press. Here’s a picture I drew while I was experimenting with the pen:     Hopefully I will have some more drawings to share in the near future.   Thanks for reading thebettertwin