I recently got a 9600GT for the purpose of playing certain games on my computer, and since putting it into my machine, I’ve had a really good experience. Yesterday, however, I tried hooking my TV up to my desktop so a friend of mine could watch a movie while I worked, and no matter what I tried, nothing seemed to work. I tried fiddling with the options in the Nvidia control panel but it remained undetected. I tried rolling back drivers to the default ones used by Vista. I then tried reinstalling the drivers (to version 175.16), and that didn’t work either. I was seriously on the verge of giving up till I found this.

It seems that a lot of new video cards send out a signal via the first pin of their s-video out port and wait for a return signal via the third pin to check if a TV is actually there. Not all TVs, however, seem to realise this, which was definitely true in the case of my tv (such a relief)!

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So, I finally have what I consider a complete work to start Book II off. Although it’s a speed-painting, I don’t think it quite qualifies as a scrap.

Anyway, it took around 3 hours to do, all in Photoshop using the smudge tool. I usually use no references but I did use a reference for the head because of the unusual angle I decided to use. I realise her forearm is a bit short and her arm is overall a bit awkward (a friend of mine actually told me that it looks like she’s holding the keys as though they’re made of garbage) but I decided to leave it that way because I did give myself a time limit to do this one.

I am currently working on two other pieces, both of which will have unfinished previews uploaded in the near future. The first piece is of Krishna, and the second is of Juno (as in, the wife of Jupiter in Roman mythology), which fits well with the theme of Book II (the theme being Mythology).

I’ll provide more updates as progress continues, thoguh progress with the art might be stalled to due to the fact that the rest of the site is still incomplete. I can guarantee that the Gallery WILL be up by Monday. We’ll see what happens though. :-))

I was recently gifted one of these and I thought I’d write about it. First of all, it is an amazingly thoughtful gift, in my opinion, for anyone whom you’d talk to on a regular basis, and the quality, at 2 MP as opposed to the standard 1.3, is spectacular when capturing or recording. Streaming with skype was another issue, but I suppose I’d blame the graininess on the application itself and a bad connection on both ends. Still, the support for this device is rather amazing, especially when it comes to its autofocusing and light-adjustment abilities (perfect for webcamming at night ;-)).

Now, time to discuss the fun part- its ability to follow you around. This, while cool, verges on slightly creepy, especially when it is suspended on the plastic stick-mount that it comes with. It actually looks rather like a Terminator-esque eyeball on a stick. On a more technical note, I suppose, at this stage, I’d consider the feature more a novelty than anything else. Turning this on often results in camera being very laggy, especially while sending data, and it doesn’t always capture your direction if your movements are too quick/deft.

That’s about all I can say about it. Perhaps I shall update you with a video later. ;-))

I’m working on putting the site back up. As you can see, the new layout is on the way. I tried to provide a more simple UI this time around, so as to focus the attention on my art and not the template of this site.

As you can see, I went with some rather vibrant forecolours, contrasted by dark greys to 
give the template a more professional look. I will be updating the art and design sections of the site shortly, and they will be similar in 
appearance. The Galleries will be listed in “Books”, each book consisting of 12 pieces that I see fit. I shall also have a scraps gallery, which will contain the remaining artwork I have done.