Things have looked up as summer had gone on. I havn't had the time to be doing the drawings as i had (having got into it again, for a while) due to a shift in priorities. I've enjoyed this summer more than i could have hoped for, spending around 5 out of 7 days a week out (so it's been pretty mad, as you could imagine). I also quit my job to concentrate on my final year. The pressure and workload are up and i can't afford to let my grades drop (like they started to last year). Work was just getting too stressful, and my supervisor was increasingly becoming a pain in the backside; which kinda sealed the deal for me.

Things are going to get difficult for my final year of university, particularly now that i am essentially now building 2 Portfolio's. One for Graphic and Web Design, and another for Game/Level Design.

I've already got connections to Crytek Industries (FarCry, FarCry2) and Valve Software (Half-Life, Counter-Strike) so hopefully, dropping them a portfolio will yeild better than average results. Especially since my Dissertation revolves around Level Design and the Source Engine.

I managed to find the DoW2 World Builder and took a peek at it. It looks fairly sophisticated for an RTS editor (or atleast, it's what i expected, but with some added none-standard functions essential for environmental immersion), so i don't think i'll be able to take a look at this properly until next summer. But all in time huh?

Graduate, finalise my portfolio, get another part time job (so that i can continue working on my portfolio) when my funds run out, and basically forfill my dream. Even if it means i have to move to the U.S. (which i was scared i might have to many years ago).

Taking it as it comes, but also driving myself forwards; and if and when i graduate, i'm treating myself to a holiday in Auss and to hopefully visit ~Fangie since i kinda deserve it TBH, and since i have that money saved up anyway.