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So the Alien DLC for Keflings required a few special keflings that would be a specific character.  I knew right from the begining that I wanted to have some fun with Alien stereotypes and rip off a bunch of Scifi movies.  One that I knew I had to do was the alien design from the alien movies.  There was no way I was going to get the creepy vibe from H.R. Giger's work, and it wouldn't fit in the game anyway.  But if we were going to have an angry yelling kefling than I could certainly borrow from Giger's design for some fun.  I still wish we could have had the double mouth thing, but it just didn't work out.  Oh well.

I've been playing with a different style lately with this stuff trying to work a bit more like Nico Marlet.  His work on Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon is still the gold standard of character design and I figured if I could work a bit more like him, use the same tools and methods, maybe then a bit of his genius would rub off on me.  It's been fun working with the markers and pencils.  I know for sure I still don't have Marlet's genius, but man is it ever fun to draw this stuff.  Enjoy.

What Is my earliest memory?

MY earliest memory is my mom and step-dad's wedding. I was 3 and I remember being in the wedding. I think that is the earliest time I can remember but I'm not to sure. I remember going up to Laughlin and seeing all my family. I remember the wedding ceremony and then after going to a huge room with lots of food. That is pretty much all I can remember. That is a pretty good memory. I hope I have many more to come.

Do I have any pets? Do I want them?

I have 2 pets. We have 2 dogs. They are miniture poodles. I do like haveing pets. They are like having other members of the family. They always come back no matter what you do to them. I don't know what I would do if we didn't  have any pets. I would have to deal nwith my brother to much. Pets are awesome. I think I will always have a pet no matter what. Most of my pets have been dogs, but we have had fish turtles and a cat. I really like having pets.

TED Talk 5

1. The speaker who gave the talk was Robin Ince.

2. The talk was about science versus wonder. How wonder is more important than science because without wonder we don't really have any purpose. We always have to wonder aboutspace and different resources.  We always think about technology. That iswhat the talk was about.

3. The talk persuaded me to think about what life would be like if we didn't wonder about different things in society. I will definetly start to wonder about things I have never relized before, like what is really in space.

How was my Thanksgiving weekend? What did I do?

My Thanksgiving weekend was pretty good. On Wednesday night I was ina bowling tournament. It was doubles, my grandpa and I took 4th. I bowled a 750 which is good but he didn't do to good. On Thursday I hung out with my family and we had a huge Thanksgiving dinner. On Friday I went to Bass pro shop to get some stuff that they had in their black friday ad. I then went to Target to get a few ps3 games that they had on sale. On Saturday I went bowling but didn't do too good. I then went to my Aunt's for another thanksgiving dinner. Yesterday I pretty much just hung up christmas lights. I want today to go by really fast. I'm so tired.

What I am thankful for

I am thankful for a lot of things. I am probably thankful for my family the most. Without them I don't know what I would do. Next would probably  my friends. My friends are awesome. I am really thankful for the fact that I am a good bowler. Basically everyone in my family is a bowler so I am too. I am really thankful for thefood and water my famly has. Without it everyone would die. Those are the basic things that I am thankful for the most.

Journal Entry

Yesterday waas a descent day. I didn't have any homework. In math I was able to finish my matrices project which was a lot easier than I thaught it would be. Today we have to trade and someone has to decode our message. After school I went home and relaxed, I was reall tired because the night before people were being chased by the cops on my street so that is all I heard. I then went out to dinner for my step-dad's birthday. I got home and relaxed for a little and then went to bed. I was then woke up at 12:30am by the police because a 2 year old kid wanderd out of her house. The family lives 5 houses down from mine. I didn't get much sleep because there was a helicopterflying over all morning. mI hope that they can find the kid sometime soon. Hopefully today is a better day.

What's the best part of Thanksgiving?

The best part about Thanksgiving is being able to have a good time with family.I always look forward to seeing my cousins on Thanksgiving. We always hang out and have a good  time relaxing and playing games. More of my cousins live in Arizona now so this should be one of the best Thanksgivings yet. I can't wait for Thursday to roll around so I can have a great time.

If I had 1 million dollars how would I spend it?

I think first I would by me a new car. I would probabl get a corvette Z01. The chasis on the Z01 is a ferrari so it is a quality built car. It has 600+ horsepower. Next I would probably get a really big nice house. After I would put the rest away and have it for my college so I can go to ASU. That would be my college of choice to go to. After that I would donate the leftover to a charity. There are a lot of good charities so it could really help some people. That is what I would do if I had 1 million dollars.

Journal Entry

Yesterday was okay. I think I passed my math test. It seemed like it was really easy compared to the las couple test we had in there. I did pretty bad at practice yesterday. I am glad that she wasn't taking scores for our averages. It would have screwd mine up. We hace a match tommorrow. It is against a school that we havv't bowled against before. I hope they are an easy victory so we can stay undefeated. I hope today is a good day.

Aliens

For the recent level we released for Wolrd for Keflings I was able to design a bunch of aliens.  talk about a fun project.  I have pages full of random designs.  These are just a few.  Obviously I copied a few designs from popular movies.  But that was part of the fun.  Who doesn't want to see a Yoda kefling?  Enjoy.

Journal Entry

Yesterday was a pretty good day. I had no homework so I got to go ome and relax. Today I have a few tests though. I hope I can get A's on them. Today I have to go to bowling practice. Last week I did good so I hope I can do the same this week. I hope that the day will go by fast so I can go to practice. Yesterday was boring so I hope today is more interesting.

Experience writing to my teachers

Writing to my teachers was pretty easy. I don't really like writing, especially to my teachers. I would have rather not done that project but I had to. It was a really boring assignment. I hope I don't have to do that assignment again. I don't have that fun of classes so it was hard trying to figure out what I was going to say to my teachers.

Dear Teachers

Dear Teachers,
         I like most of my classes. My favorite class in Algebra with Mrs. Dobash. It is a really fun class. My other favorite class would have to be American History with Mr. Ashcroft. I like it because there is not a lot of homework. My least favorite thing about school is homework. I hate having to go home after a whole day of school and have to do more school work. I would love for homework to just disappear. A lot of times if I have a lot of homework I will on purposely not do it. I really like graphic design because there is absolutely no homework. Spanish is not a very hard class either. Sometimes I would like to get out of it but it is not because of the teacher, it is because of some of the kids in the class. Mrs. Stover is a great teacher. The bad part about Spanish is that I'm stuck with all sophomores which can get really annoying some times. I would have rather of taken it my freshman year and I would have been done with it by now and I would have had friends in my Spanish classes. Forensic science is okay. It would be better if we didn't do all the summaries and have so much writing. When I signed up for it last year I wasn't expecting there to be so much writing. Other than that it is a really great class. I really like all my classes this year. I hope I have this great of classes next year since it will be my last year. All of my teacher are really nice and don't tend to get too mad.
Sincerely,
Zack McAtee

What I like about my self

I likea few things about my self. First of all I like that I get good grades. Second that I'm a really good bowler. I don't really like talking about my self though. I don't want to be a showw off. I'd rather hear about other peoples accomplishment rather that my own. Those are some of the few things that I like about my self. There is not much eolse about me.

Engaging in class

I could engage in class by participating in conversations. I could give answers to the teacher when they ask questions. I could help the teacher when they ask for help with stuff. By engaging in class it would make class more interesting. Without engaging in class it is boring. Someideas would be to make class fun. Have more details than just topics. Details help a lot. Have conversations about things that are actually interesting. A lot of the conversations teachers give are really boring. Those are some things that would help engage in class activities.

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Hold papers together.
Hold flash cards togethers
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I think it is a bad way to organize people because just someone fails a test doesn't mean they are not smart. If you fail a test it can mean your a bad test taker not dumb. I don't think that is how people should be judged for graduaation.

What was one of the major points of Ken Robinsom's talk?

In his talk he talked about adhd. He said that because of tv kids are having a hard time paying attention in school because some teachers bore us to death with book work. He said that teachers need to be more interactive with their students. I agree with him a lot of teachers just throw a book at you and tell you to read it. I like more interactive projects.

More Aliens

Here's another promotional image I did for the latest game I worked on.  This one was a blast to do.  I've always loved those cheesy b movie posters and this was my chance to do one.  I want to print it up really big and hang it in my house.

My experience with the GIF.

I had a good experience working with the gif. I think it was fairly simple to work with. I hope we get to make another one soon. It was basically like making a cartoon. I like making animations so it was fun. I made mine about racing which is my favorite thing to do. I hope I can make another GIF soon. It is a good way to express.

GIF

Journal Entry

I had an awesome weekend. Friday after school I went to California. I had an awesome time with my cousins. On saturday we went to my favorite place to eat in California, The Hat. They have the best food. After I went back to my uncles to workout. I had to work the calories off. After we went to the store. After the store we went to a cemetary and went ghost hunting. We think e got a couple voices but we are not sure. On sunday we came home. I wish I could have stayed longer but o well. I will be going back in a couple of weeks though. The weekend was awesome.

Journal Entry

School was boring yesterday. I did pretty much nothing all day. At practice yesterday the lanes were terrible. I bowled terrible like everybody else. The top score was 137 which is terrible for us. Normally we all throw a game close to that. I can't wait for after school. I will be heading to cali. Hopefully it is a very fast day.

Journal Entry

Yesterday was good. I had a sub in 2 classes. I didn't  have much work to do. After school I went home and relaxed. Once my mom got home I went to go get windshield wiper blades for my car. After I went back home and helped my brother make a youtube video of him playing some games. I had a decent day yesterday. I have bowling practice after school and I hope I do good.

Journal Entry

Yesterday was a pretty good day. I had a bowling meet after school. We won by over 530 pins. Today I want to be fast. I know I have a sub in a class and I hope it goes by quick. I had work yesterday I didn't do so I hope that it isn't due today. In language arts we are working on an essay. It sucks!!! I want today to be over with. I can't wait for the weekend. I am going to Cali to hang out with my cousins. I hope today goes by fast.

If I could change one thing in the world today, what would it be?

If I could change one thing it would be the economy. The economy is terrible. It is impossible for me to find a job. Once the economy is better finding a job will be easier. All the jobs that teens used to get are being given to adults who can't get better jobs. I would really want to change the economy. It would make life much easier.