http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/iskatumesk en-us Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:16:20 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=406213 IskatuMesk Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Many years have passed since the UDK came out, and more yet since I long desired to abandon modding and enter a real, functional engine. However, I have always been afraid. This has become my greatest enemy - fear, and doubt. It is a truly unconquerable foe. I cannot ask much of myself. I am fearful, and frail. My disabilities, my ineptitude, ... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:06:51 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=406213 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=404240 IskatuMesk Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Today I seek to rebuild the Bloodstone Battlecruiser. A legendary royal Anahn flagship from the second generation. The original Bloodstone Battlecruiser, as shown on the far right, is an eyesore. It saw nearly no screentime in Salvation due to all of the problems it had, and its general abhorrent appearance. This will have to change for Retribution. I... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:17:12 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=404240 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=401869 IskatuMesk Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 I am now ready to talk about ingame material. Over 30 hours of streamed dev material is available to internal viewers, 7 parts of the Dev series are finished, 7 internal demo videos have been created, and around a dozen assessment and analysis videos are created. Since November 2012 I've been steadily progressing on revising and adding to existing content in the gam... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:09:24 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=401869 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=400405 IskatuMesk Part 1 Part 2 A period of inactivity, a rest so to speak. I felt I needed it. The work in January and February was intense, especially during the crossover weeks. But significant progress was made. The DyiithJhinn, functional. The Wayward Daughter, also functional. Some things I hadn't thought to see working for months yet. My first UDK experiments are on the horizon. But I'm not quite read... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:57:17 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=400405 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=396159 IskatuMesk The wheels of time have turned, and so has our mechanism of creation. Throughout the long months of this year I will be forging project Retribution. Within recent days, I meet an odd sense of nostalgia, as I am returning to a race whom I last worked with back in 2004 - nearly a decade ago. The DyiithJhinn first taking shape, an era ago... ... but, really, it was only yesterday. Time... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:05:42 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=396159 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=395405 IskatuMesk I'm a voice actor. I've been a voice actor since I was a child. But only in 1999-2000, when I picked up making Brood War total conversions, did I really think of it as acting. Everything I know acting-wise and editing-wise is entirely self-taught. I use Audition 1.5 for my editing. Some various voice work from 2012. I was practicing unedited and lightly edited voices a lot during that year. ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:49:31 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=395405 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=393382 IskatuMesk I'm rebuilding an old project that sucked. This will be a machinima/independent movie targeting ~2 hours of runtime. It is a largely private project, but I'll occasionally post some renders and ingame junk on here. I do 99% of the voice acting, SFX, modeling, particles, whatever you think of. It's a mostly solo project with some oddjob outsourcing here and there. I rip stuff for textures wh... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:04:48 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=393382 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=389749 IskatuMesk Ah Brood War, my old comrade. It has been many years since we last exchanged bodily fluids. Many years yet since our golden age. Many more since the dawn of our finest hours. We've been through thick and thin, you and I. You provided a light at the end of my primitive tunnel, a beacon of hope amongst a world of ruin. Your mighty anvil and tremendous hammer gave life to my dreams, if only fo... Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:37:51 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=389749 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=350341 IskatuMesk From dreams... To life... Such is the unsung legacy of our motion. Many months have passed since the release of Black Sun: Salvation, most of which have been as dark and depressing as ever. But today, 'ere the sun's rise and fall, a new battle is brewing. One that seeks to recover from the failures of old, rebuild that which was lost. Our pride. Our glory. In all dre... Wed, 04 Jul 2012 23:45:26 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=350341 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=290096 IskatuMesk Today I am releasing a 22 minute video demonstrating a few of the release and refuse takes of voices from Black Sun: Salvation Episode 1, which I released a month ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWyUWb5wpPE This video makes a tremendous display of the largely unedited voices I attempted, as well as the many efforts to create that "com static" as seen in games like Homeworl... Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:23:29 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=290096 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=281699 IskatuMesk With Black Sun completed and out of the way, it's time to look to the future, and try to do decide what I will attempt to do next. I was disappointed in how far I let Black Sun slip through quality control, but as I detailed in the Making Of, the last few months of the project were immensely difficult. I have become concerned with how deeply detached I became from my work, and how far I was ... Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:44:20 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=281699 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=279913 IskatuMesk Four years ends this day. A legacy has come to its close, and a grand project has reached its last stage - its presentation. Black Sun: Salvation is ready for viewing! View in 1080p or Original at Fullscreen for the intended effect. Any less is injustice to your time spent with the video. And, do set aside some time. It's 52 minutes long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSucsRDKvuU D... Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:24:49 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=279913 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=270855 IskatuMesk In my last progression blog I said I probably wouldn't be posting another update before the final product was ready. Well, things complicated a bit after that. My estimation of 1 month of work was perfectly attainable had I not encountered some massive setbacks. My video card decided to start giving me some serious issues and had to be replaced, setting me back by about $450 and a fair... Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:31:31 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=270855 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=260767 IskatuMesk To lose sense of time. To toil endlessly, thrashing one's mind to keep pushing. Keep pushing. Further and further, into cosmic waves and dancing thunder. There is no time to reconsider. No time to hesitate. Only act. This is a production cycle. A time without time. The cycle meets its end only when the work is complete. No sooner, no later. The work must be completed. It is now my quest mos... Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:05:47 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=260767 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=252741 IskatuMesk Work on Black Sun has resumed at a slow, haggard pace. But it has resumed, and my sights are set towards Episode 1. Perhaps the most significant of all the struggles in the last month has been the tiny bit of writing I was able to achieve for my novel. After a year and a half of inactivity I managed to put a small dent into the area that has held my revision at bay, as well as contribute to som... Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:27:57 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=252741 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=242190 IskatuMesk Behind the mask of every project, grand or minute, there is a struggle to wage. Be it the drive of glory, wisdom, or success, the struggle remains. My struggle to reach this point has been most grand. What awaits me at the end of this tunnel is not likely to be something I like. Still I march on, under the facade of learning, hoping one day I can grow strong enough to challenge the dreams of me... Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:41:25 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=242190 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=239642 IskatuMesk Because moar Currently unnamed Warlord heavy destroyer Patriarch-class Dreadnaught Neither are quite finished yet (the bottom/rear on the destroyer in particular needs touching up) but next time you'll see them is in Episode 1. The destroyer is about 12k poly and the DN about 21k or so. Modeling time - the DN is about 6 hours and the DD about 10. /e the D... Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:41:59 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=239642 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=237714 IskatuMesk Ah, here we are yet again. 40 hours later, mad and sweaty, all riled up for something fierce. Modding is problem solving. I spend more time cleaning up or working around the shit left behind by bad game developers than I do actually modding or making content. Is it worth it? I think most people would say no. That is why there are so few modders left these days. That is the unsung legacy. Pe... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:41:59 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=237714 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=234111 IskatuMesk Honor. Pride. Devotion. I've none of these things. I've not the means to define these things. In the darkest of times I fight the greatest of battles. Those against myself. That reflection in the mirror. I am my own worst foe. I cannot conquer that which can match my every move, exploit my every weakness. Instead, I seek to absolve, not conquer. Earlier this morn... Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:12:26 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=234111 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=222710 IskatuMesk It was requested for some less effect-heavy voices. So, today, I have decided to share with you some of my unused dialogue for various things and then some of the more normal stuff. This is a longer demo than usual despite culling a huge amount of dialogue from the first three samples. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4P8Bwk1Qs In order, 1 - Unused Anahn dialogue for a scrapped 3d rend... Sat, 14 May 2011 07:15:49 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=222710