20030719
02:31 - Started digi-inking the BAT. I'm currently working on the think outline. 7 pixels wide. o_o;; That's a biggun', yup yup. Worms and plastic minnows! Err... whatever.
03:09 - Finished the outline. Working in interior overlapping.
03:23 - Almost done with interior overlapping, but my connection shut off for some reason. Fucking Time Warner!
03:31 - Done for now. I'll finish up the left hand later, then get to the fine-lining. Argh... I think I'll make them 3 pixels wide, to keep them from vanishing when I resample the final image... or maybe 2 pixels. We'll see.

SESSION TIME: 1:00
TOTAL TIME: 1:00

20030720
12:12 - resuming digi-inking...
01:19 - still inking... Man, this is tiresome work.
01:29 - done for now... Almost ready to start the linking.

SESSION TIME: 1:17
TOTAL TIME: 2:17

20030721
04:52 - resuming digi-inking...
05:29 - Doing a little bit of linking while working on some of the lesser details. I really want to put off finishing the left hand for a while.
05:45 - Break time. I need to eat.

SESSION TIME: 0:53
TOTAL TIME: 3:10

20030721
15:00 - resuming... The taco-macaroni-and-cheese mess tasted pretty good.
15:32 - Almost done, time to get serious with the linking... Damn, my joints are killing me. Repetative stress disorder. >_<
16:41 - Done linking, I guess. Left some spots for the color to dictate. Starting coloring.
17:21 - Almost done with the basetone... Need to figure out a good color for the bands... Probably red? Buckle too. HEIL MACHINE EMPIRE.
17:38 - Roit... Done with the basetones. I'll get to the shading later. My hand hurts. A lot.

SESSION TIME: 2:38
TOTAL TIME: 5:48

20030722
15:00 - resuming... Just touching everything up. I need to study before I can start shading. Maybe I'll do the broom first, but I need reference materials. I can NOT fuck around with this.
15:17 - Done touching up. Time for research.

SESSION TIME: 0:17
TOTAL TIME: 6:05

20030724
09:00 - Starting shading...
09:17 - God damn this is tiresome... Working on the shoulder and other strapped armor. I'm shooting for a vulcanized rubber look.. So far so good.
10:11 - I'm out of breath... Did the small armor pieces, tweaked the lineart a bit. I guess I'll work on the boots and straps when I resume. I want to save the metallic armor for last. u_u;;;

SESSION TIME: 1:11
TOTAL TIME: 7:16

20030727
17:00 - Resuming. Messing with shading layer 1 while working on highlight 1.
18:10 - Break. Did the cigarette, smoke, some of the right boot, and some of the helmet.

SESSION TIME: 1:10
TOTAL TIME: 8:26

20030727
23:22 - Resuming. Doing a leeeeetle more shading.
24:00 - Done for now.

SESSION TIME: 0:38
TOTAL TIME: 9:04

20030730
14:23 - Resuming shading and whatnot.
16:02 - Done for now. Worked on the visor, the right arm, and lower torso.

SESSION TIME: 1:39
TOTAL TIME: 10:43

20030804
19:50 - Resuming. This is getting fucking boring. From now on, I'm not going to put so much effort into CGs. Productivity makes you more popular than quality. If I shit out a new CG every day, I'd be getting more than one hit a day.
20:35 - Still shading and shit... Finished the shading on the armbands. Maybe I'll add the Cobra insignias later, like that iron-on t-shirt kinda texture. Slightly raggedy. When I get to the left leg, I'll make a quick tutorial out of it, I guess. Something like that. This would be a lot easier if I still had a tablet. =_=
21:03 - Did the broom bristles. It was kinda fun using my old hair technique for something other than hair. Heheh. If I were going to go all the way, I'd tinge the faded ends of the bristles with a bit of gray, and add lint and hair.
21:17 - Done for now. Did some work on the straps. It's going to be a triple bitch porting this thing over to PS to do deformation fabric mapping.

SESSION TIME: 1:27
TOTAL TIME: 12:10

20030807
20:30 - Resuming. Working on the left arm, hand, and kneepad. Uninstalled PS.
20:42 - Did the kneepad... It's looking darker than the shoulders, but oh well. Maybe I can add some mud or dirt later to even it out. Depends on what the BG and sky are goung to look like, though. I want to go nuts with the lighting.
21:10 - Working on buttons and other shiny things.
21:28 - Worked on the helmet some more. It's looking rather menacing now. Hehehe....
21:37 - Time to take some time off. I fixed the broom lineart, did some odds and ends, tweked the helmet.

SESSION TIME: 1:07
TOTAL TIME: 13:17

20030808
24:56 - Resuming. Working on the broom and stuff.
01:07 - Done with the broom head's basic shading. Need to get to work on the hands now... then I have to do textures and reflections.
01:32 - I need to make a second image to do some of the work with.....
01:41 - I sketched out the chestplate... Now I need to shade it and prepare an effect layer for it. Break time.

SESSION TIME: 0:45
TOTAL TIME: 14:02

20030810
08:01 - Resuming. Fucking piece of shit computer.... >_<!!!
08:18 - Woo... Working on the chest plate behind the figure's lenticular panel. Looking pretty good, but I have no idea what to do with the abdominals and whatnot. Maybe a six-pack of beer? Hahah.... Yeah, that would be in keeping with the tongue in cheek nature of this pic... hehe... Kinda like Ghetto Robo and Drunken Gundam. Taking a break for research.

SESSION TIME: 0:17
TOTAL TIME: 14:19

11:00 - Resuming. Working on abdominals.
11:27 - Hmph. Done with the right side of the sixpack... moving to the left side.
11:48 - Did the level 1 shading... now to get to the level 2 stuff.
12:19 - Done with the chestplate, and I imported it back into the original CG. Man, I gotta put off doing those fingers for as long as possible. What MIGHT be fun will be doing all the reflections, but I'll need to do the background first. I won't bother with colored lighting... I'll just have to remember to make the BG a daylight scene.
12:38 - Done for now. Worked on some of the strapped armor. Still saving the left leg....

SESSION TIME: 1:38
TOTAL TIME: 15:57

20030812
08:40 - Resuming.
09:18 - Shading all over the place. Armor, arms, etcetera. Kinda rushing, but it's only on stuff that doesn't require fine detail.
09:57 - Making good progress. Time to work on the elbow straps.
10:38 - Working on the damn fingers and the rest of the arms.
11:25 - Still working... Did the spatula arm, the pack, and some straps... Now to get to that right leg... after a break.

SESSION TIME: 2:15
TOTAL TIME: 18:13

20030814
04:00 - Resuming. =_= Like I said in June, I was going to be offline sooner or later. Looks like sooner. >_< Hmph. The computer I CG on has a broken diskette drive, so I can't even upload files from a disk, not that I could get to the library anymore.
04:24 - Did the right leg and the right boot's tread.
04:42 - Odds and ends all over....
05:32 - I'm getting tired of CGing, and I feel kinda nauseous. =_= Almost done with the basics, but without internet access, doing the BG is going to be practically impossible. =_= Break.

SESSION TIME: 1:32
TOTAL TIME: 19:45

20030821
21:50 - Fuckin' HELL! I finally fixed this fucking comp after it fucking died a week ago. >_<!!!! Let's hope it holds together now. I lost a good HDD to this fucking mess, and I lost Azumanga Daioh with it!! Gay keyboard... Well, resuming.
22:10 - Damn, I'm out of practice... Shading the right leg.... Still got nothing for the BG.
22:15 - I'm not so mush rushing as I am moving hurriedly.
22:28 - I guess I'm essentially done with the basics... Now for the background, then the effects and reflections. Ugh...
22:46 - Cloudy sky done.... Sky effects, contrails, et al later. Now for some light effects on the B.A.T. Ciggy, faceplate.
22:54 - Don't want to go nuts... so I just lit the fingers and the smoke. Whee... I think I'll forgo the sniper rifle... I don't trust this comp enough to spend much more time on this CG. I'll need to get some more reference for the sky... but I suppose I might have the pics I need to do the ground. Break.

SESSION TIME: 1:04
TOTAL TIME: 20:49

20030823
04:15 - BG time.
04:55 - Coming along nicely. The sky is nearly done, and the ground is looking better by the minute. I still need to add some grass and rocks. Parched dirt and stone don't exactly do much.
05:23 - Meh, a little grass should break up the monotony. Now to get the back-background. Maybe a low range.
05:27 - Getting tired... =_=
05:55 - God, the BG looks beautiful... Maybe I can finish tonight/this morning. Just have to shade the left leg's boot "cuff".
06:34 - Sun's rising... and I'm done. This one's dedicated to my poor cat, Tom, who was killed last night by some fucker doing 50+ in a 25 zone.

SESSION TIME: 2:19
TOTAL TIME: 23:08