So I've decided on a namechange. I have to admit the whole decision isn't entirely rational, since the name "socksandjoggings" works just fine for what I'm doing. Sadly, I've grown to dislike it. I don't want to make this all too personal, but essentially I've been in need of somewhat of a new start. I have worked on three large projects that all flopped and there's been some events in my own life that have made me reconsider some things. I've thought about starting completely anew and abandoning all my accounts as "socksandjoggings", but in the end I decided to keep my YouTube account. I'd like to change my name on NG but as far as I know that's not possible, unless you have a really good reason for it.
Anyway, the first of those three projects was an asymmetrical fantasy RTS on which I worked together with a friend. When it became clear that this project was too big for the both of us we decided on something smaller. This second project was a Rampage-inspired game, however my friend couldn't quite find the time to work on it since his own life was getting busy. The last project was a miniseries of Metroid-based fan-animations, as an imagining of what Samus Aran's early bounty hunting life would be like. This is where it finally got through my dense skull that I was being overly ambitious.
Other than those projects I've done some painting, got back into crosshatching, made some portraits and most recently I've been getting deeper into Blender, which now bore some fruit. Somewhat to my surprise I'm actually enjoying figuring out all the little technicalities that come with 3D-software. There's many things I'd like to make, this time I have to try my best to go about it sensibly.
To everyone that recognises me/my work, I do appreciate it. Hope to see you on the flip side!
