Buffalo Minuteman

Trying to make the mascot for the Kansas National Guard a Buffalo Soldier.  He is in Minuteman form.

I need to learn more about the different brushes..

Applying for the God of War

I had a little down time at work.  I am very happy how this came out.  I was testing multiplying, overlay and normal settings.  Each character has a layer for those colors.  Than after I was done with them I put an multiply texture on top to give it a grunge feel.  I hope you enjoy and I had fun with Kali and Wrinkle the White Knight

My issue with the Xbox 360 Fifa 12 hack

I am a very laid back guy and do not ask for trouble.... but trouble always finds a way.

Over a week ago I was introduced to the Fifa 2012 hack.  Within a fast period my account was hacked, charged over $125 and I was locked out.  Many thoughts ran through mind.  Frustration that this even happened, that it was through my live account, that I don't have access to my save data and all my Microsoft devices were messed up.  This includes my phone, my zune and of course my console.  As soon as I found out I called xbox 360 customer support.  They actually worked very well for me.  They locked my account and started the recovery process.  After I got off the phone I cancelled my credit card, just in case that was stolen.  Within three days they had my account back in my hands and I had access to everything.  (Except for access to my live account on my phone.  That is just a bad design flaw).  Now this is where it gets weird.  My account was in my hands, but it had the same name in the email as the one that stole, but it was to a different @ location.  There was already a second email attached to it that I did not own.  This freaked me out.  I quickly got on the phone and xbox customer support helped me.  everything was secured and I haven't had problems since knock on wood.

I still would like a more official statement as to why this is happening.  There are two coincidences I can't ignore, the hack happened a few hours after I put Microsoft points on my account and the whole second email being attached.  This feels like an inside job more and more.  I wish there was also more security measures were in place.  I would pay to have a usb dongle that would recover my live account, reset my password and that way I know I could always keep it safe.   This is just a rant more frustrated that he was bothered by a stupid scam than anything else.  I will say it sounds like I am an exception though to what has happend.  Most are locked out for 30 days or more.  I hope that others that go through this are lucky like me and recover it fast.

Warning Labels, Protecting the stupid

One day when I was younger my dad went on a lecture.  This is lecture was about how when you see an obvious warning sign, that it is there to protect the stupid people.   If you take away all the warning signs all the idiots would die and our gene pool would get deeper.   I am starting to notice we are even protecting the biggest morons.  I am starting to agree with this more and more when I get older.