Me and Digital Art

Sometimes I feel so down while I am drawing. After sketching I look at it. I see limbs out of shape, too long or too short. And then I also struggle with try to draw the proper perspective. I just want to give up and I tell my self -”this is not for me. Maybe I should just stick to 3D modeling where I don't have to deal with certain issues”.

But then the next day I return to look at the drawing. I see all the mistakes I made with a fresh eye. I make the necessary corrections and the drawing no longer looks as bad. Then I think to myself, - “Bad drawing on the first day to pretty good drawing the next day. It's not a bad trade off.”

I just envy those artist who can make amazing drawings on their first couple four hours. But I guess I have to accept that I produce a little slower. Because every time I draw, I have to leave it for a while so I can properly see the mistakes later.

It is very similar when I am writing an article. After I write I have to leave the article for a while so I can edit it later with a fresh eye.

Neo Basic BB1EL Laptop/Netbook Performance Review

My nephews like to play Flash games. They like to play puzzle games, point and click games, side scrolling games, pet management games, store management games. And they are just four and five years old.

They also like watching cartoons on Youtube like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Tayo the Little Bus, Looney Tunes Old Donald Duck and Chipmunks cartoons, SpongeBob Squarepants, Pink Panther, Jungle Junction, and fan made Angry Bird cartoons,.

The problem is I usually get interrupted when I am working. So I've decided that I needed to buy a cheap laptop or notebook so that they won't disturb me anymore.

I've canvased in the malls and I've decided a Neo Basic BB1EL Laptop/ Netbook is my best option. After all, they are just going to use it to watch only videos and play Flash games.

So during the Christmas break I bought my chosen laptop/netbook.

BB1EL Performance

I replaced the default Ubuntu OS with Windows 7 Ultimate. Neo Basic BB1EL has no problem playing videos. It seems to play videos extremely well thanks to its APU/Graphic Processor AMD Radeon HD 6320. But I noticed that it lags on Flash games like Bubble Shooter and especially Farmville 2 on Facebook.

I checked the resources using Windows 7 Resource Monitors and I found out that Flash games are eating up most of the available memories.

Upgrading the RAM

When you open the Laptop you will see that it comes with only 1 SODIMM slot. So you will have no choice but to just replace the default 2Gig RAM that comes with it.

I made a mistake when I bought my new 4Gig SODIMM 1333 DDR3. I thought the laptop could only handle a 1333 but it can actually handle 10600. So be sure to buy a higher RAM model. My laptop could have been a little bit faster if I bought the correct RAM.

BB1EL Performance After Memory Upgrade

After upgrading the memory, my laptop has become a lot faster. No more frame skips while playing Flash games.

Come to think of it, the laptop would have been a lot faster if I used Windows XP. But that OS is less secure and is no longer supported. So that is just another option but not a recommended one.

Conclusion

If you are going to buy Neo Basic BB1EL Laptop/ Netbook just make sure to increase your RAM and I am sure you will be happy with its performance.

Happy New Year - 2013

First of all, Happy New Year to everyone whom by chance may pass by this  obscure blog of mine. I am sure you are full of hope that this year. You are thinking about  acquiring wealth, more possessions, accomplishments, and having good health this year.

That is just like us. We imagine good things every beginning of the year. As if they will happen by themselves, by chance of luck, magic, or some miracle.

But at the end of this year we will look  back and see that not everything turned out the way we imagined. Some sad things happened. And there were disappointments too. And our plans at the start - it turns out that not much were accomplished. Just like last year.

That is why this year, I'm not expecting anything. I am not going to think that 2013 will be good or bad.  If anything good is going to happen, it is because I willed it, I worked for it. With my own two hands and my intellect.

So how about you? What are you thinking this year?