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Author: J. A. Heath

  • What a ride!

    Well, the last page of Issue 1 goes up this Tuesday (Sept 24, 2013 for those of you in the future!)

    I have learned a lot about my art, my storytelling and the creative process during this trip.  I am going to take a couple of weeks off before I start posting Issue 2.
    You can always find me over at my blog, talking about this and that.  Stop on by and say hi.

    Things are going to get pretty cool for Suzi in Issue 2.  Maybe I will post a couple of panels to whet your appetite while we wait for the next book to kick off…

  • Busy busy busy!

    Working on a sci-rpg source book and website.  Things are going good here.  Suzi is still on track, and I don’t see any delays with her.  I just haven’t been able to keep up the secondary posts here like I would like, but that will pick back up this fall.  I will have a ton of projects going live in Sept-Oct, so things are getting hectic!

  • Something different

    I wanted to do something a bit different than the usual Suzi pinup.

     

    Suzi_hatch_small

  • Sunday Science: Remember those knowledge crystals from Superman?

    Well, looks like a team from the University of Southhampton’s Optoelectronics Research Center and Eindhoven’s University of Technology have created such a thing.

    They were able to create the first document that will outlast the human race.  Using laser’s and a storage structure that  consists of self-assembled nanostructures within fused quartz, the team copied 300kb of data to an object that can withstand temperatures up to 1,832 Fahrenheit.

    Subatomic neutrino tracks

    What’s more, this new structure is capable of holding up to 360tb of data.

    Wow.

    And that is just the start.  Where will this technology be in 5, 10 or even 15 years?  Imagine, the entire sum of knowledge of the human race can now exist long after we are gone.

    Let’s just make sure it’s not all cat videos and Jersey Shore reruns…

    Go check out the article here,  and ponder the implications of this breakthrough.

  • Out of this world!

    Now here is a sports car that Suzi can get behind!

     

     

    Out of this world!
    Out of this world!

     

  • Shameless self promotion

    I have completely reworked my blog over at jaheath.com.

    Come by and give me a shout, you never know what you will find…

  • Suzi in a RPG?

    I have been looking at Slipstream from Pinnacle Games as a setting for some Suzi Quazar game action.

    If you are into role playing games, you can’t go wrong with the Savage Worlds game system and settings.

    Slipstream
    Slipstream

  • Celebrate your Independence!

    no matter where you are! Too many bad people out there want to take it away from you!

    Celebrate Independence
    Celebrate Independence

  • Saturday Sneak Peek: Animated Suzi

    I have been studying animation off and on since I first picked up Preston Blair’s Animation book waaay back in the early 70’s. I was fascinated with cartoons. Still am. Somewhere along the way, I guess I grew up and forgot about making cartoons. Then computers came along and boom, here we are. I have been working with 3D animation since the 90’s but never really did much character work with it. That’s changing with Suzi.

    Animated Suzi
    Animated Suzi
    I am going to get her animated as soon as I can. The problem I am running into is resources. I simply don’t have the computing power I need to produce the vision I have. The image you see here took 7.5 hours for the computer to create. Now when you figure I need 30 frames to make one second of video, that gives you an idea of what I am talking about. Sure, I am simplifying the matter a bit, but you get the overall idea.

    The good part is that I have a plan in place to be able to upgrade my current PC by the end of the year to a beast that will be able to get me animating like a boss.
    In the meantime, I am will start posting some of my shorter works to get you pumped up!

  • Saturday Sneak Peek: Space madness!

    Ok, so this isn’t really a sneak peek as it is just a peek. I love creating, and back in the day I was a fool for painting.
    So recently I had gotten interested in spray art. I love the free form nature and the challenge of using everyday materials to make something super cool.

    I wanted to give my PC a Suzi inspired facelift, and so a quick trip to grab some spray paint later, here we are.  It’s a ton of fun, and I am thinking about posting some original Suzi spray art for sale.  I would encourage anyone that thinks this is cool to look up spray art on youtube.  With just a little practice,  you can make some awesome looking art.

    I would love to see what you guys can make!

    Spray art space painting
    Spray art space painting