Hello World

My name is Blake Hughes.  I'm from Rossford, Ohio, which is just south of Toledo. 

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I'm attempting a CS and DMA double-major here at Huntington and am currently on the JV soccer team.  I was initially hoping to pursue the animation side of DMA since it can overlap with various CS related jobs.  However, during this past year my English class was assigned a group project where we had to make a war documentary.  What was supposed to be a 1 month, 20 minute video project turned into a 1 year, 90 minute video project.  Doing that project and investing so much time and effort into its creation taught me a lot about film making (particularly what NOT to do as the majority of the year was spent correcting mistakes) and as a result I've found that I enjoy many elements of it.  So, for now I'm still trying to decide which course I should take.

While I've never really done anything with animation, I've always loved to draw.  I've won a few art contests and am currently competing in the Toledo Focus show, which had over 5000 initial entries and only 300 have been selected to compete.

After playing and watching video games develop over the years, I took a liking to the idea of making them.  So I suppose that video games and watching special effects in movies are what inspired me to pursue a CS and DMA double major.

A bit more about me:

• I'm a nerd tech-savvy
• I like non-fiction and fantasy novels
• I particularly enjoy war/action movies (kingdom of Heaven, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, Master and Commander, Etc.)
• My favorite TV show of all time is Boston Legal
• I like to watch good anime.
• Video games and soccer are my two favorite past-times