23 Jul 07:47
--To ensure likelihood of survivability in case of a global asteroid strike.
Shout Box archive
23 Jul 07:46
--One guy told me that you should have copies of your work on your system, one backup on an external device, and another backup on an external device at a remote geographic location.
23 Jul 07:45
--I had my laptop and all my backups for all my work ever stolen about two years ago.
23 Jul 07:45
--Some people only had files of their paintings on CGHub, and when it went away their folio just disappeared. D:
23 Jul 07:45
--oh man yeah. I just mean right now I can at least still get my hand on a bunch of files I'm missing
23 Jul 07:44
--Websites can just go away too, though, remember the day CGHub disappeared?
23 Jul 07:44
--also I uploaded a bunch of my stuff on websites so at least it still exists there
23 Jul 07:43
--As digital artists we can make endless copies of our work, so we can actually have less chance of losing it.
23 Jul 07:42
--Well the same could happen if your paintings caught fire as a traditional artist, I believe some of the chemicals uses are flammable.
23 Jul 07:41
--it's so weird being a mostly digital artist. One day the work of several months can just be erased in mere seconds
23 Jul 07:39
--Even Bobby Chiu lost a lot of the high-res files of his earlier paintings 'cause his HD went belly-up. On the day when he quit his job to go freelance full time.
23 Jul 07:38
--You aren't the only one, Zip, I've seen professional artists lose big chunks of their folios that way.
23 Jul 07:31
--Public Service Annoucement: Don't be like me guys. Always have a back up of your important files on an external device.
23 Jul 06:49
--I'm sorry to hear that your sick and your laptop died on you, that sucks man. :^(
23 Jul 04:31
--haha no. i mean i already went to a real doctor. I just have to rest and hope it goes away. thanks for the concern though
23 Jul 04:14
--That sucks. Keep self hydrated & take rest zip. Also, don't check webMD...they tend to exaggerate.
23 Jul 02:46
--and if anyone's asking I'm writing this on a friend computer that I borrowed in order to distract myself from pain with silly internet videos