Shout Box archive

29 Jun 15:05

Jan Kloidt

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how do you find those contacts, through other contacts? the only ones i tend to find are studios with an online presence and they're usually booked out or way above my skill level

29 Jun 15:04

Jan Kloidt

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yeah, congrats!

29 Jun 15:04

Amit Dutta

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thanks

29 Jun 15:04

Amit Dutta

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Awesome indie client actually...I was surprised

29 Jun 15:04

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whoa congrats on the 1k gig man

29 Jun 15:04

Amit Dutta

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Every time I get a new contact, I up my rate a bit lol. They don't know

29 Jun 15:03

Jan Kloidt

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i'm doing 6 fanart pieces for games workshop atm to get into it so i really nail the art test, really tough when you notice midway that something that you like doesnt fit their ip and you need to figure out how to get there, but it's a ton of learning

29 Jun 15:03

Amit Dutta

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Bit of both

29 Jun 15:03

Amit Dutta

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Cracked my first 1k gig recently though, which was a goal I had, so a bit of progress..

29 Jun 15:03

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Was it just that you asked for more pay or did you suddenly see more attention on your work?

29 Jun 15:03

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for sure

29 Jun 15:02

Amit Dutta

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Can dry up at any moment

29 Jun 15:02

Amit Dutta

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I struggled hugely with that in the first year....now I'm getting better rates, but still do the 200 dollar ones too

29 Jun 15:02

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yeah

29 Jun 15:02

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hopefully a studio job

29 Jun 15:02

Amit Dutta

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entry level freelance is tough that way

29 Jun 15:01

Amit Dutta

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yeah better consistency and rates

29 Jun 15:01

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I want to do more character design just something more stable than random people with a couple hundred bucks you know

29 Jun 15:01

Amit Dutta

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hmmm. don't stress when doing the pieces....it will show up in the pieces

29 Jun 15:01

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same Jan thats another reason why im stressed on these new pieces they have to be good enough to get me better jobs

29 Jun 15:00

Amit Dutta

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Ok, what do you want to do more of...

29 Jun 15:00

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mostly childrens book gigs oddly enough, and some kickstarter boardgames that never got released

29 Jun 14:59

Jan Kloidt

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thats cool tho, ive sent mine to hundreds of people and got nothing back

29 Jun 14:59

Amit Dutta

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Character design?

29 Jun 14:59

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but not the type i want

29 Jun 14:58

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yeah thats why i havent really been able to update the last year. Ive just been working on gigs

29 Jun 14:58

Jan Kloidt

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i like it, did you get gigs with it?

29 Jun 14:57

Amit Dutta

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Practicality...interesting

29 Jun 14:57

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yeah lol

29 Jun 14:57

Amit Dutta

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haha I remember some of these pieces from way back

29 Jun 14:57

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They told me the designs lacked practicality so thats what im working on and showing my thought process

29 Jun 14:56

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those were the pieces i showed to Fengs students