Shout Box archive

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

29 Jun 14:56

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https://nicholascato.carbonmade.com/projects/5548653

29 Jun 14:56

Amit Dutta

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ok, lemme see anyway :)

29 Jun 14:56

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lol Jan

29 Jun 14:55

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yes but its the old stuff none of the new stuff im working on currently

29 Jun 14:55

Jan Kloidt

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that sounds naughty

29 Jun 14:55

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so to try and make sure that what they said doesnt go on deaf ears is sort of stressful lol

29 Jun 14:55

Amit Dutta

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just so I can have a squizz

29 Jun 14:55

Amit Dutta

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do you have a folio link btw