Shout Box archive

12 May 20:24

Hobitt

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is facebook a good place or is it useless

12 May 20:24

Amit Dutta

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So start doing it

12 May 20:24

Hobitt

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true

12 May 20:23

Amit Dutta

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If you want jobs, you have to start applying for them and approaching people.

12 May 20:23

Hobitt

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i did start posting on my dA it seems getting views

12 May 20:23

Amit Dutta

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on the client side

12 May 20:22

Amit Dutta

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Sure, but it's less than half of the skills needed in my experience! So my advice would be...get any practice you can in now....

12 May 20:22

Hobitt

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i mean its not a bad thing the better you are skill wise the better job you can get

12 May 20:22

Amit Dutta

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Everyone gets caught up on art skills, little knowing what a cluster fuck they are letting themselves into down the line

12 May 20:21

Hobitt

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yeah its like running a buisness it also requires knowledge and experience

12 May 20:21

Amit Dutta

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Yet nobody tells you this until you have to jump in and do it

12 May 20:20

Amit Dutta

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Here's the thing most people here don't realise I guess. The freelance side of things, is a skill and a practice you have to be on top of as well, and is probably 50% or more of the importance of things, than the skill side.

12 May 20:20

Hobitt

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well considering how little i earn with part time job it wouldnt take much to quit it lol

12 May 20:19

Amit Dutta

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Specifially check out the dA forums job offers....most things are in the low 100s / sub 100, though not everythign!

12 May 20:19

Hobitt

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yeah i guess getting the taste of thing can make you understand the situation better

12 May 20:19

Amit Dutta

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I jumped into freelance about two years before I did it seriously and the experience taught me how not ready I was for the real deal. It is a great thing to do to get some experience working for others period

12 May 20:17

Amit Dutta

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but dA is probably your best bet. Also check out http://gamedevmap.com/

12 May 20:17

Hobitt

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yeah cause want to start at this point since if i keep waiting to be "good enough"n it will never happen

12 May 20:17

Amit Dutta

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You can probably find stuff on ca.org jobs. Some low level idie's post on there

12 May 20:16

Amit Dutta

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if you are after game related

12 May 20:16

Amit Dutta

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Also try polycount.

12 May 20:16

Amit Dutta

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dA

12 May 20:16

Hobitt

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also question i want to get like low end commisions atleast 50$ range where is the best place to self promote to get that stuff

12 May 20:15

Amit Dutta

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Adobe is like MS or Apple, don't be fooled

12 May 20:15

Amit Dutta

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Experimentation is key to keep up!

12 May 20:15

Hobitt

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yeah i think adobe is still dosent like people using it for painting its like a weird insecurity they have

12 May 20:14

Amit Dutta

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Funny how it's such a big deal for PS users....been around for ever with Painter, and Gimp and Krita :P

12 May 20:14

Hobitt

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trying everything i wouldnt do usually

12 May 20:14

Hobitt

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yeah it seems to me that the theme of this CC for me is experimenation

12 May 20:13

Amit Dutta

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cool..always good to find new techniques

12 May 20:13

Hobitt

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i can get the same effect by just changing the setting its a very flexible tool

12 May 20:13

Hobitt

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it seems to me that it makes the basic brush obsolete