Ryan Gates
05-28-2014, 07:09 PM
Hello! My name is Ryan Gates, and I'm an Alco... wait.. is this room 205? Shoot.
Well, since I'm here, I might as well admit I'm an artist too. I graduated from the DigiPen Institute of Technology in 2012, but am struggling to land a career in my degree field. While I am comfortably able to pay off my college debt with a Pizza Delivery job, I am looking for ways to crack my art blocks, my social anxiety over my art and style, and keep myself motivated to try new things and to improve with projects. I would like to be a video game artist and animator, but I would be equally comfortable with Flash or Toon Boom cartooning and animation. I consider myself an intermediate user of 3Ds Max and Maya, an expert with Photoshop and Flash, and a total noob when it comes to relaxing and not comparing my art to everyone else and curling up into a little ball of self pity and non-drawing.
So, It's nice to meet you all and maybe find some more motivation and companionship when it comes to doodles, drawings, and drudgery!
My current portfolio is available at www.TheEmeraldDragon.net. I tend to enjoy character art and animation, but would be mildly interested in environmental practice and expanding my range a few ways.
Well, since I'm here, I might as well admit I'm an artist too. I graduated from the DigiPen Institute of Technology in 2012, but am struggling to land a career in my degree field. While I am comfortably able to pay off my college debt with a Pizza Delivery job, I am looking for ways to crack my art blocks, my social anxiety over my art and style, and keep myself motivated to try new things and to improve with projects. I would like to be a video game artist and animator, but I would be equally comfortable with Flash or Toon Boom cartooning and animation. I consider myself an intermediate user of 3Ds Max and Maya, an expert with Photoshop and Flash, and a total noob when it comes to relaxing and not comparing my art to everyone else and curling up into a little ball of self pity and non-drawing.
So, It's nice to meet you all and maybe find some more motivation and companionship when it comes to doodles, drawings, and drudgery!
My current portfolio is available at www.TheEmeraldDragon.net. I tend to enjoy character art and animation, but would be mildly interested in environmental practice and expanding my range a few ways.