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Ignore the Anti-Learning Brigade.
“You can’t learn art.” Have you ever heard that? “You’re just born with it.” Or that? “Oh, that looks just awesome, don’t change a thing! It’s perfect.” How about that? People that say that are poison. I call them the Anti-Learning Brigade. The snobby intellectual \ artsy elite. They’ll play both angles… tell you that [...]
Personal inertia and engines of success!
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about personal inertia and change, and how no matter how hard you try, some things about yourself you can never change. And what to do about it. This past week or two I’ve been wrestling with myself over how best to spend my time, and how I naturally lean [...]
Destroy your timesinks.
Ever wonder where all your time goes? You get home from work, then practically before you know it, it’s bedtime. Where did all that time go? You sure didn’t get anything done, did you? I’ve been finding that happening to me a lot lately, and I decided to crack down. A few months back, I [...]
Problem = Steps to Solution
Apologies for the lack of posts lately! Been very busy at work and spending lots of time out enjoying life and having friends. Work so far at NCsoft is completely kick ass. For this game, I am the art department. We’re outsourcing all of our game’s art, which is terribly exciting for me since that’s [...]
WARNING: Narcissism inside!
Here’s a selfish little “me me me!” post. I try to avoid those but I’m just so tickled. I just re-dyed my hair, and let it grow out a couple more inches – but not in that order. Here’s a quickie shot I took of me last night with my cel phone: It’s gotten pretty tall, no?
Artists that kick ass.
Since I’m in a position where I actively screen, interview and hire artists now, I’ve been trekking across the net to find the best artists I can. Here’s a few artists I’ve really been enjoying: Skottie Young – This guy has an amazing cartoony style. Love it. Daryl Mandryk – Amazing action-filled fantasy and sci-fi [...]