General01 Dec 2006 09:48 pm
I’ve been doing this for nine years?
I just noticed that the nine-year anniversary of the release of Quake 2 was yesterday. I remember buying it the day it came out because I wanted to mod for it, because I’d been making art for Quake 1 for several months already. I guess that means I’ve been doing game art for over nine years, and working professionally on published titles for almost six years.
Weird, I never think about how much time has passed. I still feel like a newbie. :)
Ah well. Just a pretty startling observation for me.
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December 5th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
I don’t believe you!
That’d mean, that you started with 13 years of age and that you’re being paid for it, since you were 16.
I’m 20 now and not even close to being an art-slave for little money at a tiny game-developer.
I envy you!
Ok, in the end I model myself on you somehow. ;)
Keep going!
December 5th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
That’s true! I met Jon when he was 12, and we starting making Quake 1 mods. We collaborated on a pile of Quake 2 plug-in player models. Anyway, what Jon says is true. I’m working on my 10th year as a developer, and I hired jon as a character artist as soon as I could (back on GORE).
Anyway, do one push-up for every year you’ve been a developer (or every year you haven’t), plus one for every year of your age. Every hour on the hour. You’ll be rugged in a month!
December 11th, 2006 at 2:32 am
Keep kicking ass, Jon. And keep up your positive attitude and focus. I am always amazed at your drive.
December 16th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Pete, model yourself on yourself. :) Push forward and kick ass all you can, of course, but don’t try too hard to be someone else. Only you know your skills, gifts and natural inclinations, and the quicker you can start exploiting them the quicker you’ll get to kicking ass.
I used to look up to people and want to be like them. Titans of business, great artists, and successful people in general. But once I started building ridiculous amounts of self-confidence, I stopped thinking “How can I be like them?” and started thinking “What can I learn from them to make myself great?”
It’s a subtle shift, but the end result is that you get away from trying to follow in their footsteps and hoping they’ll make you successful, and start making your own footsteps and knowing WHY you’re making them and HOW they’ll bring you closer to success.
That’s not to say that I don’t let other people inspire the hell out of me. :)
Chris, I was 12? Dear god, I feel old now, and I’m not!
Brian, thanks, man. I really appreciate that. :)