http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/04/22/3-time-estimate-tips-for-contractors/ Jon Jones is an Art Production Manager at NCsoft Austin, one of the most respected and successful video game studios in the world. He's hellbent on learning to be a better artist, manager and human being, and has a penchant for writing about it. Here he shares his thoughts and advice on personal development with the world at large! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/04/22/3-time-estimate-tips-for-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-17272 Jon Jones Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:03:40 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/04/22/3-time-estimate-tips-for-contractors/#comment-17272 haha, jesus, that's a really good one. I'm adding that. Thanks! haha, jesus, that’s a really good one. I’m adding that. Thanks!

]]> http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/04/22/3-time-estimate-tips-for-contractors/comment-page-1/#comment-17270 Scott Hsu-Storaker Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:47:40 +0000 http://www.thejonjones.com/2007/04/22/3-time-estimate-tips-for-contractors/#comment-17270 Another one that occurred to me as I was reading this (really a variation on #1) is something I come across almost every day at work. Don't forget to factor in time for reviews. Every time you send in some artwork to the art manager, you will get some sort of feedback. So, when Mr. Jones on Monday says "I want this done by Friday", make sure you send him something for first review on Tuesday, expect to not get feedback until Wednesday and then make sure you turn around revisions by Thursday. By the time deadline approaches on Friday, there really should be no surprises and only a few tweaks should be left at most. Oh, and make sure you are on the ball enough so that you don't run into a situation where you start blaming the client for not getting you feedback soon enough. Scott Another one that occurred to me as I was reading this (really a variation on #1) is something I come across almost every day at work. Don’t forget to factor in time for reviews. Every time you send in some artwork to the art manager, you will get some sort of feedback. So, when Mr. Jones on Monday says “I want this done by Friday”, make sure you send him something for first review on Tuesday, expect to not get feedback until Wednesday and then make sure you turn around revisions by Thursday. By the time deadline approaches on Friday, there really should be no surprises and only a few tweaks should be left at most. Oh, and make sure you are on the ball enough so that you don’t run into a situation where you start blaming the client for not getting you feedback soon enough. Scott

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