Commented 11 years ago2013-09-03 11:35:43 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67356
@Archie: What's Stu doing? Because seriously, I don't find anything wrong with what his saying.
@Tetsu0: I have a Wacom Bamboo Gen 3, annnnnnnnnd, I don't like using it... I'm a Traditional Artist at heart, and I only started digital end of last year, bought a tablet beginning of last year. I sketch things Trad then just line and colour dig. using either Paint.Net or Gimp 2 (Free Programs)(Not interested in buying better programs these ones do exactly what I need for now.)
Tell you what dude, if you get into the Automation industry, and you know your shit, you are SUPER VALUABLE!
Some of these programming packages cost $10,000-$50,000. That's a huge initial investment, but they're no more different than the $200 packages. The thing is, these big companies don't want to invest that much in a single-time use thing, so they hire 3rd party contractors to do programming for them. Your client specs and buys the hardware, you show up on site with your Lambo and Laptop and type type type type DONE.
Learn to master the $200 systems, and then take a bank-loan to get the better sofware suite.
Its the equivalent of making the Wal-mart t-shirts, vs Polo Ralph Lauren. They both get the job done, but the name-brand is more recognizable and has subtle advantages - such as higher quality and the name-brand recognizably.
So if you HAVE the name brand programming packages, and you HAVE work experience, and you know your shit... you can work as a freelance programmer, setting your own hours and wages.
$50/hr is cheap for any company, and your only overhead is travel costs, and the initial product investment which can be paid off in about 6mo working 40hrs/week. After that its profit profit profit.
Get some big-name contracts in there, build some reputation, and your cost/hr can increase almost yearly...
My company does the same thing. We hire this dude out for $130/hr to program the bigger name PLCs. He shows up in his 2012 convertible corvette wearing flip flops and Khaki shorts. He's in and out in 3 Hours - pocketing $390... Yeah - His life sucks.
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-03 07:23:23 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67355
No, its the downside of the internet X) There are also some really awesome people.
I got donate $1000 from some random to give away Premium Memberships, points and other dA merchandise and host contests... That was like 1 and 1/2 years ago. Great guy, a lot of people tried to take advantage of him so he left the community.
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-03 04:52:09 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67354
I don't know, threesomes are pretty fun ;P XD
@Archie: Yeah, within the last year dA has been concentrating on the commission side of things. Though they have been failing... (The take 10%, so no one has been using their way.)
@Kraken: I get quite a lot of commissions and I don't do much (social-life wise).
@DiscoStu: ACTUAL artistic nude, yeah, I wanna try that too. (Probably not model though XD I'm usually behind the camera.)
I worked at a photography shop as an assistant for awhile, boss was a bitch but it was SOOOO much fun. I love doing photography, though I'm more into Nature and b/w neg portraits then normal people pictures. Weddings are worth all the boring clique stuff though, there is so much money in it. XD
Naww that's sweet of you. Scott can suck it up, most of my friends are male and the amount of flirting that goes on when Scott is standing right next to me is insane. And no most of the time they aren't joking. XD
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-03 00:21:12 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67329
I didn't know DA was set up for enabling commissions and getting artists some income. That's cool. What are DA points? Do they translate to real-world money at all?
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-02 18:06:25 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67339
Heh, artistic nude. I always said I want to try doing that sometime, but I have yet to come across a volunteer and no clients wanted that so far either.
I work as a photographer for hire, so I understand perfectly your lack of motivation. I very often find myself doing a job and thinking I'm doing crap photos, boring images that have no appeal and are of no artistic value whatsoever. But then I think, people pay me to do this. They WANT these dull, bland, uninteresting pictures, and they LIKE the way I do them or they wouldn't be hiring me in the first place.
It's hard to put it into words, but I find a bit of solace in thinking it means something to someone, even if I don't share that interest at all. But I keep thinking, this is what keeps me in the loop, what helps me make myself a place in the market to later be able to show off the good stuff. You've got to start somewhere, and this is one of the options.
Some photos are incredibly important to people, such as wedding pictures. I can see and feel the importance of the ones at the altar, with the ring, etc. I don't share that passion with the rest of the event, and I sometimes end up shooting them with disinterest. They even look all the same to me sometimes. But seeing how it turns out they mean just as much to the clients keeps me motivated to give them the best photos I can take.
With all due respect, if you don't mind me saying, I personally believe you're really good looking despite the things you do to your hair My apologies in advance to Scotch because I'm not supposed to say this to a girl that I know is taken, but if it serves as an excuse I'm saying it professionally as a photographer rather than as a random wanker from the internet.
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-02 12:17:00 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67353
Well, she was originally going to be a guy... XD But then my parents liked the meaning of the name so it stay with her. It was also unique. My family has a thing for unique names. XD I mean, my other sister is called Sjarni, how common is that, especially of here in Australia.
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-02 09:49:03 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67350
$1.50. They don't take long, and I'm still mastering the style.
Ergh! But, my dA is full of shitty anime stuff... >-> And pictures of me... being girly!!! XD
http://la--volpe.deviantart.com/ Have fun shuffling through 3 + years of shit, and ignore my dodgy digital art, I've only just started doing digital art recently.
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-02 09:00:11 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67349
XD Thankies.
Depends what it is. I range from $1 - $20 (AUD) base prices, depending on the style. Then additional charges for extra characters, backgrounds, Soft Shade or Cell shade, animals.... There are a lot of variables.
People like making things complicated so we go out and spend money on people who can do it for us. It sucks XD
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-02 08:23:46 UTC
in journal: #8238Comment #67344
Ditheriiiiing Me likey.
How much do you charge for commissions any way?
I always plan out something i want to do. Realizing it is a challenge, but the goal is clear. Just like right now, where i spent 4 hours trying to configure XMS to utilize 64 megs of extended memory. But the dumb thing only uses conventional memory. So now I'm reading a shit load of shit because no one EVER had an idea that MAYBE they should document it step by step and not just - yea load this and that, you know what you shouldn't load.
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-02 07:48:53 UTC
in journal: #8235Comment #49473
Fish that mofo ate, octopus tentacles, was nice, yet everyone lost their appetite. They contemplated removing their eyes and whispered "Hallelujah". However, Death often anthropomorphizes them into little tadpoles. While Urby became gay, I became fabulous.
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-02 07:47:58 UTC
in journal: #8235Comment #49499
Fish that mofo ate, octopus tentacles, was nice, yet everyone lost their appetite. They contemplated removing their eyes and whispered "Hallelujah". However, Death often anthropomorphizes them into little tadpoles. While Urby became gay, I became fabulous.
Commented 11 years ago2013-09-02 06:18:34 UTC
in journal: #8235Comment #49484
Fish that mofo ate, octopus tentacles, was nice, yet everyone lost their appetite. They contemplated removing their eyes and whispered "Hallelujah". However, Death often anthropomorphizes them into little tadpoles. While Urby became gay, I became fabulous.
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Commented 11 years ago2013-09-01 20:39:26 UTC
in journal: #8235Comment #49472
Fish that mofo ate, octopus tentacles, was nice, yet everyone lost their appetite. They contemplated removing their eyes and whispered "Hallelujah". However, Death often anthropomorphizes them into little tadpoles. While Urby became gay, I became
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Commented 11 years ago2013-09-01 15:38:47 UTC
in journal: #8235Comment #49489
Fish that mofo ate, octopus tentacles, was nice, yet everyone lost their appetite. They contemplated removing their eyes and whispered "Hallelujah". However, Death often anthropomorphizes them into little tadpoles. While Urby became gay, I
@Tetsu0: I have a Wacom Bamboo Gen 3, annnnnnnnnd, I don't like using it... I'm a Traditional Artist at heart, and I only started digital end of last year, bought a tablet beginning of last year. I sketch things Trad then just line and colour dig. using either Paint.Net or Gimp 2 (Free Programs)(Not interested in buying better programs these ones do exactly what I need for now.)
http://www.freelancer.com/work/freelance-plc-programming/1/
Tell you what dude, if you get into the Automation industry, and you know your shit, you are SUPER VALUABLE!
Some of these programming packages cost $10,000-$50,000. That's a huge initial investment, but they're no more different than the $200 packages. The thing is, these big companies don't want to invest that much in a single-time use thing, so they hire 3rd party contractors to do programming for them. Your client specs and buys the hardware, you show up on site with your Lambo and Laptop and type type type type DONE.
Learn to master the $200 systems, and then take a bank-loan to get the better sofware suite.
Its the equivalent of making the Wal-mart t-shirts, vs Polo Ralph Lauren.
They both get the job done, but the name-brand is more recognizable and has subtle advantages - such as higher quality and the name-brand recognizably.
So if you HAVE the name brand programming packages, and you HAVE work experience, and you know your shit... you can work as a freelance programmer, setting your own hours and wages.
$50/hr is cheap for any company, and your only overhead is travel costs, and the initial product investment which can be paid off in about 6mo working 40hrs/week.
After that its profit profit profit.
Get some big-name contracts in there, build some reputation, and your cost/hr can increase almost yearly...
My company does the same thing. We hire this dude out for $130/hr to program the bigger name PLCs. He shows up in his 2012 convertible corvette wearing flip flops and Khaki shorts. He's in and out in 3 Hours - pocketing $390...
Yeah - His life sucks.
Do you use a pen-tablet, mouse or a touchpad for your digital art?
I HIGHLY recommend a tablet! It's incredible how much better they are to draw with.
Also, what program do you use?
It'd be nice to be shown a little random appreciation, y'know?
NOTE: LaVolpe excluded from preceding statements.
EDIT: And Suture.
There are also some really awesome people.
I got donate $1000 from some random to give away Premium Memberships, points and other dA merchandise and host contests... That was like 1 and 1/2 years ago. Great guy, a lot of people tried to take advantage of him so he left the community.
@Archie: Yeah, within the last year dA has been concentrating on the commission side of things. Though they have been failing... (The take 10%, so no one has been using their way.)
@Kraken: I get quite a lot of commissions and I don't do much (social-life wise).
@DiscoStu: ACTUAL artistic nude, yeah, I wanna try that too. (Probably not model though XD I'm usually behind the camera.)
I worked at a photography shop as an assistant for awhile, boss was a bitch but it was SOOOO much fun. I love doing photography, though I'm more into Nature and b/w neg portraits then normal people pictures.
Weddings are worth all the boring clique stuff though, there is so much money in it. XD
Naww that's sweet of you. Scott can suck it up, most of my friends are male and the amount of flirting that goes on when Scott is standing right next to me is insane. And no most of the time they aren't joking. XD
Internet pervy like
What are DA points? Do they translate to real-world money at all?
I work as a photographer for hire, so I understand perfectly your lack of motivation. I very often find myself doing a job and thinking I'm doing crap photos, boring images that have no appeal and are of no artistic value whatsoever. But then I think, people pay me to do this. They WANT these dull, bland, uninteresting pictures, and they LIKE the way I do them or they wouldn't be hiring me in the first place.
It's hard to put it into words, but I find a bit of solace in thinking it means something to someone, even if I don't share that interest at all. But I keep thinking, this is what keeps me in the loop, what helps me make myself a place in the market to later be able to show off the good stuff. You've got to start somewhere, and this is one of the options.
Some photos are incredibly important to people, such as wedding pictures. I can see and feel the importance of the ones at the altar, with the ring, etc. I don't share that passion with the rest of the event, and I sometimes end up shooting them with disinterest. They even look all the same to me sometimes. But seeing how it turns out they mean just as much to the clients keeps me motivated to give them the best photos I can take.
With all due respect, if you don't mind me saying, I personally believe you're really good looking despite the things you do to your hair
XD That's what Porn is called on dA.
God no, no artistic nude, never again.
Dude, Nikola is my sister's name, I was like "Wait-wha? Oh male, nevermind."
Artistic Nude = good porn?
There you go.
Pron is good, but good porn :>
You should show me~! You know since I showed you my work.
Tell her dA's great, just ignore the idiots though... And the porn.
You'll get better if your practice
I did some digital art my self as well, but nothing professional or even mildly "good".
I'm trying to get Nina to open up dA, she also likes do draw around.
Ergh! But, my dA is full of shitty anime stuff... >-> And pictures of me... being girly!!! XD
http://la--volpe.deviantart.com/ Have fun shuffling through 3 + years of shit, and ignore my dodgy digital art, I've only just started doing digital art recently.
And whats your dA, i want to see what'cho yo got!
1. Find an parked Lamborghini Gallardo
2. Take out your crowbar
3. Disable the lock on the door
4. Hardwire the car
5. Violla! Drive away.
If that fails, follow these steps:
1. Place your left foot in front of your right foot
2. Place your right foot in front of your left foot
3. Repeat as fast as you can.
Depends what it is. I range from $1 - $20 (AUD) base prices, depending on the style. Then additional charges for extra characters, backgrounds, Soft Shade or Cell shade, animals.... There are a lot of variables.
People like making things complicated so we go out and spend money on people who can do it for us. It sucks XD
Me likey.
How much do you charge for commissions any way?
I always plan out something i want to do. Realizing it is a challenge, but the goal is clear. Just like right now, where i spent 4 hours trying to configure XMS to utilize 64 megs of extended memory.
But the dumb thing only uses conventional memory.
So now I'm reading a shit load of shit because no one EVER had an idea that MAYBE they should document it step by step and not just - yea load this and that, you know what you shouldn't load.
The next
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