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Date Posted: 22:08:05 03/10/02 Sun
Author: Dare
Author Host/IP: sbproxy1.mystarhub.com.sg / 203.117.33.23
Subject: Re: happy art school dropout
In reply to: sean 's message, "happy art school dropout" on 07:22:04 03/09/02 Sat

>rather than developing skills to a hirable point, and
>THEN trying to get published, I'll just publish online
>and learn by doing. then I can develop my skills,
>while at the same time, developing a theoretical fan
>base. then I can start charging for my work, live off
>of it?

Not online. if it's one thing i've seen countless times, it's how net surfers are a lazy, uninitiated lot. If it's free and all, they'll flock to ya. Once they need to start paying, only a handful will bother, the rest will just move on and look for something else to fill their time with. How many websites have gone down the drain coz they started payment schemes. (On that note, Goodbye Geocities! Been fun using ya).

I'll start a revamped website once my stupid project is over, but I'll probably use that as a sort of online resume rather than a fanbase builder.

>need to just do and not care if it's good, learn as I
>go and get better, it'll be good in the end, and the
>next project will be even better, and so on. but
>starting is hard when you haven't done anything like
>this before.

Or, first impressions do count. If it isn't good, I as a reader/viewer will not bother checking it out again, even if it gets good in the end. Probably why I never bothered with Maison Ikkoku. Rumiko takahashi SUCKED in those days. gave up after 1 book.

It's one thing to post pics and stuff and say "help me improve" and another to say "Check out my work!". That Rob Lowe guy's the latter. I don't think he's that great, and i don't bother with his posts much nowadays. He doesn't really offer anything yet that makes me go "wow, cool", so why bother? the impression sticks, even if he'll improve into another Tung Nyugen or whatever.

You must complete your training! Mmmm, yesss!

Just my 2 cents.

>but now i'm in the bit where I understand why great
>writers take so long to finish things. part of it is
>making sure it's good, but most of it is getting to
>the point that you're willing to show it to people.

It's a good attitude, being self-critical. If more people working at my local TV station had it we wouldn't be bombarded by so much lousy Z-grade crap, for one thing. Those gits don't have an ounce of artistic appreciation in them. Most of them probably don't even understand the mechanics of film technique.

>er, anyways, you have a degree, that'll help get you
>crappy jobs easily. just remember, you may have a
>degree, but you still have to start at the bottom.
>it's just that the bottom, for you, is a bit higher
>than for the average person.

LOL, true!!

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