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I wonder how do you guys deal with meltdown or cooldown? How do you get back on track? After being for months in trenches working on Halo book I found myself in a blank state. There are lots of personal paintings to be finished (also comic pages and a game) but I don't want to touch my brushes. Doesn't feel like a depression/exhaustion as I keep going to work, run errands and do chores. Images and ideas are still popping up so it's not a creative block either. Maybe it's some sort of cooldown phase after you run the marathon? I dunno... just hope it's not a permanent one.
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Eclipse vs Classic
First off, I assume DA staff is a professional team and their decisions are based on solid data, design skills and knowledge, understanding trends and community needs. In short, they know what they do. In contrast, agnidevi (https://www.deviantart.com/agnidevi) is just a random dude who happens to use DA for sharing his scribbles, enjoying art and community interaction.
As I understand, DA wants ‘to bring back the big fish’ – professionals, content creators, influencers by providing an appealing modern look and feel, easy to use UI and awesome features. These are good and reasonable intentions. And who the heck would oppose that?
So let’s see how it
Shine | Prover music video
I know everybody has different preferences, but I'd like to share some things I've stumbled upon recently. ;)
「Shine」theme song performed by Leo Ieiri (家入レオ) from Fuji TV drama "The Frog Princess" (カエルの王女さま) aired in 2012:
In contrast,「Prover」by milet have a different vibe with great vocals and performance (and fits pretty well as Babylonia's ED Theme):
Though I'm not a big fan of Russian covers, this K/DA - POP/STARS cover by Sati Akura nail it perfectly:
Sugaan Essena - The Hu Music Video
Well, can you imagine hearing this in Star Wars universe? Awesome mix of throat singing and rock music performed by Mongolian band The Hu.
Boondocks Animated TV Show seeks Artists
Got a message from Sony Pictures Animation and I thought that some of you may be interested!
The Boondocks team looking for the following artists (full time or freelance):
Background DesignerBackground Painter - Environment ArtistProp DesignerStory ArtistGraphic Designer (Logos and Type to be used in the Animated Show)
The detailed requirements for some of these positions could be found here and there. The style for Boondocks is Realistic with a strong Anime bent to it.
You can apply via website or contact Tiffany Herrington (therrington@spanimation.com), who is a recruiter at SPA working with Seung Kim and Charles Lee.
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I heard this somewhere, paraphrased, of course: If you make your hobby your job, there will times when you absolutely won't want to do it; you'll hate it, and you'll want to quit. But it's your job now, so you just got to grit your teeth and push through it.
How I get through a meltdown is to push through it, and then find something that really, really interests me.
Example: I like to participate in "literate" Roleplays; basically you and a group of friends write a story together. In my particular group we were averaging about 800-1000 words a piece every day... And for about two months I absolutely *loathed* it. Although we'd been writing everyday for over a year, I suddenly dreaded going online and adding my section; It wasn't like I lacked ideas, I just... really didn't want to do it. For one week I went AWOL and avoided everyone; when the guilt finally overcame my apathy I logged back into my group and staring posting again. I never did regain my motivation for participating in that particular story, though; I had to use sheer discipline to write my parts. In fact, it wasn't until we ended that story arc and start a new one did I really become interested and excited to write again.
How I get through a meltdown is to push through it, and then find something that really, really interests me.
Example: I like to participate in "literate" Roleplays; basically you and a group of friends write a story together. In my particular group we were averaging about 800-1000 words a piece every day... And for about two months I absolutely *loathed* it. Although we'd been writing everyday for over a year, I suddenly dreaded going online and adding my section; It wasn't like I lacked ideas, I just... really didn't want to do it. For one week I went AWOL and avoided everyone; when the guilt finally overcame my apathy I logged back into my group and staring posting again. I never did regain my motivation for participating in that particular story, though; I had to use sheer discipline to write my parts. In fact, it wasn't until we ended that story arc and start a new one did I really become interested and excited to write again.