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I accidentally the whole 5 years

Fri Aug 28, 2009, 2:32 PM


It's been 5 years since I joined deviantart with this account, as of august 30th! I remember it was `jasonvelocity who convinced me to join back when I was just getting interested in digital art. It was definitely one of the factors in my pursuing communication arts as a career, and my own style has evolved partially because of influences I've discovered on this site. I've also met a ton of friends here. All in all, it was a good move and I don't regret a thing ;)

Also I am surprised to find I'm almost at 400k pageviews O_O I won't offer a kiriban this time because I never end up having time to do them, but I wonder if the ding will coincide with my anniversary.

Still looking for somewhere to go once I leave college.. if I continue to improve I might (miiiight) be good enough to work for WotC, but I doubt they'd hire me right now. Still I think I could probably find work at a younger company. Trying to remain optimistic about it =p I can't really find a good way to work Thorns into my resume. Is it actual work or is it just the stuff of a hobby? I don't know.

Also, once I'm more freed up, I'm doing serious thinking about pursuing Madland in a formal way. My style has changed a lot since starting the comic, so I'd probably have to start over again, which I wouldn't mind too much. I'm still "mad" about the story (har har chuckles) maybe more so than any I've ever written, probably because I would get to draw a lot of kids fighting each other, monsters and dinosaurs, etc.

anyway that's all the news from the home front. back to work! :)

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:iconlife-take:
I remember the first time I'd heard of you was way back when I used to post in the complaints forum (had a different username then) literally like 5 years ago. Woooowww time passes
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`thundercake Sep 9, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
oh, what was your username?
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:iconlife-take:
faroresama, I'm not saying you SHOULD remember me (I'm no bigshot or anything XD) but I remember the cool pixel avatar (of i guess it was yourself) you used to have, and the boob one hahaha XD
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`thundercake Sep 10, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
I do remember you :) why'd you change your username?
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Cool, you remember! I didn't really identify with it anymore artwise (I still use it for other accounts) since I'd used it since middle school, so I wanted to distance myself from that. It was just the name of a video game character; I needed a name for myself!
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:iconfractal-inversion:
I've worked in a few (video) game companies now (doing concept art and modeling etc). People tend to think that the games industry is hard to get into but really, once you're in it seems weird to have ever worried in the first place (particularly when one has the l33t skillz like yourself). What I'm saying is, you'll be fine. And I'd add the Thorns stuff for sure, particularly if you'd rather be designing things as well as just creating art.
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`thundercake Sep 2, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Thank you for your advice! I hope that's true.. I always like to look back and wonder why I worried :P
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:iconeviecats:
Happy 5 year sweetie! :cake:
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:icon626elemental:
You've got the stuff, just keep applying till someone realizes how awesome you are ;)
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:iconapplefritter:
Happy 5 year Anniversary! I'm so glad to have known you. Now that I look back, I can't even remember how I found you which is kind of frustrating...though I do remember winning a contest you held after I found you (and swiping up a kiriban I believe). :)

Also, I think Thorns definitely counts as experience, but I'll bet it's more for certain positions. You've done such a good job with writing up the story and planning everything out (how you keep track of so much detail is beyond me) that a potential employer looking at the Wiki would have to be at least a teensy bit impressed. Though I'm sure the difficulty of working it in would lessen if the job were something like Awesome-Made-Up-Worlds-Are-Us. :P
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