Posted by Onideus Mad Hatter on 11/17/05 10:50

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:02:18 -0600, Jim Polaski
<jpolaski@NOSPMync.net> wrote:

>> LOL...I'm not lookin for work, Junior. Teh government pays me plenty
>> already:
>> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/envirojobby.png

>Gosh, the new idea of borked type with a drop shadow. How novel. Do you
>really think this is rocket science design? It's competent, but
>certainly isn't going to set any worlds on fire.

....who said it was?

>> Not to mention a lot of the other work I do:
>> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/august.png

>A calendar? You really want to call that "design"?

Print design, actually...I wouldn't expect a deficient like you to
understand it.

>Please. Sure it's competent, but after that well....

....you know you're worthless when you don't have anything to nitpick
about. I'm just sayin, know yer role, Kiddo.

>> Do you have ANY idea how much that job paid? LOL
>>
>> See the neat trick about me...is that I'm a "know-it-all"...who
>> actually does! ROTFL `, D
>>
>> Not that I'm some genius or anything, I worked VERY hard to know what
>> I know...harder than some stupid ignorant fuck like you can ever even
>> BEGIN to imagine. Essentially I took 5 years out of my life to do
>> pretty much nothing but learn tech...and that was on top of an already
>> pretty extensive knowledge of repair and networking. Thing of it is,
>> Kiddo...I haven't stopped. I do only enough contract work to support
>> my monthly living expenses so I can invest all the rest of my time
>> into pushing my skillz further and further. The absolute best? Not
>> yet, but I'm workin on it. In any event though, I'm better than you.
>> You wanna know whose better than me?
>>
>> Well let's just take graphic design:
>> http://www.anry.ru/eng/gallery/gallery.htm
>> http://bleedman.snafu-comics.com/?strip_id=0
>> http://www.applegeeks.com/index.php
>> http://chugworth.com/

>Ok for what they are, cartoon sites.
>
>But in all these examples, where's the tasteful design? I've seen a lot
>of graphic tricks, but nothing new.

Anry's site is a cartoon site, huh? Did you even GO to those links,
Stupid? LOL

And most of those, it's not really about the content, Stupid, it's
about their techniques. Like Bleedman, that's not just a clever name,
the way he draws, colors and shades blood is entirely unique:
http://bleedman.snafu-comics.com/?strip_id=82

And all the artists are absolutely badass in the field of coloring and
shading techniques. Oh but hey, name some people who are better...and
post links to their work. ^_^

>> All those guys and gals...they're better than I am...in that specific
>> area. See the trick with me is that I specialize in a variety of
>> skills which I combine together in various combinations to achieve
>> cutting edge, never been done before effects. Eventually, I hope to
>> push my level of skill to the level of GOD in EVERY area of computer
>> tech, from rendering to programming...and when I do...he, he,
>> he...I'll find a level even beyond that. You see, Kiddo, for me it's
>> not really about a job or recognition or anything fleeting and
>> meaningless like that...it's about the art, the competition, the
>> rivalry. I love this game...and no one plays it better than I do.
>> `, )

>While I can respect the idea of an artist having an ego, as one must to
>create and sell what we do, there's also the point at which your arm's
>broken from the self-pattin' on the old back, bubba. i've been in this
>biz when you were but a dot in somebody.

I art indier than thou (pun intended).

>I've known a lot of pretty fine artists here in Chicago(you know, one of
>those major markets) and a few in NY. The really great ones don't have
>to have the attitude you do. Their work speaks the volumes they don't
>have to. Remember that well. Oh and it's not a game, it's a career and a
>reputation.

Maybe for YOU it's a career, for me it's just art...I'm quite a bit
less materialistic than your average American though, so I can
understand how hard it must be for you to try and understand my
position.

--

Onideus Mad Hatter
mhm ¹ x ¹
http://www.backwater-productions.net

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