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Topic Started: Apr 7 2006, 07:05 AM (219 Views)
+ Bird-E	Apr 7 2006, 07:05 AM Post #1
Dedicated member Posts: 420 Group: Elite Member Member #76 Joined: June 25, 2005	Life update. I'm sure you all enjoy reading the gritty details of one's life. I know I do. If its not too intrusive, do post what's going on in your lives. Its always good to know what other people are up to, plus it makes for some interesting reading. Whats in store for me over this one-week holiday? -I've been commissioned to do a promotional animation for one of my old information/business technology teachers. I'm being paid for it, so this is one of my highest priorities. Whats more is this could gain me a lot of exposure. Downside is animation is tedious and tiring work, and I predict (based on my experience) that what is asked of me would take longer than the deadline allocated to me. My teacher can only afford to pay me for 15 hours of work, which is reasonable and understandable. I may work pro bono after the 15 hours until the job is complete. -I've also been commissioned to do some original art and design for my current art teacher. None paying, nothing big, its just exposure. This was actually due a couple of days ago, and I was given a month or so to do it, but it never got done, so i'll have to finish it up over this week. This got old real fast, and its not exactly pleasurable to do. -I'm working on a project for my dad and one of my old next door neighbours (the two are doing business together). My neighbour wanted my approach on the whole situation, fresh blood and whatnot. So I'm to come up with some ideas for the corporate identity and promotional flyer of the project, and my neighbour's advertising managers may choose to use them as the basis of their work and refine them and such. Once again, nothing special, im not the one pulling the strings on the design front and really couldnt care less if they choose to use my ideas or not. -Potential opportunity for myself. My parents may grant me a loan to purchase software required for my design gig. I've chosen to purchase a computer with my own money, and i will pay my parents back for the software once I get the money. Bad thing is I'll be some odd 2 or so grand in debt, and saving up to repay them is a lot easier said than done. This is a better option than going to a bank for a loan though, and would get my foot in the door for some freelance work. -The one you've been waiting for. The big one. The infamous and notorious. ProjectHybrid is in the works. I wont give too many details away once again, because I myself am pretty unsure of whether or not certain aspects of it will go through. I'm also unsure of whether or not it will all change (as it has done before- which is why I seem to have disappeared for a while), so I'm not going to provide hard facts because they may end up being false. Projecthybrid is basically my expressive niche on the web. You've all heard the trials and difficulties I went through, not having physical 'evidence' of my ability. This is to show the world what I am capable of. The project consists of 3 things. A fourth may be added in the future. These are smaller personal projects and are reflective of my own ability. Dont get overly excited though (heh, I wish), I make them sound bigger, better and more mysterious than they really are. So how long has it been, 4 months? I dont know. I think some of you have been under the wrong impression. Why is it taking so long? Im not claiming that it is so good, or so big that it requires a lot of thought, work and time. You have to understand that I havent been thinking about hybrid 24-7. In fact, in a working week, I'd probably only do two nights of work. Sometimes no work gets done. Its simply because I have higher priorities, and most of the time I see hybrid as I do sleep- its expendable should I need to use that time to do something else. I've always had a desire to prove myself, and releasing hybrid would be an ideal situation for me and for you (I assume that you've all grown sick of waiting), but if im willing to sacrifice my own personal satisfaction, then clearly i'm busy with something else. Although at times I seem like a perfectionist, its not to such an extent that I deliberate for 4 or so months to produce studiohybrid (7 months if you begin count from the very day I scrapped studiored and moved on to hybrid). I want it to be done, and it will be done. All in good time. That may actually be in the near future, so thats not me saying that its gonna take a while. It has been progressing immensely, in its own little way. I have to say though, you all have a lot of confidence in my ability when you havent seen my work. It has been hard, expressing myself through my words and thoughts, and through this time i've learned that a lot more goes into making a designer than their physical work. One of the smaller projects will be related to this, and will address this issue and will discuss principles and what I hope to be controversial topics. That sentence didnt sum it up properly; I cant think of what to write at the moment so whatever. I'm a big thinker. I think a lot. Most of the time, I overthink things. But I'm experiencing some 'personal issues' which has been occupying my mind for a while. I'll let you in on what it is once I find out for myself. Ever get that when you're stressing over something, but you dont know entirely what it is, or you feel like you never work it out no matter how much you think? Overall im still pretty packed, even though school and study has been offloaded. Unfortunately I probably wont be spending as much time on projecthybrid as i'd like to, but I cant say that for sure just yet. As you can see, it isnt my main focus. In essence, I only take one of my tasks seriously, the rest just seem big when they really arent, so dont get me wrong, im not a robot with extremely good work ethics and motivation (yet...). Still taking it one thing at a time.



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