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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    cakemikz wrote: »
    Those are some lovely collages.

    it seems like he painted the one with the creature that has buildings for arms and the dragon chasing the artist, but yeah, most of these are collages of 3D work and photos

    Tam on
  • ParadiseParadise Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Oh my god, I just finished (500) Days of Summer. New favorite top 5 movie? It's feeling like a yes.

    Paradise on
  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Tam wrote: »
    cakemikz wrote: »
    Those are some lovely collages.

    it seems like he painted the one with the creature that has buildings for arms and the dragon chasing the artist, but yeah, most of these are collages of 3D work and photos

    cake is just miserable because he has all that technical ability and no imagination

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  • RubberACRubberAC Sidney BC!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    arrrgh im having so much difficulty figuring out what i want to do with my life
    frustrating shit

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    RubberAC wrote: »
    arrrgh im having so much difficulty figuring out what i want to do with my life
    frustrating shit

    You want to be a plumber.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Be a dinosaur hunter.

    Serious response: what do you honestly want to do; what do you enjoy, and what are you good at?

    Flay on
  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Flay wrote: »
    Be a dinosaur hunter.

    Serious response: what do you honestly want to do; what do you enjoy, and what are you good at?

    No, thats the sucky way to go about it. We should just suggest jobs until he decides on one.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
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    Flay on
  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Go into medical research. Or robotics.

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  • MetalbourneMetalbourne Inside a cluster b personalityRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    be a heavy equipment operator

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  • ParadiseParadise Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    You can't go wrong with doctor. Unless... unless you don't want to be a doctor. Also don't be a doctor if you don't care about people.

    Paradise on
  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    And don't be a doctor if you really care about people, either.

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  • ParadiseParadise Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    That'll help motivate you if you go into medical research.

    e: Or if you're like me, it'll motivate you to go into medical research.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    do whatever gets you to find a cheap way to manufacture carbon nanotubes

    Tam on
  • ParadiseParadise Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    And then do what with them?

    Paradise on
  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Develop them into a tether for a space elevator and make superconductors from them

    Tam on
  • ParadiseParadise Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Yeah that might be good. Better yet, use them as a spice for cooking!

    Edit: Can you imagine hurtling in orbit around Earth, then getting sliced in half by the space elevator ribbon?

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  • KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Man I think Tugboat is meditating or something. Hes staring at the bubble wall and floating in the EXACT SAME PLACE, like, fooshes his fins once to stay in the same spot without moving and just stares at it. I am going to paint him.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So I can't not share this song.

    I've finally found a youtube clip and, seeing as I love it, it would not be fair to the song to leave it out of this thread

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usDfqe8Jwb4&feature=related

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • ParadiseParadise Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Good song. Here's more.

    Paradise on
  • Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    How many of you just do art for a hobby? How many people here are seriously pursuing it as a career?.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3vF2KVx9KQ&feature=related

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I approve, forbe.

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  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    It is a shame to have a fish as cute as tugboat because you can never hug it.

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  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Tam wrote: »
    cakemikz wrote: »
    Those are some lovely collages.

    it seems like he painted the one with the creature that has buildings for arms and the dragon chasing the artist, but yeah, most of these are collages of 3D work and photos

    cake is just miserable because he has all that technical ability and no imagination

    I think photo collages are fine for production work (concept art...not illustration) but that doesn't mean I can't make wisecracks about it. Using a picture of a building to put a building into your environment is so terribly practical but so terribly mundane.

    What scares me more is the amount of admiration people have for that sort of thing. I would love to be a fantastic concept artist but part of the reason I don't pursue it is because of the 'anything goes' mentality that you must have to get the job done. At the end of the day I want to feel proud of the work I am doing and while I would certainly love to have images like his in my portfolio, I think knowing how I produced them would nag at me.

    That said my two favorite images that were posted are probably the most heavy with photowork. I think that has more to do with my love for futuristic cities than anything though. These definitely take a lot of skill to put together, you need a keen eye for a lot of things that I do not have a keen eye for. But I just feel like there needs to be someone on here that shows some skepticism towards this kind of work or this community will spiral into the depths of CA.org style worship that really isn't productive.

    rts on
    skype: rtschutter
  • Forbe!Forbe! Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    fyi, I'm whacked out of my gourd right now.

    Forbe! on
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  • ParadiseParadise Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Forbe! wrote: »
    fyi, I'm whacked out of my gourd right now.

    Aww man, too bad I can't stick around. Good night, everyone.

    Paradise on
  • Angel_of_BaconAngel_of_Bacon Moderator mod
    edited February 2010
    Iruka wrote: »
    Man, my brother is getting married in 4 months... why is it that younger siblings turn out to be more successful than older ones?

    My older sister and brother in law are an Harvard/MIT education dream team. I dont think that rule holds true.

    Hi5, I am also the artsy 'hey you're never going to get a job' third child while my brother and sister went to Harvard/Georgetown, smarty pants bastards.

    The bitter irony is they got very good and expensive educations in fields they didn't end up going into, whereas I got into my chosen field despite being handed a mediocre-at-best college art education.

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  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    It just goes to show that education is stupid.

    rts on
    skype: rtschutter
  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    it is these that comprise the spice of life

    Tam on
  • bombardierbombardier Moderator mod
    edited February 2010
    cakemikz wrote: »
    It just goes to show that education is stupid.

    A friend of mine is a highschool and college dropout but is making more than me working for VMWare. He sufferd through a few years of Apple callcenter support though.

    bombardier on
  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Google says it's Norman Rockwell's birthday today

    Tam on
  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Tam wrote: »
    Google says it's Norman Rockwell's birthday today

    If Google told you it was Jump off a Bridge Day would you celebrate it?
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    Flay on
  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Flay wrote: »
    Tam wrote: »
    Google says it's Norman Rockwell's birthday today

    If Google told you it was Jump off a Bridge Day would you celebrate it?

    yep

    Tam on
  • PeterAndCompanyPeterAndCompany Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    My sister got a Bachelor's in Physics and now makes crazy money in a completely unrelated field, whereas my brother dropped out of college and now works with computers at a job he loves for decent enough pay. I'm the youngest of my family, and the first of the three of us to get a Master's degree (albeit in comics). It remains to be seen how much this degree will help me earn in the long run, but I'm sure for the experiences I've had here at school, it's more than worth it to me. I like to think you get as much out of your education as you put into it; an easy ride won't learn you nothin'.

    Both my siblings are already married and have children of their own, so I'm firmly set in last place in that little race. I'm just hoping my lady and I can have kids while I'm still healthy enough to enjoy and support having a family.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    We had an interesting lecture last year. A professor (who used to teach in a prestigious design school in Europe) told us that when they conducted a study on their graduates a while later, they found only around 10% of them had been taken up by design companies. So naturally they D: and frantically get to work finding out why none of their students could get employment. They then found out it wasn't that the students couldn't get employment, it's that they weren't getting employed as designers. Creative thinking skills, it seems, were valued in so many different fields that their students were getting taken up by a whole heap of different companies and professions - including executives and even in hospitals.

    tl;dr: you never know where you'll end up.

    Flay on
  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited February 2010
    I miss metal. I miss metal so much.

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  • GrennGrenn Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    My younger brother did not turn out to be a success.

    Because I killed him and ate his brains.

    Grenn on
  • CheerfulBearCheerfulBear Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    cakemikz wrote: »
    It just goes to show that education is stupid.

    Or not!

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  • .Tripwire..Tripwire. Firman Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I was always miffed by the "you get out of school what you put into it" concept. I mean, you get out of learning on your own what you put into it too. But one of those options involves you spending an extra few tens of thousands of dollars.

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  • CheerfulBearCheerfulBear Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Tripwire, this discussion will only lead to misery.

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