Drunk hulk smash! :) On 26 February 2013 04:22, Raffaele Fragapane <[email protected]>wrote:
> I hear that reasoning a lot. > On one end, it's agreeable. Sure, if your passion is CG, go ahead, find > new venues. > Some of us, however, do this because we're into creature work of a certain > profile, or film in general, or both. For that demographic, looking at > venues such as mobile app graphics, or slot machine graphics, or med-viz, > or what else have you, is simply not an option. > The next gen of consoles might open up one more venue, but insofar the > gaming industry hasn't exactly turned out to be a safe haven either. > > I'm not dismissing the argument, it's a sensible one to make and some > should consider it, but it's narrowly applied short sight in a way to think > everybody is in it to push buttons in Maya or Soft, and is willing to > transfer their skills, if they even were in first place. > > Personally I'm in it to blow shit up and make stuff like dragons, hot > chicks dual wielding katanas, zombies with arse-mounted machine guns and > the such. Applying my software development skills to a successful 100000 > downloads 0.99$ calendar app, even if I tick all the boxes required to make > one, isn't my idea of a job I'd like :) > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Meng-Yang Lu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You have to look at it a different way. There's actually a ton of >> applications we can use CG for. It's just that we like to kiss Hollywood's >> glittery ass that gets us in trouble. There's a lot of avenues we can all >> pursue. Just like iPhone and iPads opened up new doors for us to leverage >> our talents, so will things like 3D printing in the future. The reality is >> that we have a lot of options if we are willing to set aside our egos and >> pursue other meaningful work that provides value. It may not be >> as glamorous as film, but film work is no longer glamorous either with >> layoffs, bankruptcy, and abuse. Consider we clearly don't get any >> recognition as artists, why do we still beg for a seat at a table that >> unwelcomes us, but gladly fleece us of our talents? >> >> We have to start asking what we value as a workforce, starting with >> ourselves. A new model needs to be built out of the ashes that is the >> current VFX industry. Kids on youtube doing vlogs make more money than >> some fulltime vfx artists. Don't watch the Oscars if it makes your blood >> boil. You pop an artery and that's a lot of problems you have to deal >> with. And no, RDJ will not rescue you in his Iron Man suit because without >> us, he doesn't even exist. >> >> -Lu >> >>
