Recently the Archive organization opened up the front-end library restrictions. This happened for a lot of reasons, mainly because the actual libraries were shut down due to the Coronavirus. This sparked a huge debate about publishing rights and all that crap. It’s all just noise. It’s just rights holders nagging Read more…
At the risk of extreme confirmation bias, this fact proves a point I was making in another post. https://www.ranker.com/list/disturbing-black-paintings-francisco-goya/bailey-benningfield Goya at the late stage of his life retreated to a house and painted only for himself. The Black Paintings, dubbed as such by historians are bleak, disturbing, and of course Read more…
I’m gonna use Tik Tok as an example here, but this generally applies to anything that might come next. As a millennial, I’ve seen the entire social media thing evolve and mature. First there was darkness, then MIRC and ICQ, then MSN Messenger, then Myspace and Hi5, then Facebook, then Read more…
In an ironic reversal of my last post where I said that you shouldn’t listen to feedback from strangers on the internet, the following happened: There are Daz artist groups where we share renders and talk about stuff, I’m in a few of them. Some random person uploaded a render Read more…
Having immediate feedback from your audience in the internet era is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, you don’t want to spend your life thinking your work sucks and that your talents are unappreciated like Van Gogh did. On the other hand, you shouldn’t be subject Read more…
I wrote a book (shocker, I know) about making products. Here’s the first chapter: The creator mindset This is less of a how-to guide and more of a mentality framework. That’s why it will take me a while to explain everything to you. I have no way of knowing what Read more…
I had this post planned for quite some time now. This pic above fits my mood perfectly, and I was hoping to say how you should do what you wanna do, and that the right people will find you and follow you and support you. Funnily enough, just to prove Read more…
One of the artists that I work with is Philtomato. He’s stupidly talented and every now and then he posts about the impostor syndrome he feels when some beloved artist from Disney or whatever follows him on Instagram or Facebook (giddy like a little girl, I assume.) I didn’t really Read more…
It’s not people’s fault. We’ve evolved to handle about 150 people around us, maximum, and to filter out external threats. After all, what does it matter to me if people in faraway China are getting sick from the novel Coronavirus? We’ve got bills to pay, personal issues closer to home. Read more…
Mike Winkelmann AKA Beeple, is an inspiration of hard work and dedication. He is well-known online about his artwork, you’ve definitely seen it somewhere. But, more importantly, he’s known for the movement #everyday, in which 3D artists produce a piece every single day without fail and put it up online, Read more…