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@Usagi: What do you do in you job? Are you an artist? :D

@Kat: That's the story of my life. xD

@Hope: Now...now I'd like some sushi. @[email protected]

@zeapear: Oh no! *unpoofs you* o_o

Yeah, I'm an illustrator/conceptual and graphic design artist. I work at a small studio downtown and from home. =P Deadlines are killer though.

Kat Dakuu

09-25-2010 12:31 AM

ooooohhh a person that actually has an art job!!! :D *glomps Usagi*

zeapear

09-25-2010 12:32 AM

-feels like drawing now- @[email protected]

Kat Dakuu

09-25-2010 12:33 AM

I haven't really been drawing a lot. -___- I've got a lot of manga ideas swimming around in my head that I need to draw out at some point though.

ToriKat

09-25-2010 12:37 AM

@Kat: *watched your avatar progress thanks to live update* Coool, I like it! :D

@Usagi: Oh wow! That's really neat. *_* Do you have any examples of your work? *would love to see!*

@zeapear: *prances around to give you drawing inspiration* /kidding xD

@Hope: You'll be safer with a buddy to walk with too! :D

UsagiYokai

09-25-2010 12:38 AM

LoL, am I really that uncommon or something? I do children books and conceptual work for small time game and animation businesses. The graphic design stuff I just do on the side to get extra money, I hate that kind of work though... xP

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Here's my portfolio website

Pauline Melad's Artwork

And my DA, that has more fun than boring business stuff that my personal site has... <<;

UsagiSasami on deviantART

Kat Dakuu

09-25-2010 12:41 AM

thanks Tori!

ooh, children's books sounds pretty fun. I just like to hear about art anyways.

oh, you have some pretty interesting art.

UsagiYokai

09-25-2010 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kat Dakuu (Post 1768344848)

thanks Tori!

ooh, children's books sounds pretty fun. I just like to hear about art anyways.

oh, you have some pretty interesting art.

Thanks, the children books are alright work. I tend to pick up those jobs because most of my clients like my watercolor work and want illustrations I do in that media for their stories. I really do like working in watercolor just because it's faster for me and I get paid a ton for something that's easy for me. I'm actually trying to get with a bigger gaming studio right now, they asked me for seven new digital paintings just to see how fast and how good they come out to be, which is why I have work to do right now... xP But out of everything I love being a creature conceptual artist which is why I'm going with gaming. :)

ToriKat

09-25-2010 12:59 AM

@Usagi: *admires your work* Wow! *deviwatches you* ^^
That's so neat that you get to work on books and games. *_* Which ones have you worked on?
I think one thing I would have trouble with would be deadlines. @[email protected] I'm so slow when it comes to drawing. ^^;;
How does the conception process work? Do they give you a general idea of what they want and you draw it out for them? ^^

Kat Dakuu

09-25-2010 01:02 AM

I LOVE watercolor. I've been practicing with it lately and I can't wait to get time in my schedule to take a watercolor class. I want to get better.
over the summer my dad told me that if I wanted money I needed to find some way to convince Taco Bell to hire me or start selling my art so I've been trying to get better so that I can.

Ling	09-25-2010 01:02 AM

Hi all!~ How is everyone?

ToriKat

09-25-2010 01:06 AM

Hey Ling! Doing alright here. ^^

Kat Dakuu

09-25-2010 01:07 AM

hey Ling. I'm alright. you?

Ling	09-25-2010 01:07 AM

That's good to hear Tori...I'm doing ok too...

ToriKat

09-25-2010 01:07 AM

Got any plans for the weekend?

Ling	09-25-2010 01:10 AM

Not really, although I really should start working on essays that are due later next month....simply because they're due near the same time.

UsagiYokai

09-25-2010 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ToriKat (Post 1768345001)

I worked with a small studio that was going to make something for aniboom but that fell through, I still got paid though. I'm currently going in on a project with atomic boogaloo, and the bigger game studio I'm talking with is Sony Online Entertainment. The conceptual process is your employer giving you ideas for the project and then you make a billion (more like maybe 20) rough sketched out ideas. Then your supervisor (art director or senior art director) approves the ones they want. Then you make model sheets of those for the 3D designers (if it's for games or animation). For books you make roughs for the illustrations, author tells you what to fix, you show them the revisions, they approve, then you make the final illustration, goes to layouts for print. I think I summed everything up in a nutshell there... xD