Day jobs and studies

Is this a real thing or a joke?

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If this was a competition, I am pleased to announce the clear winner. Really awesome dude!!!

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Thanks a lot … Seems that I’m one of the few here in the forum who do not work on computers or science ;D

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I work with Elves. Crazy little uncontrollable critters.

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Well i am an architecture student :smiley: nearly finished. Being an architect reaaaaaalllllly helps with planing houses or in my case a whole fortress with town in games like Oort :smiley:

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I am a Project Manager with a background in Computer Science/Geography (GIS)

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Non destructive inspection

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I’m curious how one led to the other.

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I’m studying digital design, with an emphasis in animation. This semester I’ve been doing a lot of sculpture and 3D modeling.

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3D huh? Got anything you are proud of? I’m very interested in 3D arts.

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I’ve got a portfolio website here: amandaelliott.net. It’s a work in progress, but you can see some of my work there.

The project I’m working on right now is a 3D self-portrait. Here’s a screenshot of my progress so far:

It’s actually two separate pieces right now, which explains the odd line down the middle of the face.

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I checked out your site, are you still doing 2d animations? You should try and go crazy sometime and make a 2 min animation. Keep up the good work and remember to play around a lot.

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I would love to make an animation lasting longer than a minute, but that would take forever, depending on the style. It’s taking my group of five art students a month just to make a 30-second long 2D animation for a class project. :persevere:
I think that making really short animations to practice different techniques is a better idea. :stuck_out_tongue:

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My professor made the mistake of tasking us with contacting local studios and inquiring about things like hours, wages, and prerequisites. I got curious and compared those findings with a handful of jobs that require no degrees. Turns out butchers in Texas average much higher salaries than what graphics studios pay (unless i moved 500 miles To Austin.) I decided to start as part time to pay for college. Eventually, I decided I preferred working with my hands over working at a computer, so I went full time. Now I manage my own department which leaves me loads of time for gaming and pays better than the career I studied for. Saved tens of tousands in college tuition, too. 10/10 would recommend as a career.

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I know animation takes ages, but while I see you are practicing… I’ll say finesse, you should just make something no matter how terrible it looks and just make a flowing 2 min story. It would be a good way to practice more dynamic animations.

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You make a good point. I have a tendency towards perfectionism, and often don’t attempt projects because I know I can’t ā€œperfectā€ them, unless it’s for class, in which case I don’t have much choice. But, ā€œpractice makes perfect,ā€ as they say.

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I work in law enforcement in the US.

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Well actualy thats an Thing. I’m studying at home cause Germany doesnt have any Oortish schools right now. I belive they’ll came in the next few year, but I’ll be done then sadly… Anyway.
Currently I’m learning the Religion History and how the Worlds have been build. For that Matter I’m becoming God myself by creating another World to bump it into the Universe.

@james
Oh really? Because you cal them tiny I guess you mean elves like Santas little Helpers right? Not something like Woodelves.

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I am taking a HTX (HĆøjere teknisk examen, or in english: Higher technical exam) a highschool-ish education with focus on entrepreneurship and science.

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I have a bachelor in industrial chemistry I never did anything with.
After that I went for a bachelor social work in which I worked most my career and during I did my master for psycho analyst.
My field of expertise was Autism.
I don’t work any more so I am now a over qualified housewife with two teenagers :smiley:

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