Busy busy... blog - iqew

...is the busy bee!

I haven't written a new blog for a very long time and it's just crazy how time flies by at the moment. The most stressful time at work went by and there are more quiet times ahead, at least for a couple of weeks. That means more time for personal work and more time for Mindworld production.

Now, the funny part is and I've read the exact same things from other artists, the more time you have to create art, the less art you actually create. Having to work 40 hours a week and on Mindworld didn't leave me with much time left for personal work and studies, but I've never been so productive like in those busy days.

I hope that I don't fall back into a super lazy behaviour with a super low production in art. At least, I am going to do two quality pieces each month for Mindworld. So, that's already a start and at first I already had problems with pressure like that (although it was really little, I mean, two pieces a month), but for the last 2 months I've always finished those two pieces before the month even started. Usually, I would have pushed the pressure a little more then, but I won't do that for now, because that never worked out for me in the end.

Can't wait until the new classes start at the art school, because I just realized that I have been creating art for more than 5 hours on some days. Actually, for some courses I only practiced or worked on stuff, because I wanted the time to go by faster, as I didn't have much to do in some classes. Also, the kids got used to it and they eventually expected a finished piece by me each time.

So, my blog in a nutshell so far: I've been creating a lot of art and there is probably going to be a little pause the next weeks. Although, there are going to be more pieces for Mindworld, of course. I can highly recommend starting your own project, because it forces you to nail things down the way you want them to be. Obviously, you need to be interested in your own game idea for that, though.

On Mindworld, we are currently looking for new 3D artists to help us out with some models here and there. And by the way, my art teacher really pushes me to learn 3D and he keeps saying I have to start learning it. It's true, but I always keep forgetting about it. And now I just realized that I have some rather relaxed weeks ahead of me, perfect timing to learn 3D and I think that I'm going with Maya right away, although people told me it's quite hard to learn. But so is Phtoshop and look at me now.

Therefor, you are probably going to see some 3D stuff of mine here soon, if they are too crappy maybe not in my gallery, but I will blog about it.

Again, we are looking for 3D artists for Mindworld. You can check the job advertisement in the forums right here: Moddb.com

You can apply for the following positions:

• Prop Modeller
• Character Artist
• Weapon Designer

stay tuned~