When I began this blog I unofficially decided that every post should have an image of some kind. So here we go… A sketch. Everything else I’m doing is work in progress, confidential or junky experiments too embarrassing to show.
All my time has been spent learning Actionscript, or buying books on AS on Amazon. Or reading tutorials online. As someone coming from a art background and no coding experience, I knew it would be tough, but I had no idea how much it would utterly consume me.
So here are some reminders to help me deal with the learning curve.
1. Don’t just focus on one problem - There were so many times where I found myself stuck on a certain concept. Instead of spending hours on it, investigating something else that intrigued me about the program and coming back to the frustrating one later made me see things with fresh eyes.
2. Take time to reflect - even if it’s a few minutes at the end of the day, just spend some time to get a big picture view of what you’ve just read.
3. Have a small manageable project (so you can apply knowledge immediately in context) and an epic dream project. It may not be feasible with your current skill, but at least find something about the technology that excites you and makes you want to improve.
4. Keep an eye on laziness - It’s so easy to whittle away a day doing jack all.
On that note, I better get back to it.
Been meaning to do a post on this for a while, so here it is. My art actually has priority over Sonic the Hedgehog on the Spanish Orange website. I was pretty pleased about that, even if it was short lived.
It’s the first time my art has actually been used in a completed project. It began as a humble mobile phone game and something I honestly did not think would go as far as it has come. Now it’s being distributed all over the world, China, Europe, India, the UK etc.
Thanks to Ben at Traction Games for all his hard work and Paul for getting me involved in the first place.
I actually redesigned my website!
Yes it’s very simple. I did it over two nights after work and have yet to create a proper header banner image. But this will do for now.
My last site was very simple, this new one even moreso. I’ve always been a big fan of simplicity and the concept for my website always has been to provide an easy, neat solution for employers to see my work. I always imagined if, in real life you showed your employer anything, it should exist so concisely that it fits on one page. Well there it is, 1 page, nothing else. No links, no multiple galleries. Not even a navigation system.
It’s been fun learning CSS properly and not just hacking things together. Lately I’ve decided to work on my techinical skills more and it’s really rewarding when things ‘work’ and more importantly, they work properly in an efficient, robust way.
Ok that’s it from me for now. Yes this post is boring - more art and pretty pictures coming soon :)
