Stuff
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.