I am not a graphic artist
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code-frog wrote:
Mr. Falcon
I'm curious, how many people can't stand being called "Mr." or "Sir", etc.? I'm not a big fan of titles, and it always seems weird to have one used with my name. Jeremy Falcon
There is only one "Mr. Wigant" and I call him "DAD" :-D ------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.
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Toasty0 wrote:
Nor do I play one in the movies. Nor do I pretend to be one. I'm just a average joe who like to fiddle with stuff much like someone who carves on a piece of wood with a pocket knife. It just so happens that I have a very nice knife with the PROGGY Photoshop.
Even though you are not a graphic artist, I think you should at least consider building your own. Not for profit reasons, but for self reliance reasons. It is very easy to say, "why bother when I can always just play with other's images, I could never do that." and you might find out if you tried, pushed your own limits you could. I am still not a graphics artist, I will never be one. Nor am I a photographer (I usually say I "do photography" rather than "I am a photographer" -- the former implies playing with a sideline hobby, the other implies some skill). I still play with both, and enjoy stretching my own skills. if you google my name you will find absolutely laughable raytracing images (we all start somewhere this[^] is the better one, don't look for the others), but they were originals. My last real raytrace image I still thought was little more than "play" and a recent google on my name turned up the image at several dozen bonzai sites in Japan to my great surprise. It is a "okay" raytrace, but the form and function in bonsai attracted others without the image itself being perfect. The signature is also not-so-subtly placed in the image. http://www.zianet.com/jjustinb/SeasonsInMiniature.jpg[^] In short (since I am well known for being longwinded as above): you never know what you are capable of until you try. You can say forever that you just play with others images, but you can also push yourself to try to make your own. Learn how and why the artists did them, find out what you can do to create your own. Even if you never want to go into the business. Honest, it is worth your time to try. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
we all start somewhere this[^] is the better
now that is cool. :cool: Jim
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There is only one "Mr. Wigant" and I call him "DAD" :-D ------------------------------------- Do not do what has already been done. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. but it ROCKS absolutely, too.
Funny thing isn't it. Growing up, I never had a problem calling the guy that helped me train "Mr. Mike". It just came natural to me. I guess it may be a respect thing after all, and yet I still find it odd to be called that. Jeremy Falcon
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code-frog wrote:
Mr. Falcon
I'm curious, how many people can't stand being called "Mr." or "Sir", etc.? I'm not a big fan of titles, and it always seems weird to have one used with my name. Jeremy Falcon
&bnsp;&bnsp; FWIW, I cannot stand that, either.&bnsp; Just call me "James" and be done with it. &bnsp;&bnsp; Peace! -=- James
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HOW DARE YOU QUESTION ME!!!
I'm laughing now. Still not respecting, though. :) Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] When I want privacy, I'll close the bathroom door. [Stan Shannon] BAD DAY FOR: Friendly competition, as Ford Motor Co. declared the employee parking lot at its truck plant in Dearborn, Mich., off limits to vehicles built by rival companies. Workers have to drive a Ford to work, or park across the street. [CNNMoney.com] Nice sig! [Tim Deveaux on Matt Newman's sig with a quote from me]
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&bnsp;&bnsp; FWIW, I cannot stand that, either.&bnsp; Just call me "James" and be done with it. &bnsp;&bnsp; Peace! -=- James
If you think it costs a lot to do it right, just wait until you find out how much it costs to do it wrong!
Avoid driving a vehicle taller than you and remember that Professional Driver on Closed Course does not mean your Dumb Ass on a Public Road!
DeleteFXPFiles & CheckFavorites (Please rate this post!)James R. Twine wrote:
Just call me "James" and be done with it.
Ditto! Well, don't call me James. :) Jeremy Falcon
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code-frog wrote:
I'm 31.
You old timer! I'm much younger at 27. :rolleyes:
code-frog wrote:
Kids need to respect those older than themselves and sir names help with that I think...
I agree, but I think kids need to also respect other people their own age too. I have mixed feelings about it. I was raised the same way in that regards and yet when I'm called "Sir" it just doesn't seem right. Personally, I'd rather a kid be polite and listen over him/her calling me "Sir". But, since I don't have kids of my own I reckon it's easier to feel that way. Jeremy Falcon
Oh yeah. I way agree. You are outlining the other half of respect. I also think kids need to be taught to respect themselves. I could be way off but I think a lot of kids are walking around questioning their own value to life and society I think that's sad.
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Rage wrote:
So, let it be Jeremy for you.
:cool: Jeremy Falcon
I am feeling the same about being called mr. I must say, I checked your profile for your age, wanting to start something like "well, now that you are ... years old, you should expect people to bla bla bla", and I realized you're 17 days older than me :rolleyes: :) ~RaGE();
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Nor do I play one in the movies. Nor do I pretend to be one. I'm just a average joe who like to fiddle with stuff much like someone who carves on a piece of wood with a pocket knife. It just so happens that I have a very nice knife with the PROGGY Photoshop. I like to take found images and combine them or change them in interesting ways to come up with new and possibly entertaining results. I'm not sure why Mister Falcon would jump on that image calling it plagarism as it was done in fun and NOT FOR PROFIT!!!. Anyways, to show that I'm not a total lamer (as Mister Falcon so gleefully implies in his haste) here are some other images I made using Photoshop. A couple of them use a model from the Starfleet Command series of PC games. Also of note was a debate about the water effect in the image I originally posted. Fwiw, an "effect" like that is called a texture like the polished steel texture in the following image: http://www.toasty0.com/images/textures/texture_steel.jpg[^] This next image is the foundation for a sig I designed for one of the developers of Starfleet Command EAW and Orion Pirates: http://www.toasty0.com/images/myWork/Dave1.jpg[^] This next image was a prototype for a web site to host the scripting APIs, game patches, and we had hoped source code for SFC1, EWA, and Orion Pirates. The release fell through and this project was shelved: http://www.toasty0.com/images/myWork/prototype.jpg[^] This next image is a sig I did for one the moderators of the Taldren boards: http://www.toasty0.com/images/myWork/SGsig.jpg[^] And this last image was inspired by a story in the old board game Starfleet Command. For those who played the game you'll recognise it right away:
Plagiarism hasn't anything to do with wether or not something is for profit. Plagiarism is taking credit for someone else's work product. With the image you originally posted, you did not explain that it was something you modified of someone else's work. But it was obvious that the image originated from somewhere else, even though modified by you. As I see it, it was merely an oversight that you didn't give proper credit where it was due. You could have simply said "Hey, this is an image I modified." You didn't even necessarily have to say who it was from originally, just that it wasn't your original work.
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Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
we all start somewhere this[^] is the better
now that is cool. :cool: Jim
nutsnbolts wrote:
now that is cool
I thought so at the time... It got very poor reviews, but I took the info and learned... and tried again... and learned. I'll probably never win, but I love my virtual bonsai code. :) That was fun modifying a random tree generator to follow the triangle bonsai requirements. :) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Toasty0 wrote:
Nor do I play one in the movies. Nor do I pretend to be one. I'm just a average joe who like to fiddle with stuff much like someone who carves on a piece of wood with a pocket knife. It just so happens that I have a very nice knife with the PROGGY Photoshop.
Even though you are not a graphic artist, I think you should at least consider building your own. Not for profit reasons, but for self reliance reasons. It is very easy to say, "why bother when I can always just play with other's images, I could never do that." and you might find out if you tried, pushed your own limits you could. I am still not a graphics artist, I will never be one. Nor am I a photographer (I usually say I "do photography" rather than "I am a photographer" -- the former implies playing with a sideline hobby, the other implies some skill). I still play with both, and enjoy stretching my own skills. if you google my name you will find absolutely laughable raytracing images (we all start somewhere this[^] is the better one, don't look for the others), but they were originals. My last real raytrace image I still thought was little more than "play" and a recent google on my name turned up the image at several dozen bonzai sites in Japan to my great surprise. It is a "okay" raytrace, but the form and function in bonsai attracted others without the image itself being perfect. The signature is also not-so-subtly placed in the image. http://www.zianet.com/jjustinb/SeasonsInMiniature.jpg[^] In short (since I am well known for being longwinded as above): you never know what you are capable of until you try. You can say forever that you just play with others images, but you can also push yourself to try to make your own. Learn how and why the artists did them, find out what you can do to create your own. Even if you never want to go into the business. Honest, it is worth your time to try. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:
In short (since I am well known for being longwinded as above): you never know what you are capable of until you try. You can say forever that you just play with others images, but you can also push yourself to try to make your own. Learn how and why the artists did them, find out what you can do to create your own. Even if you never want to go into the business. Honest, it is worth your time to try.
Nice work. I'd love to do more, but at best I only have time for the most rudimentary of work. My Programming Library 'Even a good developer can easily write bad code in VB.NET'.--Off The Record
