Working on a new game…
Day 96
I can’t put my finger on the exact time that it happened, but did it ever happened to you that you start a discussion on top and before you know it, you hit rock bottom? Well, it happened to me… It is not clear when the discussions went from:
EMH: Please do my art
SE: Nope
EMH: Please?
SE: No
EMH: Please!
SE: Na
EMH: Please!?
SE: Noooo!
EMH: Please.
SE: No!
EMH: Please?
SE: Ok
EMH: Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
To…
SE: I worked all night on this one, what do you think?
EMH: Sloppy. It is one pixel short, odd size, eyebrow is wrong color and frankly a bit spooky.
SE: I’m sorry, let me try again…
SE: This one?
EMH: Eyes should be half way; hand is looking weird and who told you to add a hat?
SE: Sorry
I decided to see if the community could help me understand how things got to this point. To do that I’ll need to take you 3 months back to a sunny day somewhere in Australia.
Day 1
I always saw it as a compliment that many developers approached me about doing art for their games. However, after getting so many daily emails wanting art I just had to take a break and refuel. So I took my surfboard and went to the one place that I could find peace, the beach – or so I thought.
Sometimes the requests coming from coders are a little hard to grasp for artists… and sometimes it’s hard to have patience with coders… :)
Yes, I do love “Le petite prince”
I think this happens for any creative process. Those who can't do it, they don't understand how much work is involved. They just get centered on getting exactly what they want.
If you want to see something really weird, quit on them and make them finish it themselves. They end up with completely unprofessional art, but it's got the details they want, and so they'll be happy with it. And somehow that just makes them less appreciative next time, too.
I see you've been training!
You simply must train to join two letters: "N" and "O".
Ok, repeat with me "No", "No", "No".
Now with emotion: "No".
Now smiling: "No".
Now with eye contact: "No".
Ok, I guess you get the idea.
No?
;)
It shows that you are a nice guy, fortunately. Or, eh… unfortunately? hehe