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12 years ago
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Hey there!
(I’m apologizing in advance for this long entry)
Sorry for being gone so long. So long that I forgot how to make journal entry to edit things here in my FA page haha. Wow, my last entry was May 2nd...orz
Oh man, I’m really sorry. If people here are still interested in this lowly me, please hear me out. My life was like a roller coaster the past year. On those months when I started to become slow at producing art, I went back to school (excluding my ear infection incident that also happened)-- or more like, started on a different course at a different school, an IT school-- and got too busy. I was trying to become a game designer, or programmer. It’s one of my dreams to produce games and do animation. Not just the art, but also how its world works, so I enrolled for an advance diploma in gaming and animation technology.
It wasn’t a good school. A lot of issues popped up and other things happened in that school, but I’m not going to delve further. I want to move on and forget those. The gaming course in that school was just being introduced. First and second sem weren’t even related to the program I was going to. My other subjects--as I’m a fine arts-advertising student dropout, from another university--weren’t credited. They said that they have a different curriculum. So I dealt with it. In my mind I told myself foundation years are important. They said my batch will be the first batch in that course, so I also accepted the lack of facilities. After a few months, the school closed. We were then transferred to a different branch. They don’t even teach that course there. So yeah, here comes the third sem. I found out I was the only girl in the program...of six students, in that gaming and animation course. Few weeks passed, still no professors or instructors to teach us the major subjects. The other minor computer subjects, teaches outdated programming lessons. I was really into it, so I researched, gathered books and stuff. I remember one class I attended, the instructor even taught wrong commands for us to type. He didn’t even explain them and just copied the commands from his book. He left us to work, and when he was out of the classroom, fortunately one of my classmates corrected the instructor’s notes on the whiteboard and told the rest of us that what he wrote was incorrect.
After three weeks had passed, the instructor that will teach us in the gaming subjects had arrived. I found out he was just a student, a classmate of my former classmates (from first and second sem) who was getting an IT course. He’s a brilliant mathematics teacher, he’s really good and proficient in making flash games, so I thought to myself that it’s alright--even though he fully admit that he can’t teach most of the things listed in the curriculum, except math—and I stayed put.
I was slowly descending back to depression again because of these reasons. The horrible incidents that happened in first and second sem was already a big blow on me and I thought that it’s going be alright, because I won’t be with the same people this time. But the lack of facilities, lack of instructors, outdated lessons were draining, with the long hours of travelling to boot too. I can learn more by myself researching in the library and online for less, or for free. What really sealed the deal on why I left that IT school were their so called international exams. It was fast approaching, and we’re not ready. We don’t really need it, it’s too expensive, and with the quality of their lessons and teaching methods, we won’t be able to answer it. It will be a waste of money, so I stopped.
After a few days I met someone from the animation industry who works as a clean-up background artist and worked as a clean-up bg artist too. It was great, finally I’m in and doing one of my dreams. The problem was, the salary is too small for the amount of folders they will give you. The issue was mostly political. I can’t understand why they are treating their artist as slaves and the bosses all get higher salaries, and why the artists here just stays quiet about it. It’s lower beyond the minimum wage, not even enough for food and transportation expenses if you won’t really push it. I’m lucky it’s quite near my home but I get sick most of the time because of the lack of sleep and not eating regularly to meet the deadlines. I remember that guy that could work on forty folders minimum per week, if he could work outside the Philippines with the same amount of effort he does, he’ll be rich now. It’s a nice working experience though, and most of the people there are nice, I miss most of them so much but I won’t go back.
So now what am I doing, painting and painting some more, haha, but with traditional media. Currently, I’m a self-proclaimed portrait artist, lol. My computer’s busted for a long time now and it’s hindering with my plan to get back on being a graphic artist and illustrator (and with my studies with animation and programming). I will take part on a group exhibit this coming December though, so I’m also preparing my piece.
And that’s that. I’m sorry for this long entry and thank you for taking some time to read it.
(I’m apologizing in advance for this long entry)
Sorry for being gone so long. So long that I forgot how to make journal entry to edit things here in my FA page haha. Wow, my last entry was May 2nd...orz
Oh man, I’m really sorry. If people here are still interested in this lowly me, please hear me out. My life was like a roller coaster the past year. On those months when I started to become slow at producing art, I went back to school (excluding my ear infection incident that also happened)-- or more like, started on a different course at a different school, an IT school-- and got too busy. I was trying to become a game designer, or programmer. It’s one of my dreams to produce games and do animation. Not just the art, but also how its world works, so I enrolled for an advance diploma in gaming and animation technology.
It wasn’t a good school. A lot of issues popped up and other things happened in that school, but I’m not going to delve further. I want to move on and forget those. The gaming course in that school was just being introduced. First and second sem weren’t even related to the program I was going to. My other subjects--as I’m a fine arts-advertising student dropout, from another university--weren’t credited. They said that they have a different curriculum. So I dealt with it. In my mind I told myself foundation years are important. They said my batch will be the first batch in that course, so I also accepted the lack of facilities. After a few months, the school closed. We were then transferred to a different branch. They don’t even teach that course there. So yeah, here comes the third sem. I found out I was the only girl in the program...of six students, in that gaming and animation course. Few weeks passed, still no professors or instructors to teach us the major subjects. The other minor computer subjects, teaches outdated programming lessons. I was really into it, so I researched, gathered books and stuff. I remember one class I attended, the instructor even taught wrong commands for us to type. He didn’t even explain them and just copied the commands from his book. He left us to work, and when he was out of the classroom, fortunately one of my classmates corrected the instructor’s notes on the whiteboard and told the rest of us that what he wrote was incorrect.
After three weeks had passed, the instructor that will teach us in the gaming subjects had arrived. I found out he was just a student, a classmate of my former classmates (from first and second sem) who was getting an IT course. He’s a brilliant mathematics teacher, he’s really good and proficient in making flash games, so I thought to myself that it’s alright--even though he fully admit that he can’t teach most of the things listed in the curriculum, except math—and I stayed put.
I was slowly descending back to depression again because of these reasons. The horrible incidents that happened in first and second sem was already a big blow on me and I thought that it’s going be alright, because I won’t be with the same people this time. But the lack of facilities, lack of instructors, outdated lessons were draining, with the long hours of travelling to boot too. I can learn more by myself researching in the library and online for less, or for free. What really sealed the deal on why I left that IT school were their so called international exams. It was fast approaching, and we’re not ready. We don’t really need it, it’s too expensive, and with the quality of their lessons and teaching methods, we won’t be able to answer it. It will be a waste of money, so I stopped.
After a few days I met someone from the animation industry who works as a clean-up background artist and worked as a clean-up bg artist too. It was great, finally I’m in and doing one of my dreams. The problem was, the salary is too small for the amount of folders they will give you. The issue was mostly political. I can’t understand why they are treating their artist as slaves and the bosses all get higher salaries, and why the artists here just stays quiet about it. It’s lower beyond the minimum wage, not even enough for food and transportation expenses if you won’t really push it. I’m lucky it’s quite near my home but I get sick most of the time because of the lack of sleep and not eating regularly to meet the deadlines. I remember that guy that could work on forty folders minimum per week, if he could work outside the Philippines with the same amount of effort he does, he’ll be rich now. It’s a nice working experience though, and most of the people there are nice, I miss most of them so much but I won’t go back.
So now what am I doing, painting and painting some more, haha, but with traditional media. Currently, I’m a self-proclaimed portrait artist, lol. My computer’s busted for a long time now and it’s hindering with my plan to get back on being a graphic artist and illustrator (and with my studies with animation and programming). I will take part on a group exhibit this coming December though, so I’m also preparing my piece.
And that’s that. I’m sorry for this long entry and thank you for taking some time to read it.
