Hey guys. Just curious, to all polycounters already working in the games industry, how's your motivation to work/practice when you get home after a day of work? Can you do it? Fortunately or unfortunately in our line of work you should never stop learning and you need to keep practicing, otherwise you will stay behind.…
make the most of it. I find it hard to do any work at all right now as the baby keeps us sooo busy. I muzt say though its a bit daft working after you come home if you work in the industry. you can easily get burnt out if you don't take a breather now and then
If you already have your job doing gameart/other creative stuff that keeps you busy/happy why would you want to force yourself to work additional 5 hours on top of 8 you've already worked? It's fun to do personal stuff, but when you actually have to seek motivation and force yourself it stops being fun, doesn't it? So,…
Well here is another point: Do your own thing! Do you always want to work from other peoples ideas or do you want to work on your own? Not everyone in this industry is always doing what he likes best or what he thinks is cool and even if, some people in this biz destroy themselves for their employers, while they could…
Neox, working on personal stuff for pleasure is not strange feeling to me. Doing stuff that you think is cool is more enjoyment than stress. My question was directed to people who are actually not having fun because they're not motivated/burned out/other reasons but are trying to force themselves to work anyways. I'd like…
totally agree with nick here it's definitely a pleasure to put some music on, make a coffee and get lost in your own world, but if you actually plan to make something that will be useful for your portfolio, there are bound to be a few dull moments along the way (cleaning up bakes etc) the times when I least enjoy personal…