So, I've taken up programming. Should be entertaining... at least for a little bit. Specifically C++. I have some classes scheduled in May.
It took me awhile before I figured out what it was that I really wanted to do in the industry. My dream was to be a programmer, but that was back in the day when games weren't that visually impressive. It took only one class, however, to throw that dream out the window - it proved a lot more difficult than I had originally thought, so I branched out for something else.
Then, I settled with Modeling - this is what I got my degree in, specifically Multimedia. However, the longer I did it, the more I started to find out that... I'm not really that good at it. I mean, I actually had a Figure Drawing teacher tell me, when we were drawing a models face; "I can't believe you can make such a beautiful man look so ugly". I still laugh at it, because it's true; I'm a terrible artist, and as I've come to find out, it's not exactly easy to be a 3D Artist without the necessary 2D skillset. It's possible, and I've done my fair share, but I simply don't think I will ever reach the level necessary to be really great at it, and I simply have no interest to go any further in the field. Perhaps in the future, because I do have other dreams, but not right now.
More recently, I settled on writing. I consider myself a pretty decent writer, actually. The main problem with this, though, is that I hate showing my work to people... like, really hate it. I don't know what it is, but I'm very protective of my writing, and it's fairly difficult for me to get by that.
So, this brings me round full circle and several years after graduation; I'm going back to my roots and doing what I know I'm not afraid of showing (code), and what I know I would excel at given my particular OCD tendencies (attention to detail is one of my strong suits). Coincidentally, I think the foundation...
So, I've taken up programming. Should be entertaining... at least for a little bit. Specifically C++. I have some classes scheduled in May.
It took me awhile before I figured out what it was that I really wanted to do in the industry. My dream was to be a programmer, but that was back in the day when games weren't that visually impressive. It took only one class, however, to throw that dream out the window - it proved a lot more difficult than I had originally thought, so I branched out for something else.
Then, I settled with Modeling - this is what I got my degree in, specifically Multimedia. However, the longer I did it, the more I started to find out that... I'm not really that good at it. I mean, I actually had a Figure Drawing teacher tell me, when we were drawing a models face; "I can't believe you can make such a beautiful man look so ugly". I still laugh at it, because it's true; I'm a terrible artist, and as I've come to find out, it's not exactly easy to be a 3D Artist without the necessary 2D skillset. It's possible, and I've done my fair share, but I simply don't think I will ever reach the level necessary to be really great at it, and I simply have no interest to go any further in the field. Perhaps in the future, because I do have other dreams, but not right now.
More recently, I settled on writing. I consider myself a pretty decent writer, actually. The main problem with this, though, is that I hate showing my work to people... like, really hate it. I don't know what it is, but I'm very protective of my writing, and it's fairly difficult for me to get by that.
So, this brings me round full circle and several years after graduation; I'm going back to my roots and doing what I know I'm not afraid of showing (code), and what I know I would excel at given my particular OCD tendencies (attention to detail is one of my strong suits). Coincidentally, I think the foundation I have with a little bit of the artist side will turn out well for me, in the end. At least, if and when I program something, I can throw in some of my own work to supplement it.
Anyway, that's enough for now.
It took me awhile before I figured out what it was that I really wanted to do in the industry. My dream was to be a programmer, but that was back in the day when games weren't that visually impressive. It took only one class, however, to throw that dream out the window - it proved a lot more difficult than I had originally thought, so I branched out for something else.
Then, I settled with Modeling - this is what I got my degree in, specifically Multimedia. However, the longer I did it, the more I started to find out that... I'm not really that good at it. I mean, I actually had a Figure Drawing teacher tell me, when we were drawing a models face; "I can't believe you can make such a beautiful man look so ugly". I still laugh at it, because it's true; I'm a terrible artist, and as I've come to find out, it's not exactly easy to be a 3D Artist without the necessary 2D skillset. It's possible, and I've done my fair share, but I simply don't think I will ever reach the level necessary to be really great at it, and I simply have no interest to go any further in the field. Perhaps in the future, because I do have other dreams, but not right now.
More recently, I settled on writing. I consider myself a pretty decent writer, actually. The main problem with this, though, is that I hate showing my work to people... like, really hate it. I don't know what it is, but I'm very protective of my writing, and it's fairly difficult for me to get by that.
So, this brings me round full circle and several years after graduation; I'm going back to my roots and doing what I know I'm not afraid of showing (code), and what I know I would excel at given my particular OCD tendencies (attention to detail is one of my strong suits). Coincidentally, I think the foundation...