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Just curious, how do you fund working on these projects 10 hours a day? Good work on them. Perfect way to have a portfolio ready for the world.
by future_grad 13y ago
Just curious, how do you fund working on these projects 10 hours a day?
Good work on them. Perfect way to have a portfolio ready for the world.
- jenniferDewalt 13y agoI saved up some money so that I could learn to code full time.
- Scaevolus 13y agoDo you think your art background helped you develop the focus and dedication to work on projects for such long periods of time? Most programmers couldn't manage that.
- jenniferDewalt 13y agoAbsolutely! When making art, you often go through a 'research' phase where you make a lot of sketches, models, mock-up, etc. Most of it is garbage but at the end you've prepared yourself to tackle the real thing. I sometimes think of this project as a really intense version of that process.
- ihnorton 13y agoYou really should blog about this! 'Build one to throw away' is a common (very insufficiently applied, in my case) programming aphorism, but it would be neat to hear a take on it from an artist's perspective where you quite literally throw it away and there is no copy-paste between projects.
- jenniferDewalt 13y agoThat is a really great idea! I am definitely sticking that one in my queue.
- kpennell 13y agoI'm going to move to India to do just this.
- JackDanger 13y agoI second the interest in a blog post. Jennifer, it's rare that someone develops an art background before programming so I'd love to hear your thoughts on the similarities and differences.
- moron4hire 13y agoWhat on earth do you mean by this?