UPDATE: I just found out (to my relief to be honest) that the jacket thing listed near the bottom being made by another person is actually something completely different, so I don't know why the company mentioned another customer's order in mine. But I can, with a small amount of selfish satisfaction - say that I don't think anyone has got my design made yet. I'll keep that information below as-is though so the earlier comments remain in-context
Time I made a new journal as three events within this past week have finally given me something noteworthy to talk about. The first two are really cool and make me feel like my art is having a worthwhile impact in places other than just on here. The third...could be either really cool or really worrying, depending on the situation, so I'll put that one last.
The Interview:I won't ramble on too much about this since the interview itself is long enough as is and I don't actually expect anyone to read it all (even my own dad didn't
Though he already knows what makes me tick anyway so there was nothing new to him) But I was interviewed
here. Kinda long, but if anyone is curious to what I use, how long I've been doing this, what my inspirations are etc it might be an inspiring read
The CD Cover:Last weekend I got a massive surprise when I saw a CD cover artwork I did as a commission a while back (not uploaded here) actually being sold in a local music store. Took a while to make it here, but I wasn't even expecting that, so it was a really surreal experience which I haven't had before (I actually thought someone stole my work at first until I recognized the band name shortly after picking it up, so don't worry, it's not stolen
) A picture of it and full story here.
The Jacket:What I learned today about this one has given me such a mix of opposing emotional fronts that I feel like I have a tornado of confusion, excitement and a little concern forming inside of me and like a real one, who knows what the outcome would be, could be an amazing sight, or a disaster. So what happened?
Well I got a response from a custom jacket-making service about this when I asked about it. The price is understandable for their level of quality and for how much detail the jacket has. But let's just say it wouldn't be a responsible purchase for me at the time
Anyway, that's not it. It turns out that they said "We have a customer in Japan who is having the same jacket made" and that struck me harder than the price estimate since I was not expecting that at all
I don't know what to say, part of me is like "wow, cool, this jacket is going to exist somewhere in real life!" but a bigger part of me is pretty bummed that the lucky owner of my jacket design isn't even going to be me, but some (obviously loaded) dude in Japan. It also worries me too, are they just a fashion lover or motorcycle rider who wanted a cool jacket? or are they a Jrocker, a performer, a fashion designer or company owner themselves who could go around saying that
they are the one who designed it and had it made?
I suddenly can't help but feel some remorse for uploading it to the world, but at the same time I had to since I thought it was a good way of proving it's mine
Anyway, I asked the jacket makers if they could be kind enough to send me pictures of it before they send it to their very lucky Japanese customer, just so I could at least see how it looks. And if the person getting it made is kind enough to remember me and see's this, I would love to get in contact with you too (don't worry, it's not a bad thing unless you're claiming the design as your own, I just think it would be cool to see who got it and what you think of it!
)
Only time will tell I guess. I suppose I'd better upload the sleeveless jacket design too to also claim that as "being on here before anywhere"
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Must've been crazy exciting to see your art on a CD cover in a store. I would've had some crazy squeeing moment, bought it and yammered to the poor cashier for ten minutes about how happy I was.
As for the jacket, it looks pretty damn awesome I gotta say. Not a huge fan of the red - looks a little too sporty-douchey for my taste. If I got one I'd want it in all black, or maybe black and white.
Anyway, how've ya been? I was living like an Amish person for over two weeks with no internet, so I've got a lot of catching up to do!
It was hard not for me to brag to the employee about the reason behind buying that CD, but at the same time I so often witness people talking to others on their job about their pathetic little lives and accomplishments and I know the employee's really don't care. So I'm not the kind to talk to them much since they have a job to do and there's other customers waiting, I'm sure they have those as their top priorities at the time
Well I wouldn't have gotten a percentage of the profits since it's not like I have submitted my design to anything, and the companies just make whatever jackets people request, even ones from movies or magazines, and there's no way of crediting those. The company can't be held responsible unless they actually claimed the design as one of their originals
And that's everything of interest that's happened in my life lately, but it sure beats going two weeks without internet
If people start asking you vague, confusing questions about your inspiration you can just spam out that link rather than trying to come up with a nice response!
Hehe, well I guess you do have thousands of people online to brag to, right?
Kind of sucks that you wouldn't get a cut, right? I guess you would probably have to set up some kind of design contract or copyright or something with the site. I would be much too lazy to e-mail them about it, then call them to follow up on the e-mail and all that crap.
Agh yeah, I felt really bad people got worried about me. I didn't have a choice in the matter and there wasn't really any warning ahead of time for me, so I didn't have a chance to tell any of my friends that I was alright. Normally I don't go on hiatus without a warning to my watchers first, because when a friend you've never met personally just disappears off the face of the internet, it's hard not to assume the worst. Scary to think that someone you've known for years on dA could just....disappear one day, with no explanation or goodbye, leaving behind a graveyard account and a lot of sad friends with no closure.
I wouldn't know where to begin trying to get my designs attached to a real fashion making company, I have no experience or expertise in that, for now my design is just still for personal use
I once had to leave dA without warning for 2 weeks too a few years ago, it sucked and I wondered if anyone was wondering what happened to me (though I had way less watchers then
Yeah, I guess that's another important part of going to fashion school - learning where to get started and making connections. I don't know much about the industry, but it's probably pretty safe to assume that it's just as much about who you know as what you know.
Bahaha, an internet addict like myself rarely strays far from dA longer than a day, unless I'm feeling lazy after work and go straight to bed when I get home. I've actually barely made it on dA at all since I've been back home, and it'll probably take months for me to even make a dent in the avalanche of messages I currently have.
Man, I have someone on my friends list who has been away 91 weeks - literally since the night I first got deviantART. He was the first person I met and he was really friendly, so I added him to my watch. He mentioned he was high at the time, which was kind of freaky because I tend to stay away from that scene. But he hasn't logged in since. It's weird, I still look at his page every month or so, wondering if he died of an OD while his browser was open, writing a reply to some stranger over the internet. It still disturbs me just to think about.
And I can't stand people who hide their activity and their last visits. I can't really explain why, but it just....really annoys me.
Seeing a dA account as a time capsule is a cool way of looking at it, I guess....probably much more honest and complete than anything someone could put together in real life. Still, I have so much weird drama and pretentious rants on this account, it's kind of embarrassing.
I want to get the same job as my brother, the bastard's first "real" job pays more by the hour than everyone else's job that I know, he works at a local club and it sickens me to see him burning away his generous earnings on crap...I'm a good saver, I'd be loaded by now if I got that job, and would easily be able to afford to buy that custom jacket too without guilt
I wouldn't bother with that many messages. The older they get the less incentive there is to answer them. Many people forget what they even commented on a few days later, so only the fewer, better ones are still worth answering. But even then - after a few weeks or months they probably don't care anymore
I always keep my activity visible for those reasons you mentioned in the last few paragraphs. If something were to happen to me - no-one would really know (at least not until after a very long time) that I was sick or dead with my activity hidden. At least with it shown people can still see I'm alive and using dA. So even if I haven't made a new artwork or journal for months, there will still be fresh activity in comments and forums that people can use to know that I still come here a lot
I think people who hide their activity seem to be trying to feel "special" too - either that or they are doing something that warrants being ashamed of
Ah and congrats about the interview and CD cover!