You have to look at it a different way. There's actually a ton of applications we can use CG for. It's just that we like to kiss Hollywood's glittery ass that gets us in trouble. There's a lot of avenues we can all pursue. Just like iPhone and iPads opened up new doors for us to leverage our talents, so will things like 3D printing in the future. The reality is that we have a lot of options if we are willing to set aside our egos and pursue other meaningful work that provides value. It may not be as glamorous as film, but film work is no longer glamorous either with layoffs, bankruptcy, and abuse. Consider we clearly don't get any recognition as artists, why do we still beg for a seat at a table that unwelcomes us, but gladly fleece us of our talents?
We have to start asking what we value as a workforce, starting with ourselves. A new model needs to be built out of the ashes that is the current VFX industry. Kids on youtube doing vlogs make more money than some fulltime vfx artists. Don't watch the Oscars if it makes your blood boil. You pop an artery and that's a lot of problems you have to deal with. And no, RDJ will not rescue you in his Iron Man suit because without us, he doesn't even exist. -Lu On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Sebastien Sterling < sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > VFX, Animation, CG in general seems to be saturating, it would be a grave > thing indeed if digital art was relegated to the level of street performing > due to industrial greed and sector saturation. > > > On 26 February 2013 02:57, Christopher Crouzet < > christopher.crou...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Until I hovered and read the tooltip for that emoticon, I thought it was >> Homer Simpson grabbing a breast from Marge... needless to say that I was >> confused. >> >> >> ... sorry, yeah, GO VFX! >> >> >> >> On 26 February 2013 13:20, Bradley Gabe <witha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < >>> raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Leave it to the VFX industry to pixel fuck even a symbolic protest :D >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >
