I hear that reasoning a lot. On one end, it's agreeable. Sure, if your passion is CG, go ahead, find new venues. Some of us, however, do this because we're into creature work of a certain profile, or film in general, or both. For that demographic, looking at venues such as mobile app graphics, or slot machine graphics, or med-viz, or what else have you, is simply not an option. The next gen of consoles might open up one more venue, but insofar the gaming industry hasn't exactly turned out to be a safe haven either.
I'm not dismissing the argument, it's a sensible one to make and some should consider it, but it's narrowly applied short sight in a way to think everybody is in it to push buttons in Maya or Soft, and is willing to transfer their skills, if they even were in first place. Personally I'm in it to blow shit up and make stuff like dragons, hot chicks dual wielding katanas, zombies with arse-mounted machine guns and the such. Applying my software development skills to a successful 100000 downloads 0.99$ calendar app, even if I tick all the boxes required to make one, isn't my idea of a job I'd like :) On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Meng-Yang Lu <ntmon...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >
