That makes total sense! Rendering any animation in Bryce is a nightmare anyway because it renders each frame individually, it takes fooooooreeeevveerrr to get even a short video exported :(

I can tell you put a lot of thought into each of the letters, but it doesn't really work as a logo. It's very busy and will not read well on smaller print or screens, which removes your ability to use it on anything like a business card or as a watermark. Details like the character's face in the letter 'I' and the tooth(?) on the letter 'U' are already hard to see clearly on the screenshots you provided.

This is a situation where less is more, and I think you would be better off sticking to just the letter C. I would find a way to push the ears more so they aren't as small and look more like ears, and clean up the terminal (end point of the letter) as what you have currently almost looks like a G instead of a C.

This is unfortunately a step in the wrong direction. It makes your design even busier and reduces clarity between the forms of the letters. An outline can help make a logo stand out more, but in this case, I think your logo is solid enough without one.

I think a really good reference for what you are trying to do is the Sonic logo. It reduces the character to its most memorable features in a way that reads really clearly and works in a single color.

In summary, you have a good foundation with that first letter C, and I think you can push it further to emphasise the characteristics of your OC. Typography is a separate art from logo making, and I think you are trying to do two things at once that are at conflict with each other.

You should try messing around with Bryce

oooh if you're interested in this you should check out Marmoset Hexels

Like Victor said, the game is being delayed due to employees revolting after R* laid off key members of a union.

Additional sources / information:

Rock Paper Shotgun: "Ah shit, here we go again": GTA 6 developers speak from the picket line about Rockstar North "union-busting"

PCGamer: 'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting

Employee Recount from Rockstar Forums

It does not unfortunately :(

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll definitely check it out :D

Yes!

Yeah, same here. I oddly have mixed feelings about the AI tools. I think machine learning can be incredibly helpful in handling tasks that are often tedious or annoying to do by hand. Like, Affinity having a built-in tool for upscaling low-resolution images solves so many problems I have as a graphic designer, but to gain access to it, I also have to pay for a bunch of shitty generative AI that seeks to replace me entirely.

Its hard to say what the future is from here. My optimistic guess is that Canva and Affinity invest into a motion graphic competitor for Adobe's After Effects, and that enters the premium plan. We could spend forever making pessimistic guesses... :/

Over a year and a half after Canva purchased Affinity and it's team from Serif, we are now starting to see the results and the future they have in mind for this software.

This new version requires a Canva account, severing the tie between Affinity and Serif for good. V3 also means that Canva has no obligation to further improve on Affinity V2, which was sold for 179$ USD in November 2022 and stopped receiving updates and new features less than two years later.

After installing the software and opening your first canvas, you are greeted with a familiar user interface from Affinity V2, with one notable addition:

Affinity now includes a full set of AI tools that includes both Generative AI and Machine Learning. If you want to use any of them, you will need a Canva subscription.

It seems to me like Canva is interested in directly competing with Adobe, and this is their strategy to do it. It's a shame they have joined the AI race, and I'm still bitter that I paid so much for a universal, lifetime license of V2 only for the software to now be abandonware three years later. But hey, if you've ever wanted to try an alternative to Adobe's Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, its free* now and packaged into one app. Hopefully new features wont be locked behind some bogus premium subscription.

This is the most important part. The gold rush was fabricated as a way to convince regular people to buy into crypto. As people bought crypto to get in on the fad, it allowed those with large holdings of the coins to cash out. Enthusiasts painted a story about empowering artists or the future of technology, but ultimately it was a scheme to get people to trade their real money for useless e-coins.

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Congrats on UOTD @Chris! I remember playing the Gravoor games when I was a little kid, spending hours and hours in the level editor pretending I was a game developer too. Thank you for being a part of what made me pursue my own journey into game design :)

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Canva understands this too which is why they aquired Affinity back in 2024, which is my software of choice and of many other professionals and freelancers who cannot or will not purchase adobe products. I'm afraid that Canva going public will cause cascading issues. Affinity has so far been Generative AI free and has honored its lifetime license policy, but man, I am not hopeful for the future, and this news does not help :(

The Fortnite team did such a good job with the crossover, its so surreal seeing something as putrid as the Duke of Flies in the worlds most popular shooter lmao

Random furniture is welcome!

These are so good omg!!! I think you may have misinterpreted ‘leaving’ but its okay lol

Could be followers of yours viewing from their feed, which has a big heart button for favoriting art but hides the rating UI in the comment button...

You can absolutely find fans for non-character-focused graphic design because I am one of them lol. Here is some great stuff from my own faves list:

And if I may toot my own horn, some of my work:

Designers fight each other all the time about what is Graphic Design versus Graphic Art. I think most would argue that Graphic Art is what people are more interested in seeing on an art platform, but with enough polish and the correct presentation, I could see things like logos and UI being appreciated too. However, you (OP) are definitely going to want a tool stronger than Canva to do that though lol

I'm also struggling deeply with this. I work a full-time job with a three hour there-and-back commute. By the time I get home I'm usually sapped of energy, and weekends are usually reserved for time with friends, family and my girlfriend. I work in graphic design too, which means I'm already using that aspect of my brain for the majority of the day, and I would rather spend the few hours I have after work doing anything else? I ended up canning my daily drawing regimen about half a year after getting hired full time, it became too much with everything else going on. Part of me feels like I'm making excuses, but damn, it's so hard to pick it up when I finally get a chance to do nothing instead...

I've always wanted to turn my photobash works into full fledged illustrations but I feel like I don't have the time or the skill to do it properly right now lol

This is good information, and all of it should be front and center on the website. As things stand currently, your landing page fails to communicate the credibility that you have established as a professional, and that lack of visible credibility is going to make your sell much harder. Like I said before, people like NAMES. I want to click on your landing page and see WHO EXACTLY you are in contact with and why that should matter to me. I have been a part of several communities like this one in the past, but all of them were nonprofits that did not require a terms of service submission to engage with industry professionals. I imagine that because this is a business, there is some kind of middleman or royalty fee down the line for you to make this connection for your clients. You need to do everything in your power to convince me that your service is better than the networking I can already achieve by myself, and I currently don't see that in the material you are presenting.

I do wish you luck with this new endeavor, and I hope you are able to bring some great art and artists front and center!

ooooh probably Faith in Persona by Death's Dynamic Shorud

No, something about this doesn't pass the smell test. Who are the corporate connections you are supposedly able to "Kick it Upstairs" to? This is arguably the most important part of your entire pitch and there are no mentions of any companies or key people anywhere on the website. The site also lists four different 'shows' but there is no way to watch them, nor can I find them anywhere else on the internet. Why should I believe you have any interest in " innovative, independent storytelling" when your personal website has articles about how 'AI is the Future'? And least important but most embarrassingly, why did you photoshop your startups logo on a stock image of a random office lol

This one is for my fellow full time employees: How do you manage to find motivation to work on things on the side?

I spend 9 hours a day at work and 3 to 4 hours commuting and by the time I'm home again I'm so worn out. Theres so many things I want to make but by the time I can get started I'm already sapped of energy for the day...

Well, we can discuss the contents and design of your sheet, that may be of some help:

Theres a lot of issues that I think you need to resolve before you are ready to do business. For starters, the design of your sheet is not great. The colors are jarring, the graphic design cheapens your work, and the work you are displaying is not as good as some of the newer pieces on your profile. Think of your commission sheet like a business card; it serves as your first impression of what you are capable of for anyone who is unfamiliar with your work.

In tandem with the problem of poor graphic design, you are offering too much. Three separate commission sheets is way too much information for a potential customer to take in and should be minimized to a single page. I would recommend factoring things like backgrounds and props into your base price and removing the options for colorless sketches and half-bodies. You want your art to feel like a luxury product (because being able to commission an artist IS a luxury) and allowing your buyer to be so picky and choosy further cheapens your work.

And speaking of cheap work, RAISE YOUR PRICES!! Eight bucks for a full body full color piece is a ridiculously low price. Its barely federal minimum hourly wage in the United States, and surely you value your time and work more than that? If you disagree, maybe it's a sign you aren't ready to take commissions.

In summary if you want to make money with commissions it's not enough to be a good artist, you need to have a basic understanding of graphic design, advertisement, and marketing as well. I like the art on your profile but your comm sheets do not communicate what you are capable of at all, and your prices make it seem like you aren't confident in your own product.

You can draw your creature in any medium you choose, just no generative AI lol

Hmmm, not entirely sure what you mean by this, can you elaborate?