Who among us had been employed for pixel art?
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Topic: Who among us had been employed for pixel art?
Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Subject: Who among us had been employed for pixel art?
Date Posted: 15 November 2007 at 8:44pm
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I was recently told that traditional pixel artists do not practice their work professionally so In rebuttal I wish to see who here has been employed or would consider themselves a "professional" though it is impossible to be a professional artist in skill rather than occupation in my opinion.
I know Jalonso has done some work, who else? ------------- http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/"> 
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Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 15 November 2007 at 8:48pm
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I know many pixel artists that do pixel art professionally, meaning that they have been employed to use their skills in pixel art to produce games and the likes. So it depends on what you mean by "professional" is it the skill or just plain being employed, or is it a combination of being employed because of your skill? lol
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Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 15 November 2007 at 9:03pm
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This is my dilemma. The term "professional" has become ambiguous. Either meaning is fine. ------------- http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/">
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 15 November 2007 at 10:02pm
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I think you should add "as a pixel artist" to the title. Because when I read that thought it was employed period. And no, I've never been paid to pixel. I remember seeing Atooi's resume, he worked on several SNES and GBA games. -------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: tuaarita
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 8:23am
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Originally posted by greenraven
I remember seeing Atooi's resume, he worked on several SNES and GBA games. Zero the kamikaze squirrel and sigma star saga, atleast. http://pixeljoint.com/p/3844.htm - his gallery that's pretty amazing. ------------- I'm running in the desert, running in to the sun, running out of blood and I'm going numb. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 8:45am
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i did some pixel art work before, but i am no pro... especially since i dont really pixel anymore
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 11:30am
I've been paid for stuff before, however i wouldn't have considered it a proper job or anything. I knew the guy who paid me quite well and stuff. So nah i'm no proff. I do get offered jobs quite often though... 
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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 12:15pm
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I got 17$ IM A PRO GOT IT? ------------- |
Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 12:52pm
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I would say that professional, in pixel art, would be a mix of quality and skill of the art. Cause anyone can get paid for work, while not everyone has the skill to hold the title of professional.
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Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 1:18pm
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I've been offered professional work, but have turned it down. :o
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Posted By: surt
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 2:13pm
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Originally posted by Pixel_Outlaw If by "traditional pixel artists" they meant "pixel purists" that may be more-or-less true, as when you're working to output a large quantity to a tight deadline you probably aren't going to be too fussed about using "cheater" tools if it gets the job done.I was recently told that traditional pixel artists do not practice their work professionally... |
Posted By: Opacus
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 2:35pm
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I am doing some payed jobs currently.
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Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 2:37pm
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Basically it was a matter of saying that traditional pixel art is outdated and something that is a relic of the past. ------------- http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/">
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Posted By: theguy
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 2:41pm
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I have but found out I was being conned... I also have one going on now but he hasn't been on MSN lately so I dunno
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Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 16 November 2007 at 2:52pm
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Originally posted by theguy I have but found out I was being conned... I also have one going on now but he hasn't been on MSN lately so I dunno huh? lol ------------- "At least we killed some boredom..." - Death Note. |
Posted By: theguy
Date Posted: 17 November 2007 at 3:55am
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what do you mean
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Posted By: Squirrelsquid
Date Posted: 20 November 2007 at 5:08am
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 20 November 2007 at 12:50pm
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Personally, I don't believe that such thing as 'professional pixel artist' ever existed, at least 'near us'(mean, i'm not ignoring all these people working on the gamming industry, i know they weren't magical faeries).
don't you need some kind of education or instruction or experience to be considered as professional? as far as I know, the degree of 'professional' is provided by a certificated institution, like a university for example. honestly, i haven't heard of something like that exept under the obiusly "graphic desing" careers. and maybe http://www.sessions.edu/courses/All_couses/historyofvideogames.asp - this ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: Doomcreator0
Date Posted: 27 November 2007 at 5:06pm
Well I'm 13 so I can't exactly be employned now can I? I plan on keeping it as a hobby.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Elwin
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 9:00am
I am hopefully going to start my first job for a game soon ^^; But I still consider myself a hobby pixeller, this is my first time on working on games. About the proff thing, I think it's mostly what you consider yourself to be. I don't really think anyone else can point out and say that someone is proff. Maybe those magical faeries that work full-time on game corporations  |
Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 10:20am
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Originally posted by Doomcreator0 Well I'm 13 so I can't exactly be employned now can I? I plan on keeping it as a hobby. for official stuff etc? no. but if some1 says I give you a dollar if you pixel me some sprites, why say no because you are thirtheen? As long as you be honest about your age, and you believe you can trust him, its all ok :) ------------- |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 29 November 2007 at 12:04pm
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employed? no. i got some offers from gameloft and other corporations though, but they pretty much all want me to relocate and do fulltime work. ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |