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fire_brand
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada1123 Posts
September 07 2011 14:50 GMT
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How to start... I guess first up are introductions. So I'm a long time lurker from way back in the SC:BW days, originally made an account so I could do some fantasy broodwar against some of my friends. I played broodwar sparingly, I kind of missed the boat for that so I was absolute garbage. Corsairs made me qq into gg. I actually played WC3 before that, and at some point in high school and had a very high rated 2v2 team, orc and NE. I also wasted a couple years on Wow. I've basically jumped game to game along with my friends.

In school I focused mostly on art and so when it came time to go to college and applied to a few different illustration and animation programs. I failed horribly and went into a 1 year art fundamentals course basically spending the next year painting and drawing before taking a crack at applying again. I managed to squeak into Sheridan Illustration. Its been... 5 years since then? I'm not going to go into detail but various maladies along the way hijacked my original plans and I'm still in school now, looking to finally graduate this year at the young young age of 25.

So why the blog?

Well I guess for as long as I remember I've always been decently talented and smart and I've never really had to work hard for anything. Grades came fairly easy, I passed stuff without really giving it my all. As a result I've never really been especially driven or motivated for anything in life. I take my responsibilities to my family, friends and girlfriend very seriously, but beyond that I've just never really cared all that much. In the real world, and especially in my field, that doesn't really get you anywhere at all.

And so the blog. I plan to use this, and you guys to keep me focused, and get me going. I figure if I have a responsibility to others and a goal in mind then I can keep myself motivated to do better and get better. As it is right now my work is pitiful enough that it's going to be tough sledding netting a job on graduation. What better way to improve then to share my stuff with the community I love?

I'm going to Blizzcon come October so the plan for now is to have a bunch of stuff done that I can get autographs on. I'll be adding to the list in weeks to come, but for now I'm going to keep it simple. Fanart for each person on the list so they can sign it and at least one piece per week until Blizzcon, starting this weekend. I'm also not 100% sure who's going, but better to have a higher goal than a lower one. I will be streaming everthing, and posting a new blog with the pic every time I finish one.

Week 1 - Sen
Week 2 - MVP
Week 3 - Nestea
Week 4 - Day9
Week 5 - Naniwa/Select
Week 6 - Sheth/Ret

That's it so far. Hopefully I can stay motivated and follow through. Wish me luck!


Random player, pixel enthusiast, crappy illustrator, offlane/support
balmung135
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States31 Posts
September 07 2011 15:55 GMT
#2
Im glad to hear you are starting a blog, are you just doing it on team liquid or hosting it elsewhere?
fire_brand
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada1123 Posts
September 12 2011 23:57 GMT
#3
On September 08 2011 00:55 balmung135 wrote:
Im glad to hear you are starting a blog, are you just doing it on team liquid or hosting it elsewhere?


Just here for now. I have other stuff on an outside blog, but here it's just stuff related to my Blizzcon project, or some sort of SC2 related art stuff.
Random player, pixel enthusiast, crappy illustrator, offlane/support
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