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you're welcome!
how are you?
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I'm fine. Not really active here anymore, as my time doesn't really allow it ^^" I'm currently studying at university and it's great so far. But it's also a lot of work, which is why I don't have much time for art anymore. I'm spending most of my freetime on developing an android app with my brother. It coming along pretty well, even though it's not moving that fast ^^
So yeah, a lot to do, but all in all im fine
How are you? :3
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I see, glad to hear you're okay though
And good luck with developing that android app!
I'm mostly okay, I have some personal issues where I study (that are not related to the actual studies) and it has been stressing me for the whole semester. But it will be over in 26 days and then I'll be "free". Other than that, I'm thinking of creating a game this summer break and how I'm going to fund it (voice actors, mainly) and I'm not sure if I'd choose Unity or Unreal (Or even Xenko).
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Thanks! I'll tell your more about the app, when it's in a more presentable state
Oh, I'm sorry to hear about your personal issues. I hope it gets better!
About the game, good luck with it. hmm, engines are always a hard choice. I'd probably use Unity, as I'm much more experienced with it, but If you want stunning visuals, those are easier to achieve with UE4.. ^^"
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Awesome!
Thanks, it will get better by itself eventually
Actually I've kind of made my choice, and it's a bit weird. I chose Godot3.0 (when it comes out lol), it's cross-platform and very lightweight, and the development is very fast, and PBR will be fully supported in the next release
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Good to hear
Ah, nice. I've heard that name once in awhile, but I've never actually took a closer look at it. Can you recommend it?
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Well, I don't know, you already know unity and it's more than enough for you. My choice to choose Godot is a bit "risky" and depends mostly on the future releases that will be usable for a decent game making.
What you will find difficult is:
*learning a new language called GDScript, while it has a lot of advantages ocer C# in Unreal/Unity and resembles python a lot, I don't see it necessary when you already know unity
*it's still under active development and needs more work
*You probably won't have the ease of use as unity and unreal (tools, store, macros..etc)
But since game creation is not just coding but mainly creating the content of your game. It supports (in beta builds) PBR and advanced rendering techniques (probes, SSAO, SSReflections, post processing, voxel cone traced reflections,HDR..etc).
But the main reason for me is the portability, it's a very small executable and runs on linux and windows without any issues.
It may not be the best engine out there, but it's still a good one lol
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Thank you very much for the fav! Vielen Dank!
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Hey ya!Β Β
How are you?
Btw. nice Profile picture! ^^
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I'm doing fine, a bit busy and tired though.
How about you ? Have't heard from you in a while
And thanks, it's a gift from Nereiix ^^
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Ah, ok. 
I'm fine. I'm not that active here in the last time since deviantArt is giving me an error half of the time I'm trying to do anything. But there are days where it works perfectly, too. Since I've finished my final exams in school two weeks ago, I now have plenty of free time to spare. I've been mostly working on a game project. Because that's nothing I can really show here, it explains why I'm not posting anything lately. I could post some screenshots I guess.. ^^"
And you're welcome. ^^
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hmm, don't know if it's interesting to you, but I am working as a part-time in an electronics store (mainly reinstalling windows and antivirus, modding PS2 consoles to play games from USB, fixing phones when possible, and typing letters and documents when needed), another part-time job as a graphic designer (packaging and posters...etc). I'm also part of a group learning project in which each of us teaches the others, I'll be teaching 3D with blender and the others will teach electronics, web design, maths and programming.
Also, I'm expecting an interview this week for a full-time job as a graphic designer for someone suggested by my current employer.
Art related : not so much, still haven't started the comics I've planned last year nor the one about my dreams. not much motivation
Screenshots would be awesome!
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Sure it interests me! The part time job in the electronics store sounds like you're doing some things that can become very handy to you in the future. ^^
And congrats, I'm sure graphic designer is a great job. Good luck with your interview!Β
Hm, this learning group sounds nice. All those things are things i'm actually interested in, so I can imagine it will be fun. I guess most of those things (apart from web design) I'll learn at university when I start in about 3 month. I'm really looking forward to going to university, since the course I choose seems really interesting to me. Still, I've got a lot of time to kill till than, so I'll see what I'll do in the meantime. ^^"
Ah, I see. I'm currently not that motivated either.. I hope that will change when I'm back from vacation next week.
Ok, I'll see what I can do about the screenshots. But you'll probably have to wait until I'm back from vacation as I am leaving for a week to denmark on Saturday.
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I don't think I'm qualified for a graphic designer yet haha, I have never studied it before and I don't know the rules to follow and such, but I'm going to offer him my services as a 3D designer when animations and renderings are involved (advertisments and such). Either that or they will have to check my work when I finish and tell me what's wrong. There are a lot of "technical" people out there who know the rules and fonts ...etc but I'm mainly "artistic" if you know what I mean. I don't want to sound "bragging", but there are very few artists with skills like mine or above here in Algeria. Even if my skills are pretty average in developed countries. but at the same time 3D jobs are unfortunately even more rare, hopefully things will change in the future.
Well, I'm not considering Web design as a probable career choice (well, maybe except for the "design" part that doesn't involve actual website making mabye), but it's interesting to learn in groups anyway.
I hope you'll enjoy the university ^^
it's a good thing that you have plenty of time to kill, for me I don't get that much at all or not enough energy, and right now I'm having an insomnia so bad that I study Light theory, energy conservation, particles and collisions, forces, maths, and various technical stuff at 6 in the morning
Enjoy your vacations!
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I know exactly what you mean. I'm not familiar with the techincal standards of design either. I do most stuff the way that I think it looks good and right and not by the rulebook.
Being one of only few people with those skills can be very helpful I guess. Unfortunately I've got much more concurrence here in Germany. But on the other side that also means that there are much more jobs in that industry here.. ^^"
I'm not considering web design as career path either, but I guess it can definitely come handy.
Thanks. I hope that, too!
Wow, that sounds pretty bad. I mean studying those things is surely fascinating, but I could think of better times for that. Still you can't do that much against insomnia, can you?
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Yeah, competition and more possibilities is better than not having possibilities or only small ones that don't fit your needs.
I'm not going to stare at the ceiling until it will have eyes that stare back at me, gotta do something
But it's getting slowly under control, I have very messy sleep schedules but at least I get more than 6h everyday
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Yeah, that's true. About possibilities, did you ever consider doing online freelancing? You could do that from anywhere in the world where you have a decent internet connection. Still I'm not sure how hard it is to get into it.. ^^"
Haha, you've got a point there! Ah, good to hear that.
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I'm trying but it's so hard to get started when you have 0 reputation ^^"
I should open a bank account in $ or β¬ to acitvate paypal, but I don't have necessary money and at the moment I'm spending everything I have on electronicd and microcontrolllers and such which I need for my project for studies at the end, so I don't think this will happen before a year at least. Also there are a lot of administrative procedures and I'm just too lazy ATM.
The fulltime job proposal wasn't worth it so my employer/friend just refused it for me, it's like slavery for less than 200$/month and I'm not going to waste my time on that even if I'm in need of money right now ^^"
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Yeah, that's exactly what I'm thinking too.. :/
Ah, I see. Well I've got the advantage that I've already got a bank account in Euros, so that's not the problem for me. Still I'm not sure how and where to start. And with my game project running I'm also not sure if this is the right time for it.. ^^"
That does sound like slavery. Totaly reasonable to decline that!
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yeah, it's a lot easier in first world countries, opening a bank account is a lot more easier and the credit cards can be actually used in the stores to buy something. Meanwhile here in algeria we are still using cash for everything, there's nearly no shop that accepts debit cards as payment (the only use for that is to get money from the ATM machines). Recently one guy made a proposal for e-payments that would honestly make all our lives a lot easier but there are a lot of troubles in the law and the constitution needs to be revised for that
the only "solution" for a freelancer is to make a bank account in $/β¬ and then convert the money to Algerian Dinars and use them
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Oh, I see. Yeah, here in Germany you can actually pay nearly everywhere with a credit card/ debit card. I really hope this proposal on e-payment will work out!
But I guess creating a bank account inΒ $ or β¬Β in Algeria is not that easy is it? :/
Btw. sorry for the late answer. DeviantArt is really buggy for me lately which is why I'm not online that often anymore. I wrote to the support and I really hope they can help me.. ^^"
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The easiest way is to make a passport and use that, which still needs at least a few days to collect needed papers, after that it's up to your bank to ask for extra papers. At least that's what I've been told
And don't worry, it's okay ^^
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Ah I see. Well that sounds doable. Not perfect, but I guess that's how bureaucracy is ^^"Β
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This week I'll probably get everything ready if everything goes well!
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That's great to hear! Let me know how it works with freelancing. :3
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