golguin

As long as guys are willing to go after any girls then yes. I don't particularly care about race. If the girl has the features I'm looking for then I'm all in. Hooking up with girls of different races and cultures is actually the only thing that will end racism.

Very interesting stuff. I don't remember if I knew about Ceaseless Discharge being the brother to the witches because of item descriptions that I read on my own or if it was brought to my attention by ENB.

The exploit of beating the game without killing him has been shown in speed runs of the game. I wonder if that is what is being referred to in the article.

I suppose I didn't clarify that I don't intend to make freelancing my job. I see it as gas money and a way to beef up my resume since I only have my internship as "real" experience. I did graduated Summa Cum Laude from Cal Poly Pomona. I have my BFA in Graphic Design and two minors (Marketing Management and Art History). I don't know how that looks on a resume, but I do have my portfolio and I send the thing along with my resume to every job I apply for.

I am fully aware that I am working for essentially nothing. I could either do that while I wait to land a job or I could simply continue to look for jobs and sit on my ass in the meantime. At least this way I keep my creative juices flowing.

I am happy to report that I did land the Petaluma "Revive Luma" gig so I guess the client liked the three logos I sent or maybe they looked at my pdf portfolio and liked what they saw. I wont really know until I hear back form them since they're probably asleep. Elance says the money for the job has been deposited and is in holding so at least I know there is real money in play.

I appreciated all the responses thus far and if you guys have more legit graphic designs websites that I can sign up for like Dribble and Behance I am happy to hear more.

@Fredddi43 said:

I assume you're already registered at Dribbble? If not, check it out, some clients like to scout new talents there, and if you sign up as a pro, you can be hired directly through the site.

I just signed up for Behance and Dribble. They seem to be pretty good sources for design inspiration. Sometimes searching google images isn't enough to ignite that creative spark.

I'm interested in beating the hardest difficulty of Horde Mode if you'll do that. There's an achievement for that right? I believe I got the needed perks or whatever they were called to get super shots and unlimited ammo.

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@masterpaperlink said:

im no expert but aren't you supposed to do the work after they they agree to pay you? seems like a lot of extra work if you could just show a portfolio instead.

Yes, but I have no leverage as a new user so I'm trying to stand out. I also sent my portfolio with 15+ pieces since those mockups are a bit lacking.

You have plenty of leverage, don't sell yourself short. Yes you are new and inexperienced but if your portfolio (even if it's mostly or all school stuff) is great you'll be fine. If they say 50 is their budget, say $100 is what you normally would charge for something like this, and say you'll take 50. Make sure to mention total amount of time you are willing to spend on revisions and stuff cause otherwise they'll be having you do 1400 things.

SELL YOURSELF, you are a freelancer. Why should they take you over someone else. I work freelance all the time on TV Shows; impress, be confident but not cocky.

If you are looking for full time work; magazine, news papers anything local will be good options. You can freelance at the same time. Any sort of local chain is a good option as well, like a coffee shop or sandwich place with a few locations.

Freelancing is the art of working 12 jobs at once and meeting every deadline. Good luck!

Subject2Change is correct. What you are doing here is called working "on speculation"; meaning employment conditional upon being selected as part of a contest "prize" or providing work to the employer for free as part of some sort of recruitment test. Do not do this. Ever. Companies prey on inexperienced designers and artists by putting them through exactly this runaround.

If company asks for samples, direct them to your portfolio. If company will not agree to payment terms prior to your starting work, tell them to fuck right the hell off with or without the horse that they may or may not have ridden in on.

I'm afraid to say this is a cutthroat industry you've chosen. I did it for a couples years before I quit from stress and frustration. My advice? Be a custom photo/art framer or run a printing shop. That's where the easy money is.

So what you're saying is that I shouldn't have submitted these 3 logos to the "Revive Luma" client?

At the very least I really downgraded the quality of the jpeg and I added my little water mark in case they try to steal the logo. Coincidentally the client is located in Petaluma, California and I believe the bombcrew lives around there. Maybe they could go regulate if I get jacked again.

@Stete said:

@golguin: This might not be of much help to you but creativepool.co.uk is really good for your needs if you live in the UK. I am guessing you are not but you might be able to find some freelance work there where you can work from home.

I don't live in the UK and from all the lurking I've been doing on elance in the past few days it seems that the only way to land online freelance work is if you live in a country where the standard of living allows for the cheapest rates possible. I still appreciate the suggestion.

I enjoyed the article and the different viewpoints. I may not get outraged by these types of things in video games, but I feel it's because I have no rage left over after all the political news I digest daily. Being constantly disappointed by how little people care about the political process and how easily they fall for political misinformation is a big bummer.

I like the Majora's Mask and the Pokemon Black one. I've also had a real ghost experience as did my mom, dad, and sister. My sister's event was the most recent (almost two years ago now) where she had two different ghosts appear at our house for about two weeks. My mom actually saw one enter her room during the day out of the corner of her eye (a shadowy figure) and she only admitted that fact a few days ago. When the haunting was going on she kept telling my sister is was just her imagination or it was because she had just watched a scary movie. My sister was 21 years old at the time.

My own story isn't that dramatic, but my friend experienced it at the same time so it's proof that we weren't crazy. I might talk about that later.

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@posh said:

looking forward to all of the woman haters of giant bomb coming together and yelling at patrick like idiots

looking forward to all of the patrick-hater haters of giant bomb coming together and yelling at patrick-haters like idiots

Looking forward to the goddamn popcorn.

EDIT: Wait, so this is about the fucking Dead Island limbless statue? There are far worse things wrong with that than simple sexism. How do you people not see that the issue is that THEY ARE MARKETING A FUCKING LIMBLESS STATUE? It doesn't matter if it's male, female, or Klingon, it's a FUCKING LIMBLESS STATUE. Used AS A SPECIAL EDITION BONUS.

It's almost like Venus de Milo.

...which originally did have both arms, still has a head, and isn't covered in gore.

All of that true, but the women torso in the statue also had both arms and a head at one point.