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Do you think your art background helped you develop the focus and dedication to work on projects for such long periods of time? Most programmers couldn't manage
by Scaevolus 13y ago
Do you think your art background helped you develop the focus and dedication to work on projects for such long periods of time? Most programmers couldn't manage that.
- jenniferDewalt 13y agoAbsolutely! When making art, you often go through a 'research' phase where you make a lot of sketches, models, mock-up, etc. Most of it is garbage but at the end you've prepared yourself to tackle the real thing. I sometimes think of this project as a really intense version of that process.
- ihnorton 13y agoYou really should blog about this! 'Build one to throw away' is a common (very insufficiently applied, in my case) programming aphorism, but it would be neat to hear a take on it from an artist's perspective where you quite literally throw it away and there is no copy-paste between projects.
- jenniferDewalt 13y agoThat is a really great idea! I am definitely sticking that one in my queue.
- kpennell 13y agoI'm going to move to India to do just this.
- JackDanger 13y agoI second the interest in a blog post. Jennifer, it's rare that someone develops an art background before programming so I'd love to hear your thoughts on the similarities and differences.
- moron4hire 13y agoWhat on earth do you mean by this?