Some stinky, some nifty. Stinky-Nifty.

[berbalang]

In this brief entry Berby will complain about the following:

I'm on the sixth ship of a six-ship painting gig. Normally I'd be "Huzzah! I'm painting machines 'n shit!" Not so with this beast/bastard/motherfucker. This last one's killing me. I won't name the IP it's from, except to say the King is Mad. Please, God, do not let him direct again. Ever

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[marram]

And to think I was actually starting to feel nostalgic about those CCG painting days of my past! Okay, I do miss the cons and get-togethers, but the art directors I'll never miss! :)

Sorry to hear about the full-body-slam in the health department. I'm down myself today and just had to skip on a meeting this afternoon because of it. I need to be better by this Thursday, though. Headed to San Francisco for a few days!

And what the heck is GP Lille?

[berbalang]

This isn't for any CCG-ish, truth to tell. It's a thing I'm doing purely because of the AD, whom I think is a prince. The king I'm referring to wears an entirely different hat. :{

What's in San Fran, other than the wonderfulness that is San Fran?

Grand Prix Lille. 'tis a thing of Magic. He said.

[marram]

My wife and I were invited to the graduation of one of our nephews from college. He's the first in 3-generations to do so, so we accepted. It also just happens to coincide with my wife's birthday, so we're staying down for a couple of extra days -- mostly for the wonderfulness of it all! :)

Hearing you chat about it, I'm really missing the cons and things right about now! I'll have to do something about that... :)

[berbalang]

Aha! Well, I can think of worse places to visit. ;)

I think taking a break from the convention circuit is a great thing. I'm redesigning that portion of my life. It eats up a lot of time. And you've got to think about how much it's really helping your business. I'm not convinced it's necessary to maintain a freelance career. In fact I'm thinking too much con time is potentially detremental to growing your biz.

Then again, you're a permanent-type employee, so why worry in the first place?

[marram]

It's the whole 'fingers in pots' approach to this sort of job. I mean, who knows how long any game company might, or might not last? I don't want to be racing to catch-up if anything goes wrong. And part of the reason I'm in this sort of industry at all is because I'm basically a geek for the whole thing! I guess I've been away long enough that I'm missing the con circuit -- which is probably better than being the other way around with it! :)

[berbalang]

*nods* Oh, I know what you mean. Most video games I've been involved with have vanished like marsh lights. Hey, save your shekels, learn all you can, and that way if this thing goes bust you'll have skills to take you to the next landing pad. The freelance gigs will still be around. Mixed up and switched about, but still there in some form.

Unless Shrubco has its way, in which case we'll all have our jobs outsourced. 's ok, though, we can go work for the gubbermint then. Yay.