For a better tomorrow
- Ramanisky27
Vid of the Day
hahaha
- yurimon6
I want to be a "REAL" designer
what is your skill level of using the tools? but first stop putting yourself down. gaining skills and learning is a process.. those that make it learn and analyze their mistakes and improve without self deprecation.
Any schooling? age? art background? Also find a successful designer to model yourself after. this is a process that alot of successful people do.
- I use photoshop on an intermediate level. I'm old. (28) No background. The most advanced tech classes we had in my school was "Typing 101" that's it.mtthwsms
- Intermediate is fine. 28 isn't old. It's a bit of a late start, but if you want to do it you just have to work hard.jtb26
- I don't always agree with Yurimons posts,
but when I do,
I don't.moldero - your subconscious mind agrees but thats why its called subconscious, dont want to face it... lol :)yurimon
- lol moldysea_sea
- Continuity12
Website of the day!
Err, yeah. Not to be a complete cunt or anything, but ...
http://www.qbn.com/topics/622787…
http://www.qbn.com/topics/617004…
http://www.qbn.com/topics/603181…- Couldn't agree more.ORAZAL
- exactly what a cunt would say
:PgeorgesIII - Correct. Cunt and proud.Continuity
- Embrace your inner cuntset
- The cunt is strong with this one.jtb26
- BusterBoy0
- I'm still amazed this fuckwit ran the most powerful country in the worldWhiteFace
- more fuckwits came and more coming.yurimon
- whats funny is that the guy in now is an extension of this guy. sshhh nobody notices to much.yurimon
- The World is fucked up now because of him and his stupid wars.Ben99
- ITs bankers wars, and your war because you help support it financiallyyurimon
- what you gonna do about it yurimon? what have you done to stop those fuckwits?pango
- What can man do against such reckless hate?robthelad
- may 1 in 2013, Bush said "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" wjile standing on an aircraft carrier under a banner that said "mission accomplished"vaxorcist
- first step is to die my hair blonde. :)yurimon
- er dyeyurimon
- Actually have to not participate. people are following orders at the whim of these idiots that includes current administration.yurimon
- Actually have to not participate. people are following orders at the whim of these idiots that includes current administration.yurimon
- @yuri - what does that mean exactly? not have a bank account, not pay taxes, work for barter? curious how one doesn't help pay for it allGnash
- yurimon doesn't pay taxesmonospaced
- I'm working on the tax part everything else was easy. tax is hardest. only companies hard to boycott is phone n internet, electronics.yurimon
- tax would be easy if i was poor.yurimon
- ow fack. front page. fuyurimon
- so you are not paying taxes.... cool.
do you think it's actually stoping those fuckwits?pango - its a start bro. it would be easier if everyone on the same page. everyone acting together could create a nice world to live in but keep it up wanksiyurimon
- are you boycotting roads and infrastructure too? You know, those things our taxes pay for...formed
- you talking about state sales tax or dmv?yurimon
- The worst and most ignorant president in U.S. history, period!utopian
- if you havent noticed this administration is not much different.yurimon
- wow you make everything sound so simple.pango
- It is simple. Indoctrination complicates things.yurimon
- Doesn't this belong in the Kill It Thread?CyBrainX
- All the recent Pres have had some similar policies, but we aren't blindly invading other countries, have a new healthcare system, not so badformed
- healthcare system suckballs like all prezyurimon
- what would you have done yuri?pango
- I do t usually agree with yurimon,
But when I do,
I don't.moldero
- moldero6
- not sure that'd go down well with the client.indian_pole
- Think Different™moldero
- \m/jaylarson
- Hahahahahahapango
- wow, I never thought you were so conformist until now.yurimon
- The idea of being an un-conformist is very conforming. The only way of getting out of the hole is not giving a fuck. You are still so deep in the hole.pango
- pango, your loop logic makes you a conformist. Not giving a fuck for the most part is a root of many problems. grow up.yurimon
- The only think non-conformist is admitting you're a conformist.iCanHazQBN
- Stfumonospaced
- Krassy6
- look at this mother fucker, tryin to be all scarabin 'n shit.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!moldero - this the original version
http://i.imgur.com/v…uan - upvoted sondocpoz
- timeline of the day threadsarahfailin
- @uan the low-res copy of the hi-res one I posted? hahahaKrassy
- I've still got this issue of Mondo 2000evilpeacock
- @Krassy: look at the powerbook screen in the picture:)uan
- wish he had a red cyberpunk mohawk - not long rocker hair.inteliboy
- @uan aaaah! haha! good one!Krassy
- look at this mother fucker, tryin to be all scarabin 'n shit.
- microkorg3
- Qingdao, China & Seoul, South Koreamicrokorg
- Nice!benfal99
- super niceRamanisky2
- beautiful shots!HijoDMaite
- noiceutopian
- superb! are these shot using instagram?ok_not_ok
- So great, all of these.mg33
- thanks guys. processed in snapseed then uploaded (maybe tweaked) in instagrammicrokorg
- LovelyHAYZ1LLLA
- Very nicemoldero
- Ruddy excellent work. Particularly like the last one, very Giger.Morning_star
- utopian3
- Katsu's shorthand tag.BH26
- Love the taiko drum and drunk samurai trackmoldero
- Is KATSU the first documented drone attack graffiti?utopian
- That's it? not even a dickbutt? disappointing...pango
- RANinteliboy
- Drone "drawing" ... more a technician than an artistBen99
- Need to program in some can control.instrmntl
- Clever, as far as street art tactics go. But it's severely anticlimactic.dopepope
- rabbit1
- its witchcraftApeRobot
- A photograph would have been faster, just saying...Maaku
- it's called talent, you've probably never heard of it.ApeRobot
- prove itBen99
- Why would anyone spend so long painting such a boring face?Ianbolton
- she isn't boring to meBen99
- isn'tdbloc
- lol @Ape, nice one.Maaku
- imagine spending your entire leisure time painting something that looks like a photograph - what a massive step back in artistic progress. BIG MEH.fadein11
- @aperobot: It's not talent - it's patience/experience... there is a huge difference.fadein11
- isn.t$moldero
- it's autism._niko
- Nah, that's definitely a talent. That shit looks real to the point where I'm actually trying to see if it's not a photo.fyoucher1
- lolBen99
- $i.nt'sBen99
- You're a painting!pango
- Not saying this is easy, but with a massive enough canvas, it's much easier to fill in the tiny details like pores and creases.iCanHazQBN
- This is purely technical skill. Requires no imagination or artistic impression.iCanHazQBN
- I knew a girl like this in school. She could reproduce anything. But if you asked her to be creative and invent something from her mind, she couldn't.iCanHazQBN
- So, the guy is a technician, not an artist. iCanHaz says it.Ben99
- this is the same as training those elephants to paint http://www.indusladi…_niko
- mind boggling. what if there is no model and he thought this face up out of nothing? would that be creative?HijoDMaite
- h8rsyurimon
- Virtuosity: 10
Creativity: 0pablo28 - Would not bang?Ben99
- The focus of something like this will always shift to the technique or skill of the painter. Not the content.iCanHazQBN
- The painter isn't expressing anything but his skill. If he wanted to capture the girl's "essence" he could've achieved the exact result by taking a photo.iCanHazQBN
- The fact that he chose to paint it instead means he just wanted to show off his technical ability.iCanHazQBN
- So he traced from a photo or real life that looks just like the original. Then he scanned or took a photo of his work that still looks just like the original...pango
- Meta...pango
- What's next? Divided by zero?!?!pango
- its great, but hey guys, have you ever seen recent paintings? or digital paintings? they're realistic as fuck... nothing new herefeel
- i love the color on her eyes and her expression, not so much her tattoofeel
- A photograph would have been faster, the painting is uglyi_was
- pores.MHDC
- http://i.imgur.com/5…ApeRobot
- she's attractive.docpoz
- lol we're bugging about this glorious artist whose work none of us could ever do.. cuntsmekk
- I can take a photo and it would look just as real.pango
- Paint More! QBN Less!tap
- A photo would never have the texture of a painting.hotroddy
- I think she is exquisite. Far from boring. I am in love in fact lol.rabbit
- "glorious artist"? Hmm. How is this creative or imaginative? He's a color copy machine with great brush control. He's just reproducing what he's seeing.iCanHazQBN
- ^ what he saidfadein11
- Photo would never have the tenure of the paint? Then why try so hard to paint like a photo? Or painting would never have the same texture as photo?pango
- The texture ensures that the painting is one of a kind. No two alike. A photo can be mass produced.hotroddy
- So the advantage of a painting is for investment and bragging? "I bought this painting for how much and it's one of a kind" :Ppango
- quite how anyone can say this is boring or shes painted a crap this or whatever, just shhtaaaap, look at it! ITS A FRIGGIN PAINTINGcruddlebub
- CrimsonGhost10
Getting older and working in design
Thank you all for your support and sharing your experiences. It really means a lot to me. (And I thought this place was just for downvoting Gerorges photo choices...I kid)
@bklyndroobeki I watched the video. I like what Brandon says about duration and weight we give to our negative thoughts. Believe me when I say I don't wish to stay down.
A little about me: I left home at 16, put myself through university and have lived a life doing what I want despite friends, family and acquaintances telling me I can't. "You can't make it as an artist, that's a stupid profession. Haven't you heard of starving artists?" "You can't get a tattoo," "You can't ride a motorcycle" etc etc etc. What that means is THEY can't or THEY'RE afraid to. People will always try to live their lives and fears out through you and I've always lived my life tuning them all out.
I live for being hyper creative, 41 and still hungry for new trends, scribbling in my sketchbook or taking photos. Shit, before digital and camera phones I'd blow so much money on getting photos of random crap that inspired me in that moment developed.
I have defined myself my entire life as an artist. The thought of working at something like stocking shelves is a Hell I'm trying very hard not to sentence myself to. NOT that there's anything wrong with those jobs at all, but I've always wanted to be passionate about what I do. I'm the jerk that goes to the movies and names the fonts while looking at the ads they show before the trailers, or cringes when he looks at a menu that's poorly kerned. Where else but our world would have me?
Having a job of 15 years fall out from under me was a huge blow. After which came constant and repeated feelings of rejection, irrelevance and being inconsequential that have been chipping away at me. I started freelancing and tried "faking it til I made it" but those core feelings of being a 41 year old out of work art director and web developer are like a cancer that have been eating me alive.
Depression is an entirely different animal altogether. I thought I could pull out of it on my own, that if I told anyone what I was going through I would be considered weak or broken. My doctor repeatedly tells me its a disease that needs to be treated, like diabetes, that you can't just will away, and I should say "Thank god, there's a pill that's keeping me from jumping out a window." I haven't reached that level of acceptance yet but I'm trying.
I'm working very hard at getting myself back to a healthy place so I can pull out of this nosedive. So my brain can work again rather than feel like somebody grabbed the emergency brake and is holding it in a vice like grip.
I apologize if I've made this thread about me. I hope some of my experiences can in some way help. If any of you are dealing with similar dark or negative thoughts, please know you're not alone and there IS help.
Again, thank you all so much.
- It takes courage to admit what you're going through and to reach out to others. As you're now seeing, it's in every one of us as well.Gucci
- Nicely stated.
I wish you the best moving forward CGRamanisky2 - You are definitely not alone. I understand completely what you write.SimonFFM
- ... I almost hate to do this but i hate this new culture of internet pussies. grow some balls, quit being irrationally emo and evaluate your values. ALL yourdeathboy
- answers you search for exist in your posts if u are a llittle more self awaredeathboy
- i'll tune you up. i clearly see your problems if u REALLY want to see them. Paragraph 5 first sentence clearly shows your level of disillusionment. hit me updeathboy
- Certified.set
- utopian1
- < Read the actual wrist bands, enlarge the imageutopian
- duhset
- 7 inch clitsarahfailin
- FUCK OFF YOU BLACK CUNTiCanHazQBN
- this is what the wristbands with chinese characters that we buy say as well_niko
- ^ LOL yup totallymoldero
- poor girlmoldero
- cheers cuntdrgs
- DICK LIKER
lol.iCanHazQBN - Who you callin' Slippery Gypsy?elahon
- SMASH MY BOXBonSeff
- Slippery Gypsysee_thru
- they are like this on purpose so bogan aussie tourists buy them for a laugh.inteliboy
- Ginger Ninja? is that a thing? loltimeless
- SMELLY VAGset
- CGN5
- haha, excellent - much like when I accidentally take a photo of myself staring idiotically into my phone, face twisted into ignorant, helpless rage.detritus
- LOLmoldero
- LAUGH OUT LOUDprophetone
- seriously, i lol'dprophetone
- Hahahahamaquito
- this is goodBen99
- Lolset
- autoflavour1
- thank god,
I was worried he was getting old..georgesIII - Secret to longevity: a simple life...and seven hearts, of courseSteveZissou
- is it Satan?Ben99
- Close, Rockerfellerautoflavour
- reptiliansApeRobot
- cuntset
- what an encouraged facedrgs
- "Live a simple life"... Fuck you! Easy for you to say when you almost literally have all the money in the world.pango
- Wait for it, old motherfucker.maquito
- For a second I thought this had to do with getting older and working in designyuekit
- this guy eats children's spines for breakfastMilan
- Seriously tho...there's no way one guy had six different heart transplants. Cmon guys!yuekit
- How many deserving people didn't get the transplant they needed so this douche could keep breathing.BK
- ^ thatmoldero
- ^ http://i.ytimg.com/v…yurimon
- bye 3d world ...set the people free aholeCGN
- Its a painting not a photographMHDC
- I've shat more aesthetically pleasing shitsset
- thank god,
- Ramanisky20
- There are always ignorant humans.ArmandoEstrada
- YOU GO GIRL!Milan
- FWIW I think that constitutes a "terrorist threat", but what do I know. http://definitions.u…sublocked
- everybody thinks you're so edgy gurl, keep it upWeyland
- arrested. http://www.wsbtv.com…slinky
- Well Played mom. SMHBH26
- "Dickens has been charged with disseminating information related to terrorist acts." because they have nothing else that would pass a judge.uuuuuu
- a good lawyer could have this thrown out so fast but unfortunatly she probably can't afford thatuuuuuu
- Good luck with that job Ebony, and have fun in jail.utopian
- I thought what people said online wasn't important?georgesIII
- I like that "shit" is censored in a rant about murdering people.i_monk
- Maaku4
- needs a comma after nowKrassy
- you the burger, now bitchsarahfailin
- You, the burger. Now Bitch!_niko
- You the, burger now, bitch¿juanluisgarcia
- you, the burger. now, bitch!sarahfailin
- Thou ye nurger bow nitch!Ben99
- http://cdn.meme.am/i…BenDJo
- lol'dernexbcn
- LOLsea_sea
- mmmm buggerzrobthelad
- ok_not_ok2
- i should get a boatApeRobot
- I own a football and only have one girlfriend
:(set - i have cats but do not eat fried eggs with chopsticks.arne
- drive BMW. Can confirmrabbit
- it bothers me that the + sign is too close to the guyKrassy
- What happens if you puts cats on a boat?omahadesigns
- Then you'll have more pussy on the boat.iCanHazQBN
- lol @seternexbcn
- scarabin16
blog
i've been upvoting people getting downvotes. i'm like a voting superhero for the downtrodden.
except for yuri
- < upvoted youcbass99
- jk yuri, you know i love youscarabin
- You are no the only one.pango
- Weird, i do that too out of pitty, guess were just trying to keep it positive around here or somethingmoldero
- Love QBN!moldero
- Each time we hit Upvote or Downvote, it creates energy for the MatrixBen99
- lolscarabin
- hahamoldero
- yup we're the upvote crewsea_sea
- God bless you digital meter fairies...god blessSteveZissou
- I basically been upvoting every yurimon and georges post. I'm all for cuntery in the name of humour but the relentless downvoting is pointless and humourlessset
- I downvote stupid posts routinely. It just so happens the overwhelming majority of them belong to yurimon.Continuity
- Testament to the level of sheep consciousness still rampant here.set
- No need to upvote georges. He loves the down vote.pango
- Want less downvotes? Maybe stop acting like a self-righteous, condescending prick.Sep
- Good tidings to all!set
- +1 SepContinuity
- +1 Seppango
- Downvoted, because I like Scar,
go wonder!!georgesIII - Im still busting up @ "except yuri"moldero
- autoflavour7
- O__O...pango
- Ha, holy shizzballs!Bilious_Fog
- +1Ben99
- +2 for being on the homepage!desmo
- hahahaha.iCanHazQBN
- hahaprophetone
- all about dat punchlinejuanluisgarcia