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  • I remember when I legally pirated Oblivion back in 2006 or 7. I was trying to run it on a geforce 6800 in 1280*1024 and the poor thing just couldn’t take it. With everything off it fared better, sure, but the landscape was barren like a golf course. With everything maxed out I topped at 4 or 5fps, and it looked so good that I just pushed through it. I must have played hours at that framerate.









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    I feel like all of those are or were driven by creative intent. I am personally not moved much by Duchamp or Pollock, I feel like they exist more to advance the discourse than being art pieces in themselves. Then again I am not looking for an all-encompassing definition of art.

    Why include photography here ? do you not feel most of the work lies in selecting a moment in time & a point of view ?




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    I think you’re asking exactly the right question. I have seen even fellow 3D artists struggle with answering this. Where is the legitimacy when a machine does work for me? and what -as an artist- do I bring to the table? As an illustrator and 3D animator, my answer is : intent. As long as I am controlling the important variables, I am controlling the gist of my creation. I am creating what I see with my mind’s eye, using the sensibility and the motor control that I’ve developed through years of practice. What my 3D program does for me is essentially give me virtual clay to sculpt with, virtual armatures to rig with, virtual photons to render with. But I’m the one drawing textures, I’m the one handling the paintbrush, moving those controllers in the timeline, ultimately creating that vision. And I think this stays valid even when I’m using an AI texture generator to fill in some secondary stuff I can’t be bothered to work hours on : it’s not relevant to the intent of the film/picture.


  • 5000$ deductible ? shit… must make you wonder why you’re insured in the first place. The other big difference is that your insurance is tied to your job. What if you’re unemployed, do you just not get glasses ? or the tooth filling that you need ? what’s the alternative ? if you’re unemployed at the moment, it stands to reason that you would have less earnings… at least 240$/year for dental (or is it dental+vision?) seems more reasonable.

    There will be a day where USians will be able to boast about how good and cheap their coverage is, I’m confident. First the people have to win the revolution for that to happen, but surely it’s something worth fighting for.