CGTweetUP Liverpool

by Anthony Filice on November 10, 2009
in Community, Events, Mastermind

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CGTweetUP is BACK! and I’ve joined forces with the Super Talented Glen Southern

Glen Southern and I have decided to team up with the guys behind Drawtheonline, to deliver a super cool and fun event.

What is CGTweetUP?

  1. CGTweetUP is a really cool CG community which has attracted the skills of traditional artists as well, this is why we decided to create a joint event.
  2. CGTweetUP is an event which gives artists of disciplines the opportunity to step away from their PC’s, Laptops, or office and better connect with their fellow professionals to share their Ideas, Passions and their Creativity.
  3. CGTweetUP is beneficial to artists who want to form mastermind groups, network with other artists, share ideas, leverage other peoples skills, or just connect with others and build their contacts list.

Every artists should attend their local CGTweetUP to put themselves within the art community.

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What can I expect if I attend CGTweetUP?

[1] Loads of talented CG and traditional artist, Aspiring Artists to Industry Well Known Industry professionals (Gaming, Film, independent companies and Freelancers).

To get anywhere in the creative industry you need to work hard…but you also need CONTACTS, CGTweetUP is the PERFECT place to start mingling and better connect with your fellow professionals and establish good relationships.
[2] Drawing tables…yes Drawing tables!

(Get your doodles on the table as you chat and enjoy the night…cool huh? The guys from Drawtheonline have been doing this for ages and I have attended the last two and it’s extremely fun and relaxing to be in a bar and drawing at the same time, we had to had it at ours.)

[3] Great Location Circo of Liverpool is the perfect venue for CGTweetUP, it’s the quirkiest and coolest bar in Liverpool and that’s why we keep going back.

[4] Cool giveaways [TBA] and much more…
This is going to be a brilliant event, so don’t miss out!!!

Register here and simply reply YES.

We can’t wait to meet you all in person.

see you there

Anthony
If you would like to contact either me or Glen, you can use the following;

Twitter: AnthonyFilice
Email: CGArtistDaily@googlemail.com

or

Twitter: Southerngfx
Email: glen.southern@southerngfx.co.uk


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CG Artists: When to Hold or Fold Ideas

by Anthony Filice on August 28, 2009
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crumplingpaperI’m sure as CG Artists, Designers and Creative Professionals, we’ve all been in a position where we get attached to an idea (maybe it’s the time it’s taken us to conceive it, maybe it has reference to something special in our lives or maybe we just think it’s cool), we dig our heels in so deep, that we just want to Hold and never let it Fold.
 
Even though we have a feeling that our idea might have serious flaws, the thought of having to admit defeat is a bitter pill to swallow.
 
In my opinion, testament of a good Designer, CG Artist or Creative is knowing just that…when to HOLD and when to FOLD.
 
Not all ideas are great, knowing when to Fold ideas gives you more time and opportunities to try and test others, the quicker you see failure, the closer success is and that great idea.
 
You can be the best 2d or 3d Artist or Both, but if your not able to recognise when to Hold or Fold an idea, you’re seriously limited to the role you can manage.
 
CG Artists (in a way) need to be very similar in character to a good entrepreneur, in the sense that an good entrepreneur knows what will make them money and what will not, even if they feel emotionally attached to that venture.
 
If they have a feeling that it may fail, they will Fold it a the blink of an eye, their investment is their time and money, our investment is our Professional reputation.
 
As a CG Artist, Designer or Creative, this is as important a skill, as any in the CG Industry, if you want to have any opportunity to progress in your careers, work on this area…it’s more important than you think.solar-powered-torch
 
I’m not going to give you a formula on how you know, when to ‘Hold or Fold’ (because i don’t know of one), I’m just making you aware that (in my opinion), this is a quality that sometimes gets overlooked.
 
Never be afraid to Fold an Idea, you can get more respect for Folding 99 ideas but getting the 100th right, than if you Fold none but Hold the one that fails.
 
I guess its about having the confidence to conceive a better idea than the first.
 

Have you Folded an Idea lately? What was it?


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