#Creative Industry

[kelsonius]

About hyperfixation

I'm obviously hyperfixating on Hazbin Hotel right now but I am regaining a bit of control (was able to stop myself from watching another episode last night and finish a book instead, still stayed up past bedtime lol). Experience has taught me that a period like this is often followed by a bit of a depressive crash so I started to search for coping mechanisms for when that fire of passion burns out again.

The articles I found were so horrible though, it was all about productivity. Glorifying productive hyperfixation, perfectionism, and obsession at school/work has caused me nothing but anguish. Those articles demonised things like playing video games and reading all night because a book is so captivating. If everyone fit into the boring ass mould of a 9-5 worker there would be no more shows to stream when they're trying to recover from the grind after work. Creative industries are basically kept alive solely by passion, because god knows capitalism is intent on destroying the ability of artists to make a living.

So fuck those articles, I'm not going to 'channel my hyperfixation into something productive.' I think instead I'll use this to pick up singing again (being housebound and alone most of the time I lose my voice after conversation with my mom so my vocal cords can use some exercise). And hell, my brain is overflowing with ideas to embody some of the characteristics of Alastor into my own oc's.

Maybe when the obsession with rewatching this show every moment of the day subsides, I can slide into other creative endeavours for once instead of falling into a black hole of loss.

TL;DR found some articles demonising hyperfixating on fun stuff because it interferes with the ability to fit the 9-5 grindset, but this is actually a great strength in creative projects.

#hyperfixation #can't have anything nice under capitalism #toxic productivity #obsession #creativity #creative industry #capitalism bad #hobbies #singing #oc's #hazbin hotel #depression #artists #passion #text post #kelsonius op

[itsswritten]

Nothing to do with acotar:

This might be a shout into the dark (equally respect people don’t like to share their identities on here) but is there anyone on here that happens to be within the creative industry in the uk? Manchester or London? Preferably in creative direction, campaigns, content strategy, content creation and social media. Fashion, beauty and lifestyle.

Reaching out to the fandom as my industry is so dire right now, and the market is incredibly saturated and your girl is losing the fucking will 😅

#job search #uk creative #creative industry #someone help please #seriously I need a job #personal #Lottie is desperate

[happywebdesign]

No Free Pitches

#No Free Pitches #Creative Industry #clients #professionals #petition #typographic #list #white #typography #type #typeface #font #Basel Grotesk #2024 #Week 06 #website #web design #inspire #inspiration #happywebdesign

[blackcatcircles]

Don't like AI art and Canadian?

The Canadian Government has a survey about public opinion on copy rightand AI art.

Have your say here: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/strategic-policy-sector/en/marketplace-framework-policy/consultation-copyright-age-generative-artificial-intelligence

Survey closes tomorrow (Jan 15).

#artist rights #art #artwork #ai art #canada #artistsontumblr #artists on tumblr #tumblr artists #creative industry #animation #concept artists #art station #ai #canadian #activism #artist activism

[feckcops]

Artificial intelligence is coming for creative workers too

“It seems inevitable that machine learning will replace many of the tasks involved in creating things like games, novels, films and series. This will start with the replacing of seemingly lower-level tasks – think translating code in programming or writing initial drafts of dialogue for a script – and progress from there. Hence the screenwriters’ demands – which are explicitly aware of how AI will improve over time.

“Rather than the rise of the robots wiping out entire professions, machine learning will remove entry level positions in dozens of industries – meaning these jobs still exist, only there will be fewer of them. This is not only an issue regarding employment, but poses deeper questions about how to sustain the conveyor belt of future human talent ...

“The idea that capitalist competition creates consequences beyond the intentions of capitalists is nothing new. In The Communist Manifesto, Marx wrote how capitalist society had conjured up ‘such gigantic means of production and of exchange’ that it was akin to a sorcerer ‘no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells.’ What Marx had in mind when he wrote those lines were the rising ziggurats of the Industrial Revolution, dotting the skylines of Europe’s cities. Yet more than 170 years later they read as even more apt in the unfolding race for AI. If the sorcerers are Google, Microsoft, Apple and Meta, then the key question is this: if any of them create a new form of intelligence can they control the consequences?

“But we don’t need to go as far as speculating whether AI would, as Hinton muses, mean humanity is merely ‘a passing phase in the evolution of intelligence’. The fact that striking screenwriters are arguing against recursive learning in their industry is significant enough. If machines are set to swallow ever more creative work, as well as the repetitive data-crunching that will cost millions of jobs in industries like accounting and legal services, then the conclusion should be obvious: we will need a radically different kind of economic system. Recognising that doesn’t require the emergence of a real life Skynet.”

#writers guild strike #writers guild of america #creative jobs #creatives #jobs #creative industry #screenwriting #hollywood #tv #film #streaming #media #artificial intelligence #ai #marx #capitalism #usa

[ferdifz]

The DEATH of Classic Anime (a Stevem video-essay, Jan. 2024)

#fz_webVideos #youtube #anime #creative industry #animation industry #digitalization #celluloid animation #Japanese popular media

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

More than anything, I want to make a living doing something creative. I want to draw, I want to animate, I want to write, I want to film, I have so many ideas but no skill and no attention span. Neither of those are insurmountable hurdles, I can improve both with practice, but the more I observe creative industries the more I realize they're not nearly as lucrative as they appear from the outside.

Before I deleted my twitter account, one of my mutuals was a professional animator who has worked on dozens of shows for Disney and Warner Bros, and they're struggling to make ends meet. They're more talented than I could ever dream of becoming, and they have to couch surf in order to not become homeless. A ton of Emmy and Oscar award winners, the best of the best of the best, live in squalor and can't even afford insurance. They're all living the dream, they're undeniably successful by every other metric, but financially they're in the hole.

What chance do I have? If they couldn't make it work, how could I?

A youtuber I've followed for years just posted a video saying they have to give up animating for the foreseeable future because their art has done irreparable damage to both their wrists; they have chronic pain, and even after six months of physical therapy they simply can't work anymore. They're famous, they have millions of subscribers and thousands of monthly patrons, and their livelihood just went up in smoke.

Again, what chance do I have?

If I put in the effort to get good at something, even half as good as any of these creatives, even 1% as good, I'll be in the same miserable, penniless boat as they are. It feels like fighting against entropy, a ton of hard work to try and stave off the inevitable. If you let up for even a second, you lose so much progress that it doesn't seem worth it to keep trying. I will never be as famous or as talented as my favorite artists because I don't have the temperament to keep going against the odds. I'm weaker than they are. They have every right to be proud of their work for its own sake, but they still have to eat. You can feel good about making something, but if it doesn't pay the bills it's hard to stay motivated.

The dream of making it big and never having to work again is just that, a dream. It's like winning the lottery; yeah, sure, "somebody has to win," but that doesn't mean you will, and there's no correlation between input and output; the odds are so long that spending ten or a hundred or a thousand times more money doesn't significantly increase your chances of winning. A million times zero is still zero. In the case of art, hard work does not guarantee success. It's all random! A handful of people make it big by chance and the rest of us look to them as inspirations, but even if you do EXACTLY what they did you're not gonna wind up like them.

The act of creation should be emotionally fulfilling, AND you should be able to make a living doing it...

#art #creation #creative industry #fame does not equal fortune #anxiety #rant #long post #artists #the economy is in shambles #animation

[scarefox]

He speaks from my soul!

#that's how job interviews should go actually #work life be like #creative industry #tho I exchange the pets. air. formal speaking with a 4 days week #maybe even ditch the free food for it #(cause we never get that here anyways) #oh better change the no pets rule to a no kids rule (srsly nothing more annoying than having your boss' kids around....) #(that was a lie there is more annoying things but the whiny attention seeking kids of your overworked boss is in the top list) #oh! my assistant #ep1

[thinking-and-making-and-stuff]

Chloe Hayden (Quinni) and the Happily Ever After 👸🎆✨ | Compass | ABC Australia

Amazing young person.

#autism #chloe hayden #creative industry #australia #Youtube

[amewinterswriting]

On Supporting Artists

We all need to get better about supporting artists. Both on an individual level and a structural level. We are currently living through a time of change - though that is broadly true of any period of history; humans create change as naturally as breathing. But some of the specific changes I see happening now have a lot of potential to radically change how we view, make, and consume art, and it’s up to us to make sure those changes are positive ones.

Read the rest (for free!) over on my Kofi!

#ame talks #support artists #ai fuckery #writing industry #creative industry #just to say: all my essay/blog things are always free on Kofi #if you want to tip it is appreciated #but this is more me getting thoughts into the world than creative work that I feel comfortable charging anyone to read

[colinfarrellupdates]

New pics!

At the Consulate General of Ireland in Los Angeles, celebrating Ireland and the creative industries.

May 20, 2022 | LA

#colin farrell #new #photo #photos #ireland #LA #culture #creative industry #event #actor #irish #handsome #gorgeous #beautiful #hot #cool #smile #happy #enjoy #jacket #headband #hair #eyes #eyebrows #hollywood

[nexttoparchitects]

#machine learning #next_top_architects #next arch #design #video #music #marketing #creative industry #creative #contemporary #artificial intelligence

[ziammyloves25]

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OWHL Foundation

#liam payne #zayn malik #one direction #niall horan #louis tomlinson #music industry #bullying #harassment #justice #katie waissel #independent standards authority #discrimination #creative uk #times up uk #creative #times up #commons dcms #musicians #legal advice #creative industry #artists rights #united kingdom #record labels #uk #human rights #digital culture #media #sport #foundation

[happywebdesign]

https://togetherassociates.com/

#Together Associates #artists #creative industry #art #commercial project #film #stills #portfolio #typography #type #typeface #font #Founders Grotesk #2022 #Week 36 #website #web design #inspire #inspiration #happywebdesign

[sweetrebelpersona]

#to be someone #creative industry #artist #poet #songwriter #reader #writer

[harry--vincent]

Labour is always compensated. A barrier to entry. There are only a select few demographics that have the privilege to work for free.

IMAGE SOURCE: Shakedown: Pixabay: 1340048.

TYPEFACE: ‘Kern’ by Pizza Typefaces.

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A portrait image depicting text in a Scarlet red Sans-serif font that reads: “ABOLISH UNPAID INTERNSHIPS” With a small image at the bottom of two figures, one of which is held by the other upside down with money coming out of them. On a Scarlet Red frame. All on a Black background.

#Creativity #Free Internships #Unpaid Work #Creative Industry #Graphic Design #Internships #Gatekeeping #Harry Vincent