Non art-related hobbies

Bamyasi · November 5, 2015 03:48 AM

Yeah, we get it, you draw, write, make music, you build things (invent), you excell in computers, and all above all that, you think you're psychic.

But what about practical stuff? You know, like, stuff you can actually make shekels with (career artists get out).

Recently I've gotten into soldering, which I would never in a million billion years have expected to take to. I learned out of necessity because the battery in my copies of Secret of Mana and Lufia II both died simultaneously and I wanted to replace them in non-ghetto fashion.

I might go back to school for a certificate in electronics because TV repair is far less creatively bereft than the American film industry. I also worked in an arboretum/plant nursery for a while but that was 2hot and 2dirty4me. A more pretentious/idiotic person would say working with hardware gives them spiritual communion with all the Chinese sweatshop workers who built the stuff in the first place, so I'll say that too.

Its not too much on me. What's your openion on this.

rtil · November 5, 2015 03:52 AM

most people already know this but as a hobby i also do a lot of web design and programming on the side. despite being positively mediocre at it i have made some good money doing it from time to time. i would highly recommend those that want to live comfy consider web design as a career. it's really not that hard and it's in constant demand. but you will have to deal with a lot of idiot clients. then again who doesn't

Bamyasi · November 5, 2015 04:16 AM

Didn't you design TBA 1.0 when you were like 15.

I would hardly say you're awful at it.

You friggen humblebrag.

rtil · November 5, 2015 04:19 AM

Quote from: Des Esseintes on November 5, 2015 04:16 AM
Didn't you design TBA 1.0 when you were like 15.

I would hardly say you're awful at it.

You friggen humblebrag.

compared to people who do it professionally my code is an absolute mess. on the surface everything might look ok, though

cipher · November 5, 2015 04:34 AM

I used to do a lot of martial arts before my health started failing me.

I do a lot of leatherworking, as well as blacksmithing when I can. I guess I would consider those arts, but are more likely to result in potential cash.

I also make games, but I think people know that. Like the beforementioned, could result in potential money.

And some other less common things I guess.

SrsSam77 · November 5, 2015 05:15 AM

I'm pretty good at air-drumming and headbanging

oh and I used to play guitar but I got to the point where I'd have to start learning music theory and scales to keep enjoying it so I ditched it for anime tittyladies

Dust · November 5, 2015 05:55 AM

I don't have any real hobbies.

Bamyasi · November 5, 2015 06:04 AM

You better find something, buddy. There's hardly anything but jobbies out there unless you want to work in the service industry/academia.

Quote from: rtil on November 5, 2015 04:19 AM
Quote from: Des Esseintes on November 5, 2015 04:16 AM
Didn't you design TBA 1.0 when you were like 15.

I would hardly say you're awful at it.

You friggen humblebrag.

compared to people who do it professionally my code is an absolute mess. on the surface everything might look ok, though

Eh, my point stands.

Quote from: cipher on November 5, 2015 04:34 AM
I used to do a lot of martial arts before my health started failing me.

I also make games, but I think people know that. Like the beforementioned, could result in potential money.

Quote from: SrsSam77 on November 5, 2015 05:15 AM
I'm pretty good at air-drumming and headbanging

oh and I used to play guitar but I got to the point where I'd have to start learning music theory and scales to keep enjoying it so I ditched it for anime tittyladies

All of these I would consider art-related (even though I'm a bit of a Stuckist). I'm curious about the less common things cipher mentioned, though.

michaell · November 5, 2015 07:59 AM

i like english

and i hold this

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/proficiency/

and im trying to complement my degree in finance and accounting with this but we will see

http://www.accaglobal.com/my/en/student/exam-entry-and-administration/exam-results/types-of-certificates.html

soup · November 5, 2015 08:26 AM

i enjoy sleeping

Gladius · November 5, 2015 08:57 AM

lifting heavy weights and bodyslamming nigs in judo

creamcorn · November 5, 2015 04:59 PM

picking up heavy things and putting them back down

Quote from: Des Esseintes on November 5, 2015 03:48 AM
Yeah, we get it, you draw, write, make music, you build things (invent), you excell in computers, and all above all that, you think you're psychic.

Its not too much on me. What's your openion on this.

killerdoll?

valiums · November 5, 2015 09:16 PM

How much does language count as art? I like to study specific ones, but also it in general. Probably never going to do anything with it, though, work would kill the fun.

d-floe · November 5, 2015 10:16 PM

I often enjoy getting the gym and working out.
I don't necessarily think it makes me much stronger but it does get me in shape and for me that's what counts.

Other than art related shit it's sometimes video games
Lately it's been tough to get "into" games. I often like to reminisce about the fun times I used to have playing games but its hard to emulate.

Bamyasi · November 5, 2015 10:27 PM

If you're not appreciating the art in a game/the game as an art-piece, yeah, video games don't have to be art-related.

Quote from: valiums on November 5, 2015 09:16 PM
How much does language count as art? I like to study specific ones, but also it in general. Probably never going to do anything with it, though, work would kill the fun.

I'd put language somewhere between, because I mean like literature and poetry are definitely art-related but there's also scientific/soft-scientific fields like linguistics, semiotics, philosophy of language etc. which are only tangentially related. I'd suppose an interest in foreign languages would encompass both. I'd differentiate this from say an interest in drawing because even scientific/medical illustrations as made by a human are always art. Unless they're like engineering blueprints/drafts I dunno. Maybe an actual artist would.

Quote from: creamcorn on November 5, 2015 04:59 PM
Quote from: Des Esseintes on November 5, 2015 03:48 AM
Yeah, we get it, you draw, write, make music, you build things (invent), you excell in computers, and all above all that, you think you're psychic.

Its not too much on me. What's your openion on this.

killerdoll?

How could you forget.

Gladius · November 5, 2015 10:44 PM

Quote from: Des Esseintes on November 5, 2015 10:27 PM
How could you forget.

knew that sounded familiar

creamcorn · November 5, 2015 10:55 PM

fuck so close

michaell · November 5, 2015 11:11 PM

honestly languages are so versatile you could utilise them in any field so i dont see how they could be related specfically to art

Bamyasi · November 5, 2015 11:32 PM

If you're learning them/about them to enjoy works of literature, poetry, etc. in their native language then the interest would be art-related.

This distinction probably seems a lot more pedantic in Europe where languages other than American are commonly spoken.

michaell · November 5, 2015 11:41 PM

Quote from: Des Esseintes on November 5, 2015 11:32 PM
If you're learning them/about them to enjoy works of literature, poetry, etc. in their native language then the interest would be art-related.

This distinction probably seems a lot more pedantic in Europe where languages other than American are commonly spoken.

thats not art related at all

the reason why anyone learns foreign languages is to understand shit

which is what makes languages a TOOL and could pertain to literally everything including work