question for anybody that has made money off of flash

Philip K Dick · January 30, 2010 10:22 PM

Petor would never say to me this. fuk u to me the insult

trent bortknob · January 30, 2010 10:24 PM

Am the sorry. Please give me forgiveness...

Philip K Dick · January 30, 2010 10:26 PM

ok here's your forgiveness and a check for four hundred dollars now get out of me and peters life you big sexy hunk of sexy man meat

trent bortknob · January 30, 2010 10:27 PM

Sweet 400 hundred Bucks? Score!

jjjjjjjjjj · January 30, 2010 10:49 PM

Quote from: dvvebbbsiuonew topic: what if you could eat flash would you eat cs4 or would you prefer an earlier version

flash 8

trent bortknob · January 30, 2010 11:50 PM

ok but seriously does anybody have some good ideas (other than thuberbaer)

rtil · January 31, 2010 12:00 AM

craigslist

Jeinu · January 31, 2010 12:02 AM

well after i made a demo reel i had a handful of people contact me about work
i might have just been lucky but my advice is to create a showcase of work, start building on a contacts list, make yourself available/approachable
and wait

that method has brought me some extra money over the months

RobHalford · January 31, 2010 01:27 AM

Quote from: rtilcraigslist

if you want to get rejected by people with superhigh standards.

emanhattan · January 31, 2010 06:41 AM

Unless you are willing to put hentai on your cartoon this isnt a very reliable surce of income

The Good Ole Ant · January 31, 2010 07:35 AM

Quote from: emanhentai on your cartoon

"i was riding in my bike one day"

Gerkinman · January 31, 2010 09:47 AM

I used to make almost $800 a week making banner ads, it was pretty good, allot of ad agencies look for people who can put things together for a deadline, obviously if they're look for people to design the ads someone with your experience wont cut it, but if they are looking just for someone to put the ads together there should be no reason you couldn't get the job.

billy · January 31, 2010 11:00 AM

if you want to make money off flash, do contract work. making a lot of money from stuff you do for free just based on ad revenue basically does not happen unless you're hugely popular

big_bertha · January 31, 2010 01:29 PM

Quote from: Uncle Tоmi'm going to be making a living off of music

lmfao

trent bortknob · January 31, 2010 03:13 PM

Quote from: big_bertha
Quote from: Uncle Tоmi'm going to be making a living off of music
lmfao

what U laughin at that's my dream dawg U tryin 2 tell me that i can't reach it? nothin gonna stop me motha fucka

fuk u!

big_bertha · January 31, 2010 03:47 PM

it just doesn't seem feasible. do as you like who am i to judge.

Philip K Dick · January 31, 2010 04:45 PM

no yeah squeef you arent the first one to doubt our ambitions but honestly its not that difficult of a profession. all it involves is exactly what you would expect to require in any other job: a relatively small bit of luck, a knowledge of the skill required to complete the job required, and ambition.

ive seen dumb kids get pretty far in the business only to falter because well, they were dumb kids. the difference between me and taylor and a lot of these wannabe local bands is that not only do we ambition and skill, but we have raw TALENT and SYNERGY that will get us where we want.

peace out

trent bortknob · January 31, 2010 05:21 PM

so many people liken the profession of being a musician to being a professional athelete but it's not nearly as difficult as people make it out

i'm not saying that it's easy but the reason that most people can't make it (based on what i gather from talking with local bands who are trying to make it/didn't make it) is because either
a. they gave up and went an easier route (getting some shitty stable job)
b. they just couldn't write new songs consistently
c. they had fights and drama with other members of the band causing the band to break up (faggots)
d. they decided it wasn't what they wanted to do (probably because they were only in a band to begin with because it was "cool" to be in a band and get chicks or whatever)

also, there are different levels of success. making a living off of music does not necessarily mean that you're going to be living comfortably

big_bertha · January 31, 2010 09:42 PM

i liken it more to makin money offa art which i was like all about from birth-14 then i was like uhhhhh this isnt gonna happen so now its just some shit i do as a hobby or w/e

so its like projecting my own gay shit onto u or w/e

Kött · February 1, 2010 08:48 PM

Oh, hi sQueef!

Quote from: Uncle Tоmwhat U laughin at that's my dream dawg U tryin 2 tell me that i can't reach it? nothin gonna stop me motha fucka

fuk u!

It's always good to have dreams but you should always have a plan b if things don't work out if they could. Only very few people actually make it to the top in the music/art business because the competition is fierce and numerous and even many famous artists I like have jobs to make ends meet.
It may be more than just a hobby for you but even if you accept that it is not your main income, it can still stay your life task.

If I draw, animate or compose stuff, I do it for the art, for the fun and for making a part of myself live on in the people who consume it; not for anything material but for something no amount of money in the world could ever give me...