(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); *this was from another user on another forum.Just thought you guys might like since i could relate to this(and maybe you guys could aswell)
All credit goes to Eon6
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NO TLR JUST READ IT DAMNIT!



Part I

This morning. I had a dream. A dream about... sigs, tags, banners, whatever. Some random shit I did a long time years ago when I was ten years old. This forgotten aspect in my life, buried in the depths of my memories until this morning. Profoundly moved, I explored the internet, and found this site.

Please allow me to share my memories.

A shady version of Photoshop 7 sat on my desktop. I opened it. All these tools, I didn't care what they did. All I wanted was to make something cool. I went onto Game Renders or some other site, downloaded a cool Soul Caliber renders and slapped down some grunge brushes, then motion blurred the render - there it was finished. To me, that was the coolest shit I made and so, I posted it for all the kiddies to see on ChaosGFX (generation 1).

Random people from across the world replied. "Needs depth", "colors are ****ed", etc. but I didn't care. I was a young kid making shit I liked. Eventually, I learned new techniques. Scanlines, pixel fonts, 1 pixel borders, blur + lighten, checker patterns, the list goes on.

Eventually, I got good enough to write a tutorial. Even though I still kind of sucked ass, I made a tutorial of how to utilize the "noob" techniques I learned, but the tutorial only received a few replies, most of which consisted of "basic shit I know already", "you aint good, stop tryna teach", whatever... but there was one reply "wow this tutorail relly helped man thx."

I was satisfied with that one reply.

Eventually, as I got more involved with the scene, I began to explore other people's works. It was then, I was exposed to some of the most beautiful stuff the ten year old me ever saw. There were so many skilled people, such as the artists in Evolutionary Arts etc. They were the cool kids and had 43829712929 fanboys sucking their dick every post they made. They were my idols, the people I strove to become. One day, I promised to myself, I would join one of those respected teams so I can get my dick sucked and have a bunch of fanboys

I also realized the drama behind everything. Rip cases, admin issues, sites shutting down, and more but I arose above the negativity.

Eventually, the site i habitually visited, ChaosGFX, closed its doors for the first time. After that, I moved on to ArtisticGFX and NSL and lisa's site and some other shit I can't remember right now. It was then I was exposed to ranks. All the members with that oh so respected "semi" or "professional" had followings where ever they went. I decided to go get myself ranked. Unfortunately, my ranking was way below what a desired. I got a "moderate" ranking with some people saying "high novice".

WTF is this shit I thought. I was not satisfied, but instead of fighting the ranking staff and getting myself banned, I worked to get better. I looked for tutorials, searched for resources and techniques. I discovered the many techniques people had. The skilled digi painters, C4d kids, smudgers, and people who were just good at everything. They were the truly talented.

I dedicated myself to becoming a good "tagger". While other kids were outside getting exercise and doing productive shit, I was at home, making 50 sigs a day and nerding it out with e-thugs in "the gutter". ****.

The scene was getting really interesting at this point. Battles were being fought and teams were popping up (YOUNIQUE REPRESENT). The private meat forum was a great place to be for a scrub like me. People shared techniques, resources, and PSDs, which helped immensely for me to improve. There also was one day when all of EA's resources got leaked (picked that shit up ASAP lol).

Was this a waste of time, working with such a small canvas, when all the real badass artists were working on LPs, setting up portfolios, and trying to get paid? I didn't know. All I know was, I thought the stuff I made was beautiful, and it made me happy to share with others. Checking in my thread every half hour for c&c (one of my happiest memories was when this Quebec thug kid named gug commented on my tag and said it was dope).

Soon, my moment of reckoning came. I decided to get ranked again to see how much I improved from "low mod". Back to the ranking forums I went. I was ****ing nervous. Just for this one word. It was amazing how devoted I was to this one ranking from some random guys on the internet. Why? I prepared my submission with my best stuff I eagerly waited the few days it took to get ranked. Soon after, one day, I logged in to find that I had been ranked. My fingers shook and sweat raced down my forehead. Would all my hard work pay off?

Semi-professional. **** yea.






thanks if you bothered to read the whole thing.


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Part II
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Letting go of the past, beautiful memories.

This may not be my best tag. This is however, my most emotional one. Some of you may laugh or troll me for being so worked up over this petty stuff but whatever.

I have gotten older, and the tagging scene has died for the most part. I had truly forgotten about making tags and the graphics scene until a dream prompted my memories. So today, I opened up Photoshop for the first time in maybe 2~3 years, and found an unfinished LP in my recent files which I did quite a while back. I never finished this LP and only shown people as a WIP and uploaded to scraps. Today, after some thought, I decided to finish this LP. This will probably be the last time I open Photoshop for a long time (who knows, I may change my mind but very unlikely). I decided I needed a sense of closure and decided to crop the LP as a tag, because it was tagging where I began my journey and tagging is where I will end it.

Hope you guys enjoy

lawl,really noone even bothered reading?

If its from another user did you ask permission and where's it from? This is a nice story though, it's always nice to know how a GFX artist got into it not just because they wanted to be a gfx-er one day. Nice post.

I read it, but have no idea what it is you are trying to say lol.

This man (or woman) speaks the truth.

When threads like this appear theres always that one dick who comes in and says those infamous words.
"Cool Story Bro"

Cool Story Bro.

@daisho.=D.