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Jasper Sandner
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So I just finished watching Clash of the Titans. I heard it had a bunch of awful ratings, but I figured whatever, I'll watch it and maybe get some cool monster reference. Turns out I fucking loved it. Awesome monsters, fight scenes, dudes in armor saving sexy ladies. I've always loved that kind of stuff and I had a great time watching this. Even if it's the same story told ten thousand times, I wasn't bored.

Of course, I think it's important to understand what makes good writing, storytelling, acting, etc., but I also think it's important to be able to let that critical side of yourself go. If you go into every movie scrutinizing it and looking for something new, a lot of movies are going to look like shit, and that's not really enjoyable. If it's something that you like, in this instance monsters and a classic good vs evil tale, don't let opinions of others keep you from enjoying it.

I don't usuallly write journals, but I didn't want to let this thought go! Feel free to share your opinions!

-Jasper
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Oooopdate

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Thanks for the support everybody.

For those of you that are curious, I went to SCAD for two quarters and had a fucking blast. Financially, I couldn't keep up, so I had to leave and I'm back home up north now. I do plan on moving back down there in the summer to chill and work on freelance, but I won't be attending school again. Good times, sucks to leave, but I plan on using the next couple of months to secure a few new clients, strengthen relationships with existing ones, and work on a lot of personal work. If anyone's got any client suggestions or whatever, I'd love to hear 'em. I've been out of the loop for  a little while now. I've also felt like my work has been falling behind a little bit, so it's time to get  back to grinding and catch up with everyone else!

Also, sorry if I missed any of your messages, like I said I've been out of the loop with a lot of art communities, but feel free to resend anything you felt was important! Facebook and email are also great ways to get in touch.

-Jasper

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Hey deviantart friends, do any of you go to Savannah College of Art and Design? Or have friends that go there? It's getting pretty boring freelancing at home, so I'm thinking about going back to school for 2 years to finish what I started. Got decent scholarship money from them. I'll still freelance from school of course, I just need to be somewhere other than my house, and this school is looking pretty dec. Tryna find people to meet up with when I get there and potentially find roommates/a place to live. Probably about 90% sure I'm going there, and if it ends up being lame I'll just decide to do something else!

Anyway, working on magic card sketches and a book cover, which I will probably be able to post never. Once I get this school business sorted out I'll get back to some more personal stuff and some phantom gannon.
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As it turns out, after an art test and an interview, I was not offered the position at Kabam. I sent an inquiry to find out why I might not have been a good fit, and I was told that they were looking for more senior level employees. Guess I just need more documented experience. Anyway, it's not that big of a deal, it was only one of multiple options that I'm considering for my immediate future.

On another note, I received an email later the same day from Jeremy Jarvis, the art director for Magic: The Gathering, and was asked if I'd be interested in working on Magic cards! Of course I'm interested lol. I'm in the process of filling out all the paperwork/NDA stuff, but it looks like I'm legit going to be a Magic card artist. So pumped haha. I had sent in my latest stuff about a week ago, which included the two LOTR illustrations for fantasy flight games and the female necromancer/hulking knight character designs from the EA games test. I'm assuming it was the LOTR illustrations that finally got me in, which I really wasn't expecting. If you're trying to work for wizards, just make sure you keep sending in submissions, because you never know which pieces will spark their interest. I wasn't going to send in another submission for a long while, but I had spoken to Miles-Johnston, since he recently received work for D&D, who mentioned the bit about being consistent with submssions, and I was convinced to send in one more last week.

This has been a pretty big goal of mine for the last two years, and I appreciate all the support you guys have given me across multiple art communities (I know I know a lot of you from other places).

-Jasper

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Hey everyone. Last week I worked on an art test for Kabam (game studio out in san francisco, they make social media games) , which it looks like they've liked, since they've got me scheduled for a phone interview monday. Further than I got with EA, so we'll see how it goes! Still working on some personal projects to push the freelance portfolio. Got Barinade to finish up...which is taking so long, and then I'm going to take a shot at the D&D art test for wotc (just google dnd art test if you're also interested in it).

-Jasper
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