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Sijun was where I first discovered Craig Mullins, Jaime Jones, Levi Pterffy, Stephan Martiniere, Sparth, and a ton of others. When I graduated from school, there was no training at all in digital painting. 3D programs running on underpowered systems took 4 minutes for an undo operation. I stuck with traditional. When I got out, Photoshop was at v.3 and didn't have layers. My first Wacom was still serial port. I had to learn Photoshop from the manual and from my co-workers. Sijun was a joy and mystical to watch back then. The energy and speed with which art was produced coupled with friendly competition, is something I haven't seen matched in another forum. Is there something like this out there now? Or can we make Steemit the new one?
Yes, those were the days! They probably won't ever come back, in the same form, but maybe something else fun can happen... Yes Steemit certainly has a chance to be like that, for a while at least, the balance needed is precarious - not too many artists, not too few, a certain mix of pros and noobs, concept artists and sculptors, etc. It might be. :)
My outlook remains positive. I will also be posting in other areas as well as in art.