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Steph Dumais  

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  • Deviant since Jun 24, 2003, 2:43 AM
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Where I'm at, where do I want to go?

Journal Entry: Thu Apr 3, 2008, 7:43 AM
I realize at this point in my career, that I'm not quite where I would really like to be, although much closer than I used to. Most would agree that working for an advertising agency is a sign of success in itself, but I'm not the agency's creative director, nor do I do much of what I enjoy the most: illustration. I'm more of a production studio guy here, and the resident technical web expert / web integrator. And this being a small agency, I'm a jack-of-all-trades who deals with some video editing, storyboards, helping out the overloaded print designers and I'm the network administrator by default. All the work we do here is corporate and I do get bored often.

I meet people who work for fun magazines, full-time illustrators, creative directors and game industry creatives and it seems like I don't have the skills to do their jobs full-time. Most of these people are my age or younger, and many have had training in their areas, whereas I practicaly learned everything on my own, thus it took me longer than them.

In addition to my fulltime job, I occasionaly take on website design gigs (design and programming, the whole thing) and the odd illustration gig. I feel I need to keep my skills fresh by doing this extra work. I also feel that keeping active in freelancing provides some security in case my fulltime employer(s) go belly up, as it has happened before.

However, I have realized some of my dreams: I managed to successfully self-publish my own comic book series, with proper distribution. I also got to work on the legendary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles books and have designed some fun record covers for bands I enjoy.

So where does this leave me? I have all these personal projects I still want to do, but they all fall into the last category: comics and illustration, the stuff I can't really make a living from.

I could devote more energy and devotion to my employers and climb that profesional ladder, becoming the creative director I feel I *ought* to be, but still feel I lack the managerial skills, but this takes up much dedication that I wouldn't otherwise devote to those personal projects I still hope to make a living from at some point.

It's like walking a line that won't give me the satisfaction of either direction I might take, yet afraid to sacrifice too much of one for the other...

In addition to this, I haven't met anyone with whom I can relate on this level, but that's another story...

  • Mood: Agony
  • Listening to: Psychopomps

Devious Information

  • Current Residence: Longueuil, Québec
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: medium
  • Interests: Comix, illustration, Electronic Music, Post-Apocalyptic
  • Favourite movie: Aliens, Mad Max and most post-apocalyptic flicks
  • Favourite band or musician: Mono No Aware
  • Favourite genre of music: Industrial, ambient, noise, trance, gabber...
  • Favourite artist: Jeff Gaither
  • Favourite style or digital art: Illustration
  • Operating System: Mac/Windows/Linux
  • Favourite game: Fallout
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC
  • Favourite cartoon character: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Personal Quote: There are too many people.
  • Tools of the Trade: lead, ink, computer gear

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Devious Comments

~ciebeetea:iconciebeetea: 10 hours 23 minutes ago
Nice gallery you've got here. =)

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~raisinlove:iconraisinlove: 14 hours 29 minutes ago
Merci! Je dois avouer être également impressionné par ton travail :)

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=Amalthee:iconAmalthee: 1 day 5 hours ago
Wow, t'as un sacré talent.
Et mention honorable pour l'apparition des TMNT dans ta gallerie. ;)
*MirrorStewedios:iconMirrorStewedios: Apr 29, 2008, 6:43:40 AM
Interesting work. Very twisted ;-)

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=Lavah:iconLavah: Apr 26, 2008, 12:50:54 PM
thanks a lot for the fav n_n :heart:

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~la-rubrique-necro:iconla-rubrique-necro: Apr 9, 2008, 8:27:53 AM
salut, merci pour l'ajout :) j'avais pas vu que tu parlais francais, je me suis exprimé un peu gauchement en anglais par habitude ^^

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*Devilyne:iconDevilyne: Apr 2, 2008, 3:11:56 PM
Merci pour le :+devwatch: !! :)

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~etiam:iconetiam: Apr 1, 2008, 1:50:43 AM Mood: Joy
Thanks a lot for the watch! I'm happy to meet somebody in my neighbourhood!!! :halfliquid:

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~RainingRoses:iconRainingRoses: Mar 31, 2008, 5:21:24 PM
thanks :)


COMICS :)!!!!!!!!

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~Desertfire:iconDesertfire: Mar 28, 2008, 7:52:50 AM
Amazing gallery!! Keep up the good work! =D

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*Elvenstar83:iconElvenstar83: Mar 21, 2008, 9:37:18 PM
Thanks for the watch and fave! :)

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*Collagen-model:iconCollagen-model: Mar 19, 2008, 9:40:00 PM
:w00t: hey a new friend!

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*ClearMirrorStillH20:iconClearMirrorStillH20: Mar 13, 2008, 3:08:30 PM
:iconclearmirrorstillh20::iconthanksplz:for the :+devwatch: Really appreciated!:icongivemesmilesplz:

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~mlappas:iconmlappas: Mar 13, 2008, 11:58:08 AM
hello there,thank you for the favorite on my work i appreciate it :)
=urielstempest:iconurielstempest: Mar 12, 2008, 3:14:17 PM
Thanks for the fav....

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~Mechitabel:iconMechitabel: Mar 11, 2008, 5:19:24 AM
thx for adding me :)

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~inkwolfzero:iconinkwolfzero: Mar 10, 2008, 3:40:06 PM
hey, i know you from myspace. i picked up your turtles book a while back, good stuff.
~MistressMalycia:iconMistressMalycia: Mar 10, 2008, 1:25:22 AM
Haaa je pourrais t'envoyer 2,3 photos et tu t'amuse j'en ai des weird ou je suis curieuse de voir ce que tu ferais hihih...faudrait avoir ton mail !=D

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~blind-dancer:iconblind-dancer: Mar 7, 2008, 11:38:21 AM
thanks for the watch! ^__^ Tu es sur Ravewave non?

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*cluedog:iconcluedog: Mar 7, 2008, 11:13:15 AM
Thanks for adding me to your watchlist!

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~MistressMalycia:iconMistressMalycia: Mar 4, 2008, 11:37:47 PM Mood: Joy
You have a great talent iwaw! Thand for the friends request it's nice!:)

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~terrybearluvr:iconterrybearluvr: Mar 3, 2008, 2:06:06 PM
Hope you find your fairytale ending. They do exist. Just takes some time and patience to find them.

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~raisinlove:iconraisinlove: Jan 7, 2008, 11:40:57 AM Mood: Disgust
I'm feeling hatefull sometimes and it's great inspiration for gore art...

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~PsiclickArt:iconPsiclickArt: Nov 27, 2006, 12:24:17 PM Mood: Wow!
rate cool pictures!

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