Well….my experience was a little different.
I got hooked on OW and was inspired to sculpt some of the characters which I posted here on the forum. This led to being contacted by the founders of the company and many of the employees. That led to being contacted by former OW personnel that had ventured off into other areas (i.e. games, film, etc.). This pattern spread to many other branches of industry through people who love the OW characters and stories. Ultimately, this yielded my work being featured in a publication (along with a nice quote from Lorne) and to date more than $8000 in freelance sculpture work. And all of this in one year.
All of my reference material and much inspiration was gathered from this forum and the user there in (X, Dip,.. that’s right, I’m talking to you guys).
So, to respond to your comment about this forum being a waste of time that could have been spent making money…… I respectfully disagree.
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