How to go Pro, Learning Designer Con's Secrets and exploring if Fan Art is Bad

[@3dpprofessor]

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[@Leonardokite]

Well it looks like you had a lot of fun. But IMO, you got one thing backwards. It's not the fact that they have a lot of product that made them go pro, it is the fact that they went pro that they have a lot of product. Now as for me, I am not into printing trinkets, just pretty much functional items or toys that do something like hand / string launched helicopters.

[@3dpprofessor]

You may be on to something there. I think there's also something to be said for having something that people actually *want*. Something that didn't make the video was a booth where someone had gone all in on a project that to me seems pretty obviously a bad idea. But like many ideas, it's not obvious to the person having the idea. Now, personally I would have launched it in a smaller venue than this, but that's just me. Zero budget, less loss, that's what I say.

[@AlessandroBertolucci]

I understand that when you enjoy what you do it's not work, but are you not worried that by "going pro" and hustling - you'll no longer enjoy it? As a creative professional myself, I struggle with the idea of taking my 3D printing hobby from a way to "disconnect" from my everyday - and making it another job. It's the reason I stopped taking side contracts.

[@3dpprofessor]

Yes. I do worry about that. But seeing so many people able to balance what they love with what they're doing, and loving every minute, I'm willing to take the risk.

[@AlessandroBertolucci]

@@3dpprofessor Excellent point. I've been reconsidering things since I posted my comment, although I'm still sitting on the fence, I'll continue to refine my ideas while I follow your journey. Who knows? I may take the plunge and see what happens.

[@no-page]

Please stabilize you footage. I'm too nauseous to continue at 31 seconds in. KZbin can do it after the fact, you don't need any new hardware.

[@3dpprofessor]

You are correct. I bought a gimbal because even when I tried to stabilize this footage it was still shaky. The next walking and talking video I do will be much better, I promise.