How MX Simulator Has Changed Lives...
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:28 pm
I've been really thinking lately, and out of boredom and wanting to share my thoughts I decided to write a small article. Many people in this small community do not realize the valuable skills that come out of putting your all into this game, and how it has changed lives for several if not many people. When I first purchased this game in early 2013, I had no idea the people I would meet and the things I would learn. Shortly after playing the game, I was teaching myself how to use Adobe products such as Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator and Lightroom. Most people in the community don't realize how skilled some of the people that make content for this game actually are, and that's what I'm going to touch on in this article.
I'm going to start off talking about P2sta, and how legendary and insane his work is. He started doing renders for the MX Simulator community, for small donations. He is now changing the face of the Motocross industry with his renders for different companies such as Split Designs and other top name graphic companies. I don't know much about P2sta, but if I had to guess, he is most likely making a living off of doing these renders. The craziest part of it all.. he started right here on this game. Just how everyone goes into the Adobe products or Blender not knowing a single thing, and we all are self taught. Maybe some go to college or had previous experience, but from everyone I know, we all learned from eachother or Youtube. That's pretty rad.
The next person I want to talk about is one of my closest buddies, and a huge inspiration to most people within the design community. Jason Felkey has upped his game within the past couple years, and is continuing to gain extreme opportunities from this passion of making motocross graphics, logos, and apparel that he has. In 2010-2013, Felkey was just getting into graphic design, starting from drawing designs on paper to making motocross graphics on MX Simulator. He self taught himself to use Inkscape, and started making MX Simulator graphics for the game. After several years of building a strong portfolio of MX Simulator content, Felkey landed a job at what was BentleyGFX, a local motocross graphics business in Michigan. From there, he drastically improved his designing, and was able to make insanely unique designs that brought him to landing a job in Illinois at one of the busiest motocross graphics companies in the world, DeCal Works. Felkey went from MX Simulator graphics to a full time salary, all because of this creative community. Felkey is continuing to gain opportunities, and looks forward to getting even further into the motocross industry with brand name companies soon.
The point of this article isn't to just show what these two creators have done, it's to show how creative MX Simulator can bring people to be, and the opportunities that are right in front of us all. The skills that I see from the bike modelers, gear creators, track makers, video producers and more in this community are insane, and it blows me away how almost everyone that creates has learned everything on their own. I want to applaud everyone who creates in this community, as everyone has a unique skill set, and I hope people continue to chase their passions and creating rad content.
The biggest applaud I want to give is to JLV, for not only creating a beautiful game, but for creating careers. JLV, you are a badass.
I'm going to start off talking about P2sta, and how legendary and insane his work is. He started doing renders for the MX Simulator community, for small donations. He is now changing the face of the Motocross industry with his renders for different companies such as Split Designs and other top name graphic companies. I don't know much about P2sta, but if I had to guess, he is most likely making a living off of doing these renders. The craziest part of it all.. he started right here on this game. Just how everyone goes into the Adobe products or Blender not knowing a single thing, and we all are self taught. Maybe some go to college or had previous experience, but from everyone I know, we all learned from eachother or Youtube. That's pretty rad.
The next person I want to talk about is one of my closest buddies, and a huge inspiration to most people within the design community. Jason Felkey has upped his game within the past couple years, and is continuing to gain extreme opportunities from this passion of making motocross graphics, logos, and apparel that he has. In 2010-2013, Felkey was just getting into graphic design, starting from drawing designs on paper to making motocross graphics on MX Simulator. He self taught himself to use Inkscape, and started making MX Simulator graphics for the game. After several years of building a strong portfolio of MX Simulator content, Felkey landed a job at what was BentleyGFX, a local motocross graphics business in Michigan. From there, he drastically improved his designing, and was able to make insanely unique designs that brought him to landing a job in Illinois at one of the busiest motocross graphics companies in the world, DeCal Works. Felkey went from MX Simulator graphics to a full time salary, all because of this creative community. Felkey is continuing to gain opportunities, and looks forward to getting even further into the motocross industry with brand name companies soon.
The point of this article isn't to just show what these two creators have done, it's to show how creative MX Simulator can bring people to be, and the opportunities that are right in front of us all. The skills that I see from the bike modelers, gear creators, track makers, video producers and more in this community are insane, and it blows me away how almost everyone that creates has learned everything on their own. I want to applaud everyone who creates in this community, as everyone has a unique skill set, and I hope people continue to chase their passions and creating rad content.
The biggest applaud I want to give is to JLV, for not only creating a beautiful game, but for creating careers. JLV, you are a badass.
