The next best thing to experiencing something yourself is to hear people talk about their interests, sharing their experiences and stories. And the best stories are those that come from passion - striving to overcome obstacles on your way to succeeding in your chosen field, funny anecdotes, hardships endured. "Release The Geek" is our weekly forum to chat to people who are geeky about something - they could be successful, semi-so, or on their way to achieving a level of it but they've all got one thing in common - passion. Can't replicate it. And we want to share their experiences, their hurdles, their stories with the greater geek populace (or anyone who would care to).
http://www.releasethegeek.net/blog/
Episode 10 - Community Geekery with Legion Ink
Legion Ink - a prime example of geeks trying to help other geeks. As members of the original ComicWorx site, Ray Whitcher and Nadja Spath helped reforge the forums from the ground up.
Ray and Nadja have helped create a true geek community - a community that helps contribute to the skills development of other geeks that are interested in art, comics, cosplay, game design ... here's a community that wants to help you grow, and asks that you provide constructive criticism and assistance back to others.
We chat to the Legion Ink team to discuss their initiation into geekdom, the evolution of the increasingly successful Artist Alley at rAge Expo each year, the success stories that have come through the Legion Ink such as Dawid Frederik, Warren Louw, Jason Masters
(DC Artist: Batman Incorporated and Marvel: Guardians of the Galaxy), Deon de Lange and Sean Izaakse, as well as what you can do to help the community grow (if you've got some web coding skills, this means you!).
You can check out the Legion Ink crew here, or contact them via info@legionink.com