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The SIGGRAPH 2006 Computer Animation Festival is currently touring its two-hour Electronic Theater around the world. CGSociety talked to the Computer Animation Festival Chair, Terrence Masson inbetween exotic locations.
CGJobs is going from strength to strength. New companies, such as Lucasfilm Animation, digi-guys, Blizzard, THQ, Pendulum, Vivendi Games and Sierra, are coming on board every day. These, and many others, are finding the people they need through CGJobs. You may be just what they are looking for! Whether it be full time, part-time or freelance, find your dream job on CGJobs.
CGPortfolio has only been around for a short time, but has already had over 20 million visits. Every week we select and feature three outstanding portfolios, which show the diversity and talent within our community. Featured artists' portfolios get a big increase in traffic and their artwork is brought to the attention of many. Become a member, build your portfolio and boost the chances of your work being seen around the world.
“CGPortfolio gives artists the incredible possibility to present their work to the most sophisticated people around the world in a very stylish and intuitive way!”
André Kutscherauer, Germany
"Don`t look any further. Make your own portofolio with CGPortofolio and show your artwork. It’s easy to use and has very nice features. Explore the CGPortfolio to find some of the world’s best digital art and discover the artists behind them."
Adrian Cristea, Romania
In response to community requests we have extended the deadline to the EON CG Challenge to January 31. Time is ticking, so polish up your masterpieces. This challenge has given our community the opportunity to work with one of Sci-Fi’s most acclaimed authors, Greg Bear, to create material based on his award-winning novel, EON. Check out the entries.
Ballistic Publishing is celebrating the New Year by offering free shipping on any Ballistic title. There has never been a better time to start or add to your Ballistic library. Hurry, it’s for a limited time only. Go to www.ballisticpublishing.com for more details.
Only a few seats are left for our latest CGWorkshop: MAXScript Fundamentals. Michele Bousquet, author of MAXScript Made Easy and Borislav “Bobo” Petrov, Visual Effects Technical Director at Frantic Films, will assist and mentor students in the fundamentals of MAXScript, the programming language built into 3ds Max.
Make those pixels shine.
Mike Hepburn
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SIGGRAPH
See amazing animations in exotic locales with the Electronic Theater World Tour.
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CGPortfolio
More than 20 million visitors and growing. Find out what all the fuss is about.
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CGJobs
Lucasfilm is on board.
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Ballistic books
Free standard shipping on all Ballistic titles, for a limited time.
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MAXScript CGWorkshop
Bousquet and 'Bobo' Petrov on MAXScript. This far-reaching course brings together two of the best known authorities on the must-know scripting language. Enrol now!
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Katarina Sokolova
sokolova
I was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Starting from the age of six, I attended classes at the batik and graphics departments of the Art Union of Painters of Ukraine. In 2002 I graduated from the graphics department. view portfolio > |
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Kan Muftic
Chupacabra
I grew up in Sarajewo, Bosnia, and went to the School of Fine Arts. The war came and I left my city. I did anti-war propaganda during the war and after coming to Switzerland, I started doing graphic design and animation. view portfolio > |
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Marc Daniel Goecke
MarcGoecke
Since 2001, Ive been a professional 3d maya artist, working most of the time in commercials. I am trying now to go more 2d. I like to work as an concept artist and illustrator one day.
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FPrime 3 for January? Views: 5,317 Replies: 60 |
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Steampunk Chinese Winter..., Raphael Lacoste (2D) Views: 11,144 Replies: 60 |
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Blender RC1 : Multires sculpt, retopolgy, renderpasses and more Views: 3,340 Replies: 59 |
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Fey, Olivier Ponsonnet (3D) Views: 8,824 Replies: 56 |
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Pink & Grey, Alexander Beliaev (2D) Views: 12,122 Replies: 55 |
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Cobalt Blues & Indian Reds, Alexander Beliaev (2D) Views: 11,520 Replies: 54 |
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"DJSF" Character animation tests Views: 1,530 Replies: 48 |
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Elixir, Melanie Delon (2D) Views: 3,987 Replies: 45 |
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Best Animated Hero of all time? Views: 984 Replies: 39 |
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modo is the fastest, most advanced polygonal and subdivision surface 3D modeling environment available, specifically designed to help you accomplish more in less time than ever before. Model at the speed of thought. more > |
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The Gnomon Workshop has released seven new training DVDs by industry
veterans Eric Hanson, Greg Downing and Alex Alvarez. These new titles cover
Digital Sets, Panoramic Imaging, Photogrammetry and Zbrush. With an emphasis
on production methodologies, these titles will help students and
professionals to integrate high-end techniques. more > |
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CINEMA 4D has everything you need to create breathtaking images and animations at legendary speed. CINEMA 4D gained a hard-earned reputation as the most user friendly and easy professional 3D application to learn. CINEMA 4D features direct export to After Effects, Shake, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Combustion, and more! more > |
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ArtRage 2 provides realistic painting in a stylish, creative environment.
Its 12 tools include Oils, Pencils, Airbrush and more. Full support for
layers with blending modes and Photoshop documents, tracing images
for easy reproduction, and reference images pinned to your canvas.
Windows and MacOSX Universal Binary. For full details see: www.artrage.com more > |
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Qube!, by PipelineFX, is the most powerful enterprise-class render farm management system for film studios and game development, backed by 24 x 7 support. Qube! generates, prioritizes, dispatches and oversees render and build jobs. Qube! is highly scalable, extensively customizable, and is production-proven on over 2,000 servers. more > |
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Autodesk® 3ds Max®
Autodesk® 3ds Max® 9 builds on our promise to deliver state-of-the-art tools for creative and media professionals. Developed as a total animation package with a deep, productive feature set designed to accelerate workflow, 3ds Max is the leader in 3D animation for game development, design visualization, visual effects, and education. Download Free Trial. more > |
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Fey, Olivier Ponsonnet (3D)
Country: France
Software: 3ds max, mental ray
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Rapture (nudity), Rod Seffen (3D)
Country: United Kingdom
Software: Mudbox, Lightwave
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Pink & Grey, Alexander Beliaev (2D)
Country: Canada
Software: Photoshop
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Abduction, Steven Hägg-Ståhlberg (2D)
Country: Malaysia
Software: Maya, mental ray, Photoshop
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Shiver Me Blunderbuss, Alexander Beliaev (2D)
Country: Canada
Software: Photoshop
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Sumo, Daniel Moreno Diaz (3D)
Country: Spain
Software: 3ds max, After Effects, Photoshop, VRay, ZBrush
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Human embryo , Cvetomir Georgiev (3D)
Country: Bulgaria
Software: 3ds max, Photoshop, ZBrush
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Experiment Chamber, Toni Bratincevic (3D)
Country: Croatia
Software: Digital Fusion, Maya, mental ray, Photoshop
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