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For years I was an art snob who figured that my daily work was not "real" art.

Over the course of the years, I noticed that most of the rennaissance artists were essentially commercial artists, as ...

[url=http://www.necmitsubishi.com/products/index.cfm]NEC's displays page has information about viewing angles, for the 1550, vertical viewing angles are 45 degrees off axis, and horizontal angles are ...

d) :-)

LCD's all have a 'viewing angle' Optimum is usually within 170 degrees of dead center, so at 90 degrees away, you're going to see fading. The broader the available viewing angle, the more expe ...

I'm no Loki, but I've got a dual monitor setup with a wacom. Depends on your hardware/OS, etc, but in my experience-

1) Yes, you can run 2 monitors at different sizes and resolutions, no problem, esp ...

The skin modifier in Max allows you to 'paint' weights onto your mesh, similar to Maya's Artisan tool. While not quite as refined, its not too bad, and built in :-) It still allows you to lock vertice ...

If you're using Max4, the built in IK and 'skin' modifier are pretty good. Is there something you're looking specifically to get out of another bone setup?

1) Both
2) game developer/digital artist

You could use 'Poser' - its sorta designed for stuff like that, and a lot cheaper and simpler than Maya or Max. I've even seen some good results from it. There's also the 'Shade' package from Japan, w ...

Those schools mentioned are OK. There's always the famous pixar list

images/smiles/icon_wink.gif especially the math

You're right, California and New York are the best places to get work, but are al ...

That's a very system specific question. Telling us your OS would help. I'm not sure its available on systems besides MacOS 9.x and earlier. On those systems, its just a matter of switching on RAM disk ...

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Well, given that- modeling is a very good place to start. Most places expect at least modeling skills. While I know you're more oriented towards characters in you ...

images/smiles/icon_smile.gif I hear from Maya users that its easier to use than the others...

Seriously, having used PowerAnimator (ugh, v5 was NASTY) Max, Maya, Mirai and Lightwave in different prod ...

Ben- Watts is a great school, as mentioned in the previous post. One question is whether the degree is important to you. If it is, I highly recommend San Jose State University, in San Jose, California ...

glondus:
to each their own, I like Miller's old Daredevil and his Elektra stuff a lot images/smiles/icon_wink.gif

egerie:
Me too images/smiles/icon_smile.gif, I think I was around 11 when I found E ...

I love this topic! Here are some rarer bits-

BONE by Jeff Smith is absolutely amazing. Pogo style rendering with an epic storyline and a LOT of heart. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif I'm also crazy abou ...

Coming late to the party, but I enjoyed everyone else's work so much, I though I'd share these. I'm not doing nearly as much of this as I should.

These are 2 minute poses, in pen. Brush pen used for ...

I wonder if the gathering of all these artists into online communities isn't somewhat similar to old "art salon" movements. We are informed, inspired, and educated by one another on this board, and on ...

I can't see Max being phased out completely. There are still more jobs in games wanting Max users than Maya users. The two applications have very similar capabilities, especially with Max 4's new (pur ...

Thanks Finn - but surely there's room for improvement in each piece ? I'm really struggling with the big lizard guy, for example. I'm also not sure if he's been framed as well as he could be...

In a ...

Hey all. The site design is mostly finished, but I'd welcome comments and crits! Just hit the link that is my sig. The WIP is on the main cover - also here

http://www.frostfyre.com/NovemberCover.jp ...

far from a complete list, and many of my favourites are already listed, but I can't believe no one mentioned-

Monty Python's Holy Grail -

Artthur "riding" through the village, and a peasant looks u ...

Sweet! I really like what you've done with the columns and the composition.

Not sure about exactly what to do about the perspective, but I noticed that when you flip the image on the horizontal axis, ...

Neat concept! I think the silhouetting is possible, but probably would read better with some back light, like a light shining through the trees beyond that figure, while another light is glancing the ...

Really cool image! The only critique I have is that the only reason I know its supposed to be underwater gear is because you said so.

If she's under water, floating hair, or even a floating stance wo ...

LeChuck-

They've got Illustrator, GoLive, and Premiere on X. Sadly, I'm waiting on After Effects and Photoshop images/smiles/icon_sad.gif

Hey LeChuck/Slybo-

OS X.1

Upside- If you install it, and do a little tinkering, it can be insanely fast, even on an old G4-450 images/smiles/icon_smile.gif Of course, I've had a craving for a *nix ...

Too silly to resist, and I get to be the first non-windows screen :}

http://homepage.mac.com/frostfyre/desktop.jpg

Reminds me, for some reason, of the Dragon's Lair arcade game. Something about the shocked pose on the future asian man. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif

Anyways, fwiw, I think the poses are both solid. ...

quote ....its not what you know it is who you know.Get to know people in the industry you are interested in.

Sad but true. Though someone once told me that who you know is a function of how good you ...

At an interesting crossroads with this one now. Still working out the foreground elements, but the background is now a question. I tried 2 approaches, one more detailed, and a bit brighter, and one st ...