Where are you from?

[Mentat7]

I was born in Joplin, Missouri.......lived all over the United States until the age of 16 (my dad was in the Air Force so we moved a lot)...went to college at University of Maryland Asian Division, Japan then moved back to Joplin, Missouri and have been here ever since (and wondering why lol)

[LucentDreams]

Almost severywhere in alberta Canada (which is comparable to the size of many European countries) and Vancouver, thats it for me.

[ThirdEye]

Rome, Italy

[fretshredder]

born in NYC, moved to Florida when I was 9 -- been here since :)

[AdamT]

Grew up on Bethesda, MD, a suburb of Wash., D.C.. 5 yrs. of college in Nashville, TN. Back to Wash. (in the city) for 6-7 yrs., then moved to New Orleans, where I lived for 8 yrs. Finally, moved to Miami about 2 yrs. ago.

[celezionka]

Grew up in Idaho, lived in Russia and now in Cincinnati (Ohio)

[michaeli]

Beijing, China.

[dandavis]

Currently Chicago, Illinois, USA. Grew up in Peoria, IL, USA

[slouchcorp]

new zealand, mount maunganui till 14> auckland till 24, now 7 years in england. london.

Mike.

[manlio]

Alessandria, Italy.

[station75]

Born in Wroclaw (Poland) now live in Tarnowskie Gory (Poland).

[madrabbit]

near Berlin, Germany
greets
mad

[Siddhy]

karlsruhe in germany, very close to the french border

[peety]

born in cologne but moved directly to elsdorf (about 30 km western from cologne)

[knight42]

Born in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK, now living in Herefordshire the past five years.

Never been more than 200 miles away from here.

J

[squidinc]

Born in and still live in, North Wales, not far from Rhyl or Prestatyn ( if anyone knows those places ) not really much to do where I live its a pretty small backwards place, I can't even get ADSL internet :annoyed:

[the vapor]

I live in sunny London, I'm in Islington which is about 20 minutes walk from the West End. I went to the Saatchi and Dali galleries on the South Bank yesterday to get some inspiration, I really love it here:)

[mnu]

I was born in Nurnberg (the second more or less big town in Bavaria, Germany) and moved to Munich three years ago.

cheers mnu

[darf]

Sullivan, Missouri, USA

And yes, I wear boots...



darf

[Zion]

Born and raised in South Africa, lived in England for 2 years and been in here in Uppsala, Sweden for the last 4.

[theglenster]

Born in middlesbrough, uk. childhood was spent in south africa, on return to uk lived in colchester, essex. then manchester, Then bristol where i completed school, and ND in illustration. Then moved to bournemouth uk to complete HND in Illustration. left early and moved to Hamburg, germany on my own at 19, worked for german aerospace as illustrator, got board and moved to Düsseldorf, got board and moved to barcelona, got board (AGAIN!!!) moved back to germany to Mönchengladbach, got board (!!!!!) and moved to Ingolstadt in the souh of germany where ive been for about 6 months, but yup you guessed it, im boared already! so god knows where ill end up soon! all the while ive been working as a technical illustrator in the automotive industry. man, i gota do something about my itchy feet lol
oh yeah im 26 years old
cheers:beer:

[VestanPance]

Portland, Oregon. <The Great Northwest>

We are all lumberjacks and we farm rain in our spare, time.

[dg3d]

Born in Ville Vanier (near Quebec city), lived 15 years in Charlesbourg (north of Quebec city). Now i live on the shouth shore of Montreal for over 17 years now. I work now for a company that sell printer parts and do services on printers too. 2D and 3D is my hobby but since i bought C4D r8 i decided to learn it and will try to get a job in the industry as a freelancer.
Hope so anyway.

[modestmouse]

Montana, and hating every minute of it.

[mwa]

Malmoe, Sweden.

[Per-Anders]

Sodertelja Sweden, then grew up in London England, then Colchester, briefly Bradford for my degree, now San Francisco California.

[Wilson-3d]

I have always lived in Ohio. I think my final destination is somewhere it does not snow though. I am now in Cincinnati. Hey celezionka I noticed you were here too.
:beer:

[castroman]

born in Harstad, Norway, college in Dayton, Ohio USA. Now living in Tromsø, Norway

[PeerDraeger]

born and living in Mainz, Germany. Hopefully moving to another country next year.(I'm getting bored)

[EyeKyu]

Born in Teslic, Bosnia then moved to Starnberg, Germany, then ended up here, in Grand Rapids, Michigan

[gmask]

A galaxy far far away...

Just kidding, I'm surprised nobody else said that first :scream:

Seriously..

NY,NY
then South Carolina.. yeeHaw!

[ThirdEye]

Originally posted by gmask
A galaxy far far away...

Just kidding, I'm surprised nobody else said that first :scream:

Seriously..

NY,NY
then South Carolina.. yeeHaw!


Hey you're a Maya user, what do you want from us? :D

[gmask]

Originally posted by ThirdEye_01
Hey you're a Maya user, what do you want from us? :D

Y'know I met a guy in San Fran named Not Human.. for real :eek:

So i'm just too quick a draw on the puns??? What is in a name?.. that guy was weird.. don't know where he was from ..

Oh and I couldn't help but notice that many of those who have replied don't put their current location in their profile.. not that it matters but sometimes it is nice to know.

[geoffb]

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and moved all around Tulsa until the 5th grade and then graduated from Coweta, Oklahoma(Suburb of Broken Arrow which is a Suburb of Tulsa), then on the college in Oklahoma City where I still have one year to go.

Geoff:buttrock:

[Kubik]

was born in Russia, now live in Germany

[Thierry HL]

born and live in France (West - Bretagne):beer:

[creart]

Born in Amsterdam, lived there for 33 years, moved to Alkmaar about 12 years ago (both in the Netherlands)

[Lun4tic]

I come from Norway on a little place called Auma, but since no one knows where that is i can mention a bit bigger place nearby that is named Tynset. But then i will guess no one knows where that is too so another place nearby called Roros/Røros that Actually HAS a city status! :applause:

I am only 15 for the moment and dont know what i should do in the future but i am very interested in 3D and Cinema is the best! I am also a Mac user...

[derwolpertinger]

born and still live in cologne, germany. but i'm also often in viersen, also germany, now cause my girlfriend lives there. :D

[lllab]

vienna, austria, europe :-)
cheers

lllab

[Peoples]

Helsinki - Finland :wavey:

[chi]

edmonton alberta....i gotta live by kaiskai....man if you thought mods where bad on the forums you should meet them in real life ;) heh j/k kais a good guy :D

[Aros]

I was born in the Netherlands, Friesland, Wolvega.. I've lived here all my life :)

[LucentDreams]

Yes chi and I have been through a lot together, high school, millions of free Silvercity movies, Reallly bad hairdo's, and letting AW and KM kick our butts in WC daily. Typical daily life struggles :)

Oh, chi now that I'm an Imax projectionist, I can take four people out for free :) That mean we can finally get girlfriends. well assuming we ever went somewhere other then the theatre.

[Cactus Dan]

Howdy,

Well, it's a long story because I'm an army brat:
I was born in Indiana but I've also lived in Alabama, North Carolina, Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania and in Germany (twice). Now I'm in Utah in the region of the historical "Wild West" (perfect for an old cowboy wanna-be like me).

Adios,
Cactus Dan

[Emberghost]

Born in Sacramento California, now live in a small town AKA "El Dorado Hills"

[pixelbot]

another vote for Portland, OR - VestanPance we should get together and talk about tree felling and havesting rain

timt


Originally posted by VestanPance
Portland, Oregon. <The Great Northwest>

We are all lumberjacks and we farm rain in our spare, time.

[wesware]

grew up in Iowa, now living in Nashville, TN USA for the last 11 years.

[Pate]

Born in Helsinki Finland, been living in central Finland for the past 20+ years.

Pate

[MoThBall]

Born in Durban, South Africa. Moved to Perth Australia about 3 years ago.

[FrankW]

I lived in Germany in my first 20 years, then moved to Belgium for 4 years.
After that I returned to Germany for ~8 years and finally went to New Jersey (Exit 74 :D) where I've lived ever since.

But I'm ready to move on again, maybe South of the border, Georgia, Florida :shrug: ???

[pupii]

Budapest, Hungary

[brammelo]

Hey Mothball, we were almost neighbours ;-)

I grew up in Burundi, but am currently living in Belgium.

And I am trying hard to find an interesting job in the RSA (yes, RSA, not USA)! Anyone whom I should send my curriculum vitae?

Cheers,
BaRa

[HOSCHIE]

Oberhausen in germany (NRW)

Oliver

[flingster]

Born in Sheffield, England........grew up in Botswana......went to uni in sunderland and sheffield...now back and living in Sheffield.

glad to see how international this forum is....and how easy it is to live in relative harmony....man it just makes me cry....sob sob...
peace....love...and CG....:beer: to you all.

[pit]

Denmark.

Now living in Berlin, Germany.

[VestanPance]

Originally posted by pixelbot
another vote for Portland, OR - VestanPance we should get together and talk..
timt

Dude that'd be great but it seems that I can't PM you and CGtalk says you won't accept any emails:shrug: So PM me ro somethin' :)

[MoThBall]

hey brammelo, Its about 3200kms from Durban to burundi :) , but had i known you were there i might of poped in for a cup of tea. :D

Actuly there seams to be a few whos orgins begun in deepest darkest africa. Dont know much About the CG scene in the RSA. only person ive seen on CGtalk form the RSA at the moment is Leigh, she is a lightwave user.

Whats the atraction of RSA for you?

-Mark-

[chris_b]

born, raised, and living in Toronto Canada

need to travel more... but it is soooo expensive!

I don't have SARS or know anybody that had it :p

[mihkeltt]

Born in Tallinn, Estonia, then moved to Kuressaare, now live in both places at the same time, university in Tallinn, summers in Kuressaare (REALLY NICE PLACE TO SPEND YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAY :) )

[Swissphil]

Switzerland... the land of chocolate and banks :beer: a funny little land in middle of european continent.
Part of the very old europe, even older than old europe
:p

[robertkist]

I'm from Baden in Austria (near Vienna), moved to Ft. Lauderdale FL to get my BS and now I'm back in Austria

[unclebob]

College Station, Texas home of Texas A&M University.

Gig'Em Aggies !!

and contrary to popular belief, South Texas does have 4 seasons,

hot
hot and humid
cool
cool and humid
:p

[geoffr]

Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England.
It has a great ruined castle which was owned by the Black Prince and then had Geoffrey Chaucer as the warden.
Ahhhh History, I love it!

[flyingP]

Grew up in New Zealand, have been in Germany for the last 10 years now. Keen to get back home at some stage though.

[leigh]

Originally posted by brammelo
And I am trying hard to find an interesting job in the RSA (yes, RSA, not USA)! Anyone whom I should send my curriculum vitae?


Errmmm... do you mean RSA as in Republic Of South Africa?! :surprised

I certainly hope not...

The CG scene in this country is absolutely APPALLING. I wouldn't recommend to ANYONE to come here to work on vfx. Seriously.

[MoThBall]

Funny leigh, I always though South africa was pretty good when it came to advertisment. I would think CG would play a big part in that. And lets face it, some of the best Advertisment companys come from South Africa, or are South Africans :). well it was when i was there.. Now all i hear is when something bad happens on the news. or what ever my friends tell via an email. so im not really up to date. to bad. SA is still an awsome country!

-Mark-

[Drakeotic]

Knox, Indiana, near South Bend where im going to school at Ivy Tech for 3d.

[leigh]

Originally posted by MoThBall
Funny leigh, I always though South africa was pretty good when it came to advertisment. I would think CG would play a big part in that. And lets face it, some of the best Advertisment companys come from South Africa, or are South Africans :). well it was when i was there.. Now all i hear is when something bad happens on the news. or what ever my friends tell via an email. so im not really up to date. to bad. SA is still an awsome country!

-Mark-

Well, part of the problem does actually with the advertising industry, actually. In that they are just way too hesitant to use CG! South Africans fear change, I guess... they are slowly starting to use it now though.

The main problem with CG in this country isn't actually the advertising industry though (that's just a part of it), it's actually the VFX companies themselves - they are run by people who exploit artists and are just out to make money. Well, not all of them, but a lot of the big ones.

But yeah, SA is kinda cool :) It's a really beautiful country, it's just a real shame about the crime :sad:

[brammelo]

Originally posted by Leigh
Errmmm... do you mean RSA as in Republic Of South Africa?! :surprised

I certainly hope not...

The CG scene in this country is absolutely APPALLING. I wouldn't recommend to ANYONE to come here to work on vfx. Seriously.

Yes Leigh, I do mean "Republic of South Africa". But you're making the wrong assumption: I'm not a CG-artist, I am CAD-specialist with some knowledge of CG. I am also a civil engineer. But of course, you couldn't know that :-)

Cheers,
BaRa

[leigh]

Aaah ok, I guess I naturally made the assumption that you were looking for CG work because you are on a CG forum :D

Well, in terms of CAD, there certainly is loads of work here! Even I have done CAD work in the past - my dad runs a company that does a lot of CAD design :)
My housemate also does CAD for a small architecture firm in the city.

I highly recommend Cape Town if you are looking to make the move, it's by far the nicest place in the whole country - the friendliest people and the most beautiful part of the country too!

[brammelo]

Originally posted by Leigh
...my dad runs a company that does a lot of CAD design :)
My housemate also does CAD for a small architecture firm in the city...

I guess it's time I make a long-distance call to your dad, then! ;-)

The real problem with this type of stuff - finding a job abroad - is to find the right "entrance". It's already difficult when you're "in" a country. But I'm working on it. So perhaps, in a not too distant future ... :-)

And yes, Cape Town is indeed beautiful! That's actually one of the things that struck me: SA is, in a way, a cross section over the whole of Africa and this in different aspects: cultural, sociological, geological, botanical, economical, ... There's a lot of beauty and a lot of misery at the same time. You find this everywhere else in the world, but in SA it can lead to really sharp contrasts. Or at least that was my impression the last time I was there.

Thanks for replying :-)
Cheers,
BaRa

[Shademaster]

Born in a hospital, grew up in Lelystad, the Netherlands.

[Zion]

Alright, that'll do with the Cape Town talk, you guys are starting to make me homesick. Doesn't happen that often, but every now and then someone starts going off on how beautiful it is and I start to miss it.

Ah... a cold beer at some random sundowners place after a surf......I think I might just cry.

:sad:

[brammelo]

I think it's time to start a new thread for homesick Africans...

;-)
BaRa

[flingster]

is that a "castle" or a "lion" sir....?somewhere at the waterfront...
the cape is fantastic.......avoid joburg like the plague!!! unless you like high murder rates and car jacking...not having to stop at traffic lights etc etc....only problem is you go there and effectively become a bit of an economic refugee in the sense the rand is worth so little out of the country....that said standard of living is pretty hard to beat...
:shrug:

[Zion]

Always was an Amstel man. I know it's not a South African brand but the local version is superb. And I'll take Blouberg/Tableview over the waterfront anyday.

Now we've really hijacked (or is that carjacked) the thread.

Sorry 'bout that fellas. As you were.

;)

[flingster]

okay....camps bay/table view....with a tafel beer.
:beer:

[leigh]

Originally posted by flingster
okay....camps bay/table view....with a tafel beer.
:beer:

Tafel is Namibian ;)

Funnily enough, they don't make Lion lager anymore. It always was a crap beer anyway - whoever thought of adding sugar to beer was a moron. They tried to remarket it for trendy youngsters a few years back but the campaign failed miserably, and now Lion is off the market.

[flingster]

tafel - youre not wrong partly why i like it...adheres to the german purity law of beer making (loads of germans in namibia)...no added rubbish to it...
i see castle sometimes in the uk always makes me smile...and sometimes windhoek...

arrh well so long as its cold!
:beer:

[GabrielP]

Hola !

Soy de Buenos Aires - Argentina, pero a partir de Agosto estaré radicado en Milan !!

Hi !

I´m from Buenos Aires ' Argentina, but I´ll be at Milan (Italy) since August.

SALUDOS !!!!

[MoThBall]

Hey brammelo, We are in the same line of work. Im a Mechanical CAD designer.:thumbsup: When i just finished my Drafting course i was offered 3 jobs with no experince. so there is work. well there was work :P

Looks like we have heaps of ex-africans here. the only one left there though it seams is Leigh, you will have to keep us up to date. Unfortunalty the rest of the world dosnt really care what happens to South Africa. Would be good if we all moved back there. Viva Mtnzania!!!!!.....Oh wait, thats not an actualy place. doh! :blush:

this is cool thread for all us home sick Africans.

[leigh]

I'll probably only be staying here until the end of the year :)
I'm just busy working on some stuff here that will be done by November or December, after which I will just take up one of the job offers that I seem to get all the time, and leave this third world continent :D

[MoThBall]

You wouldent be the first leigh, I think most ppl with any sort of education want to leave South Africa, or have already, But i must say South Africa is the most Awsome place to visit when you have real $$$'s, i went back there last year for a 6 week holiday.. I lived like a king!!!!! thats the only time i loved the shocking state of the Rand :) :beer:

[leigh]

thats the only time i loved the shocking state of the Rand

Hehehe I used to hate the Rand too, but now I love it: the majority of work that I do these days is freelance stuff for American clients, and so whenever I get payments, I am grateful for the poor exchange rate :D

[MoThBall]

Ah yes! you must be living the good life :) Lucky so and so :P

[Zion]

I have to agree with you MoThBall we all pack up and leave given half a chance. Leigh mentioned the lack of a CG industry ,and I think it's probably true to say that if all the talented and experienced artists in exile were to to return the Motherland the standard would be pretty damn befok.

Probably true for any industry really. Ah the irony...For every one of us that leaves that's one less that might start up a successful company that could possibly, in turn, encourage some of us that miss it to return.

Oh well 'nuff of that. Later china.

:cool:

[sulian]

Sospel, France :beer:


Sulian

[Spindle]

Hey there fellow africans.
Although the cg industry isnt so good in south africa, I'm finding out that the grass isnt much greener on the other side.
Just moved from Cape Town to Brisbane (aus) and I'm finding it serioulsly hard to get a job.
O.K, admitedly I only just finnished studying and am trying to break into the industry, so maybe there is work but just not for less experienced people. But all I know is that all my college buddies have gotten work there.

So if there are any brisbane employers reading this
PLEASE IM DESPERATE:scream: gimme a job

(missn my amstel though)

[randyrives]

Late to the party as usual, dang work keeps getting in the way. :scream:


Well I have a long list of places:

Born: Fort Valley, Ga 1-day
Albertville, Ala 30-days
Akron, Ohio 6 months
Albertville, Ala 5.5 years
Miami, Fla 6 months
Oklahoma City, Ok 6 months
Miami, Fla 4 months
Meridian, MS 1 year
Canal Zone, Panama 2 years
Albertville, Ala 6 months
Meridian, MS the rest of my life

College - Henderson, Tn

ps - by the 7th grade I had went to 8 different schools. My dad with with the Federal Gov. and we moved alot

[MoThBall]

Exelent, Anouther South African Joins the Ranks, Welcome aboard Media Munky :thumbsup: Grass is greener here, But yeah like you said Getting started is hard, even more so if you just moved over. I was lucky, i got a job 2 weeks after i arrived with not Experince. SCORE!!! but thats not what usaly happens, My brother is still looking for his first full time job in his industry and he has been looking for over 2 years now.

Cant say i miss South African Beer much, I seldom drank local Bru, I like my aussie Beer now. And of cause cant live with out my Becks and Carlsberg :beer: I do miss driveing 120 KPH on the freeway though.

[Zion]

You guy's should be stoked you didn't have to learn a new language before you started looking for work. Delayed the whole proccess by at least a year. Isn't it bad enough that we speak 1 useless language already (no offense to either afrikaaners or swedes). 9 million people in Sweden and they are all fluent at English, still had to learn Swedish didn't I...jävligt roligt, tack!

Keep your head up Media Munky if you've got the skills you'll get work.

[MoThBall]

I dint Have to learn anouther language, all i had to do was forgot 10 other ones :D

[fdb]

Well, i'm in good old pollution free London in the incredibly sunny UK where it never rains.....HAH!

My aim is to get good enough at 3D to stop calling it a hobby and start calling it a profession, then i can hopefully get some work somewhere...anywhere as long as its warm and not in the UK ;)

[Mahlikus]

El Paso, Texas...born and raised. Will be moving to Providence or Boston in a year. Not sure yet. Depends on jobs and grad school.:beer:

[leigh]

Originally posted by Zion
You guy's should be stoked you didn't have to learn a new language before you started looking for work.

Men Svenska är så mycket cool :D

[Spindle]

Hey thanks mothball.
I've been in contact with someone at BEEPS, she says that I show potential etc, and I might get something there when something becomes avalible. I'd really like to get a job at a big company rather at a lesser known one. I really think that if u work somwhere with a good reputation it'll force u to produce a very high level of work, and I'd really like to improve.

I'm starting to get worried my reel is good for a "just out of college" one, but if I dont get a job soon I dont think its that good for a "been out of college for a while" one.....if u get what I'm sayin.

Have just been phoning any random place I find in the phone book now - mostly just small guys etc
I've signed up for DLF (digital labourers fediration) I think thats a good way to make contacts, although knowing my luck its typicall that the meeting happened just a day before I signed up
oh well theres always next month

Hey Leigh
like the new logo, I'm the guy who keeps writing u those anoying letters. Say Hi to nuno and peter for me:wavey:

othball: I know that this is totally off the subject, but dont u just hate the bread here? this flat aerated stuff they have here isnt exactly what I call bread:hmm:

[MoThBall]

I know that this is totally off the subject, but dont u just hate the bread here? this flat aerated stuff they have here isnt exactly what I call bread

LoL, Yeah its horrible! i would say food in genral is better in RSA. meat/break/veggies Ect. I miss becon chocolate too, and 5fm and petrol pump atendants :D... Now look what youve done, I'll spend the next two days pondering on the past :D . Hope you get the job Bru, or sould i say Mate :)


-Mark-

[Zion]

Leigh

Jodå svenska är coolt, det tar tid att lära sig bara.

Now why did YOU learn Swedish girl? If you check the "show a pic of yourself" thread you'll see why I did :thumbsup:

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