Australian CG Artists

#281

Hi Guys.

Lightwave artist here. Based in Melbourne. I’ve done the odd job for a couple of studio’s in Melbourne, one of those being Sector3, which is a Lightwave house. Most of my work these days is contract work though. I recently did some modelling for 263Films in Milan, Italy for the 3D film Ann Frank, all of which (my part) was done using 7.5. Mostly modelling vehicles, etc. I’m also currently working on some modern day vehicles (Pontiac, Chevrolet, etc) for a studio based in Canada, again using Lightwave. So… there is work out there for us Aussi Lightwave guys/gals.

Evan

#282

I’m Thai but now stay in London. I’ll going to Sydney in January to start Max couse at Mad academy. I ever work in Music company about motion graphic and visual effect for music video in Thailand.
i wish to have some friend in Australia to share about cg experiences or anything.
before i go to sydney i’ll go to Melbourne to see my girlfriend there.
hope to see u all guys.
u can add me at t1042@hotmail.com

cheers
tee

#283

Am I the only fool from Adelaide here??!1 I am a freelance modeller/texturer mainly working on racing games. I see there was a bit of discussion about softwares…I use XSI mainly but max and maya are no strangers to me :slight_smile: So yeah, anyone from Adelaide I would like to hear from you :slight_smile: (I confess to not reading the entire thread, it’s well large).

#284

nope, an adelaidian here too.

I’m in my final year at UniSA (BA in Multimedia). I might do postgrad next year in Computer Science. So no 3D industry experience as of yet. Oh, and I mainly use Maya.

#285

Hey, I haven’t read the whole thread coz its pretty big…i’m Carl, from Perth…only 18 years old…I use lightwave and I hope to one day get a job with it…I’m currently studying computer science at murdoch uni…but its completely unrelated to 3D…so i’m probably gonna quit as of next year…kinda dissapointing how there’s no 3D courses at Uni.
Anyone else from Perth and if so, are you getting any 3D work here?
You can see my work at my site here
cheers.

#286

Wow, I’m from Perth too. I live right near Murdoch Uni, my girlfriend and friends go to that uni also. Heck, I’m there a lot of the time at the tavern. :slight_smile:

#287

Hey I’m from Perth too! I moved to the states a while ago but I used to live in west swan. I went there this summer and stayed with my aunt. They tried to get me to go to the Film and Television school there. I’m looking but don’t know anything about it. Cool

#288

Hi, I’m from Spring Hill, Brisbane

I work at an Engineering Consultancy also in Spring Hill doing 3D flythroughs etc as well as drafting and completing a degree in Civil Engineering.

Nice to meet you all:bounce:

#289

Hi all.
Just thought id put my reel up.
17 mg. just finishing my 2 year course at canberra.
enjoy.

#290

Hi all.
Just thought id put my demo reel up
so here it is. 17 mg
just finished my 2 year course at canberra & looking for work.
enjoy

#291

heres the thread
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=294467

#292

Hey James,

Nice reel there mate!!
I like the smoke and explosion work.

I too went thru the same school as you (AIE) and did both the max courses… I finished there just under 4 years ago.
How did you find it?

#293

I’m not originally from Adelaide, but I moved here a few months back to work for RSP.
Never seen your name in the XSI forum by the way. Shame on you!

#294

hey mate.
yeah i found it great and for the price of the course id recomend it to anyone.
i moved from wollongong to do the course and was so worth it. the turors are great, good environment and theyve upgraded a heap in 4 years with new software.
Allways up to date with 3dsmax, and aie got boujou and combustion this year.
oh cheers for the feedback.

#295

hehe cool they certainly seem more updated.

heck when i was there we used max 2.5 and 3… i think i left just as they rolled out 4… haha

The only other softweare we had access to was Photoshop and magpie pro… LOL
And the machines were like dual 500mhz xeons… YAY.

Well its good that you enjoyed it :wink:

(thats where i met my GF of 4 years now… hehehe)

#296

This thread is still going!

Question for you Maya guys particulary in Melb (i work for maya reseller in melbourne) what sort of things do you guys want to see happen? User groups/training/More Alias dudes out to give presentations etc…

#297

Just wanted to get involve and say about it…well me…

Was a lecturer at Monash for nye on four years starting with Max and then moving into Maya at the School of Multimedia, currently now teaching Max(again) at AIE in melbourne to the 1st year Art students.

A couple things to say about software, they both can do the job, though you just have to get around Max’s stubborness to get it done properly, compared to Maya’s, didn’t work? I’ll script the bugger and make it do it.

Our student range of skill is quite diverse, since we get gamers and students interested in film animation. Good thing about AIE compared to previous uni teaching: it’s 20 hours per week working in 3D, either exercises and projects, compared to uni’s 1-2 lecture on theory and 2-3 tutorial and thats per week. Plus the other units you have to study.

Have to say Melbourne’s pretty good for graduates for us in the games industry at the moment, a lot of our second year Game Artists have been offered contracts with local games companies already.

Our second year screen students (we have a small class) are doing some very great pieces of work, and will most likely launch a few into some festivals. I do have to say the Screen teacher Bruce Currie is a brilliant guide and mentor to those students.

Will be heading along to the AGDC, so if you see me (I’ll be wearing a rose. HAH!!!) Say hi, or I might be just manning a booth.

Good to be Australian and great be part of the industry.

#298

oh and good forum topic…

#299

sorry, posted twice!

#300

hi all,

thought i’d add myself to this thread…

My name is Gethin, i’ve just graduated the Diploma of animation from QANTM. Not in the industry yet, but hopefully won’t be too far off…

Nice to meet you all.