Australian CG Artists

#121

:rolleyes:

there’s nothing to do at dlf website… is it worth getting on the mailing list?

#122

Well the stream of emails is pretty constant… join up and cancel if it’s not for you :slight_smile:

There is qantm in Brisbane, can’t comment on the quality of the courses though…
http://www.qantm.com.au/

#123

thx, will do.

Apparently according to an ex student I spoke to, the Brisbane Qantm isn’t very impressive either.

#124

If you’re in or around Ballarat from the 29th of November to the 13th of December, we are holding our Portfolio Show at the new Arts Academy building (the big blue one) on Camp Street, Ballarat.

Another Australian site is http://www.australianinfront.com.au/ It’s mostly related to graphic design, but alot of it is cg art in general. There’s heaps there to look at, too.

#125

Originally posted by sadist
[B]Well the stream of emails is pretty constant… join up and cancel if it’s not for you :slight_smile:

There is qantm in Brisbane, can’t comment on the quality of the courses though…
http://www.qantm.com.au/ [/B]

i wouldn’t recommend qantm. i a finishing up the diploma in a week and it wasn’t worth the money for me. only really good for people who have no idea about anything.

#126

well, I’m an Aussie too. Not in the industry yet, but planning on it. I just finished VCE this year and am lookin at uni courses, anyone know much about Multimedia Systems (Design) at RMIT?

#127

hmmmm…interesting that so many people wanting to get into 3d see multimedia courses as the way to go.

Though if multimedia is want ya want, I can only comment on Brisbane courses.

Communication Design (think it’s called Creative Arts, or something now) at QUT is a very strong and comprehensive multimedia course.

Though while I discovered that my interest was in 3D animation through doing that course. I also realized that doing a multimeda course is a not a smart idea, if you really want to learn 3D animation.

So I changed over to the animation course at Griffth QCA.

So now I’m getting the traditional animation skills, along with learning a number of animation packages, 2D and 3D.
US Animation, ToonBoom, 3Dsmax, Maya and XSI.

I could go on, But I think I’ll shutup…don’t wanna sound like a sales rep. :wink:

#128

There aren’t too many pure 3d courses in Victoria, and most of those are upfront fees.

There is one at Holmesglenn TAFE that deals specifically with 3d (maya is the focus I believe). The RMIT course has had good “reviews” in the past, and the multimedia technology course at Swinburne is relatively good too, since they split it into better focuses.

#129

one of the guys (Daryl Munton) speaking at the Australian Effects & Animation Festival teaches at holmesglenn. He taught at swinburne till partway through last semester, until he realised he was doing too much and had to stop.

#130

Originally posted by Ian Jones
[B]:rolleyes:

there’s nothing to do at dlf website… is it worth getting on the mailing list? [/B]

Most of the stuff that comes through probably will probably be on no interest but there are a few gems now and again. Also, I would recomend making a seperate account (like a hotmail one) so your regular inbox doesn’t get clogged up with 50+ emails a day.

Also, yes the DLF website is pretty average. After they uverhauled it they regularly updated it for about two or three weeks then they just stopped. they don’t even update the job list anymore, you must be on the mailing list to get this.

#131

Better late than never; count me in.
I work at Animal in the same max team as Matt S who’s already posted in this thread. Hey Matt…

#132

hey guys, eastern Australia

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the cg education sounds as botched as it is here, hope to see some of you when i come to Brisbane to strain your job market:)

#133

Allrighty-o,

I’m currently freelancing in Brisbane at the moment, but will be looking for more of a permanent position somewhere in the new year. Should be an interesting venture.

#134

Blup! come work for me mate! :slight_smile:

#135

howdy kids,
I’m a happy little melbournite freelancing round the place. My friend (James THP) and I started a company earlier this year, Two Heads Productions, but we’re still getting our footing. We made a short earlier this year that won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Short Film Competition. If that weren’t enough, it got personally invited into the AEAF Awards by Bill Dawes (Mr Digital Media World Mag) and we only found out over the weekend that it made it in as a finalist!!:eek: not sure who the other nominees are yet, but as Pixar won it last year, and it looks like Chubb Chubbs will be in there somewhere, we’re not holding our breath! "It’s just an honour to be nominated!:stuck_out_tongue: " It’s alll kinda funny as we’re just 2 guys fumbling our way thru it all. Anyways, we’ll be up at AEAF if anyone wants to meet up!

If you wanna see the short then click here: Things You Shouldn’t Do To Baby Chickens

#136

ps. my bud James teaches the Maya course at CGC in Melbourne, feel free to ask him any questions: james THP

c ya:buttrock:

#137

I tried to download your movie a while ago, but it returned some error. Does your server support downloader programs?

#138

Should work fine just through ie - make sure you’ve got flash and quicktime

if having trouble then try this one: 15mb Quicktime 5 - …Baby Chickens

i just had a look from here and it seems to be working fine!:shrug:

WHOAAA!! maybe i spoke toooooo soon - looks like it’s getting a bit of traffic cos it’s running REALLY slow - be patient, traul the threads and download it in the bg. sorry!:eek: :eek: :eek:

#139

Originally posted by amckay
Blup! come work for me mate! :slight_smile:

That’d be really cool! :slight_smile:

#140

Hellooooo everyone.

If you haven’t bothered looking underneath my avatar, I’m not going to bother telling you where I’m from.