Just joined the cgsociety… And i immediately feel at home here :P.
So much that I feel the urge to tell a little something about me.
I’m from the Netherlands and live in Rheden at the moment (a small town near the city of Arnhem.)
I started drawing some stuff about 5 or 6 years ago, but it was some time later when i got in touch with 3d software and photoshop that i got more and more excited about the possibilities. I joined the Grafisch Lyceum in Utrecht which is a graphic school… kinda. They did not learn me anything apart from some technical stuff here and there. But i could not be bothered about it in the beginning… i just bought books and learned as much as possible at home. (Oewf how i fondly remember those first weeks. Sitting behind my computer with those books and doodling the night away.)
Anyway. After 3 years i was pretty sick and tired of that school and left. Hoping i could assemble a portfolio pretty quick i set out to make my first serious 3d piece… A technical one featuring a steam locomotive which earned me the CGChoice Award ;).
Then i got into some money problems and had to cancel work on the rest of my portfolio. I did some freelance stuff which totally burned me out. At that time i could not set limits on myself and i would easily work from early in the morning to very late in to the night. Because of that i had not much free time to work on personal stuff but now i learned to work more efficient. (Much healthier and now i have time for improving my skills…)
At the moment i’m focusing on character design as that is one of the areas which need improving. I hope to have some WIP’s to show off soon!
Currently i’m looking for work at other companies as i want to drop the freelance work for awhile and get more experience before i go back to that ballgame.(if i still want that by then i dont know) I would love to work within a team.
I joined cgtalk almost 2 years ago and still enjoy it every single day… Thank you all for that
!S
~ R
