"Good evening. What can I tell you?"

#1

Hey all,

My professional background is in drafting, infrastructure design and management. About 3 years ago, for various reasons I gave all of that up and went back to school to develop long forgotten skills in photography and art.

I started out in a Multimedia program planning to focus on 3D, but after the signature was on the line, the school eliminated the 3D program so I was stuck with choosing another path in the field, which was general multimedia principles. It was a bore and came far too easiliy for me so I chose to learn 3D on my own along side of the schooling.

Currently I am a independant student focusing on various aspects of production art for film… learning alot in a vacuum with guidance from a few industry folk, a few communities such as CGTalk and the Pixel Corps. I run a private inn (on the weekends) at a major university and do little design jobs here and there to keep above water and in the new tools I need.

I know only two things:

1.) There’s alot to learn.
2.) I can do it.

Primary Focus: 3D Lighting, Shading & Rendering
Secondary Focus: Texturing, Matte Painting & Compositing
Tool Focus: XSI/Mental Ray and Photoshop

#2

Hi JDex, welcome! I started out doing multimedia as well which I found came to me quite easily and was also somewhat of a bore to me too. I think I just really enjoyed the more extreme and high end side of art and design that you can achieve with 3D. I guess that was a similar case with you…

#3

That’s another long time name I recognize :slight_smile:
Welcome aboard!

Wiro

#4

good to see you on here m8 :beer:

#5

Thanks for the warm welcome compadres.

It’s great to see so many friendly and familiar faces supporting the initiative.

#6

Yay! Always good to hear what people are up to. I’m glad to see you’re willing to sacrifice a job for your greater goals. That’s courage.:slight_smile:

#7

Hey Martin,

Well, some call it insanity, but courage is another term for it. :smiley:

#8

you go dude! that’s what i’m talkin about =) welcome to cgs =)

#9

welcome aboard!

#10

Jason,
hi there! i caught your post at pxc, and realized that i needed to help support this great site too. These guys have always been helpful, and the sitegoers have always offered great suggestions and insightful crits to my posts. Thanks for giving me a push in the right direction
don

#11

LOL… forgot about this thread.

Glad you joined up Don…

#12

Howdy, JDex!

Just introducing myself :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#13

Hey Rebecca,

Sort of feel like I already know ya from catching up on the random photos thread.

So here’s an official “Howdy”.

:wavey:

#14

Heh :slight_smile: I do like to socialize. :slight_smile:

#15

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