Hi Pascal,
Here’s just a little quick one. Truemax, which is a CG school in denmark, has tutors like Meats Meier and Steven stahlberg (and alot more). Could you ever consider teaching at such place? (it could be great, since im attending the school next year :D)
Mr. Pascal,
jst wanna drop by to thank you for ur answer.
24 hours of Personal free time per month is a suffering to me!!
Due to ur amazing personal work, I need to attend a self-disipline course …!!
Take good care of ur PC, ur health & ur Master-Mind…
Nobody can take away ur isanity concept!..
Hope to see u make in Malaysia for a valuable seminar!!
paperclip: good questions!
1_yes, i do my own textures, based on different photographies of course 
The choice really depends on the subject and mood, in this case i wanted it to look like a realistic wall you could find on the streets, and i wanted it to be washed out too, so it doesnt take too much place in the whole composition.
Subject does matter for sure, and i think that it is one of the keys of my personnal touch too, as i tend to experiment a lot in this field…
2_ ahah …cant tell really for now, i like to judge more final picts that work in progress, lots of things can still change… i see lots of good works…
Iceblaster:
Why not? i really dunno how the whole thing works, can you tell me more about it?
dinodog_Jr:
thx
i will may be go to siggraph this year and see lots of fellow cgtalkers for sure
Pascal, thanks for your answers!
Another question: Did you see how your thread in the CGS introductions forum grew?? It’s past the 85th page now! You started one of the longest threads in CGTalk! (Congrats…)
OMG… 1284 posts already??? :eek:
you guys are nuts 
ok about this Q&A… i think it is the last day (based on the others Q&A) so if you have any question left… now is the time
We just like to talk!!:twisted: We miss you pascal…come back to us…
Ok…here’s my last question… where is the ‘make good art’ filter? I’ve been looking for it…
On a more serious note, what would you recommend someone focus on during their studies? What should they work most on during college and what can they pick up on while working?
ahah i will, promise! i was just finishing some freelance work, not that much time left to chat…
1_ in photoshop go in filters/others/‘make good art’ :twisted:
More seriously, i am using a lot color controls(hu values and saturations on specific ranges of colors), lighting effects to redirect the attention where i want to, and layers of different blurs mixed with slight overlays of dirt textures.
2_ There is two things to keep in mind while studying: try to get the more experience from the school, even if it is not in a field you are confindent with, it will open up your mind to new ways of creating art.
The second thing would be to work hard on generic basis that fits with their goal …it maybe not a clear goal at first , but see where your heart belongs. I never said to myself: i want to be a digital artist. Being a digital artist is the result of my goal, wich was: i want to create beautifull and interresting characters ,or picts that have a real intriguing background story. I want to recreate my own dark crystal, my own empire strikes back…
that was my goal. Digital was just the perfect tool for me to achieve my goal.
you see the point?
Very much so Pascal- as I see it, art college is supposed to:
Then with these, you have to find your own way … try to work out what it is you love doing.
Right? :bounce:
One more question- how do you know that you ‘have what it takes’? I mean, not everyone can do well, but is passion & hard work enough? This is an often-asked question, so you don’t have to answer it!
By the way…is your stuff in D’artiste? I’m wondering because I’m considering buying it…or is that Expose?
cheers,
theresa.
Hi Pascal,
I got one question.Did you ever get any crushing crit about any of your work. I’m not talking about one bad crit but whole bunch of those. Did it make you think “uh, what I’m doing here, is there any point to go on?” I’m asking about it because I got quite a lot of really hard crits about my master and servant entry on Polish forum. Strange thing is that here I didn’t get so many bad voices about it. I know I have to learn a lot.
paperclip:
you got it
1_as for your ‘have what it takes’ question, well there is one and only way to figure it out, and thats to post your work on forums, and learn from the feedbacks. If you are really passionate (and open minded) you will improve big time. I usually answer the one and only response i have from my own experience. Everything comes with a regular work ( doesnt need to be hardwork) .. practicing is really really what will move you fromwanna betobe`. We all come from this path you know, there is no other ways. The only ones who dont make it to a descent level are those who always have big excuses ;). Some people will start form a very very low level, and the path maybe be look a bit long… Just dont try to directly aim for the top in what you are doing, try to have fun!
2_I am in the next d’artiste book yes, with Steven Stahlberg and francisco Cortina. Those guys are super talented modellers, i cant adress the same level of expertise in character modelling, my ways in the field are more about getting to the point directly and make right choices about design and finalisation… added lots of tips too
lukx:
Never take it personnal! Learn from it! (darn… starting to talk like this old green frog yoda im am) I know that it is hard and deceiving to get negative feedbacks, but try to adress that problems in your next work. Take it as an opportinity to move forward!
Of course i got negative feedbacks, and of course i am not always happy about it, but after a deep breath i am asking myself … ok what does he/she see that i am missing? and then i go: oh… ok… never saw it this way… damn he is right…
So basically, you are learning
Thanks for the reply-- I sure am passionate and while I’m at a (low, low!) stage where I’m not terrible, I know I have a long way to go…but I’m more than willing to take it and love every minute of it!! Why would I be doing it otherwise?
Must start saving up for that d’artiste book! They sound so good…you guys are making me bankrupt, between saving up for gnomon dvds AND ballistic books!! (not that the price isn’t worth it…):twisted:
Which of your works is your favorite?
Hi all,
Time to finish up this Q&A session. If you have any further questions, please post them now. I’ll close this session at the close of 17 May 2005.
Thanks!
Leonard
paperclip:
im used to say that i always prefer the next illustration i will make, but to answer your question i would say that the Snailmaster is one of my favourites
The snailmaster is probably my fav of your pictures also. How the hey did you come up with something so bizarre?! It’s almost like a cross between dali and magritte and…blanche.
Do you eat a lot of cheese before bedtime?
By the way, how long does the m & s take to judge? How exactly do you judge it- does each judge get some of the entries to leaf through, then they pick out the top 5 of the ones they’ve seen, then all of the judges get together to discuss which ones should win?
Is it something like that? Just wondering…
paperclip:
1_chedar, roquefort and camember with red wine and fresh bred… you should try
2_my vote will be added to the others i guess, and we have to wait for the final picts, but i watch it from time to time to see how things go
Pascal. Please private message me your address so I can send you that Giant Print. Thanks Again! 
I will, it sure sounds tasty. Thanks for the recommendation!
Whoops, this is going ‘off topic’. Um. Did you ever model food? 
(I know, reaching, but it’s the best I can do!)
onlooker, already did but… ok i send it to you again
paperclip: ahah hmm well let me think. a banana… and some plate food for a lowres game…
Hi Pascal,
I’m sure this has been asked before, but I’m short on time today. But I’m curious, who are or what are your major influences on your art? Be it anything.
And the Snailmaster reminds me of a monster in the Friends of the Maxx comic. It was a slug trying to devour people in the comic. Kind of weird. Do you read comics? And which if you do? Silly questions, but you never know what you’ll find around the next corner, :D.
Thanks for answering all our questions. And helping paperclip on her food obsession, don’t worry paperclip, we won’t tell the real world. Just kidding.