Tech(CG)

Digital Artist (extremely inspirational)

• 3d Artists – Raph.com
• Walter Behrnes
• Colon Hess – GigXL
• Andy Lyon – Shamplade.com
• Dony Permedi – Character Animator
• BGSU Digital Arts Student Portfolios
• Taron
• Justin Cherry
• Katherine Dinger – Painter
• Weston Harris – First Light Photographs of Landscape and Wildlife
• Pacciani
• Roger Goroo Web Flash portfolio
• The cinematic and futurist art of Roger Kupelian
• Carlos Baena | Animator
• Keith Lango | Animator
• Aaron Halifax | Animator
• Thomas Suurland Design
• Jeremy Birn | 3dRender.com
• Aristomenis Tsirbas | Meni
• Second Reality

3D Content Creation

• Maya 3D (Autodesk Maya)
• Luxology.net – Model at the Speed of Thought
• Newtek Lightwave 3D
• NeverCenter Silo 3D
• Station X Studio’s Project Messiah
• Blender 3D Software
• Rhino 3D Software
• Adobe Creative Suite 2 & Studio 8
• Computer Arts UK Magazine
• Computer Arts Online
• KeyFrame Magazine headquarters!
• NewTekPro Magazine Home Page

CG Industry | News | Forums

• CG Society
• CGTalk
• CGNetworks.com
• CGChannel.com
• AWN Animation World Network
• AWN Animation Industry Database
• Conceptart.org Forum & Gallery
• Flay.com
• 3D Gate
• 3D Total
• Animation World Network
• 3D LuVr “Where Art & Technology Meet”
• Inside Computer Graphics
• Zoo Render.com
• 3D Spline
• CG Focus
• Inside CG
• Spin Quad Forums
• CG Tutorials.com

Top 25 U.S. Studios

• Luma Pictures
• Digital Domain
• Pixar
• Laika
• RhinoFX
• menithings
• the orphanage
• Blur Studios
• Rhythm & Hues Studio
• Dreamworks Animation
• Momentum VFX
• Flash Film Works Hollywood
• Pendulum Studios
• Double Negative
• Anthem Visual FX
• The Embassy VFX
• Cinesite
• High Moon Studios
• MassiveBlack
• EdenFX
• Blind
• Walt Disney Pictures
• Suspect
• Passion Pictures
• Rezn8

Competitions | CG Community | Film Contests

• Siggraph.org : “Where technology & art meet”
• WithoutaBox: Home Submit your film or script to 1000’s of Competitions.
• Final Draft “Just add words”

Job Resources

• Creative Heads
• Animation Magazine Jobs Board
• Monster Jobs
• CG Channel Jobs Board
• Flay.com : Jobs
• d|ver’s LScripts
• 3D Cafe
• TV-3D
• TurboSquid
• the Finest 3D Model Store.
• FX PHD for FX artists! (from FX Guide)

Final Cut Studio | Shake

• Apple Final Cut Studio – FCP 5
• Apple Discussion Forums
• Ken Stone’s Final Cut Pro Resources
• Apple – Discussions – Final Cut Pro HD Forums
• Los Angelos Final Cut Pro User Group Tutorials
• The Pro Apps Hub
• Ripple Training : FCP : Motion : Soundtrack : Logic : Compressor : QT 7 Pro : DVD Studio
• Stib’s free Final Cut Pro plugins
• MotionVFX.com Resources & Forums
• Joe’s FCP Filters
• Creative Cow – Final Cut Pro Forum
• DV.com the Premiere source for DV news!
• Ken Stone
• Digital Zoo Lunchtime
• Nonlinear5.com
• ffmpegx- video/audio encoder for OSX
• Film & Video : Studio Daily
• Rhed Pixel – Richard Harrington
• FMC Training
• Automatic Duck
• Boris FX
• Tool Farm.com
• Digital Anarchy : FX Tools for Revolutionaries
• Digital Film Tools
• Flaming Pear Software
• Lizard Tech
• Nik Software & Plug-ins
• The Plugin Site
• Intelligent Assistance for LiveType and Calligraphy
• Red Giant Software
• Digital-Heaven.co.uk
• Avid to FCP Utility

Apple | OS X

• Apple Developer Connection
• Automator.us
• Apple Insider
• Think Secret
• Mac Mall
• MacNN : The Macintosh News Network
• Download.com : Mac & PC freeware
• The Mac Observer
• VersionTracker : Mac OS X

Best of Luxology

• Vertex Monkey
• Seneca – Artist / Modo Scripter
• Luxology.com / Modo
• Allegorithmic : Procedural Evolution
• Lexicon Modo CMD database

Best of Lightwave

• IFW Shaders Procedural Shaders – Richard Jennings
• Scott Camerons Collection of LW Tutorial Links
• Kurv Studios
• Timothy Albee Animation
• Newtek’s collection of LW Tutorials & LW Video
• Newtek’s LW written Tutorials
• Flay.com
• Friends of Newtek : Local LW Chapters
• CG Focus
• Joe Alter’s Hair and Facial Animation software.
• Alternate Perspective Online. Render Farms
• D-Storm, Inc. LW Plugi-in Developer

Best of Maya

• CGtoolkit.com – The Art of Rigging
• HighEnd3d.com – Maya Section
• Commet Digital LLC. – cMuscleSystem for Maya
• CGToolkit.com – The Art of Rigging Vol. 1 :: Vol. 2
• The Setup Machine 2 for Maya Anzovinstudio.com
• Animation Studio : Advanced Skeleton : Storyboard Pro
• Ian Jones shrtcwww.com – Technical Director
• Strut your Reel. Rigging.
• VRay Renderer now available 4 Maya
• Generi – Free Maya Rig

Learning Tutorials

• Learning Maya Tutorial Site
• AnimationRigs.com
• 3d Total
• Highend3D.com
• Anticz
• Spiraloid.com
• 3D Worlds – R Scott Cherba
• photorealistic fish
• Eki’s home
• Features Animation
• Animated news, Animated Movies, Cartoons
• Digital Producer Magazine
• Tutorial Introduction
• DEMScape LW Plugin
• Index of /pub/data/DEM/250/P
• Modeling with LW – Suture Net
• Character Rigging by Jean-Philippe Savariault
• Pixar’s Online Graphics Library
• The Gnomon Workshop : Training DVDs

3D Apps | Plug-ins | MelScripts | Mental Ray Shaders

• Lightwave Plugins
• Digital LW Engineers
• LD_Tools – Index
• DoschDesign
• David Ikeda’s Kung Fu LW Scripts
• Lightwave Plugin Tutorials – Lesson One
• Pixero : Jan Sandstrom : MR Shaders

Pipeline Tools

• The Spread : Maya2Lightwave Project
• The Beaver Proejct
• Butterfly Net Render
• WISC Condor Project

Free Tools

• Open EXR
• Uni-Verse Meta Management
• Motion Picture Processing & Imaging

Artist Resources | Drawing | Photography | Tools

• 3d.sk – Human Photo Reference 4 3d artists
• environment-textures.com
• Female Anatomy for Artist
• Photoshop CS2 Killer Tips.com
• Red Digital Camera (under 20k!)
• artnanomy – by Victoria Contreras Flores
• The Camera Lens.com
• Hollywood Camera Works – Cinematography Training

Podcasts | Music

• Montreal’s Best Funk, Underground Radio! CKUT : WeFunkRadio.com
• Animation Podcast – The Best Podcast available!!!!
• FXGuide.com Visual Effects News Podcast