How do people get into CG.

[the dOktoR]

<font size="2">Yup, some off topics, <br>
Discuss bout how people actully get into CG.<br>
&nbsp;SO write some stuff as to how and why or where and when did you get into CG..<br>
Be honest...<img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0"></font><br>
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[Abhishek]

Oh I wud luv to share this wid u guys.....<br>
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So.... its damn long story of mine of changing the fields...<br>
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1) After +2, got into Indian Navy &gt;&gt; Left it in 10 days<br>
2) Formed a dance troupe n worked as Choreographer + Performer for 3 years along with B.Sc. in Mathematics n Physics...<br>
3) Got into MCA, droppen in 1 and a Half Years after PG diploma, started learning Photoshop.<br>
4) Joined a course for MCSD, dropped it after first exam.<br>
5) Started workin in Photoshop, Dreamweaver n FLash as webdesigner and
graphic artist, freelanced as well as worked wid companies<br>
6) Started learnin 3ds Max along wid it... thought to get into Rendering and Scripting but loved doin animation....<br>
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N here i am now.....animating<br>
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[the dOktoR]

<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2">WoW! abhi&nbsp; i wonder where ur gonna be next..</font><br>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2">I had finished&nbsp; my first year of Jr.College, thouht wouldn't make it tru to the second <img src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0">....
my folks gave me an options between a vacation job at McDonalds or Some
Vocational Computer Course. And thts where i met my First Love
"3dsmax"... all those SCI-Movies and those wacky Music Videos Man i was
drooling and thts what i wanted to do "4 Life".</font><br>
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[Chand]

<P>Hey, nice thread soul!!!</P>
<P>Well, I finished my B.E in Software engineering from karnataka. And joined the imfamous IT industry.. But from the start itself i was more of a blend of aesthetics and technical mojo...<IMG src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0">. So, couldnt work for more than a few months in the IT firm in a corporate atmosphere raking my brains on just plain programming code.So, very soon i was in mumbai..&nbsp;taking mighty&nbsp;plunges into the 3d world.. And here i am.. enjoying it to the heights with fellow mates...I seriously love this industry and am proud to be associated with such talented souls as u guys, Tantriks...<IMG src="smileys/smiley32.gif" border="0">.</P>

[kamalpahuja]

i am a qualified Hardware and Networkin Engineer.....just gone to a
client to load Photoshop.....seen him working in PHOTOSHOP......seen
him creating magic with computers keys....and thats it...i thought
thats wht i always wanna do.......<br>
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then worked a lot with photoshop....corel and finally jumped in
3d......whtever i m i am because of me and my interest................
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Internet helped me a lot while learning&nbsp; all the CG skills i never joined any center or so<br>
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[hells angel]

hmmm...interestin topic.....always been asked what i was doin in engineering...never the other way round...<img src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0">.....k..lets see...<br>
saw this wallpaper of a car model a friend had made and i asked him
what he had done it in......he said theres this package called 3d
extreme that he used...ii didnt even have a comp back then....12th
std....1998....bought a comp a few months later...and the guy said max
is better than extreme so loaded&nbsp; max r1 on my p200mhz....and
started playin with the buttons since my copy had no help files......i
was like..a box...wow....<img src="smileys/smiley36.gif" border="0">...made my
first car and animated it on the second day...with just boxes and
spheres......mae a man using spheres with taper and bend.....(i didnt
know about edit mesh till a few months later..<img src="smileys/smiley19.gif" border="0">)...and so it began...<br>
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secon yr in engineering i got majorly frustrated with what i was doin
and realised i needed to move into art.......finally someone&nbsp; told
me there were forums online and thats where i got my first help(never
gonna forget joan of arc!!<img src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0">).....and realised i could make a profession out of a hobby........<br>
theres been no lookin back since......one of the reasons i'm still stuck in college<img src="smileys/smiley36.gif" border="0"><br>
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hope that didnt put anyone to sleep.....cheers all!!<img src="smileys/smiley4.gif" border="0"><br>

[rockyj123]

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<P>got my 1st console in 6th std(read:media 8bit).... then came sega 8bit...cant forget the sega exibition at nehru planetarium, where we were allowed to play for free...got the sega from a local dealer ... which came just wid one controller n sonic 3d... played that game for 1 whole yr , untill some1 got me virtua racer from singapore(read in those days no sega games(casette) were available in mumbai easily).... then came the nintendo gameboy....then the sega game gear...then the ps1....got f1 97 from uk(best f1 game ever made)&nbsp;.... remember playin brian lara cricket 97 for hrs n hrs n hrs... never cud understand y the graphics s**k so bad,whereas ea sports had just come out wid fifa 97 then n it just rocked....</P>
<P>tats when i decided to tat i wud make a career in games ... </P>
<P>took a while to convince my parents the gaming is big(one day in india too)&nbsp;and wot is animation n stuff...</P>
<P>n my dream is&nbsp; to work on a cricket title... n its good to c both ea sports n codemasters coming up wid cricket titles in the next 18mnths...</P>
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[prithvi]

<P>Nice one started by soul...........almost like 'spilling the beans' thread.<BR>but soul, was Softimage your first choice?<BR><BR>Abhishek, that's impressive, man..............multitalented, eh?<BR>Vivek,&nbsp;was funny reading what u did with Max way back in '98&nbsp; <IMG src="smileys/smiley36.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>lol I hadn't even touched a computer at that time (more funny, what)<BR></P>
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[the dOktoR]

<font size="2">Yup spilling the Beans for sure... like i said 3dsmax
was my first love... it was 1999 lucky for me the place where i was
learning had the "Latest" version for Max ver 2.. and i was freaking
out making bottles and glasses with the lathe tool it roaked...<br>
also remember PowerAnimator on SGI... <br>
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@hell: Ive never seen so many smiley on a single post..its like this is the most happiest post ever..<img src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0"><br>
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