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CGSociety Newsletter - #1 December 2008

DISNEY BOLT: Disney’s BOLT rolls onto new ground with Rhino character rigging.

This week’s highlights:

Esperient 3.5

Interactive 3D ease.

CGProShop discounts

Get stuff cheaper!

EXPOSÉ 7 Call for Entries

Push the envelope, then upload!

SIGGRAPH Asia Diary

See you in Singapore!

Hot Jobs

Hot CGPortfolios / Video

Hot Threads on CGTalk

Hot Threads on Game Artist

Latest CGChoice Awards
From The Editor’s Desk

Looking out into the coming year, the landscape is changing for our industry. On CGSociety, we’ll be reaching out to more game studios, showcasing more great artists and bringing you the best visuals available from game and movie productions.
The US$220,000 Steampunk CGChallenge XXIII has our biggest prize pool in history! Some of the most astonishing contraptions are being created in this amazing contest. Jump in and have a look.
Ballistic Publishing’s EXOTIQUE 4 and d’artiste: MATTE PAINTING 2 books are absolutely gorgeous! The masters in both character art and matte painting adorn the pages and four beautiful prints come with the EXOTIQUE 4 Special Edition and the d’artiste: MATTE PAINTING 2 Limited Edition. An exclusive video walk-through of Frederick St-Arnaud’s cover image, ‘Decline of Babel Myth’ is also available with Limited Editions of MATTE PAINTING 2. You can’t ask for better quality creations than the work in these books.
We’re receiving some cool feedback. Here’s one from a contributing artist. “EXOTIQUE 4 looks great! I received my copy yesterday, and have been blown away by the sheer quality of work that exists out there. May have to put in a few orders as possible Christmas gifts!” — Matt ‘Shimuzu’ Smith.
Also from Forbidden Planet - for MATTE PAINTING 2 - “…a very highly finished, glossy and fabulous looking art book that you can just sit and enjoy the images from even if you aren’t a creator yourself”.
Students from registered schools can save 15% on Ballistic Publishing books.. Find out if your school is on the Ballistic school list and take advantage of this special discount!
We have a winner in the FXWars contest on CGTalk, looking for Flying Cars! Check out the wings!
Meanwhile the Star Wars Steampunk mini-Challenge on CGTalk also has a winner. The field of contenders is something to behold. The Low-Poly Boss Monster competition has begun on Game-Artist.net as well as CGTalk. Go and have a look.
Check out what else we have happening!

Esperient Creator 3.5
Esperient Creator 3.5 The CEO of Esperient tells CGSociety why he is so excited about the new Interactive 3D application. He also tells us what is ‘under the hood’. more >
CGProshop Sale
CGProShop 30% Discount CGSociety is offering past and present CGProShop customers the chance to have 30% off selected items in our store! more >
EXPOSE 7 Call for entries
EXPOSÉ 7 Call for Entries The next big Digital Art Annual is open and waiting to accept your best submissions. Become a Contender >
Siggraph Asia
SIGGRAPH Asia Diary The show itself starts next week. Plenty to see on our Exclusive Diary >
Lots and lots to see!
Paul Hellard Paul Hellard Editor CGSociety

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