Introduce yourself - New members

[David]

Welcome to SimplyMaya if you've never posted before you might consider saying hello in here.

You don't need to be a Maya expert to use our forums we're a friendly bunch. I created SimplyMaya in part because it was intimidating to try and join the conversation on a lot of forums. Here we try and be a little different. We have a lot of people here from large studios and a lot of very seasoned Maya users but we try and leave the condescending attitude at the door :) and while i believe there defiantly is such a thing as a stupid question, you wont get laughed out the door for asking it here.

So if your one of the many people that reads the forums but never posts. Say hello :wavespin:

David

[Rhetoric Camel]

One of the main reasons I post here is because of the nature of the people, they're all very nice. No one will talk down to you because you needed to ask a silly question.

[David]

Might have to re-name this thread 'new members don't introduce yourself'

Dave :D

[honestdom]

why dont we start with old members...

hi, my name is dom. i'm from edinburgh. but have lived in london for the last ten years. i like a bit of 3D. :D

[David]

why dont we start with old members...

hi, my name is dom. i'm from edinburgh. but have lived in london for the last ten years. i like a bit of 3D. :D

See now everyone else can feel free to post, we even let a Scotsman in :D

Dave

[eye_grafix]

Ok,
my name is Sebastian I'm 15 (nearly 16) and from Germany:D
I'm doing this 3d stuff for nearly a year and still learning new features of maya;)
Thats why I'm in this forum, the guys around her are very kind and don't call you "stupid" if you don't understand something.:D

[stwert]

I'm Stuart (but I usually use stwert), 24, from the wet coast of Canada.
I'm trying to get into scientific animation and post what I'm working on on my blog.
SimplyMaya is the best maya community on the interwebs.
That is all.:spin:

[Gen]

SimplyMaya is the best maya community on the interwebs.
That is all.:spin:

:bounce: <--agreement smiliey. Oh yeah an introduction..

My name is Genevieve, I'm from Florida and me likey 3D too.

[murambi]

Hi i'm Raphael and i'm from Nairobi, Kenya been doing 3d for about 5 years and just started a vfx company called Mirror More :)

[bullet1968]

My name is Anthony

Im an Engineering Surveyor, I love learning 3D. Simply Maya has been a great site to get into Maya, no nasties and great bunch all round. I live in Perth, Western Australia. See even Aussies can get in here too, just like Scotsmen...LOL

cheers bullet (aka grumpy Adams):giggle:

[Jay]

Hola, mi nombre es Jay

Tengo 41 años y soy un modelador 3D profesional que actualmente trabaja como Senior Modeller en Windmill Lane VFX en Irlanda. También ayudo Simplemente Maya con este sitio web, así como tutoriales para grabar todo lo que la gente bonita de descargar, aprender y disfrutar con suerte!

I also speak Spanish

cheers
Jay

[Sirwalrus]

Okay hi all, I been looking at the site for three month now never said anything, Im 22 live in scotland. Been mucking about with maya and other 3D programs for about 2 years now.

[honestdom]

Welcome to the site sir. where in scotland are you? I heard rockstar were going or have gone and a couple of places in Dundee have closed. There must be loads of game artists out of work up there.

[Dango77]

Hi all,

My name is Gavin, I'm 33, born and raised in London UK, and only started learning how to use a PC just over two years ago (sad I know) I've been a frequenter of SM for most of that time, love the site for all the reasons written previously, and without the help from some of its members wouldn't have learnt nearly as much as I have, cheers to all that have given me advice!

[Acid44]

I'm Stuart (but I usually use stwert), 24, from the wet coast of Canada.

I think all our coasts are wet man :p

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Hai durr. I'm Acid. Better known as Acid, sometimes as Acid. I live in Toronto Canada, and I'm 18 (for another 7 days or so). I be the resident troll. Been doin' the Maya thing for about... 5 years now. Long time. I pretty much only do cars, well, I only show my cars, I've done a lot of other crap though.

That is all. G'day sirs. And madams too I suppose :happy:

[Ozgalis]

Hallo hallo, my name is Grant. I live in Crystal Lake, Illinois, 22 years old....ready to get out of here for sure. I have been working in Maya on and off for about 2 years...all together about a year. I am on here a lot even though I dont post very often, I just like to see what everyone else is doing for the most part. Lovin the new site by the way.

[MangaManiac]

Hi,

I am from Hong Kong originally, now living in Brisbane Australia. Love my Mangas and traditional 2-D cel animation, while studying I had a 3 month unit/component on 3-D and thats when I joined this site. Did next to nothing with Maya for 2 years and only rediscovered it a few months back, now it consumes ALL my spare time. Learning lots from the friendly people here, ask lots of questions and David Nilla and others havent told me to bugger off yet. :)

I have what I reckon is a terrific story concept, just not sure what I'm supposed to do with it now. Before I studied 2-d Animation I believed I could single handedly animate this three part epic 'Masterpiece' myself.. (Had started making it a Graphic Novel) I'm also a member of several writers forums- I'm even less gifted at writing so it probably won't be a finished screenplay anytime soon either. I realise I'm pretty delusional but I'm going to continue writing it as A Novel/A manga/A screenplay and at the same time I'm using Maya to build sets which I am drawing my chars into- hoping to have a rough but finished Animatic within the next 3 years... I'm none to optimistic at the moment but I'm enjoying myself immensely and who knows...

I havent 'Mastered' Poly modelling by any stretch, but am at the stage where I feel I can model pretty much everything I need to. -sigh- ONLY got texturing rigging animating lighting rendering and a half dozen other steps to come to grips with. :(

[tweetytunes]

Im Neil Roberts - 32 and feeling it - I from Wales , but now live in Kent UK - Got a BA in 3D Animation - done some freelance stuff and worked on one CG film that will now never see the light of day - currently working slowly on my short film "Haz-MAtt".

I came here because of a script someone wrote for my uni mate and he told me how useful this site was. When I came was greeted by the friend-est group of Maya user I have found over the net. I also like the little comps they run here - when they run.

Welcome and enjoy

[Mayaniac]

My Name's Steven aka Mayaniac. I'm 21 years old, I was born in Derby but have lived in several places around the country. When I was 14 I moved to America for 7 years before moving back to Derby, where I currently reside.

I first started messing with CGI when I was 14 with Photoshop, gradually worked my way up to 3D modeling apps, starting with the likes of Milkshape, AC3D, Blender, and Maya, though ever since my parents brought me a Wacom for my 18th birthday, I spend most of my time in ZBrush. :giggle:

I first found this site through Google back in 2007, and have been an off and on regular ever since.

[murambi]

My Name's Steven aka Mayaniac. I'm 21 years old,

damn from your skill level i thought you were in your late 20's

[G-Man]

My name is George, They used to call me Legend, but now I'm just "G-man" I love art in all forms, 2d 3d sculpting, ect. and My focus until recently has always been strictly hard surface modeling, I'm not working on broadening my horizons..Not easy to do in Kentucky LoL
Also..
I found it odd Reading Spanish from Jay!...

G-man

[Joey81]

Hey!

My name is Joe, I'm 29. I started using maya pretty late, 1,5 years before. These days I'm trying to understand how post production programs re working like maya,ps,ae,mudbox,nuke etc...

joey

[metalshredder7]

Hey people
My name is Jack, I'm 17, Live in New Zealand and a month away from college. Since this college is dedicated to the entertainment industry, movie games etc (not what some of you were thinking ;), we are using Maya for modeling. I have been searching around for a decent basics tutorial so I can get the jump and maybe converting from 3ds Max if I can figure out this. I know all the basics and a bit more intermediate stuff in this as I have already semi completed a high poly car using poly modeling, smoothing, everything like that. Im looking forward to posting my stuff as I have recently been checking this site out all the time and have heard you guys are great.
Cheers :D

[Acid44]

Welcome n00b.

By the way ^this one comes as a spawn of me, so prepare yourselves ;D

[metalshredder7]

gee, thanks S. That REALLY going to brighten my chances of being known for GOOD.

[Acid44]

Hellz yeh.

[TDW]

Hi guys, I'm new to this forum and Maya aswell. If been modeling for about 2 years now with Blender and now I'm going to learn Maya. I'm from Germany and I know my english sucks a lot, but sadly there isn't any good Maya forum in my country.

I've modeled mainly for PC games in the past, creatures and stuff, but in future I want to concentrate on getting a bit better and make some cool standalone artworks, like those on the forum header.


Greets, TDW!!! ;)

[halfloaf]

Hi all,

My name is Jacques and I live near Bristol, UK. Originally from South Africa I moved to the UK 8 years ago and do architectural design /work for a day job.

I got into Maya when I had my SGI Octane2 workstation about three years ago...started out on Maya 6.5! I've since then dropped off my 3D stuff a bit as I've devoted most of my free time to restoring a '82 Smallframe Vespa 100.

Hope to get back into my 3D soon!

[Gingerman]

Lo folks

My name is Sean and I live in Glasgow, in the UK. Currently in my 2nd year of my animation course and will be moving into modelling and 3d animation in February with Maya, so I thought I'd get a head start and begin now.

Hope I get to know at least a few of you as I develop my characters (currently attempting to recreate the creatures from Dungeon keeper) and also looking forward to learning from the rest of your work aswell.

[aruna]

Welcome to SimplyMaya if you've never posted before you might consider saying hello in here.

You don't need to be a Maya expert to use our forums we're a friendly bunch. I created SimplyMaya in part because it was intimidating to try and join the conversation on a lot of forums. Here we try and be a little different. We have a lot of people here from large studios and a lot of very seasoned Maya users but we try and leave the condescending attitude at the door :) and while i believe there defiantly is such a thing as a stupid question, you wont get laughed out the door for asking it here.

So if your one of the many people that reads the forums but never posts. Say hello :wavespin:

David
Thank you welcoming me on board, David.

Aruna,
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. "

[aruna]

Hello Everyone,:wavespin:

I’m Aruna and living in India. I’ve done Adobe Photoshop and pursuing 3D Maya. I’m passionate about it. I took a decision to have a change in my career. From X to Y, bit scared, too.

I hope you guys will help me out.

Well apart from this, finger crossed, waiting for my first project. :)


Aruna,
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

[KRump]

Hey, I am Kai from Germany. I`m currently Studying and was always interested in 3D & Film(Final Cut etc.), so i choose to learn Maya (which is a little bit hard because everyone in my Class uses 3ds Max). The Tutorials here are a very good start and i hope for the rest i got you guys ;).

Kai

[ctbram]

Hello all,

Rick Mulawa is my name. I was a senior systems engineer providing pre-sales technical support for several major computer manufacturers for over 15 years. I handled high performance computing, and graphics for government labs, Universities, and some major west coast vfx studios.

My initial modeling experience was as a structural engineering consultant performing finite element analysis for the auto industry in Michigan. While working for SGI and Sun Microsystems I had the opportunity to watch the CG artists at ILM and Pixar working on the Jurassic Park, Terminator, and Toy Story movies and became interested in modeling using Maya as a hobby. I have been working with Maya now since version 1.0 and tend to focus on hard surface modeling as I can draw upon my past experience as a structural engineer.

I hold degrees in Aeronautical Engineering (MS), Electrical and Computer Engineering (BS), Computer Science (BS), and just recently received a Doctoral degree in Medical Physics (PhD).

I have been a member of Simply Maya since 2004 and was recently honored to asked to moderate the modeling channel in the forums.

I am still trying to decide what I want to do when I grow up.

[bullet1968]

Welcome aboard aruna and KRump...and ct of course. You will find this the best site on the web for tut's and help. Everyone here is helpful and friendly to the max....enjoy.

cheers bullet

wow Rick...ummm wow..thats some study there mate!

[BeAstMaSter]

Hello everyone, I'm Jerry, long time members with not a lot to say ;)
Have been a custom cabinetmaker and custom furniture builder for 30+ years
samples of work can be seen here:
http://66.92.45.210/

have also had an interest in Maya for quite a while but just couldn't grok the tools.
But have also had illnesses set me back a couple times forgetting more than I learned.
Latest setback was major back surgery where they replaced several discs and screwed me back together.
Will be retired this year and really wanting to get a handle on Maya to help fill some of the free time I'm gonna have.
Figure I'll start by modeling some of the cabinets/furniture I've made since all dimensions/details are in my head.
Will be asking tons of questions about UV's and texturing, including watching the tuts from here.

Also like to tinker with computers in spare time, wanting to build the ultimate beast,
maybe this year :D

anyway, that's me and I'll be lurking around :)

[flip_snip3r]

Hi everyone! Name's Kevin! I'm currently studying 3D Modeling, Animation art and Design at CDI College in Montreal. It's a new program in the campus and I'm among the first batch, after half a year here, I'm enjoying it a lot. Looking forward to learn more from other experienced modelers in the forum as well. I've only handled Maya for a a couple of months so my modeling isn't that great so I hope you guys can guide me as well.

I'm currently making Wing Gundam Zero as a personal project and will be posting it in the WIP. Looking to get feedback.

So yeah, cheers! :)

[bullet1968]

welcome guys...hope the experience here is fun and educational!

cheers bullet

[jabbelmous]

My name is Hilde. I fell into 3D only a few months ago... First Poser, than Cinema4D and finally Maya.
worked as a graphic 2D designer for several years, but it's only now that I 'm really amusing myself, in this virtual world I'm setting up...
I landed on this forum because of an answer to my batch-problem. Thanks a lot, cause I'm still learning learning learning....

[Gen]

Welcome Hilde :). That's funny that you got poked towards the Maya vortex by way of Poser because the same happened to me!

[twisteddragon33]

Thats amusing as i too Went from Poser to (Bryce to Lightwave to) Maya.

I remember the fun days of trying to make animations in poser... wait no i dont.

[imthesmile]

Hi Friends.. am sudheer from India..... i`ve completed my 3D in maya, am very much keen about effects and very much interested in experimenting new effects and learning more...... hope this fetches me the best............

[Vindicator]

Hi I am French 31 years old made a formation last year on 3DSmax, then would make animation, but if I want do muscles I need find plugin, and animation with CAT, is not really what I like,

I tried several years before : Maya, and I don't know why but I always found its mr version more "natural" than the 3DSmax version, don't ask me why !

I need/want do animation with muscles and Maya seems very good with that, it's a little annoying to have to start since the begin with another program but know 3DSmax and Maya it's a + in a 3D univers isn't it !
For the moment I just finished the 1st Chapiter of Mastering Maya !
Tomorrow I start the 2nd with "Camera" !

I prefer do everything rather try to start with shader and lighting, even if I would learn them in first !
I prefer do that smartly

Cordially, forgive my english when it's bad !:alien:

Why I am here, well I searched for a Maya forum with a lot of people and it's this one I found, I found others but all with all others 3D programs, and a French one who is rather good but there are not a lot of people ! So here I came ! :giggle:

[David]

Welcome to SimplyMaya :)

Good luck
David

[Vindicator]

Thanks you !

:happy:

[dfitzger]

Hi, my name is Dan FitzGerald. I have a question, Is Full Sail University a good place to get my Maya training?, any suggestions.. Thanks, Dan

[R4PTOR]

Hey all, the name's Tyson and I am currently studying a course at JMC Academy in Brisbane, Australia. Doing a "Bachelor of Creative Technology"... Fancy way of saying digital animation, really.

Pretty new to Maya, only started using it this year, but have been using Cinema 4D for a while. Only ever dabbled in 3D modelling as a hobby and have never really done anything special. If you're interested in seeing some of the stuff I have made, check out my DeviantArt (http://r4ptor-89.deviantart.com/) page.

[mastone]

"....I am French 31 years old made a formation last.... "

God you guys really take on everything and everyone on this forum, don't you....I mean Aussies, Schotsmen...fine I can live with that.....but the french come on, you really go substandard on this one ..only joking of course ;).

But since we are talking about substandard, how about accepting someone from the netherlands :).
Well I am Martin I am 30 years old ( sigh)and as mentioned before I am dutch, I used to be a carpenter...no not the craftsman kind who builds really delicate cabinets and stuff, no I was( and for a large part still am) the beer drinking, cursing, shouting at the ladies kind of carpenter...like a hobbit with a misdemeanor :).
I did that up until about when I reached my mid 20's and decided to take a step towards the thing I liked to do which is 3D and started working at a software reseller ( which sells software like Maya/Nuke/Flame and so on to the dutch VFX industry), needless to say I am still waiting for Mr Muren from ILM or mr Lasseter from PIXAR to personally invite me to work at their respective companies for a measely 400 K a year...which for some odd reason still hasn't happened ...don't they know I am the best?...LOL.
For the past couple of months I am really pushing my skills as a character artist and am working on assets and workflows to put in a little thing called a showreel...

I can be found on this forum on a regular basis trying to act smarter than I really am basically LOL.

[bullet1968]

Bahahahaha this wouldnt be a crass and overly good site without a sprinkling of Aussie mastone...WE make the world a funnnier place to live in remember..as we are still so close to our savage souls....mmwwaahahahaha

[mastone]

Bahahahaha this wouldnt be a crass and overly good site without a sprinkling of Aussie mastone...WE make the world a funnnier place to live in remember..as we are still so close to our savage souls....mmwwaahahahaha
Sure you can call an island filled to the brim with offspring of convicts funny.......LOL

[Chirone]

Sure you can call an island filled to the brim with offspring of convicts funny.......LOL
burn!

i wonder why i never saw this thread until now...

guess i should introduce myself too.

i'm Hayden, a 24 year old born and raised in middle earth and the land where there are more literal sheep than people.

i started off with flash and swift 3d and tried maya once but got totally confuzzled, then i tried it again many years later and found the help files and 2 months after that i made my first model without a tutorial. it was a blaze zaku phantom gundam thingy from gundam seed destiny. it was/is awesome. and then i discovered this place and video tutorials.

i'm a software developer and have been for the past 3 years on a mac, and before then training to be one for 4 years.
one would question why i'm even here in that case...

aside from google and hotmail this is my most visited site...

[bullet1968]

LOL....yeh I can mastone bahahaha yes I can...we arent all convict bred my friend...LOL...

[Texan]

Hi I'm from Texas and proud of it.
I'm 16 and really like making 3D images.
I started out with Google sketch-up and am new to Maya
and just downloaded it.

Yall seem like nice people.:)

[honestdom]

hello welcome,
i'm a big george strait fan. :)

[Texan]

I love country music.

it's easier to relate to because I kind of live what
they sing about.(sometimes)

[joshpurple]

Hi,

I'm a freelance artist, -just had a blast doing the latest challenge, 'Favorite Toy.'
<--- <pointing at Avatar pic> Thats my goofy face over there :-D .
Looking forward to joining in!

[bullet1968]

Bahaahahah you aint goofy Josho...welcome

[Nukefr]

Hi I am Working As a 3d Modeler in a small Division. I am a Hard Surface Modeler. I ve been Working in Maya For Over 4 Years. Thanks To Mr.Kari Brown From Simply Maya. His Tutorial Was A Start For When I Began In Maya 8.5.



And Thanks To My SimplyMaya Friends and Members..................:happy:

[DragonRift]

Hello Everyone, I am the CEO of Storm Enterprises & the Project Lead of World of Eden Online.

Thanks for your time.

[honestdom]

storm enterprises, that sounds like its from an action move :)

[DragonRift]

Not exactly :D

[bullet1968]

Still sounds like a cool name Dragon LOL

[DragonRift]

Thank You for the compliment.

[ctbram]

I want to have a cool nickname...something like DobsBOOMER or FlexCRUSH! Is it to late to change?

anyway welcome aboard my friend.

[Chirone]

they sound quite random. is there reasoning behind those names?

[ctbram]

no just being funny.

[registudio]

Hi There,

Thanks for your warm welcome to new user like me.
My name is Regis, and I'm studying VFX in a french school so Maya is a must for me to know (well I try).

Cheers
Regis

[honestdom]

hey there, i work with a few French people. they are all awesome at 3d... no pressure. :P

[registudio]

Hi honestdom,
Well noted, thank you very much. Hope to be as good as you one day ;o)

[DragonRift]

Bullet1968 joined our project, we still need one more person: http://simplymaya.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36086

[Christiansen]

Hi all,

I'm 39 and i'm from Romania. I worked for 3 years with 3ds Max and then i took a break.
Now i want to take it from the start with Maya but this time i want to reach a level that would allow me to work as a freelancer in this field.
Now i'm trying to find what is best for me, animation-rigger or modeling.
Do you think it will be possible to rich this goal at my age?
Any suggestion is welcome.

[bullet1968]

Welcome mate...Im 43...and unless you are dead....nothing is impossible....the horizon was created to tell the difference between ground and sky...imagination and hard work have no such boundaries. Its all up to you

cheers bullet

[DragonRift]

bullet1968 has joined our project for static modeling and architecture, and now we only need a character modeler/animator to start serious production. I have a recruitment post in this forum where people can find more info. If anyone wants more info then what is in the recruitment post, they can Skype call me and I will do a Screen Space share and show what I can. I really want to make my project succeed and I know that there is more then enough talented people on this community for us to be able to find what we need to make a superb mmorpg. Also, Welcome to anyone new who has joined the community and we all welcome you guys with open arms. Fortune Favors the Strong.

[MBR777]

Just saying a quick "hello"- I have been interested in 3D for years (have a very good friend who is has been a beta tester for 3DSMAX for as long as I can remember), and after dabbling with various demos and the like, I picked up C4D last year. Logged a few hundred hours in that, and decided a couple months ago to dive in and see how far I could take it. Just finishing up a 4 week "prep course" in Maya over at 3DTI, and will probably take a break after that and spend some time here going through some of the great looking tutorials available. (the apache helicopter has me QUITE intrigued...).

Seems like a great support forum- looking forward to seeing everyone around!

(as far as the "about me" goes, I am a full time musician, so it actually affords me a LOT of time to work on my 3D passion, as my schedule generally only has me out on Fri- Sun. Mon- Thurs are "Maya Days" :D )

[Lee Perkins]

Hello all just noticed this thread and thought I would come introduce myself.
The name is Lee as you can see and I have been modelling for around 3 years, where before that I was a project manager and engineer for around 16 years in the telecomunications industry. I spent 4 years dreaming about changing careers and eventually I just decided to do so(luckily with the backing of the wife). So I spent 2 years at University and pretty much learnt very little, so during my own time I decided to train myself and do untold amount of tutorials.
I still had 2 years left but decided to drop out due to a new job and the fact I felt I could learn a lot more in my current role.
So now with my old job in the past and uni out of the way, I work from home in a job I absolutely love for a Indie games company called Forsaken Studios. Where I have the pleasure of being the Art Director and leading an art team of around 30 talented people in all areas of the industrys pipeline.

Within the next year I am looking to move the family to Texas where our office will be based, its a big move moving away from the UK but thankfully the misses is up for it and so am I.
So anyway thats me and I look forward to getting to know a few of you.

Thanks

[ctbram]

Welcome aboard. Where a bouts in Texas? I used to live in Dallas for a while. It is one of my favorite cities.

[Lee Perkins]

Near Fort Worth, Waxachie or something :)

Wondering what its like there.

[SilverFeather]

Hello and also thank you all for helping with my newbie questions. The community here is much more friendly than other forums I've been posting in.

My name is Mihaela. I don't know what I can be considered but probably a newbie as I've been better at 3ds max (have been working with animation, some effects and rigging in it) but haven't reached that level yet in Maya, although I can model quite fast but not as good as probably anyone here.

I do modeling as a hobby (i find it hard to find work where I live, in Romania) and I'm training so that I can make my dream come true and start a 3D animation series eventually on Youtube. It's probably all the more laughable to some, since I'm a girl and people probably won't take me seriously.
But oh well, that won't stop me from trying.

[Gen]

.....It's probably all the more laughable to some, since I'm a girl and people probably won't take me seriously.
But oh well, that won't stop me from trying.

You're going to run into 'haters' now and then, hopefully someday I get to see your show. :)

[SilverFeather]

You're going to run into 'haters' now and then, hopefully someday I get to see your show. :)

Well, this forum surely doesn't have as many trolls (if any?) as other places and I haven't met anyone here who I gave a reason to be mad at me yet (I don't try to offend people, but my stupidity sometimes annoys them so if I get on their nerves, of course some people might get mad and I am sorry if I do that).
I'm working on one of the main characters from the show, but I'll have to learn how to be more speedy in designing character clothes and making better human models (I find it easier to model animals and machines than to model humans).
Another fear I have is about the moment when I'll have to put the characters in scenes that involve stuff such as grassy plains / cities (which I intend to build from scratch, pretty much everything from scratch). If rendering just 1 character takes me up to 50 seconds due to hair, I'll faint when I'll see how much time it will take to export animation.
I'm on a Windows PC with 4 GB ram, 3 Ghz dual core CPU and 1 Gb graphics card (which I've heard that it's almost useless in animation/rendering).

[bullet1968]

Just because your a girl makes no difference to me...and I abhor people who base skill and class on gender...a pet hate of mine. You will be fine SilverFeather...hard work and perceverence will show through...no matter your age or gender mate. Good luck and look forward to seeing some of your work...as all the people who join here...its a fun place with plenty of help and healthy critique and guidance...enjoy

cheers bullet

[SilverFeather]

Just because your a girl makes no difference to me...and I abhor people who base skill and class on gender...a pet hate of mine. You will be fine SilverFeather...hard work and perceverence will show through...no matter your age or gender mate. Good luck and look forward to seeing some of your work...as all the people who join here...its a fun place with plenty of help and healthy critique and guidance...enjoy

cheers bullet

Heya bullet X) Well, as you can see, I'm quite talkative so I don't know where to discuss around here about questions of mine and I don't think making a new thread for everything would be wise. Can anyone tell me where to chat about modeling / effects and things like that, please?

I'm 21 years old, but started checking out Maya PLE when I was 15. Now I have the full version and way better than that one.
Where can I post what I've worked on though? In the WIP thread? (since it's not finished yet, I still need to add a few things and probably adjust some things too).
I'd also post some 3ds max work but not sure if it counts here nor if it's any good, as I feel like Maya can do waaay better than that.

[stwert]

Post different threads for different questions... or just start a thread called "SilverFeather's frequent questions" if you don't feel like it. But if you start a thread called "Problems with UV mapping" and then have a bunch of modelling questions, it just gets a bit confusing. The WIP forum is for work in progress, so post it if you're working on it. If it's final, then post it in the finished work. I'm sure it's fine to post max stuff, just add a note that it's made in max.

[Chirone]

4 years ago I was 21... I wish I was still 21... so young...

you can go to the modeling part of the forum here http://simplymaya.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=9

WIPs can be posted in the WIP part of the forum http://simplymaya.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=34

I'm sure you can figure out where other threads should go by looking at the main forum page.

[SilverFeather]

Post different threads for different questions... or just start a thread called "SilverFeather's frequent questions" if you don't feel like it. But if you start a thread called "Problems with UV mapping" and then have a bunch of modelling questions, it just gets a bit confusing. The WIP forum is for work in progress, so post it if you're working on it. If it's final, then post it in the finished work. I'm sure it's fine to post max stuff, just add a note that it's made in max.
I think I'll post all the questions in the WIP since they will most likely be related to the work anyway. Thank you.

4 years ago I was 21... I wish I was still 21... so young...

you can go to the modeling part of the forum here http://simplymaya.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=9

WIPs can be posted in the WIP part of the forum http://simplymaya.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=34

I'm sure you can figure out where other threads should go by looking at the main forum page.
While I may act childish, I feel old already.
Thank you for the info. X)

[elephantinc]

4 years ago I was 21... I wish I was still 21... so young...



25's not old, you just feel old because you're a 'senior' developer now. :P

[joverall22]

I joined Simply Maya years ago under a different name but I was always to intimidated to post anything in the forums until very recently. Since actually joining the community here at SM my techniques have improved tremendously. I wish I would of spoke up back in 2004 I would probably be leaps and bounds further than I am now. So all you new members don't make my mistakes get involved get better :)

[Simpo]

See here is my old account this will probably be my first post how very tragic. Dave you can probably just get rid of this profile I never use it anymore.

-Jake

[Martel]

Hi, my name is Marti. I'm 21 and I'm from the Netherlands. I've been messing around with 3D for about 4 years now as a hobby. Currently I'm still in in school.

[joverall22]

Hey Martel Welcome to SM are you going to school for anything related to 3D?

[Martel]

Thanks for the welcome.

My school is somewhat related. The education I get is very broad and directed at the advertising industry. So we learn everything from marketing advise, programming to graphical design. A small part of graphical design has been 3d but we only got about 5 or 6 lessons and really didn't learn much. So I'm learning 3d on my own and maybe I will be using 3d in a future job but untill that time I just do 3D as a hobby.

[hrishikale16]

I am Hrishikesh Kale a 3D Modeler from Pune. Looking for freelance work. I am an Advance Diploma holder in Autodesk Maya2011. Looking forward to freelancing in maya2011.

[cgisoul]

Just saw this topic.

Hi everyone, my name is Miguel and this is my website http://www.mduque.com.
I'm a Portuguese fella who lives in South China, in Macau SAR city (The last Portugal ex-colony that was handed over back to China in 1999).

I'm a professional web designer with 18 years experience in the field. 3D has indeed always been my true passion (since way back in the University days). Only few years back I really started to look into 3D and take it more seriously.

18 years of web design is a lot of design time and I'm looking forward to maybe a career change in few more years, if being 35 is not to old for a start.

The best thing I did was certainly join this community and I look forward to seeing you all around!

Cheers everyone.

[bullet1968]

Welcome mateys...hope you have fun in here...lotsa good people.

cheers bullet

[mark_slw]

Hi,

My name's Mark and I'm an alcoholi...

*whoops* (sorry, wrong forum.) :beer:


... Let's start again shall we. :D

My name's Mark. I'm from London (ish).

I've been playing with various 3D tools as a (very)part-time hobbyist now for a number of years. I actually work as a Systems Consultant by day (that's a fancy name for developer I guess) so by the time I get home I'm usually all computered out (hence the very part of part-time).

I started out many many moons ago in TrueSpace (v4 through v6), then moved on through several versions of LightWave (v6 through v8.5) and landed firmly in Modo land a couple of years back (v301 through v501).

I've now recently started to try and learn a bit of Maya, since whilst Modo is really good as a modeler and static scene renderer, it still sucks at animation, dynamics, particles and all that funky stuff that makes playing in 3D so much more fun.

So, there you have it (in a long, rambling sort of fashion).

I've been around since the year dot here on SM and SLW (I was one of the early moderators on SLW) so you'll no doubt be seeing more of me around here asking really (really) dumbass questions.


Cheers all.
Mark

[jsprogg]

Oh my someone from the dark side ..lol
Welcome Mark and there are no dumbass questions here mate we are happy to help.

[tweetytunes]

Nice to see so many new faces - looks like the site has a fresh new wave of talent coming through again.

Been away again for awhile due to health issues and major life changes. Too all new faces this place is a great place to learn.

[ctbram]

Welcome on board

[Jay]

Is that Mark whom I met in the pub with Dave and Nilla two weeks back??

If Im wrong please accept my apologies

J

[mark_slw]

Hi Jay. It certainly is. How's tricks?

[bullet1968]

Welcome Mark,

Lol I thought I recognised that moniker you have there.....Im with jsprogg......more Sith are arriving...he he he he.

cheers bullet

[HerrieB]

Hey Everyone,
Proper introduction incoming.

My name is Berry, from Holland. 30 years old!
5 years ago i took an education as 3D producer. All nice and dandy and passed with flying stars.
The class only took only 6 months, but after that time i had a good grasp of the program.
Just one downside, the program in question wasn´t Maya. It was Maxon´s Cinema 4D

After some personal issues that lasted two years, i wanted to start doing 3d modeling and rendering again. So for the last 2 and a half years i saved up some money to buy a new 3d program.
Researched alot and came to Autodesk Maya. Didn´t have any experience with it, just knew it had a steep learning curve that i was ready to tackle.

For the past 6 months i´ve had Maya, i tryed to get on the same level as i was with C4D. Just playing with it when i had time.
(Read Fulltime job and a wife ;))
Not nearly there, but i´m getting the hang of it.

Thought i´d post an introduction before being active on the forums.

Be seeing you all!!

[joverall22]

Nice to meet you Herrie and welcome to SimplyMaya we hope you enjoy your stay :) I don't have any experience with Cinema but I know some here do so feel free to ask questions and reference Cinema for the most part all 3d programs can do the same thing its just learning how to go about it and sometimes Maya can be infuriating but once you get a hang of it you'll come to love Maya.

Look forward to seeing you around.

[pbryd]

Hi Guys

I thought I'd say hello as a new member here and a new user of Maya.

I'm from the UK and I've decided to study Maya to improve my career prospects in the creative design field.

I've got three of my very first (basic) models here (http://philbryden.co.uk/learn-maya-3d/).;)

I'm basically looking for some simple tutorials to take me through the initial stages without getting too complicated too soon.

Cheers

Phil

[mark_slw]

Welcome to the forums Phil (and Herry above).

[bullet1968]

Welcome aboard Phil and Berry....enjoy here...its a good place to learn and make some solid friends.

cheers bullet

[pbryd]

Thanks for the welcome, I've been looking at the gallery and some of the examples are very impressive to say the least.

The task of learning and using Maya becomes more daunting, the more you explore it's vast features.

[cgisoul]

Welcome to simplymaya ;)
It's always good to see new members.

[bullet1968]

Learning isnt daunting mate.....recovering from the variables is LOL

cheers bullet

[BigBadaBoom]

Hi everyone,

My name is Deni and I live in Croatia, Europe. I am currently working as a web designer, but I've always loved 3D and stuff that comes with it. I am self-taught and right now I'm learning Maya and ZBrush tools and to be honest I'm in love in both of them.

I am still an amateur (still struggling), so I hope to learn a lot from experienced users here.

With the kindest regards,
Deni

[daverave]

Welcome Deni
This is most likely the best place to start with maya, the forum is a bit slow at the moment I think because of some bank holidays, hope to see you around ..........dave

[Creck]

Hello SimplyMaya!

Well, maybe I'm here a little bit longer, but didn't know about this thread until now. So, my name is John (19), I was born and still live in Slovakia, just finished high school. I've been learning in Maya for about 1year now and the most of the knowledge about this app I've learned here. So, I'm very thankful to all members who are willing to help and got a patience with such a noobs as I am lol. Guys, you are the best!

Cheers :)
Creck

[bullet1968]

Welcome aboard Deni...plenty of good people here to help you along.

LOL Creck well at least we know you personally now mate.

cheers bullet

[BigBadaBoom]

Thank you guys for the welcome!!

[metalartguy74]

Hi. I've actually posted already before introducing myself, so here I am. I'm just starting out in Maya 2012. Considering taking the online course from Escape, the Maya bundle pack, still waiting on a call back from them though. You guys do some awesome stuff on here, or in Maya I mean..

[Shai Delacroix]

First time poster, new lurker. I love the whole BBS support on Simply Maya, thank you for keeping it "retro" and real. 2D artist dipping her toes in 3D. Not so new to Maya but trying to learn more everyday, interested in modelling clean topologies (Sp?) and UVmapping. I'm trying to learn ZB 4R3 as well (from Escape Studios). Thanks and have a good day! :giggle:

[honestdom]

hello metalguy and sahi, i went to escape too. :)

[GinRinkusu]

Hey all :)

My name is Jay and I work in the games industry as an artist. I am a concept artist but I do a little bit of everything at my current company since we are establishing ourselves.

Im joining here to have a port of call for help and advice in all aspects of 3D because whilst I have worked with Maya and Unity before and have a fair amount of knowledge concerning them, I am by no means an expert, coming from a completly 2D based background.

I want to make sure I enhance my skills and knowledge with the help of you guys so that we can make awesome games with awesome visuals (that work in some sense of the word :p) that you can enjoy :)

Oh, and I love noodles. Nice to meet you all!

[Tim Preston]

Hi I'm Tim and I can tell I'm the youngster amongst you at 56, I'm a service engineer and live in Milan, Italy, originally from Staffrod , England. I'm learning how to use Maya as a hobby, Simply Maya has helped me enourmously, thanks.

[Gen]

Welcome aboard SM Jay and Tim(you're a spring chicken as long as you feel like one! :)). Jay, I saw your sig somewhere before, great, now that's going to bug me until I remember where.

[Jay]

Not another Jay!!

Jay

[GinRinkusu]

Hey! All the best people are called Jay, thats a scientific fact ;)

[ckyuk]

Hi guys (and girls), not really new here but it's been so long since I've been active I thought I'd introduce myself again for those who are new or those who just forgot me :P First started playing around with Maya and posting here in early 2003. Back then I'd managed to get myself a fancy new computer workstation as a present from my parents and a copy of Alias Maya 4.5. They were full of hopes and dreams of me going to university and starting a career as a CG artist. However I'm sad to say it is something I let them down on, although I tinkered around a bit I was young and lazy and never put enough effort and dedication in to amount to anything. In the end I ended up working as a motor mechanic for VW doing some Maya in spare time. Think I stayed quite active around here untill late 2006/early 2007 when i got caught up in the MMO-RPG World of Warcraft. As my game addiction started to take over my life my Maya work and posts slowly fell away until it was a distant memory. However six years later I'm settled down happly married in my own place and my gaming addiction has finally faded away and only play occasionally. So now with some spare time to fill I've found myself drifting back over to SimplyMaya and taking a look around every few days. Seeing all the wip's and how the attitude still seems friendly and elite free it was only a matter of time before this place convinced me to start dabbling in CG art once again. So if you'll bare with me over the comming months/years here it goes again, my second shot at seeing if I can ever achieve finished projects I can sit back and look at feeling proud I've finally made it as a CG artist.

-Ckyuk-

[Chirone]

Welcome back! (although I don't know if I can say that if you left a year or so before I came...)

Think I stayed quite active around here untill late 2006/early 2007 when i got caught up in the MMO-RPG World of Warcraft.
i hear that game ends/pauses a lot of lives. I've had friends who have taken a year off uni to play it (well.. I don't think they intentionally meant to do that but that's what they ended up doing).

[Freerun]

Hi all

My name is Mariusz and I'm 23 years old 3D Artist from Sweden

See you around;)

[Gen]

Hi Freerun and welcome to SM! Hope to see you around the boards some more! :)

[ctbram]

Hey! All the best people are called Jay, thats a scientific fact ;)

Ah this may be so but no matter how bad things get I will always be rich!

[NextDesign]

Ah this may be so but no matter how bad things get I will always be rich!

Can I have a pony?

[Jay]

Can I have a name change...and a pony?

Jay

[NextDesign]

Can I have a name change...and a pony?

Back off, the pony's mine.

Such intellectual discussions we have here. :P

[sampson01]

Hey guys, my name's Matt, I'm 41 and from WV. I love Maya and would love to have a job as a CG artist. They say if you love your job, you never work a day in your life. I'm up for that. I'm a nurse and do Maya as a hobby. I would love to quit nursing and either do video games or movie production or SOMETHING creative with Maya. Seeing as how my wife is a nurse too, I have been able to devote more time to that end. We'll see what comes of it.

[Juanpax]

Saludos From Puerto Rico!!! Mi name is Juan Pablo. but you can call me J.P. I want to thank you guys for always being there to help y Jay gracias por tu tutorial de chef Ramsey me a ayudado mucho, te admiro and I'm looking forward to download as many tutorials from you and the other mates, godbless you all. :beer:

[thewrongvine]

Hello all.

My name's Mike and I am from New Jersey (though I will be living in Boston soon). I just started learning Maya recently though I have used Blender and 3DS Max slightly in the past. I'm into filmmaking so my main goals with Maya is to integrate 3D visuals with live footage, though I'm also interested in just straight out 3D visuals as well. Perhaps for game usage, too.

[MrYeti]

Hi all, My name's Toby and I hail from good old Victoria down in Australia. I'm 21 and taking a year off work to study Maya using these tutorials. Then I'm looking at an animation course with Animation Mentor.
My long term goal is to start a movie studio in Australia to rival Pixar and Dreamworks... really.

[clocker1]

I'm Fred and I have been out of work for awhile and thought I'd get into Maya to pass the time. I have lurked here for awhile, picking up lots of good stuff from you good people, and for that I thank you! I built models as a kid and always like the hands on type thing so what better model than to make your own parts then put it all together.

Being in my late 40's I was around for the onset of the whole StarWars thing and it hooked me as far as SFX goes. Maya is awesome as far as all it allows you to do. So much to learn though.

Again, thanks for all the know-how i've gotten here!

[boybokeh]

Hola peeps, I'm DJ (almost always gets shortened to Deej). I'm not British, but I live in the UK, I work for an insurance company (ugh) and I'd like to do something creative with my life before insurance kills me.

I'm an absolute noob with more of a design skillset, but I'm hoping Maya will help me bring an extra dimension to my portfolio. Sidenote: As you can see, I also enjoy atrocious puns :)

[Mootzoid]

Hi Maya folk,

I'm Eric Mootz, a guy from the XSI / Softimage corner. :wavespin:
I am half-German, half-American, grew up in France and have been doing CG for about twenty years now.

Recently I have been diving into the Maya SDK and am very happy to say that
a.) Maya has a great SDK.
b.) two plugins have been successfully ported to Maya and will be available shortly!

Cheers,
Eric

[Gen]

Hey Mootzoid, welcome to Simply Maya!:happy:

[bullet1968]

Welcome to SM mate....20 years!!! wow you would be full of knowledge!

Cheers bullet

[Mootzoid]

@Gen/bullet1968: Thanks for the warm welcome!

20 years!!! wow you would be full of knowledge!

Yeah, I'm starting to become an old-timer.. er.. a senior ;)

[bullet1968]

If you are as old as me...you are a senior LOL. Dont be shy jump into this months challenge!!

[Mootzoid]

Dont be shy jump into this months challenge

What is "this months challenge"?

PS: senior is better, you are right ,)

[stwert]

This month's challenge thread here: http://simplymaya.com/forum/showthread.php?p=352438#post352438
Challenge forum here: http://simplymaya.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=39

[Jay]

Nothing wrong with us old timers in here....eh Ant!!

Some of these kids need sorting out in with their big cockshot ideas and fancy button pushing...LOL

I would love to see some of them deal with a standard 15million poly mesh and uv that to over 440 tiles!! With a real deadline....and keep as cool as a cucumber when maya eats your file!!!

The other Old fellah
Jay

[bullet1968]

Thats my man Jay!!! Im hearin ya, try 3 months of Survey modelling etc (same as you Jay in essence). Then laptop shuts down...EATS the damn thing, the backup file is corrupted! Then have to get a wriggle on as there is 10k an hour in machines and men waiting for setout. I had a 'L' plater Surveyor here, he literally shat and cried bahahaha. Lucky this old boy can keep a cool head whilst under fire :)

Old fella 2 bullet

[Cath]

Hey everybody and nice greetings from Bulgaria,

I have posted question before I see the introduction thread, but am catching up with the rules :)
I am learning Maya more seriously since the last few months. Hoping to get better with time. It is wonderful that still exist forums with nice and polite people, helping each other. Have been reading you for a while before registering.

Happy Maya experiencing :)

Cath

[stwert]

Welcome Cath!
It's not a rule to introduce yourself, just an option so that we can welcome you here and get to know you. Hope you find this a positive place where you can get your questions answered.

[NextDesign]

Welcome Cath!

[Gen]

What? You mean Simply Maya isn't stocked to the brim with trolls and snobs? I'm so disillusioned...this changes everything! But seriously, I'd say the community is one of SM's best features, lots of help and no judgement. See you around the boards Cath! :P

[Richardvbr]

Hey everyone!
My name is Richard, I am 19 years old and I live in The Netherlands. Started getting into Maya a while ago and already making some good progress. I'm working on several projects for my portfolio (will be signing up for an education in VFX).
I have just purchased the Lifetime package and I am very impressed with all the material. Thank you so much! Gonna start on the apache project soon!

[Gen]

Ohh We got another one! I mean, welcome to SM Richardvbr! :happy:

Speaking of projects, if you're comfortable showing your stuff there is always the W.i.P section (http://simplymaya.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=34) and the Finished Work section (http://simplymaya.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=42).

[Richardvbr]

Sure! I'll do that once I have some more progress.

[Kouros]

Hello everyone,
Thanks for this forum that I read from France to keep informed about the use and technics with Maya 3D.
I run a training center here in Europe

[negative11]

hi, a newbie here...a graphic designer by day, and improving my 3d skills by nite...got the courage to login here after quite some time...hope to learn a lot...

[saishashank8510]

I was trying to render using mental ray

bt its not happening

[Orv510]

Hello everyone! The last time I used Maya (4.5) and frequented this site was around 10 years ago. Currently in transition from my previous line of work into computer graphics. Took me 10 years to realize this is what I really want to do hehe.

Consider me a newbie, I have a lot to learn from all of you here and looking forward to it!

[mhalakkad]

Hello all :)
I am Muhammad Alakkad
new maya student .. still studying MAYA at RCC in cairo
and need your helps :)

[sajjoo]

Hello Sir! I am new to this site. and i want to post a question on the forum but i dont know how to do that... kindly help me

[sajjoo]

Hello everyone.. i have a problem in maya.. i cannot select objects in the front. if there is object/geometry behind an object and i try to select the object in the front it automatically selects the object in the back. but if there nothing behind the object to be selected then the selection is ok... same is the problem with faces.... i cannot select faces in the front..also faces are selected with a different angle. not from the front.

this is happening only in the perspective.

i ahve tried deleting preferences but not working.

i have tried back face culling but not working

kindly help me.....
((sorry if have posted my question in the wrong area))

[Keruanima]

Hello, I'm spanish 3D artist student trying to improve my skills everyday. I'm 23 years old and is a pleasure find such a good forum like this. :)

[mythandra]

Hi My Name is Clarke,

I work as a Tivoli Monitoring Specialist in Basingstoke. I amd 45, live in Fleet hampshire and have loved doing 3d for about 15 years as a hobby. Simply Maya is one of the best, if not "THE BEST" site I have come across.

Cheers Myth

[will2power]

Hello everyone! My name's Will. I'm not new to 3D, but I am completely new to Maya. I started out working with Poser and DAZ studio as kind of a hobby. It wasn't long before I moved into working with stronger 3D packages like Modo and Cinema 4D, but I've always been dissatisfied with missing this feature or that feature. So I finally gave in to my common sense and decided to give Maya a try.

I'll be perfectly honest. I'm more than a little intimidated. It seems the very thing that brought me here is also the reason I hesitated for so long. I wanted to do some really small scale animation projects and I'v always liked the stuff that you see online, but I wanted to do some things that really weren't possible in other applications without having to buy a thousand different plugins. While I really did enjoy C4D's interface, I found that it was lacking when it came to the things I wanted. I wanted to work with dynamic hair and clothing and Clothilde is really kind of klunky on that side of things. The hair system was okay, but I found myself longing for syflex, or qualoth, or apex cloth. Then my brother pointed out that if Maya already has those things --why not spend your time learning to use it instead of wishing you had this or that?

I'm not one to argue with Microft's logic, so here I am. :D

[Zorrentos]

Howdy folks!

My name is Dennis. I have been doing digital drawing and painting for a few years, but just recently I decided to get into 3D modeling as well (its the future! No questions about it). I have been doing some work with zbrush, but Maya seems to be a good program to learn as well. I look forward to becoming a dedicated member on this forum, and expect to see more of my Maya work soon! :)

[Gen]

Hey guys, welcome to the boards! You'll find that this is a friendly and helpful community so don't be shy and stuff. :P

[el-ignoramus]

Hi everyone, I'm not really new, more like a Walking Dead as you can see from my joining date, but after leaving IT and computer graphics for over 9 yeas it feels like I'm completely new, I still remember some of the big players, is mtmckinley still around?

[Nudge]

Hi guys, I'm Nudge to my mates. I'm from the Gold Coast, Australia.

I'm very new to Maya, but have some understanding on the basics.

My interests are in ArchViz and recently I started watching the tutorials on Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment presented by David James. I like his style of teaching and he makes it very easy to follow along. I hope there will be more tutorials like this in the future.

So, I look forward to sharing my creations and recreations with you and getting to know some of you over time.

[vezelrs]

Hi guys, I'm Nudge to my mates. I'm from the Gold Coast, Australia.

I'm very new to Maya, but have some understanding on the basics.

My interests are in ArchViz and recently I started watching the tutorials on Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment presented by David James. I like his style of teaching and he makes it very easy to follow along. I hope there will be more tutorials like this in the future.

So, I look forward to sharing my creations and recreations with you and getting to know some of you over time.


Hey Nudge, I'm also from Oz but in Syd.

New here too, interested in character and structure modelling.

Looking forward to a deep dive.

:beer:

[ChadJKosch]

Well, not exactly new but more an on and off guy here on SimplyMaya. lol That aside, HELLO! I'm Chad. Currently living in the Sumner Washington area and hoping to just delve deep into the awesomeness that is Maya in this coming year of 2018! :)

[Papa Mouse]

Hi all,
My user name is ‘papa mouse’ because I am the spiritual father of my character ‘Dolores 74’. (Which I use as my avatar.)

I went to evening class to learn Maya. Because of this school I was able to obtain an educational version. Unfortunately class is only ones a week so I surfed the net for tutorials and came across this site so, here I am.

Please visit my main website ... (http://www.vantornhaut.com)

I also play the alto sax btw.

[Aleks77]

Alex here! Nice to meet you all