EMPLOYED

2007.03.05 @ 04:03

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Today I spent my first day working at a new full time job! I’m freelancing as a 3D artist at ProMotion studios in Sydney, helping out with visual work like concept design, modelling, texturing, lighting, rendering, etc.

It’s a small studio on the 8th floor of a building near Circular Quay, with 6 artists/animators including the director. I’ll be there for four weeks, and as long as we’re all happy with how things are going, I’ll most likely be staying on permanently after that.

They’re using mainly 3DS Max with Vray, which I’ve used before a while ago and will also be using too, however one of the reasons I’m there is because the director is interested in Blender, and would like to learn it and to start using it more and more in the studio.

I’m going to help with this, showing him what Blender can do and how, and finding ways to integrate it into the workflow. I predict UV unwrapping, fluid sim, and perhaps compositing might be good first candidates for this, though I was already using Blender today on my own for a quick illustration project. Looks like there will be some interesting times and experiences ahead!

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Reader Comments

mike smick / 2007.03.05 @ 09:35

Congratulations from the midwest USA. I’ve followed your blog for a while and enjoyed your programming projects, demos and tutorials.

You deserve all the success in the world. I hope to meet you some day.

Looking forward to some future postings on your progress with the studio’s blender experience. Surely with your close ties to the blender project, in the same way Orange and Elephant’s dream has influenced blender development, your studios needs and your feedback might shape the needs to make blender more useful and mainstream.
Rui Campos / 2007.03.05 @ 15:25

Congrats Matt, great to know this.

Hope all goes well and you have a good time there, specially on a more permanent basis …

– Rui –
Jakub Steiner / 2007.03.05 @ 18:10

Good luck Matt. I’m sure you’ll blow them away.
Arru / 2007.03.06 @ 01:10

It’s inspiring to see Blender establishing its presence in the professional CG sector. Off the top of my head I can’t think of one person in the world more qualified to lead a commercial company into the world of Blender than a certain Matt :D Best wishes from Sweden!
Matt / 2007.03.07 @ 03:16

Thanks very much for your kind words, everyone! I really appreciate it.

Things are going pretty well, and I haven’t needed to touch Max yet, I’ve been using Blender all day every day so far. It looks like I’ll be doing a TV commercial with it over the next week or so. Will keep you all posted with any information that I’m allowed to share :)
/ 2007.03.13 @ 13:41

Hello Matt.

Good luck mate. Good for you and Blender.

Greetings,
Satish.
India.

Solid Liquid / 2007.03.26 @ 13:35

Good luck in your new job, hope you found what you were looking for.

Greetings, SL.
Prague, CZ

Matt / 2007.03.29 @ 05:00

Thanks, all!