Preserved Topic: Viz-Lab

Hey guys! I'm rather new to the forum so I thought I might take a little bit o'time to say hello and tell about myself. I've always found it easier to help people whose motivations I understand. . . so. . .ya. I'm just about to start college. I'll be attending Texas A&M and taking the "viz" route of the Environmental Design major. Ok, so that doesn't make much sence unless you've been initiated into the program personally. Basically, I'm an architecture major. However, the route I'm taking never really focuses on architecture (sp?) but rather deals with many broad aspects of design. This course is a lead-in to the masters program known as "Viz-Lab." This program is my dream. It is supposed to be one of the top schools for computer animation/design in the country and boasts over a 99% job placement among it's graduates. The problem then? I'm not in yet. I have four years to get to the point where they want ME and not the other way around.

I wanted to say all that for a couple of reasons. First, I love to talk about it. I'm excited! Second, I want to know if any of you members here are either graduates or enrolled in the Viz-Lab. Third, like I said before, you might be more receptive to my requests (sometimes PLEAS) for help if you know that I am serious about wanting to learn and also share what knowledge I have.

Most of the work I do is in PhotoShop, so I will most likely be posting there more than anywhere else. My ultimate goal is to get into special effects for movies and I haven't really gotten into 3d programs for fear that I would develop bad habits/learn how to do things the hard way and then have to un-learn later.

I know I am rambling, but I figured that if I was going to ramble that this was the forum to do it in. ANY responses to this would be appreciated. Your thoughts. . . all thoughts are valuable to me in the sense that all knowledge will help me to my goals. So please, ramble on beneath me. . OH! and let me know if there is a way to upload my art to this site, or another place that I can do it so I can get critiques and such.

If you got this far. . . Thanks for reading!

-Adam

Edit: Sorry I forgot to include the link to Viz-Lab's website -> http://www-viz.tamu.edu



[This message has been edited by SPyX (edited 08-01-2002).]

Actually after reading through this, I think it might just belong in philosophy or maybe another more appropriate forum. I dunno. You admins decide eh?

um.... you know you can post wherever you want, right?

btw- howdy, someone will be along with inane comments shortly...


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SPyX: Welcome. This forum is the best one for people who want to say hi. Its great to hear from people who love what they do and you've made a good start :
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Have read through the FAQ starting here:
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Right inane comments..... urm ~drums fingers on table~ can I get back to you with those?

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SPyX: Way to much to read so I'll just say welcome and enjoy ;-) and ramble is good. I do it all the time and end up deleting most of it, hehe


DS

All right, inane comments, what I do best
Lots of things full of emptiness, lots of room for vacancy here. Especially some of the people. Unless they're not, then they're only half. I wonder what it's like to be a piece of cheese. Anyone else ever thought of that? Sure you have. You just don't about it. But it you did know about it, you might be able to fix it. You like toast? I like toast. Toast is good. Unless it's burnt, then it's a part of the "Too much alcohol" food group in that screwy food pyramid. Then toast is evil. But if you put a lot more butter on burnt toast, it's not so bad. Just don't put too much, unless you like being able to feel your arteries hardening as you eat. Not like Monty Python. Python is great. *heavy french accent* Your father was a hampster, and your mother smelt of elderberries. I fart in your general direction. Go away you silly king, you and your English k-nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnigits.

Oh yea, welcome to the Asylum

Oh bloody hell, guess I need to lose this ridiculous french accent...
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Ah much better

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

cell 693

I take it this means we have no Viz-Lab alum?

DS, you delete your ramble? Darn, maybe I should start doing that....... narrr.

~Hands SPyX a coffee~

Righty-o then. I'm off to raid Muruman's wardrobe....

Drac: Ya I do, But only the crap that means bugger all to the topic that I'm posting to. Just like this now because I know I'm going to ramble on and on about deleting ramble, but I just don't why I start to ramble on and on sometimes....

[delete ramble mode]

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[/delete ramble mode]

.... see there I go again

SPyX: If ya want to ramble, ramble away cus it gives us bored people a good read while waiting for next day to come along.


DS