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my favourite artists

• Aaron Sims
• Alessandro Baldasseroni
• Alex Alvarez
• Alex Oliver
• Brandon Lawless
• Carlos Huante
• Damien Canderle
• Diego Maia
• Fausto de Martini
• Francisco Cortina
• Fred Bastide
• Greg Petchkovsky
• Herber Alvarado
• Herber Lowis
• Ian Joyner
• Jonas Thornqvist
• Kolby Jukes
• Kris Costa
• Laurent Pierlot
• Loic Zimmermann
• Magdalena Dadela
• Mashru Mishu
• Meats Meier
• Miguel Ortega
• Pierre Bourgeot
• Rafael Grassetti
• Ralf Stump
• Rebecca Kimmel
• Ryan Lim
• Ryan Kingslien
• Scott Spencer
• Sebastien Legrain
• Steve Jubinville
• Steven Hägg-Ståhlberg
• Sze Jones
• Thomas Mahler
• Zack Petroc

community forums

• CGSociety forum – the largest forum about CG
• ZBrushCentral - official ZBrush forum
• VFXTalk – digital compositing & VFX forum
• ConceptArt.org – forum of concept artists, a well of inspiration
• Maxarea - czech cg community site

interesting companies

• UPP - czech post-production house
• Industrial Light & Magic – the biggest VFX company (Star Wars, Transformers, etc.)
• Rhythm & Hues – another big VFX company (Narnia, Golden Compass, etc.)
• WETA Digital – VFX company standing behind amazing Lord of the Rings
• Sony Imageworks – large VFX company (Beowulf, Spiderman, etc.)
• MPC – large London VFX studio (Harry Potter, 10.000 BC, etc.)
• Tippett Studio – VFX company specializing in high-end character animation and visual effects (Blade 2, Hellboy, etc.)
• Double Negative – VFX house in London (The Dark Knight, Hellboy 2, etc.)
• Framestore - large London VFX studio (The Dark Knight, The Golden Compass, etc.)
• Luma Pictures – VFX studio in LA (Underworld, Nutcracker, etc.)
• Passion Pictures – VFX house in London (Nutcracker, etc.)
• Digital Domain – VFX studion owned by Michael Bay (Golden Compass, Transformers, etc.)
• Buzz Image – studio from Montreal working in XSI
• BUF – french VFX studio (Asterix, Spiderman 3, etc.)
• Gentle Giant Studios – studio, which creates classical and digital sculptures, etc.
• Blur – company working especially on game cinematics
• Pixar – company, which makes the best CGI movies ever (Ratatouille, Cars, etc.)
• DreamWorks Animation – another company making CGI movies (Shrek, Madagascar, etc.)
• The Mill – large studio from London, making especially commercials
• Epic Games – creators of Unreal Engine and fantastic Gears of War, etc.
• Ubisoft – creators of Assassins Creed, etc.

software developers

• Pixologic – makers of ZBrush
• Autodesk – makers of 3ds max, Softimage, Maya and Mudbox
• Adobe – makers of Photoshop, etc.