I fully understand your reasoning and decision on this. It is sad how this industry has evolved - only a few years back it seemed like anyone knowing how to do what we do would have a bright future, given how much demand there was and now is for CG in so many media. I would say the business model has turned sour for a great part of the industry, which all the recent VFX company collapses have shown. This is sad since I still love doing what I do, after having been at it for close to 30 years now.
Kudos to you for making the jump, and I wish you the best of luck and hope for you that you find a place to be happy for the future, and thank you for your input on this list too. Cheers Morten Bartholdy aka Pitcher Den 22. september 2014 kl. 08:15 skrev Eric Lampi <ericla...@gmail.com>: > > Hi All, > > I was getting off a plane in Austin on my way to SXSW when I read the news > about Soft being discontinued. Even though, as I said for a long time, I > expected it to happen, it was still a shock. That was the day I > unsubscribed to this list. > > For a variety of reasons and for quite some time, I had been trying find > something else to do. The state of the industry is pretty awful compared to > even just a few years ago. Soft being killed was the last straw. I started > using Soft 3D in 1995 and next year would have been 20 years since I began > my 3D career in NYC. > > So instead of continuing on and having to learn a whole new set of tools, > it was time to seriously evaluate my future in VFX. I was at the point > where if one more person asked me to make a car out of smoke and turn it > into 3 dragons made of water and one made out of fire, I was going to shoot > myself. > > I decided to go in an entirely new direction and began coursework to become > a User Experience (UX) designer, which I completed a short time ago. > > I spent a great deal of time on this list and I have to thank all of you > who have pitched in over the years and helped me out. You're a great group > of people. I felt a little bad having just signed off like I did, so on > that note... > > So long and thanks for all the fish. > > Eric >
