Well, we set out to find a collection useful Twitter contacts for those 3D graphics fanatics who crave the latest news, in bite-sized portions throughout the day. To be fair, a great number of 3D artists are too busy making great 3D art or animation to use Twitter, but the following will get you started. Follow some of their followers too, to expand your network...
Keep up to date with this driving force both in full CG short films, as well as features. When they win yet another award, their Twitter followers are the first to find out. Nearly 12,000 followers here.
Sample tweet: “Wall-E makes a music video for URock2 on Disney.com! Check out his moves and then make your own! http://bit.ly/bgSBV”
Keep up to date with this driving force both in full CG short films, as well as features. When they win yet another award, their Twitter followers are the first to find out. Nearly 12,000 followers here.
Sample tweet: “Ooze got all the cool Monsters vs Aliens toys?! http://tinyurl.com/o4w6j3”
Look for dneg on Twitter to find out about what major pictures the London visual effects house is working on. Plenty of links to stories and articles on how they work their 3D and compositing magic.
Sample tweet: “Oscar nominee Paul Franklin from dNeg talks to the BBC about The Dark Knight http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/...”
A place pointing you to some great work done by users of Autodesk products such as 3DS Max and Maya. Tweetpics galore, as well as other weird stuff.
Sample tweet: “Biomimicry board meeting at SF Gallery today. Check out how we're supporting the world’s 1st biomimicry design portal! http://bit.ly/1Rfo6T”
The French games company is busy making, among other things, the game version of James Cameron’s Avatar. Catch some links to typically French titbits, as well as games and FX technology demos.
Sample tweet: “Ever seen a bunch of Rabbids travelling and taking pictures of themselves? http://cli.gs/JH9GPv”
The LA-based 3D artist and animator, who specialises in music videos, is on Twitter and shares snippets of the projects he’s working on.
Sample tweet: “My computers are busy up-rezzing my animation clips for this summer's TOOL concert tour.”
The effects company serving the film, music and advertising industries has studios in both the UK and India. Tweets come from both locations, updating followers on projects.
Sample tweet: “Rubberduckzilla, a water hating, city destroying giant rubber duck has been unleashed upon us. Graded PFL vu www.primefocuslondon.com”
Yes, the purveyors of that fine modelling, rendering and animation program Cinema 4D are on Twitter too. They tweet about upgrades to their products, as well as FX projects that have used their software.
Sample tweet: “Monkeyhead (presented at our NAB2009 booth) finished a cool short entitled "Monkey Island" - all in CINEMA 4D! http://is.gd/1eEz2”
Of course, it makes complete sense to follow the world’s most important event for 3D artists on Twitter. You can find out about speakers and Electronic Theatre entrants, show announcements, and new technical papers. Hurray!
Sample tweet: “#siggraph #nola is in 59 days. will u be prepared to network your senses? check out the advanced program pdf http://tinyurl.com/s09AdvProg”
And if you’re going to follow SIGGRAPH it makes just as much sense to always be updated on new deals from this 3D training centre, whether you want to take a course or buy their DVDs.
Sample tweet: “#One hour until the Pixologic Action Heroes show opens at Gnomon Gallery. Woo hoo! http://www.gnomongallery.com/”
Being a follower of a graphics card company could actually be seriously demoralising. You’ll find out just how quickly your brand new FireGL card went out of date. Games news and driver updates too.
Sample tweet: “Why does DX 11 matter? Check out AMD's newly released whitepaper: http://links.amd.com/DX11AM...”
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