Weekly Write-Up - 31/03/2008 (delayed)

[Dr. Feelgood]

Here's a pretty hefty Write-Up for you all to sink your teeth into. We've got zombies, cars and a hell-of-a lot of words... Where else would you want to be??

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Z-Day: 1 Week...

Ladies and gentlemen, the Finished Entries Thread is locked, and the polls for the WZA Contest are now OPEN. Make sure you get in to cast your votes and leave you comments!! The winners will be announced in next week's Weekly Write-Up.


Interviews...

As mentioned countless times in the past, we're forever trying to find new ways to include and expand our community, We've recently come to the conclusion that the best way of doing this is to get to know the people here.

To get this happening, we've come up with the idea of Monthly Interviews of some of the higher-ups of SMCars.net.

This is for you to gain knowledge of the people that are the most likely to help you out with your problems by sharing with you their valuable knowledge. Each of these Interviews will then be Archived for your reference.

To kick this off, we've managed to capture one of SMC's oldest... let me re-phrase that... THE oldest SMC Member, Mr. Icekid84...

------------------------- Interview: Icekid84 -------------------------

You, Summarised...

Name (just first): Chris

Alias: Icekid84 or IK84

Age: 24

Location: United States , Georgia

Qualifications (if any): N/A

Current Job: I work for a horrible, HORRIBLE place in retail. You might know of it... it's called BEST BUY. One recommendation for those interested in going there, DON’T. At least not the one I work at. Maybe others have better management... do I sound angry??... I think I need to stop talking about them now...

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Like To Get To Know You Well...

What made you get into digital art? I got into 3d modeling back in, err… 1997 I guess. This was the time that Need For Speed 3 - Hot Pursuit came out. I was very interested in it. At the time, the only 3d modeling programs that one could use for this was Carcad. It was very simple and looking back from using max, it's almost barbaric by those standards. But it was the first program and it was the first stepping stones for me. Anyhow to answer the question, what got me into it was I wanted to build cars I LIKED for NFS3/4. It became very clear that a lot of the cars I liked just were not being built to my wants and standards.

What do you like most about this field? Well, this field is fun because you create things that didn’t exist before you came along. I’ve modeled a lot of cars and I’ve come to the point where I actually see blueprints as a hindrance rather than help. They are created by someone who you hope knew what the car was like in real life. Really, the only true source is pictures. As I’ve always said, "A picture never lies, it only manipulates the truth with perspective." I love that statement. I use it a lot, and its very true.

Explain what your current job entails and why you like it: My Current job entails customer Service or sales... and I don’t like it: P

What do you see yourself working as in 10 years? Who knows, I really don’t have any plans. I did 2 years at college and was going to do another 2 years for my bachelors but I wasn’t happy with the field of Graphic Design. So I really don’t know. If it were possible, I'd love to get into the professional field of modeling for a 3D company.

What is your dream company in this field that you would want to work for, and why? That is a question I really couldn’t answer. There are so many out there. I would just take the easy way out and say any company that wants to produce accurate, high-end cars. So many games are doing that; The PGR games, Gran Turismo... though I’ve heard they have gone to 3D scanning. Again, I really haven’t looked out there to see who does what I like.

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Wrapping You Up...

What are your other hobbies/interests? Music is a big hobby of mine, and no, I don’t play... but I love music. I’m a big fan of 70s music (not disco btw). Things like Elton John, Beatles ( yeah, they are 60s), ELO, YES, etc, all great bands. It's very vast, but those are the ones I find myself listening to the most. Another hobby is jogging, and when I can, riding my bike at the local park with my Dad. Got to keep in shape.

And last but not least, since this is a 3D car-related forum, what is your dream car, and why? N/A

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Well that wraps up quite another hefty Weekly Write-Up. Log in next week to catch the announcing of the winners of the WZA Contest, and the handing out of the first batch of Official SMC Medals. Catch you all then!!

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Three Threads Of The Week...

- WZA Contest - Poll: Get your votes in!!

- [JamT]der_Loki's WWII Truck: Anything with tank treads is almsot guaranteed to be here...

- crazy 989's LP640 Roadster: More awesome work by once of SMC's very talented younger artists.

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Pick-Of-The-Week...

...is not happening this week 'cos we couldn't decide between the 6 WZA entries

[tom120934]

Thanks for this another must-read. The idea of interviews are really interesting. At least, answers by IceKid84 are interesting !

I disagree a bit with your no-choice for Pick-Of-The-Week : there is other projects in SMC than WZA's ones ! For example, the Continental GT by Tonn is worth the pick IMHO. Okay, he didn't post this week...

[Dr. Feelgood]

True, but I think all of the WZA entrants, including yourself, deserve their creations to be the complete centre of attention for a week

[tom120934]

You get out of this one with elegance doc

[Nik]

Nice idea with the inverviews.