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• May 21st, 2008

  What are the pros and cons of getting another dog?

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• May 9th, 2008

  Why would a dog lick your teeth?

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• February 5th, 2007

  What are the best dateing sites online?

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• November 16th, 2006

  What's the best Tablet PC for drawing/art purposes?

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• November 16th, 2006

  Wheres the best place to get a quality computer/workstation for cheap right now?

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• 3 weeks ago

  How to supress romantic fantasies?

  Hormones are powerful things, if your body thinks it’s found a mate it will definitely play tricks with your brain. Like other people have said here it’s totally normal, if it’s becoming a consuming obsession than you might want to look for other outlets, for guys that usually means porn, for girls “romance novels” which are a nice way of saying girl porn. And of course you can always act on your feelings, ask this person out, risk rejection and learn from your mistakes. If your really idealistic and swooning than you’ll probably strike out because your too nervous around this person and it will make you seem kinda’ crazy, but in my experience the only way to learn is, sadly, the hard way.
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• 3 weeks ago

  Should I move to California to become an animator?

  Hey Alyssaerin, One of the guys who runs this site is a friend and asked me to respond. I’ll say out front that my experience is in the Video Game industry and I haven’t worked at dedicated animation studios, but there’s alot of animation production in games and my degree is in 3D animation, pluss alot of my friends/classmates have gone on to work at IMD, ILM, Dreamworks, Rythm and Hues, etc. so I’ve got a fair sense of the industry. First off, and this applys to any art job, your only going to have as many options as your portfolio can earn for you. The better the portfolio the more opportunities will open up. When I was applying I looked at lots of schools and checked out the portfolios of the graduating students, at the time the best I could find was Ringling School of Art and Design, so I went there. There are other good schools, just check out the student work, it tells you pretty much everything you need to know. As for location, not all art jobs are in CA. A lot of them are, but there are lots of game and animation studios in other parts of the country, I’ve worked in Texas, Wisconsin, Boston, and now last I’m in CA. My dedicated animator friends work in other parts of the country as well, Blue Sky is a big one outside CA. That said I think the biggest thing to keep in mind, if you want to work at a big studio, is that competition is FIERCE. The best jobs get lots of uber-talented people applying and you’ll probably have to work in the industry a few years before you can compete, or go to a really good school and work like crazy on your portfolio. What I mean to say is, you probably don’t get much work as an animator without paying your dues first, for me that meant moving out to anyplace I could get a job for the first 4–5 years (and that after going to art school for 4 years), now with that experience under my belt I have actual options, and I’m in CA because I like CA. But before this it was just “who will hire me? OK I’ll move there”. At least that was my experience trying to work with the best talent I could, if you want to do advertisements or court room visualizations you’ll have alot more options, but wont’ get to do the really cool stuff like character acting in a Digital Movie. OK there’s my rant, hope it helps, and best of luck :)
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• June 11th, 2008

  What do you think about Qore and the Socom Confrontation beta?

  For my money there’s no content there worth the advertising they force down your throat.
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• June 11th, 2008

  What game is better on wii- godfather,scarface,or driver?

  Yeah those are all bad games. If you HAVE to pick one I guess godfather, but you should really just pick something better. Check out http://metacritic.com and pick something with a good score.
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• June 11th, 2008

  How to design a video like this?

  If you want to learn professional 3D you might consider a course at Ringling School of Art and Design. I got my BFA there and at the time (about 4 years ago) it was the best program around. And yeah look at the credits, there were like 25 people working on that one animation and it probably took them quite a while. Don’t expect to get results like that without a team (or years of work on your own…).
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