Hi Eric, congratulations for your new career! same here, with soft dead and the local vfx industry getting worst in all aspects, decided to move to interactive... Greetings.
Francisco. On Monday, September 22, 2014, Byron Nash <[email protected]> wrote: > Godpseed on your new career direction. Thanks for participating on the > list all these years. > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Good luck Eric! From one Eric to another... >> >> Den 22. september 2014 kl. 08:15 skrev Eric Lampi >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
