I’m taking my first CGWorkshop right now, called Lighting and Rendering in Maya with Jeremy Birn. week one and I’m already learning, refreshing, and bettering m’self. check out more workshops here.

an extremely useful tool during a job search are RSS feeds.  did you know that you can grab custom craigslist job search feeds?  BITCHIN!  plug those feeds in to Google reader, and then download one of the best Firefox plugins around:  feedly.  Now, your job search phrases come right to your custom RSS home screen.

get feedly here:

get Google reader here:

oh yeah, I also made this gem of a website: www.suckss.com. recommended use: send a friendly link to local businesses in need.

April 26th, 2010

Dear Company,

papyrus.suckss.com

Sincerely yours,
Cassandra J. Snodgrass

in art school, we didn’t have a lot of web design support. we have to make and maintain an online portfolio, mostly by trial and error. I’m no web designer, but I’ve managed to cobble together four websites with lots of help from the following.

you can see how I’ve used them here:

• www.ecady.com | (fancybox)
• www.ladiesbrewingclub.com | (fancybox, typeface.js)
• www.deepsixpaint.com | (thumbsmart.js)
• www.hypergiraffe.com/blog | (artisteer)

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nice little basic tutorial I wrote about UVs!

How To UV a Character in Maya 2009

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check out the tutorial I wrote for Cgtuts+!  I was trying to figure this out myself and couldn’t find a good tutorial anywhere…. so I wrote one!

Effectively Use Constraints to Rig Non Spherical Eyes

Cgtuts+ pays you to write quality tutorials.  I was really impressed with their professionalism, and their desire to raise the bar on the shady world of internet tutorials.

my last PDF post was geared for CS3.  when I upgraded to CS4, I realized that the PDF function was GOOOOONE.  so here’s how you make a PDF through Photoshop CS4 and Bridge CS4:

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accidentally-similarly-zoo named, this is a bitchin blog with bitchin 5s animation challenges.  below is my first submission…

two great sites with animation tip posters:

the house of curves

greyscalegorilla

how. the. #$@%*! do. you. make. a. PDF.

let me show you:

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