[EADC]

Name: Eric Govers
Age: 41
From: Vinkel, a tiny tiny village in the Netherlands
Family: Wife Christien and two boys, Julius aged 6 and Vincent aged 4
Worked with 3d: About 12 years, started with catia, what a hassle that was.. Working with rhino for 6 years now, what a pleasure it is..
Worked with Photorealism: Since maxwell alpha, now just startin to get the hang of it. Started out with flamingo
Why: Why not!!

[Maximus3D]

Name:

Age:

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Worked with 3D:

Worked with photorealism:

Why:

/ Max

[Cyberfish_Fred]

Name: Freddy
Age: 46
From: Amsterdam
Family: Girlfriend
Worked with 3d: since 1992
Worked with Photorealism: Pfff since FPrime I think (www.worley.com)
Why: I worked as a programmer late 80's and hated the dull screens of the PC and the software in those days. Worked with dBaseIII+ and tried to add graphics and colours in that software. At home I had a C64 - Amiga. When they fired me my hobby animating with DeluxePaint and Imagine3D became my hobby and later my work. No 3d course or study, nothing at all!!! Now I run my own company and its running very good at the moment. Did not use Maxwell for clients yet. Deadline's are too tight.
Working with Lightwave3D.
Happy: yes!

[wiz]

Name: Philip Light
Age: 28
From: Pittsburgh, PA
Family: married with 16 month old little girl/terror!
Worked with 3d: 1998 with 3d max 2.5 (YUK)
Worked with Photorealism: Still not really. But trying!
Why: Drafting and project management just about drove me into the ground. Needed less stress Of course, there's still stress, but it's not as bad. I also am not very detail oriented, so being a detail drafter was not a good match. Project management was ok, but again, stress dealing with contractors and vendors and people in general. Now I can live in my own little 3d world and not have to deal with it too much.

[lllab]

hi
my name is
stefan laub
age 35
married & 2 great kids ( boys)
"young" architect and graphic designer, software development & distributer, ...
loving and hating photorealism...
living in vienna / austria

cheers
stefan

[Maxer]

Name: Devin Johnston
Age: 32
From: Houston, Tx
Family: Married with an 8 month old and the wife is 2 months pregnant
Worked with 3d: Since 1999
Worked with Photorealism: From the moment I found out it was possable.
Why: In my 3rd year of Architecture school I realized that I liked the end product much more than I liked the process of getting there. I decided to learn as much about 3D Studio Max as was possible before I graduated since I could enjoy the end product of design almost instantly using 3D. After that I was hooked and began my quest to become the most powerful 3D guy in the universe!

[thxraph]

Name: Raphael Aguirre
Age: 22
From: Paris, France, but live in Mallorca, Spain
Family: to much in france, here i'm safe, looking for a little spanish Gfriend .... to learn spanish deeper (oki forget that)
Worked with 3D: As a hobbyist since 8 years, as a professional 1 year
Worked with Photorealism: since Maxwell alpha, i tried before but with no success
Why: because i always manage to make money with what i like and i LOVE 3D, don't you? And because i make website since a left school at 16yo to make my fist company, and i'm tired to program, much more fun with 3D

[michaelplogue]

Name: Michael Logue (could you guess?)
Age: 40
From: Originally - Wyoming, currently - Washington DC
Family: Two cats - Spot and Speck
Worked with 3D: Hobbyist since 3ds Max R2 for DOS
Worked with Photorealism: Since Brazil r/s first came out
Why: I heard it was a great way to meet chicks........ hasn't really worked so far........

[glypticmax]

Hi Micheal,
There are now *officially* two people in WDC that use Maxwell.
Did you know NL has an office on Pennsylvania Ave, NW?
When you do biz with the US Gov't, its a good place to be.

[PA3K]

Name: Patrik Pisuth
Age: 30
From: Ruzomberok, Slovakia, EU lat., long. 19,49 ozone=?
Family: girlfriend, mum, brother, sisters, daddy in heaven
Worked with 3D: if you mean software, i think deskartes since 1994 or so
Worked with Photorealism: i think lightscape was first software that did photorealism. It is hard to tell comparing to today`s photorealistic softwares
Why: because you can build your own world cheaper then in reality, because it is the best way to show your ideas to people around you, because it will be art of 21-st century, because if you trace light to the start, you will come to God

[Tim Ellis]

Me!
Name: Tim Ellis
Age: 31
From: North Yorkshire, UK
Family: Single
Worked with 3d: since October 2002
Worked with Photorealism: since maxwell first beta
Why: I wanted to put my own cars into GTA III. Found Blender 2.25 in 2002, self taught with tutorials & kind suggestions by people all over the world. Bought Maxwell after seeing the beta renders and it let me do what I couldn't achieve with Blender alone.

[jomaga]

Me!
Name: Jose Martin
Age: 38
From: Madrid, Spain
Family: My wife Nuria and my little jewel Lucia, 3 years old
Worked with 3D: since first Autocad and 3dStudio versions
Worked with Photorealism: Practising with Lightscape, but really since fist Maxwell alpha
Why: working as an architect, I often need quick visualizations of my designs (and of course because I Love 3d )

[Xlars]

Name: Lars Bjorstrup
Age: 43
From: Hellerup, Copenhagen, Denmark
Family: Wife and two daughters (3 years and half a year old)
Worked with 3D: since around 2002 where I graduated as a 3d animator from Copenhagen Technical School. I am a 3d instructor and been teaching courses in 3ds max, Char. Studio, Combustion and more. Also have my own small 3d company. I previously studied computer science and have been working many years in software system development and software sales. Currently I work full time with quality assuarence, employed as a test specialist in a major bank in Denmark.
Worked with Photorealism: Not sure I ever did that but I have been loving doing 3d ever since I started. Jumped on the Maxwell waggon around the beta period.
Why: I have always been creative ie. drawing, painting etc. Discovering 3d a few years back was just fantastic!!

[devista]

Name: Luis Piñana
Age: 35
From: benicarló, Castellón, Spain
Family: Married (Raquel)
Worked with 3D: since 3dStudio (ms dos)
Worked with Photorealism: Vray
Why: why not? is a nice way to work and to eat

[jdp]

Name: Federico Pedrini
Age: 28
From: now Bologna, Italy, but I lived in venice for too long because of university.
Family: back to parents after university (avoid it if you can!), living with 'em, brother and sister. since long time engaged with silvia.
Worked with 3D: since about 2000, if excluding a paint software for C64 when I was 8. completely self taught.
Worked with Photorealism: I'd say photoirrealism when speaking of my rare works.
Why: officially because I needed visualization for my architecture design and I was too lazy to keep going with handmade maquettes and models... more honestly because it is addictive. And also because sh**t happens! I mean sometimes, while fighting with my pc, with an unexpected crash or with a data loss, I wonder why I gave up with ski...