weirdest background before getting into 3D art

thorntonart · October 28, 2013, 04:49:05 AM

OK. Who has the weirdest background in terms of something that is as unrelated to 3D art as possible?

I have a degree in mathematics and medical history. I left school convinced that art didn't like me at all

Dune · October 28, 2013, 12:28:46 PM

Well, I'm a biologist, but never worked as such after graduation. Art (first conventional, now 3D) paid my bills and still does.

Kadri · October 28, 2013, 05:29:38 PM

High school Philosophy teacher to pay the bills since 15 years ,
but i always were into arts like writing , comics illustrator etc. mostly as a hobbyist and sometimes professional .

yossam · October 28, 2013, 06:23:22 PM

I was in the bakery business for almost 40 years...........been using 3d software since Bryce first came out for Windows. Also fooled around with PovRay some also.

masonspappy · October 28, 2013, 07:45:02 PM

I was a mental health therapist for 3 years, then made a career in the computer indutry and was the narrator for SCYWEB BEM audiozine for a couple of years. Now I'm just an old geezer.

yossam · October 28, 2013, 07:48:16 PM

I thought Bob and I were the only geezers on this forum.

archonforest · October 28, 2013, 08:23:47 PM

I was a diesel mechanics fixing train engines...now designing typesetting, Photoshopping, TG-ing(at least try to)

Oshyan · October 28, 2013, 11:02:48 PM

Wow, I love this thread. I'm afraid I can't add anything exciting, been an IT guy for 15 years, more or less, and into computer art, fractals, etc. since I was 5 or 6, so... yeah. My dad was a programmer, I'm sure that helped.

- Oshyan

kaedorg · October 29, 2013, 01:59:35 AM

I have been a PADI diving instructor and a professional underwater photographer for many years. I organised trips mostly in Egypt and Bahamas.

Retiring from diving, i bought a bookshop in a small harbour in Brittany.

I always loved drawing specially landscapes.
I'm not paying my bills with Terragen but make some money. I just signed a contract for 15 bookmarks full realised with tg3 (release spring 2014) with
a postcard editor.

David

yossam · October 29, 2013, 02:11:50 AM

Congrats David.

Can you show your work after publication?

archonforest · October 29, 2013, 04:37:52 AM

I would like to see your bookshop

I love books and some of these small bookshops have a great atmo...

Hetzen · October 29, 2013, 07:20:52 AM

I sold vacuum cleaners door to door as a first job, then got into AV hire with access to a warehouse of kit to play with. Did some rave video projections and part owned an 8 track recording studio in a mates garden shed. The I got a job in graphics helping another friend out, which was 20 years ago and since have stayed in the industry.

mhaze · October 29, 2013, 11:00:15 AM

Trained in the arts but became a teacher for 40yrs. I'm retired now and never been busier. Been into 3D since computers first appeared. Spent a long time working with povray then terragen.

jaf · October 29, 2013, 06:40:03 PM

After my Navy career, an electrical engineer (in the old PDP 11 mini computer days, a site manager for US Navy and Air Force contracts, and finally a software engineer. Now I'm managing a couple of condominium buildings and playing with Terragen.

Jo Kariboo · October 29, 2013, 08:40:37 PM

I have a baccalauréat in communication. I worked for several years as director of photography. I left that job for me dedicated to make musical instruments and musical workshop. I work since 2001 in a municipal library.
And this is a good time for a PLUG. I have two Native American flutes that I made in the early 2000s for sale. Here is a link to hear one of his flutes http://www39.zippyshare.com/v/88391956/file.html and the link for the announcement of flutes for sale http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-acheter-et-vendre-instruments-de-musique-famille-des-bois-Flutes-amerindiennes-W0QQAdIdZ521287147