Here's a short listing of sites I frequent, online communities I think some may find handy and sites of friends of mine. While I don't have a huge list here, note that many of the artists' sites linked below have links sections of their own.

Community Sites/Message Boards

CG Talk-www.cgtalk.com - General Computer Graphics
Autodesk's 3dsMax Forums-support.discreet.com - 3ds Max
Splutterfish Forums-forums.splutterfish.com - Brazil R/S
High-End 3d Forums-www.highend3d.com/boards - General 3d
Script Spot-www.scriptspot.com - 3dsMax Scripts
Max Plugins-www.maxplugins.de - 3dsMax Plugins (both commercial and free)
3d Valley-www.3dvalley.com - free 3d assets, lots of links

Individual Artists Sites

Brandon Davis-www.particlefx.com
Chris Pember-www.3dluvr.com/gunnah/
Elizabeth Ito-www.fadedcamel.com/FCcommunity/Ito/ito.htm
Gabriele Protti-www.gabrieleprotti.com
Irfan Celik-www.3dluvr.com/ic-art/html/home.html
Jim Houx-www.fuzzpopfx.com
Johan Thorngren-www.trinisica.com
Kat Evans-www.cleverevans.com
Kevin Pazirandeh-www.renderpaz.com
Meats Meier-www.sketchovision.com
Michael Spaw-www.morphographic.com
Neil Blevins-www.neilblevins.com
Nik Clark-www.nikclark.com
Richard Annema-www.pointzero.nl
Roderick van der Steen-www.rain3danimator.com
Simon Reeves-www.simonreeves.co.uk/
Wednesday Kirwan-www.wednesdaykirwan.com
Wes Brown-www.strangepixel.com



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