Preface

Welcome! Please sit down, make yourself comfortable, and relax. Before you get started on your 24-hour-long journey into the world of 3D and Autodesk 3ds Max, let’s take a bit of time to get to know each other.

I’ll start. My name is Stewart, and most people call me Stu. I’ve been doing this kind of thing for a while now.... Well, not typing creepy messages like this one, but you know—3D stuff. Like a lot of other folks, I started out my journey watching cartoons as a kid, and through a series of twists and turns, I ended up in this creatively technically artistic (that’s a new term I just created right there) field of 3D and the “entertainment industry.”

All right, so I’ve introduced myself. Who are you? This is probably much easier ...

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