Indeed, a sad loss. In a way it's a shame that Take 5 became such a signature tune for him - on the radio here that's about the only tune of his that has been played as a tribute. It would have been nice to hear more from his many decades of composition. Re: 5/4 time signature. I can't help thinking of the Mission Impossible theme tune. The original was in 5/4 time, yet when they did the recent 'next generation' films it was 'dumbed down' into 4/4 - couldn't decide whether it was considered too 'avant-guard' for radio airplay or whether the producer just couldn't find the 'time signature' setting in his music software!

That's kind of funny. I was doing that back in the 80s. It lost it's novelty very quickly.

Yeah that was the last one, shame there wont be anymore, anyways here is a link to watch them all back to back if you were waiting to watch it as one complete pilot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_181815&feature=iv&list=SPrFaRFw9s4G4OYkHPs0afqM_nT0jLvvPy&src_vid=mH8EDRptVAQ&v=pT79x4qM4FE

@dale said: It's turning out to be a sad week. I actually feel the opposite when I hear of the passing of accomplished individuals. It brings into view their achievements once again even if for a brief time. What would be sad is if we found ourselves saying; "Man that dude is 473 years old and he has not done crap since his early 40's." Celebrate!

When i was a kid i wanted to build a full scale replica of the falcon, guess it wasnt just my dream, i hope they succeed on this, they should look to kickstarter in my opinion if they already havent, looks great

Sure remember something http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyN9Y0zdxQ0

In the movie clip, we don't see the piano only the chair as sam lifts and places it on the piano. Its not the same chair unless its been painted

I think for someone who specializes in architecture and/or interiors, the correct, time-honored title Architectural Illustrator, as evidenced by professional organizations: American Society of Architectural Illustrators Association of Architectural Illustrators (UK) The Australian Society of Architectural Illustrators It is also the title used in my 1981 high school architectural drafting text book. However, there is the New York Society of Renderers, which is for architectural and interior "renderers," but the title renderer itself is kinda broad, IMHO.

Thanks Urgen..With your tip I traced down a working link: http://graphics.cs.msu.ru/ru/science/research/3dreconstruction/gmltexturizer You all need to look around some nice work over there Richard

Hi Renderiza, Yes, I'm another amateur musician. Went through pretty much the same process as you - a bit of formal education at school, trombone in the school band etc. that just made me bored and frustrated. I think that's often the case, even for people with far more talent than me - too much concentration on the 'orchestral' style, and too much emphasis on formal 'rules' - not exactly inspiring if you are a youngster wanting to take the first steps to emulating the music that you like on your mp3 player! Then I discovered "DIY punk", bought a bass the same day my mate got his first guitar, and never looked back. In many languages, we talk about 'playing' music, not 'operating' it or 'constructing' it, and I think that the element of 'play' is exactly what can open doors for people to start exploring music - without feeling self-conscious about their 'skill level'. And the technology available cheaply now means that this can be in any style of music that floats your boat, or even 'sound design' - a also have a little hobby building VST plugins to make my own sounds to play with. I don't play for an audience any more like I used to - but it is a shame to only concentrate on what we can present to other people publicly. After a crappy day at work, and too long in front of a PC, there's nothing to beat sticking on a pair of headphones, and disappearing into that "other world" for an hour. I'm a great believer in Joe Meek's old adage; "If it sounds right, it IS right" - so long as what comes out is communicating a little of what you feel inside, then 'technical perfection' is just one option among many, but not essential. Being able to play 300 perfectly pitched notes a second is no guarantee that the tune will move people emotionally (I love loud guitars, but 10min "shredding" solo's bore me stupid!) Your YouTube snippets sound pretty good to my ears - way different to my own 'style', but each one definitely has a 'theme' that captures a certain mood. They would fit very nicely as the kind of music used in film, TV and games to set the context of the action.

I have their site bookmarked, and pop over to see what's brewing every so often. I really enjoyed the work in this book, and having hand drawn a lot, I have immense respect for these artists.

We used to have a job posting subforum but in reality, it turned out to be more of a spam hive and people fighting with each other, blatantly bumping their postings more than a really useful info panel. If someone wants promotion, can organize something here now.

Yep, you are way behind!! Shame on you!!

Rutger Hauer You must only see the eyes to recognize him.

Looks very intriguing. If it could become as ubiquitous as .pdf's, it looks like an ideal format for presenting product proposals, user guides and tutorials.

@rich o brien said: Thanks guys. This little guy seems to be more excited than me.... [attachment=0:30dkvbk0]<!-- ia0 -->ImageUploadedByTapatalk1353584782.485948.jpg<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:30dkvbk0] You're cruel, Rich! The little bloke as good fashion sense though.... don't let your mom lead you into a false sense of security about becoming forty either; after 40 you just have more of a reason to acquire toys..... Hope you had a good one mate.

Happy Thanksgiving to you too. Enjoying time in Florida with family.

Does anyone remember when the goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel scored a goal? He ran the full pitch and headed the ball in! Crazy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiypsJpTx3E

Hi, You entered this giveaway solo which if you translate your name from spanish to english it means 'alone' so congratulations for winning! Hope your kids enjoy the game! Note: Sended you a PM explaining how to get the game.

True that the Gallery entries are not "articles" - i.e. no RSS feed for them. I guess we should post articles about each gallery entry anyway so there should be also rss entry for them. Needs a bit of poking around but I think it's solvable.