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Linked In Profile This is me on LinkedIn. I don't always keep it up to date
CG Society Profile CG Society is a great site with some of the best digital art work I've ever seen. This link just leads to my little 'ol portfolio
CG Society Profile CG Society is a great site with some of the best digital art work I've ever seen. This link just leads to my little 'ol portfolio
Highend Careers Profile This is the job listing database that is associated with Highend3D

New Grounds.com New Grounds is a great site to find all kinds of fun stuff. Mostly however I find that it is the best place to find original royalty free music made by people who love to share their creative works with the online masses.
High End 3D (now Creative Crash) This site is an incredible resource for 3D programmers and artists alike. There is a multitude of utilities, scripts, rigs, plugins, shaders and more. They have resources for Maya, 3DS Max, Renderman, ZBrush and others and it is used and contributed to by the best in the business.
Free Sounds Free sounds is a large collection of sound effects and audio clips, most of which are decent to high quailty. There are lots of sites like this one, but this one has yielded the best results.
3D Buzz 3D buzz is a nice resource for aspring 3D artists and developers. It has both free and commercial tutorials videos on a number of products include Maya, Houdini, 3DS Max and even XNA.

Microsoft Free Development Software Microsoft has some great free software for students. If you are interested in graphics or game programming, these apps are worth exceptionaly more than the time it takes to register and download. I've been using Microsoft Visual Studio and XNA Game Studio to create all my real-time graphics projects.
DirectX Software Development Kit Included with this SDK is some handy plug-ins for Maya and Photoshop for exporting to Direct X pipeline format files
Maya to .X exporter This is a great, simple script for exporting models from Maya to the XNA compatible .X format
Crazy Bump Crazy Bump, apply directly to your models! Crazy Bump, apply directly to your models! Crazy Bump...
Top Mod Topological modeling software developed at Texas A&M

Wes Wakefield - You know, that guy who looks like Tom Hanks
Whole 9 Lifestyle Management - Chance and Claire Patrick's new business venture is turning some heads and managing some lifestyles!
Dave Morris Dave Morrises...es site demonstrating his multi-talented personality.
Unit Interactive - aka Robert Adam Ray's new place of work
Fadupinator - the work of Lars Doucet and other kindred spirits of game design