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Smith Micro: Vanishing Point Models to be Included in Poser 8
As a Content Paradise partner, Vanishing Point was invited to create models to be included with Smith Micro's Poser 8 (link opens in new window). We sent them over 58M of content, including the following models, which are brand-new and will only be found in Poser 8: |
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Anistock
Vanishing Point is proud to announce a new partnership with Anistock (link opens in new window). Vanishing Point will be supplying models to be used in the creation of stock animations, custom animations, and stock film footage. Anistock, with offices in Ireland, Britain, India and the US, and employing 300 animators, is the worlds largest supplier of 2D stock animation footage, and in conjunction with Vanishing Point will now start producing stock 3D footage. |
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Invent
Vanishing Point is now partnered with Invent, the state-of-the-art €9.3 million innovation centre, located in the heart of Dublin City University campus with it's mission to transform knowledge into commercial success. Invent gives young companies access to the resources of the university and the patrons to help them reach commercial viability, and aims to facilitate the creation and development of innovation-led businesses. |
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e-frontier: Vanishing Point Models to be Included in Poser 7
As a Content Paradise partner, Vanishing Point was invited to create models to be included with e-frontier's Poser 7. |
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Gunpoint-3D
gunpoint-3d.com is a specialized resource dedicated to armored military weapons, the modern and used in world wars. They concentrate on highly detailed 3d models, which produce the most photorealistic images you could ever see on the web, giving you the best material for creating impressive warfare artwork. Vanishing Point has been proud to sell Poser versions of Gunpoint's products since 2005. |
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Artwork displayed at the Lake Mary/ Heathrow Art Festival (Lake Mary, FL) (November 6-7, 2010)
John's artwork was displayed at the Lake Mary/ Heathrow Art Festival (Lake Mary, FL), from November 6-7, 2010. As with the other art festivals, the images to bring in the most attention were the robot and sci-fi images. (The image on the left shows the booth as it looked on Saturday. The image on the right shows the booth on Sunday.) |
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Winner of Smith Micro's Image Contest (2010)
John's Poser Evolution won Smith Micro's image contest celebrating Poser's 15 year anniversary. You can see the rest of the entries at Smith Micro's Facebook image gallery. |
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Customer Story on Smith Micro's Website (2010)
John's Poser Pioneer story is on page 3 of Smith Micro's Poser History, celebrating 15 years of Poser. |
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Customer Story on Smith Micro's Website (2008-2009)
John's experience at the Jacksonville Beach Art Festival is the focus of this Customer Stories :: Poser Stories (article removed in mid-2009 when Smith Micro changed their website). |
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Customer Story on Smith Micro's Website (2007-2009)
John and Vanishing Point are featured on Smith Micro's website, under Customer Stories :: Poser Stories (article removed in mid-2009 when Smith Micro changed their website). |
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Artwork displayed at the Sawgrass Village Spring Art Festival (Ponte Vedra, FL) (May 17-18, 2008)
John's artwork was displayed at the 14th Annual Sawgrass Village Spring Art Festival (Ponte Vedra, FL), from May 17-18, 2008. One of the more popular pieces was the Force of One image, which John originally created to be a sales image for the Project Soldier. (The image on the left shows the booth as it looked on Saturday. The image on the right shows the booth on Sunday.) |
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Artwork displayed at the San Marco Art Festival (April 19-20, 2008) John's artwork was displayed at the 12th Annual San Marco Art Festival, from April 19-20, 2008. Images of various sizes were on display, ranging from 8.5x11 inches, to 13x16 inches, to 24x36 inches and were available to be purchased. (The image on the left shows the booth as it looked on Saturday. The image on the right shows the booth on Sunday.) |
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Artwork displayed at the Jacksonville Beach Art Festival (Oct 20- 21, 2007) John's artwork was displayed at the Jacksonville Beach Art Festival, which was held from Oct 20 - 21, 2007, in Latham Plaza, which is a small, open-air park between the Jacksonville Beach City Hall and the actual beach. Images of various sizes were on display, ranging from 8.5x11 inches, to 13x16 inches, to 24x36 inches and were available to be purchased. (The photo on the left shows the booth as it looked on Saturday. The photo on the right shows the booth on Sunday... with John in it.) |
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Artwork displayed at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts
Vanishing Point is pleased to support the Hidden Artists fundraising exhibtion at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts in Chichester (UK) which runs from July 2nd to 14th 2007. (link opens in new window) Some of the Vanishing Point team contributed a few pieces of postcard sized artwork, and we also encouraged members of the CGI commmunity to contribute their own artwork to this great fundraising idea. Each postcard only has the artist's name on the back, so the buyer doesn't discover who the artist is until they buy the image for 15UKP each ($30). Each image sold raises money to support the Oxmarket's educational work with children. |
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John's Tabby images are displayed on the Saatchi Gallery website, in their "Your Gallery" section. (link opens in new window). |  |
Mr Sparky's photograph of a sunset has been selected to be the cover image on Nick May's new album: Whimwise. Nick May is one of the UK's top cult prog-rock musicians. He's played at Glastonbury and Reading, worked with The Enid and the likes of Rick Wakeman, Patrick Moraz from the Moody Blues. You can listen to the album at: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nickmay (link opens in new window). |
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Artwork displayed on the CGBrainchild website (Aug 14, 2006)
John's Tabby images are displayed on the front page of CGbrainchild and on page 1 of their 3D gallery pages (links opens in new window). The images should be on the front page of the site (and the first page of the gallery) for about a week. After that, the images will continue to be displayed in the gallery pages. |
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John's Tabby images were invited to be displayed at the Infusion Gallery, in Los Angeles (link opens in new window).
The exhibition ran from Aug 1 to Sept 25, 2006, and the opening reception was held on Aug 10th. Images of various sizes were on display, ranging from 8.5x11 inches, to 13x16 inches, to 24x36 inches. In fact, the same "Tabby Portrait 3" image which was displayed at the Otronicon Show last January will be on display in the Infusion Gallery. All of the images were displayed as framed prints and will be available for purchase by the public. |
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Miss Digital World Contest (2006)
John's Tabby character was selected to be a contestant in the 2006 Miss Digital World contest (opens in new window). The first round of semi-finals will begin in July, the second round of semi-finals will be held in November, and the final rounds will take place in December. Sept 2006 update: according to their Competition 2006 page, Tabby is listed as one of the 8 semi-finalists (link opens in new window). |
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Gallery Appearance at Otronicon (Jan 20-29, 2006)
John's Tabby Portrait 3 image was featured in the art gallery at Otronicon, which was held at the Orlando Science Center (opens in new window). Read an interview with between John and Renderosity's contributing columnist, MorriganShadow, in Renderosity's Front Page News (opens in new window). |
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Poser Art & Illustration - Rock Jocks Animation Contest (Feb 2011)
Vanishing Point provided the Sentinel Robot Mech for use by customers to create their own animation to enter Smith Micro's animation contest. "Smith Micro is excited to host a new Poser animation contest brought to you by Rock Jocks the movie! Download the free figure and follow the storyboards to create your animation for a new Hollywood movie!" |
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Free Fish on Content Paradise (November 2007)
Vanishing Point provided five fish and eel models to Content Paradise for their weekly freebie, for each week in November 2007 (and the last week of October 2007). These models are Poser conversions of the De Espona fish models and were rigged by DAD, our usual Poser rigger. These models include: Amblyrhyncotes, Guppy/ Lebistes, Molly/ Poecilia Latipinna, Muraena Helena, and the Parexocoetus. |
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Featured Partner on Content Paradise for June 2007
Vanishing Point was selected to be the featured partner on Content Paradise for the month of June 2007. To celebrate, we've put a number of our bundled products on sale, from June 1, 2007 to June 10, 2007: Bundled Products Sale (link expired in 2009). We're also offering a mega-model set that's available for free to Content Paradise Passport members: Street Scene Models. This pack was created by six of our merchants (3dCritter, Helgard, JHoagland, lygher, NorbertG, and Panos) and includes 24 models, ranging from barrels to benches to crates to streetlights to railroad signs. There are 24 models for use in various 3D applications, including: Poser, Vue, Lightwave, and Wavefront obj. For 2D users, the models also come in Anime Studio and Manga Studio formats. |
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Featured in the Oct 31, 2006 Content Paradise Weekly Newsletter
From the Content Paradise newsletter: "John Hoagland first started using Poser in mid 2000. He had always been interested in computer graphics, and being unable to draw people, Poser became an invaluable tool. Less than a year later, he started learning how to make his own models and in 2004 Vanishing Point was created to specifically create products (both for free and for sale) to the Poser community. Now they specialize in building, texturing and rigging models, animation, video and film production, corporate design and graphics. Check out Vanishing Point's great products here. (link expired in 2009) Also, make sure to check out Tabby, John's entrant into Miss Digital World!" |
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Renderosity Featured Free Stuff Provider (May 2006)
The Vanishing Point Team was named the "Featured Free Stuff Provider" at Renderosity for the month of May 2006. Read an interview with JHoagland (John), mrsparky (Al), and Helgard in Renderosity's Front Page News (opens in new window). |
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3DMag: Le Guide de la 3D Issue #1 (Jan 2011)
Vanishing Point is featured in issue #1 of 3DMag's French special-edition magazine, Le Guide de la 3D, and includes a number of our models on their cover disc: ElfBlade (for V4), Sentinel Robot Mech, Urban Biker (for V4), and Vincent Parker. Due to a naming typo, the Vanishing Point models were incorrectly labeled as "JCH Digital Designs". |
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3D Artist magazine Issue #11 (Jan 2010)
Vanishing Point is featured in issue #11 of 3D Artist magazine, and includes our Vincent Parker figure on their cover disc. |
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3D Artist magazine Issue #10 (Dec 2009)
Vanishing Point is featured in issue #10 of 3D Artist magazine, and includes the Cannon Queen outfit on their cover disc. |
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3D World magazine Issue #123 (Dec 2009)
Vanishing Point is featured in issue #123 of 3D World magazine, with a cover story on modelling and texturing a dropship. This issue includes Vincent Parker, our low-polygon, fully pose-able human figure, for use in Poser. The only international magazine for 3D artists. Each issue provides analysis of latest trends in the market, artistic and technical advice, impartial product reviews, and behind-the-scenes articles on the making of key projects in this fast-paced industry. To purchase back issues, go to the myfavouritemagazines.co.uk ordering page (link opens in new window). |
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Appearance In the 2010 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar (2009/ Nov 30, 2010)
In 2010, John's NST Catalan in Space image was accepted in the 2010 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar. This image was printed on the 'tear-off' page for Nov 30, 2009. You can order the 2010 Calendar by going to the ArtWanted calendar page. (opens in new window) |
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3D World magazine Issue #117 (June 2009)
Vanishing Point is featured in issue #117 of 3D World magazine, with a cover story on instructional training. This issue includes a few high-polygon cars in multiple formats from us. The only international magazine for 3D artists. Each issue provides analysis of latest trends in the market, artistic and technical advice, impartial product reviews, and behind-the-scenes articles on the making of key projects in this fast-paced industry. To purchase back issues, go to the myfavouritemagazines.co.uk ordering page (link opens in new window). |
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| The Second Skin (Nov 2008)
Helgard's first science-fiction book, The Second Skin, was published earlier this month and is now available for sale online at Amazon.com. "A conflict on a vast scale, with a heroine unique and fresh to the world of science fiction. A highly technical and believable universe, populated with rich characters and an immersive plot." |
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Appearance In the 2009 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar (2008/ July 27, 2009)
In 2008, John's Force of One image was accepted in the 2009 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar. This image was printed on the 'tear-off' page for July 27, 2009. The "Force of One" image is a larger version of sales image #3 (the orange soldier on a blue background) for the Project Soldier model. You can order the 2009 Calendar by going to the ArtWanted calendar page. (opens in new window) |
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Sublime Digitals (Oct 2007)
An interview with John and Vanishing Point is featured in this month's issue. Sublime Digitals is a PDF magazine distributed by 3DSublime and is offered for free to the graphics community. You can download it from their website or from ShareCG (link opens in new window). |
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Sublime Digitals (Sept 2007)
An interview with mrsparky is featured in this month's issue. Sublime Digitals is a PDF magazine distributed by 3DSublime and is offered for free to the graphics community. You can download it from their website or from ShareCG (link opens in new window). |
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ImagineFX magazine Issue #21 (August 2007)
Imagine FX, the leading publication for Digital Sci-Fi and Fantasy Artists have awarded our Modular Science Fiction Environment 4 out of 5 "hands" in a review in their latest issue, #21. As we don't want to spoil the fun - to order a copy and read the review for yourself please visit ImagineFX. |
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3D World magazine Issue #94 (Aug 2007)
Vanishing Point is featured in issue #94 of 3D World magazine, with a cover story on the new Transformers movie. This issue includes Lycantar Alternating Robot (for Poser), by JHoagland and mrsparky, for free. The only international magazine for 3D artists. Each issue provides analysis of latest trends in the market, artistic and technical advice, impartial product reviews, and behind-the-scenes articles on the making of key projects in this fast-paced industry. To purchase back issues, go to the myfavouritemagazines.co.uk ordering page (link opens in new window). |
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3rd Dimension Graphics, Issue #7 (July 2007)
An interview with the Vanishing Point team and De Espona is featured in this issue of 3rd Dimension Graphics. 3rd Dimension Graphics is a PDF magazine distributed by Burst Toast Design and is offered for free to Poser users. |
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3D World magazine Issue #92 (June 2007)
Vanishing Point is featured in issue #92 of 3D World magazine. This issue includes a free rifle collection made by Panos and converted to various formats, including: Poser, Vue, Cinema4D, Lightwave, and more. The only international magazine for 3D artists. Each issue provides analysis of latest trends in the market, artistic and technical advice, impartial product reviews, and behind-the-scenes articles on the making of key projects in this fast-paced industry. To purchase back issues, go to the myfavouritemagazines.co.uk ordering page (link opens in new window). |
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3D World magazine Issue #91 (May 2007)
Vanishing Point is featured in issue #91 of 3D World magazine. This issue includes a free M1A1 "Abrams" Tank, made by the people at Gunpoint-3D and converted to Poser format by Helgard. This model includes opening hatches and accurate tread movement. The only international magazine for 3D artists. Each issue provides analysis of latest trends in the market, artistic and technical advice, impartial product reviews, and behind-the-scenes articles on the making of key projects in this fast-paced industry. To purchase back issues, go to the myfavouritemagazines.co.uk ordering page (link opens in new window). |
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Appearance In the 2008 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar (2007/ March 31, 2008)
In 2007, John's Tabby 2 In Blue Portrait image was accepted in the 2008 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar. This image was printed on the 'tear-off' page for March 31, 2008. You can order the 2008 Calendar by going to the ArtWanted calendar page. (opens in new window) |
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Appearance In the 2007 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar (2006/ July 27, 2007)
In 2006, John's Tabby Portrait 3 image was accepted in the 2007 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar. This image was printed on the 'tear-off' page for July 27, 2007. |
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ImagineFX magazine Issue #7 (July 2006)
Vanishing Point is featured in issue #7 of ImagineFX, which includes both a one-page write-up and two of our models on their cover DVD. Imagine FX is the only magazine for Fantasy and Sci-Fi artists. Each issue contains an eclectic mixture of in-depth workshops from the world's best artists, galleries and interviews, features, community news, software and hardware reviews, and the latest sci-fi and fantasy films and comics. To purchase back issues, go to the myfavouritemagazines.co.uk ordering page (link opens in new window). |
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Appearance in the 2006 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar (2005/ July 27, 2006)
In 2005, John's Tabby 2 With Glass and Red Dress image was accepted in the 2006 ArtWanted Page-a-Day Calendar. This image was printed on the 'tear-off' page for July 27, 2006. |
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| Tony Bradley (ZeroGravity) Animations
He says, "I began working with 3D art in the mid 90's and spent a great deal of time teaching myself animation and video editing after I was forced to retire from the Fire Department after a near fatal injury. Today, my animations have become a great way to take a break from my usual work, which involves video productions that focus on Human Rights issues and similar topics (international adoption, human trafficking, etc). Needless to say, animations for me are a great escape." His animations include: * Discovery: EVA leaves pod bay and flies over the Discovery * Thunderbird 2 * Discovery, Star Tug * Low Earth Orbit |
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Ruben Castro's Educational Film
Ruban Castro used our SquidMan character in a short educational documentary for children. Many times, customers use our products in ways we never expected. Ruben almost apologized for using the SquidMan as a "good guy" activist character instead of a villain! We don't mind at all- we're just happy that Ruben can find a use for our character in his educational documentary. |
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Terry Mitchell's Godzilla Animated Short Film
In this animated short film, Godzilla goes on a rampage through a city. The Airwolf version of the Executive Helicopter, a yellow version of Blue Thunder, and even some military jets are called in to stop Godzilla! Be sure to watch the entire animation as Godzilla also takes on a dinosaur! The animation is available to view for free on YouTube (link opens in new window). |   |
| Robert Reeves' My Name is Darth
In this parody of the TV show My Name is Earl, Darth Vader starts on his list of things to make right. Darth Vader is hit by the Landspeeder with mrsparky's textures. The short film is available to view for free on Atom Films (link opens in new window). |
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| David D'Champ's Battlestar Galactica parody
In this parody of Battlestar Galactica (current series), Grouchy Theo Duck dreams he is Lee Adama. The "bridge" set is the Modular Science Fiction Environment. The animation is available to view for free on SciFi.com, the Sci-Fi Channel website (link opens in new window). |
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| Paul Dowers' Dangerous Dave 2
In this original short film, the main character, "Dave", makes his escape from the alien ship. The film is made with live actors in front of digital sets. The "aliens' bridge" set is the Starship Bridge 3. The short film is available to view for free on YouTube (link opens in new window). |
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Creavision Realizaciones Audiovisuales
An Argentinian audio-visual film studio which we partner with, to produce animations and mvoies. Their website is in Portuguese, Castellano, and English. Read more about their production, 1982, We Were There, in English. You can also download trailers for this movie: short version (mpg format) and longer version (mpg format) OR view the two trailers in HD format at YouTube: trailer 1 and trailer 2. (all links open in new window) Their 2012 project is a Robotech fan-film, available at YouTube: Short Trailer Robotech Valkyrie Project. |
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Mid-Ulster Film Festival (May 5 - 7, 2006)
Helgard, one of our team members, is on the steering committee for the Mid-Ulster Film Festival, and will be participating in some of the animation workshops at the festival. (link opens in new window) |
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| Customer Projects |
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| Client Recommendations |
"I recently contracted John to build a custom variation of [a starship bridge model] for an animated movie I will be producing. I would like to complement John on his superior work, and excellent customer service. The product delivered was far more than I expected, in both detail, and quality. In the future I will be contracting with John for all of my 3d modeling and production needs. I strongly recommend John and his company Vanishing Point, for any of your custom modeling needs." -- S. David Harrison, film producer "Mr. Hoagland and [Vanishing Point] did a most impressive job with designs I needed for an important business plan. His creativity and attention to detail far exceeded my expectations. More importantly, he made himself available, on a daily basis if necessary, to communicate and tweak ideas as we moved through the design process." -- K. Stewart |
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