Since we launched The Gnomon Workshop in May of 2000, we have received a great response from the scores of people and studios who have bought our training DVDs. Customers range from studios and individuals, to schools and training centers including: Sony Pictures Imageworks, Pixar Animation Studios, Industrial Light and Magic, Weta, DreamWorks Feature Animation, Rhythm & Hues, Blur Studio, Midway Games, Blizzard Entertainment, Microsoft, Bad Robot, Epic Games, Electronic Arts, Blue Sky Studios, 2K Games, Bioware, JPL, NASA, Walt Disney Animation Studios, NBC, ESPN, Square Enix, Vancouver Film School, The Academy of Art, The Art Institutes, Savannah College of Art and The Art Center College of Design.  "I'd like thank you guys for all the hard work you've done over the years. I didn't have money for college so I spent what money I could come up with on your video series. Because of your excellent training dvds, I was able to create a reel that got me a job where I am today and I am eternally thankful." Matt Skonicki "Gnomon DVDs are a staple in our libraries at Disney Feature Animation. Artist training is very important at Disney, and has been since the days of Walt. We rely on the DVDs to supplement our classes and to provide a more personalized schedule for the production artist seeking to broaden their skill sets." Patricia Beckmann
"Gnomon has created a series of DVDs that will appeal to anyone interested in a career path in visual arts. The availability of these lessons represents a significant opportunity for artists everywhere to elevate their skillsets to the next level." Jim McCampbell "Dylan Cole's Gnomon Matte Painting DVDs revealed an entirely new world of creativity. His ability to transform the mundane into the spectacular is uncanny and deeply inspiring. Hopefully he finds the time for a dozen more DVDs in the future. " Cori Bucklin "Over the past few years the Gnomon Workshop website, and their DVDs, have really helped me to grow as an artist; not only artisticaly but also in terms of speeding up and streamlining my workflow. Thanx guys!" Edwin Rhemrev "I have been working in the film industry as a concept artist and character designer for almost nine years, but still find the varied subject matters and techniques presented on the DVDs to be a treasure trove." Chris Ayers "If you can't afford going to college, then Gnomon Workshop DVDs are the next best thing! These DVDs provide valuable information from some of the best well-known artists in the entertainment industry that have years of experience and love what they do. It's great to be able to learn from the masters and be able to apply their knowledge to my own work!" Derek Weaver "The Gnomon disks have helped me sharpen my existing skills and techniques, as well as expand my skillset into new areas. Its an outstanding resource, thanks Gnomon!" Greg Petchkovsky
"Thanks for the knowledge, Thanks for the Inspiration, Thanks for the guidence, Thanks for the exposure, Thanks for the strength, Thanks Gnomonworkshop, for everything." Indunil Priyanke Ranawake "The Gnomon Workshop is an extremely fun and inspirational website. It's always been a beacon of aspiring artists like myself to look to for guidance and exposure!" Jordan Lefever "The Gnomon DVDs really are the bees knees!!!, I can say for a fact, that I wouldn't be anywhere near to the skill level I am now, without these DVDs. I wouldnt say Im the greatest artist around yet, but with some more practice and these DVDs....who knows? There is no "quick fix" way to become a great artist, hard work and practice is a must!, but this training material is the best way i know of, to ensure you are learning........ from the best....how to create the best. The rest is up to you!" Lincoln Renall "I've found new ways of expression, due to some amazing artists who share enlightening knowledge through Gnomon DVD's. That's very inspiring especially for those who have something to say, but don't know exactly how. This is the easy way... watch and learn." Mircea Cristea "Experience with Gnomon DVD's have completely altered my professional goals and they gave me hope that those goals (of achieving artistic excellence) are actually possible." Olek Zemplinski "The Gnomon Workshops training materials provide cutting edge technical information that artists need, but they go beyond this by showing how top professionals apply these techniques to industry level projects. I highly recommend any Gnomon tutorial, for whatever project you want to create." Price Morgan "...I heard your DVDs RULE; and you know what? They do. I just wanted to let you know that within the first 5 minutes I learned more than any DVD has ever shown me and throughout the whole DVD I learned more than what so many people are charging for private sessions (and still don't learn a thing like I learned with yours) have taught. The bottom line is that I will be buying every DVD you've made, make and continue to make..." Joseph Musse II "...great job also for the new DVD, as I already told you during the expo, your training material are the only one reaching such a quality and are definetly an asset for us working for the European Space Agency in scientific visualisation..." Marc Thiebaut "...great job also for the new DVD, as I already told you during the expo, your training material are the only one reaching such a quality and are definetly an asset for us working for the European Space Agency in scientific visualisation..." Marc Thiebaut "Yesterday I received your two organic modeling DVDs and I just wanted to say these are solid gold! Very clear and very well laid out. A pleasure to watch and very inspiring. My sincerest compliments." Albert Keifer "You can know that Gnomon dvds are one of the most popular education sources here in Egypt and Arab world in general. As for the far distance between us -cg artists- and amazing cg schools around the world, those dvds become our masters, we are always learning from it, talk about it and get the great experiance from the industry leadrers through it ... and with the new 3Ds Max series -as it's the most popular applecation here- we get more and more in touch with the secrets and techniques just like our Maya mates." Yusuf Eltelpany "First of all , let me say that I am very thankful and appreciative for the great work, time and energy spent on making such wonderful educational material. Your Maya training DVDs have really taught me a lot..." Shaun Collaco "It is always nice to see someone put out learning material that is: a) not full of bull; you know what I mean (rehashing of stuff that is in the docs and tuts) b) useful for even a pre-Maya 1 release user such as myself, it is nice when I can see something and stop and have the 'I didn't know it could do that' reaction." Chris Rock "I took the Particles and Dynamics class with Eric Pender in January of 1999. I was extremely impressed with Gnomon's operation and have also seen Alex speak at the 3D design show. Everyone has always been amazed and I always learn something new. I am very excited to see these DVDs. Congratulations on your increasing reputation as the best 3D training facility. Thanks for all your hard work." Brian Harris "I just wanted to say, that I just purchased a number of DVD tutorials, and to say I think they were fantastic, a big help to people unable to attend the workshops, the saving in time compared to sitting down with all the manuals made them worth their weight in gold.. Well done, Alex, I hope you'll continue to bring out more of these superb tutorials. I'd especially like to see some on Sub-d modelling, and Skinning characters, and perhaps even a special effects with Maya. Once again thanks for saving me the pain staking time having to read through gallons of manuals and be able to concentrate on being creative..." Craig Stevenson "I just wanted to say thanks for releasing all the great information you have about Maya. Your DVDs have opened up a new world to me. Before I viewed your DVDs I had trouble converting from the world of traditional sculpture and painting to 3D. I really have to say that the Gnomon DVDs have helped me tremendously. I liked them so much that I will be taking my first Gnomon course in Hollywood on October 3rd. I can't wait. Thanks again." Darrell Abney "We have been very pleased with the step by step method of training used in the Gnomon training DVDs. The explanations for each of the tool options is especially helpful. We have been able to save many weeks of in-house training, as the DVDs provide valuable help not available from Alias/Wavefront in such a helpful hands-on method of instruction." Tom Guthrie "I owe all of my success to Gnomon and to the irreplaceable and unbeatable education they gave me. Before Gnomon I was in a boring corporate job. Because of Gnomon, over the past 7 years I have landed me a dream job with an awesome Illustration studio and have been able to support my family with the income I make professionally. That for me is when the rubber hit the road, I was able to transform the Gnomon DVDs into real world usable knowledge that helped me provide for my family. That to me is why I owe so much to Gnomon." Jackson Robinson
Juan R. Garcia "The Gnomon Workshop DVDs are a valuable source of information for the amateur or novice artist. They cover practically every aspect of art for the entertainment and Illustration industries touching upon both the basics and more advanced production techniques. The techniques and information provided by the instructors is both easy to follow and understand as well as eye opening and inspirational. I'd recommend picking up titles of your favorite artists, series that cover areas of interest, or areas you feel you lack knowledge in." Mike Corriero "Hi, Rob 'DaddyMack' Mack here. I am what is considered a 'self taught 3d artist' meaning that I never went to any schools to learn 3d. Gnomon DVDs have been crucial for me throughout these last 10 years of my journey into 3d as a character artist/ ninja/ teacher. I specialise in character pipeline from pencil to pixels but delve into all areas of 3d including digital sculpture, 3d printing, prop and set creation, rendering, special fx, compositing etc etc etc Most of the workflows I use in all of these areas have originally emerged from the scores of Gnomon DVDs I've owned over the years. Gnomon has literally been like a guiding beacon for me throughout the difficult journey toward becoming a great 3d artist and there is no way in the world I'd have such a broad knowledge of 3d without them. I realised long ago that 3d is a perpetual learning process and, 10 years into my learning, I still rely heavily on Gnomon DVDs to always keep me up to date with emerging technologies and workflows. I am humbly in your debt guys...Thanks immeasurably." DaddyMack "For a student like me the information gnomon DVDs teaches out is invaluable. It’s both inspiring and teaching, you get a good understanding of how some of the industry’s top artist work. If you are serious about your art career and want to take it to the next level, I would definitely suggest gnomons DVDs. I can’t stress enough how much these have helped me out in my own career." Robin Olausson "The gnomon workshop makes a cg artist work much easier and amusing,i was lost before finding out about u guys,now that i have my dvds im not only working faster but im enjoying a lot more what im doing because im getting better results." Said Manzur "The learning that the Gnomon Workshop has provided is like the fountain of life. Everytime I pick up a new video, I feel rejuvenated, excited at the prospect of learning something new from a master artist." Sam Kennedy "Like so many other artist, I've always considered myself as self taught. But what I should have said is Gnomon taught. Your DVDs are a big part of my education, because they enable you to learn in a very structured and intelligent way. It's like having a university with all the leading professionals working as instructors." Wanja Gerick "I've just finished watching your new Stephen Platt dvd and i wanted to compliment you on another fantastic disc! - I thoroughly enjoyed Stephen's comments and I'm looking forward to seeing his future dvds. Keep up the great work guys!" Stephen Murphy "To whom it may concern: I work at NBC in New York, and we just purchased 12 of your training DVDs. We all love the DVDs." Barry Herzner "I've watched Alex Alvarez's training DVDs on Dynamics and listened to his Lighting/Rendering lectures at Gnomon, and they are amazing! I've learned so much from the DVDs and lectures, they have made me a much better visual effects artist. I started using Maya for effects animation when I joined Square USA for the film "Final Fantasy" about 4 years ago. I wish I had these DVDs then. Well, better late than never." Andy Chen "For whatever it is worth I was genuinely impressed with the quality of the instruction, your attention to detail and the thoroughness of presentation. Your demonstration of the tools and topics offers the student a concise and intelligible coverage of the matter. I really want to thank you for the help they have been so far and I only look forward to future DVD purchases." Carlton Smith "I just placed the order for the last three DVDs I was missing, so I have the whole collection now. Please let me know of any new DVDs you get produced. I already watched all the DVDs and I'm on my second round to study them in more detail. The content is great and things are well explained. I'm not new to 3D (I currently use Electric Image), but I'm totally new to Maya. I'm still overwhelmed by Maya's power. With the help of your DVDs, Maya's excellent documentation, and the abundant web resources I've been able to get a good grasp at Maya's capabilities in a very short time. Now I need to start digging into the details and get my hands wet." Fernando Peralta "Thank you for you prompt service in sending us the modeling and texturing DVD series... I can let you know that the new DVDs were perfect and we have no hesitation in ordering more DVDs in the future. we very much enjoy the DVDs, and the quality of the instruction is first rate. we look forward to the new releases (keep em coming)." Karl Jenner "I'm living in Europe and made a 3D operator course in an Alias center... but the teacher were really bad... I learned in the 110 min from your DVD more than in 2 weeks in the course I made... By now I only used Polygon functions... I had no idea how fast you can model such a great object only with nurbs! I think your DVDs are a very good solutions for people who can't attend one of your courses... It's a pleasure to see your DVDs and I hope I see/hear more from you..." Klaus Stangl | |||||||||||
