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After being dazzled by special effects in a number of movies, I couldn't resist the pull to learn more about 3D graphics. So I checked out a few books from the library and devoured them (not literally, of course) earlier this week. I've been dabbling with Blender ever since. I'm currently working on a short animation for my work, with a ship on the ocean and the project's logo. At first I tried to find some blueprints for 19th century steamboats, but that came up empty-handed. Then I realized that model ships would give me what I needed, so back to the library I went. There still wasn't very much source material, but I think it'll be enough. Photorealistic 3D is a lot harder to achieve than I expected, by the way. :) On a slightly different topic, Apple's video compositing software Shake looks really cool and I'd thought about trying it out, but the price tag is just slightly out of my budget ($2999). :)