yeah, i thought "shader artists" were the ones that connected the inputs and outputs of nodes together. i guess it's material editing, not material creating that i'm interested in? i'm just that ignorant :) i've been browsing the Eat3d, 3dmotive, Digital Tutors, and Gnomon websites looking for training vids, but it's hard…
my experience at a design school over 10 years ago was pretty disappointing. i have nothing but student loan debt and a useless degree to show for it. i've been trying to sharpen up whenever i could but haven't been able to make much progress... but i'm not bitter! :) anywhoo... can you recommend some Digital Tutors/Eat3d…