Oh man, I was finally able to kick IRC 6 or so months ago, now 3d modeling related channels threaten to drag me back in! I will have to check out #model_design
no! you cant just tell anyone about #model_design, we have to keep noel locked up. There's the Conceptart.org irc and all, but i'm sure you already know about that. And it's not exactly 3d, just arts.
#model_design is more of a bar after work that just happens to be populated with almost all artists or friends of. So the conversation tends to be more random and not related to art most of the time. So, if you ask for solutions to problems more than just joining in on conversations, you may actually get fewer responses.