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Thought it might be fun to start a new thread with all kinds of stuff I'm working on or have worked on. So for starters: cats. I didn't want any pets. My wife wanted a dog. So now, we have 4 cats, 7 chickens and the dog is on it's way. The two ducks we once had, disappeared. We still think they're on a beach somewhere on a holiday or something. But anyway, the cats are all retarded and fun and each of them have their own little character. Bailey is a real lady. Looks at everyone like she's going to kill them, but doesn't hurt a fly and is actually the sweetest of all. Storm thinks he's invisible, and the only thing he does is sleep and eat cables. Preferably iPhone cables and computer cables. I really don't like that little habit of his. Then there's Flash. I once saw him on the side of the road. He looked at me, I looked at him. And I thought: 'I wonder how long it'll take before that cat is in our house..' The next day, our son came home and yelled: 'LOOK WHAT I FOUND!'. It was the cat. DAMNIT! =D My wife absolutely loves him, very cuddly and playful. And he loves food. ANY food. Finally there's Cookie, who doesn't know how to drink from a waterbowl. So for almost the entire day, he sits in the sink, meows the whole time until someone opens up the tap so he can drink from there. So that was my inspiration for these funny characters!

Awesome. Personally, I am a dog person but I like the description of their personalities. So how come there is no model of Cookie yet? When you have young children, you have to address the pet issue. I was not a pet person...pretty much dead set against living with any animal. So as a compromise, I wanted any animal that came into our house to live in a cage. So we started with fish...then gerbils....then guinea pigs. Well....14 years ago we ultimately got a dog for my oldest daughter who was having a rough time in the 7th grade. She needed a goal to focus on to get through school that year so it was my wife's idea to promise her a dog at the end of the school year provided she get good grades, etc. I was not happy with that promise, but realized it was the best thing for my daughter so I accepted it. Well, 10 years later as she is moving out of the house to start her career after college, she says she is taking the dog with her. I said no. I told her that the dog is no longer her dog. The dog has become my dog now. So I bought her another dog. Dogs have personalities, there is thinking going on and pretty soon you understand them and they understand you. It is really amazing. This probably explains why they ultimately become a member of the family....even for an anti-pet person like myself. Dave

I’m also new to this journey and I must say I’ve learned a lot from Cineversity. I’ve been practicing their tutorials with my wife who’s a design engineer and recently became interested. It’s great to have a life partner interested in learning, but there’s also great folks here who share your passion.