2011 is the
20th anniversary of an idea, a dream
that art could be made and stories could be told
by individuals or small groups
using affordable 3D graphics tools

In Fall 1991, the term "3D artist" was formally and seriously applied for the first time to people who create art using computer 3D graphics tools (history). This came when we announced the newsletter 3D Artist, which went on to become 3D Artist magazine in early 1993 and remained in print until early 2002 (cover gallery). By then the term "3D artist" had become universal and the 3D community was doing truly wonderful work, but the business climate across all of magazine publishing was deteriorating and especially within the computer graphics field. 3D Artist was one of many publications that closed around that time and since. We did so in an orderly shutdown that refunded subscriptions and with the promise to keep this 3dartist.com Web site up for reference and article supplementals. Now it is time to refresh and liven up the site, and we will be making some announcements soon. Come on back!

Note: Sorry, but there will be many broken links while we overhaul this site.