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大概意思是说CGTalk是世界上不错的CG论坛，同时 CGNetworks, CGTalk, 画廊, 比赛及专题都是向公众免费开放，而维持所有这些的运作需要一大笔钱，资金都是卖书所得，CGTalk从2002年7月的5000名会员发展至今已有160000名会员， 但是人数增长的同时，购买他们出版的书籍的会员却一直只占全体的 1-5%，他们很感激这些人，是这些会员让CGTalk存在。现在CGtalk 面临关闭，他们希望人们能倾囊相助，购买其中的一些书籍。
Dear CGTalkers,
Thank you all for participating in and making CGTalk the best community on earth. CGNetworks, CGTalk, Ballistic Publishing, the CG Galleries, CG Challenges, Q&A Sessions and everything that this community offers is free and is funded by the proceeds of book sales. The books that we produce don’t just support the community financially they also inspire and promote the artists appearing in them and everyone else by association. They teach digital art skills and are also the best way to show your friends and family what we do. Our books and websites are critically acclaimed worldwide, have propelled artists’ careers and have won awards.
More than ever before, CGTalk now needs your support in order to continue the funding and running of our sites. As we have grown and supported more services for the community, and provided the best CG books in the industry, our costs for running all of this have risen dramatically. The community has grown exponentially from 5000 members in July 2002 to 160,000 members at present. However, both advertising and book sales have not grown at the same pace.
It has always been our vision to enhance the global digital arts community and keep CGNetworks, CGTalk, the galleries, Challenge and articles free for everyone. We need your support to keep it that way. We need your support now.
At the moment, only a very small portion of our community has bought our books -- about 1-5%. The entire community is indebted to them because CGNetworks and CGTalk would not be here today if it wasn’t for the support of these individuals.
Please support your community by purchasing a book today. It’s completely free to be a member and enjoy all the benefits of the community. Supporting your community is as simple as buying yourself one of the best, highest quality CG art books in the world and telling all your friends about it.
From all the feedback from current owners of our books, we know that they are the best value, highest quality books, packed with awesome images and information that is truly inspiring and educational to both digital artists and anyone that enjoys amazing images.
Current books available are:
- EXPOSÉ 1 and EXPOSÉ 2. The best digital art from around the world for 2003 & 2004.
- D’artiste C Digital Painting. A master-class book on digital painting.
- The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants. A visual extravaganza covering the 10 year history of Oddworld.
- CG Challenge - Machine Flesh. Tutorials and Gallery of images from the Challenge.
- CG Challenge - Grand Space Opera. Tutorials and Gallery of images from the Challenge.
- ELEMENTAL. The best purely 3D artwork from Discreet 3ds max artists.
- VESAGE. A stunning visual tour of artwork from the Visual Effects Society members.
- Machine Phase. Half graphic novel, half tutorial.
Thank you to everyone who has supported the community by purchasing our books. It's only through your continued support and that of new book owners, we can continue to provide the best websites and community services for the CG industry.
All of our books are available from either:
CGProShop
Ballistic Publishing
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