3D & Multimedia Software
Discreet
Home of 3ds Max, Character Studio & Combustion
Newtek
Home of Lightwave
Macromedia
Home of Director, Flash, Dreamweaver etc.
Turbosquid
Home of 3ds Max Plugins
Right Hemisphere
Home of Deep Paint / Deep UV
SplutterFish
Home of the Brazil Rendering System
Ideate
Resellers and Trainers for 3ds Max in the Bay Area
Artists
Pascal Blanché
3d Artist with a unique style...
John Burnett
Author of the sadly demised footools maxscripts
Neil Blevins
A 3d artist of the mind blowing variety
Doug Chiang
Home of the Robota project
Perre Coffin
Home of "The Pings"
Martin Coven
Artist and maxscript creator
Brandon Davis
Particle effects guru extraordinaire
Kent Matheson
Digital matte painter extraordinaire
Ralph McQuarrie
The granddaddy of the Star Wars Universe
Craig Mullins
Sensational matte artist
Jose Perrez
Another inspirational 3d artist
Ben Procter
Great online portfolio
Dmitry Savinoff
Inspirational work created with Lightwave
3D CGI and Art Resource sites
Max Underground
The best news site for 3ds Max - bar none
CG Talk
A very lively online graphics community!
3d LuVr
Awesome 3d Site
3d Total
Much 3d wonderfulness...
3d Links
Just what it says - this site's essential!
Digital Animators
Kinda like an online 3d magazine
Flay
All that's new in the Lightwave community
Max Forums
Some good tutorials here
Anatomy Online - superb site!
Raph / 3d Artists
Probably my favorite 3d art website of all-time...
Trinity 3d
source of free plugins for max and more
How To Draw Manga
Source of inspiration for a current personal project
SF 3DS Max Group
The 3ds Max Users group in San Francisco
Magazines & Comics
CGW
Computer Graphics World Online
3d Artist
The "How To" magazine...
3d Gate
3d Gate Online magazine
2000 AD
While the US has Marvel Comics, the UK has...