Most awesome! I really admire your ability to make particles behave the way you want. It's always been an uncharted territory for me. Is all that stuff mostly in Max, or some other packages as well. I am asking because I saw a screen shot of one of your works and it was in 3D Studio Max.
Thanks. Actually yes, I did all of that stuff with MAX. It's just good for what I'm doing here, at least compared to the primary tool we use - Lightwave. We just got a seat of Maya Unlimited, so I'm diving into that now.
I really dig particles and volumetric work because, well for most people it seems like uncharted territory, but more realistically it's a constant challenge. I did character animation in TV and games for years and I just wasn't passionate about it the way I am about problem solving and procedural animation.