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PandaX52 · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 6:35 pm

I'm assuming most of you are interested in computer games in one way or another and happened to surf on over to valve software's website, clicked on the jobs section, and saw the link for Dhabih's website in his short bio. You clicked on it, having nothing better to do. Lo and behold, you arrived at "sijun.com" You surfed around aimlessly for a while, amazed by the quality of his artworks. Soon, you're random wanderings took you to the forums and a wide, fertile land opened up before you.

*bites pipe, the aroma of tobacco sifts through the air*

*ahem*, so are my deductions correct? or are there websites other than Valve's which lead you to this place?

On a side note, how many of you play counter-strike? I certainly do!

Frost · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 6:47 pm

I was working at Ubi Soft (late 1999) when some image was floating around in our graphic department; Dhabih's "Eclipse". I visited his website, and saw the forum...

J Bradford · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 6:48 pm

Milleniums ago I stumbled upon an interesting peice of artwork at www.bluesnews.com depicting a Quake2 monster, created digitally by none other than Mr. Dhabih. I went to his site, and after I finished cleaning up the drool on my desk I bookmarked his site. I continued to make random visits, then one day his forum appeared and here I am in my present form.

Counter-Wipe sucks imho.

A.Buttle · member Member # Joined: 20 Mar 2000 Posts: 1724

"Milleniums" Bradford?

I have no idea how I found this. I'll bet it was some link somewhere. I found it in 99 right when the forums went up and made visits until March time when I decided to check them out.

KrassOtti · member Member # Joined: 07 Mar 2001 Posts: 112

Well, I was always interested in art. Have done a lot of traditional stuff and some digital, so like 2 month ago I decided to try digital painting, since I have seen some great stuff in the past from other people and couldn't really believe it's done all in Photoshop. So I just looked for tutorials and the like all over the place. I think I found a link to sijun at gamearts.com

Not sure though

Hadoken · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 8:03 pm

Well like all of you I've always been interested in art, so while checking out the daily arteestic sites I found a link to this place at polycount. I've been addicted ever since and have forgotten about all other boards I used to visit. I might not post much but I'm ALWAYS here.

muahaha!

~Hadoken~

nova · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 8:37 pm

In 10th grade, a friend of mine in my visual communications class freaked out and said there was this site he had to show me, and he showed me. I looked at the site often for the art and to see new stuff once in a while. After a time, the forums came up and I joined.

[ May 07, 2001: Message edited by: Nova ]

Impaler · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 8:39 pm

Growing fairly interested in making levels for Quake 2, I broswed Planetquake's editing until i found my faithful Rust. A couple of months passed by until I chanced upon the wallpaper done for Rust, drawn by none other than faust|gfx, who then had the brown DukeNukem-style web page, with the whole gear pic and all that crap.

I said to myself "hmm. impressive." I then talk to my good fellow Lee'Mon about digital art, who said "Go here.".

And thusly, my pocket protector grew another inch.

J Bradford · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 9:04 pm

A.Buttle: Figure of speech for A long time ago.

PandaX52 · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 9:17 pm

I belive plural for "millennium" is "millennia" and "millenniums"

anyways,interesting to hear of all the different ways to reach this place.

arcacia · junior member Member # Joined: 12 Apr 2001 Posts: 1

dhabih's old (REALLY OLD) page that i had bookmarked several years ago when we both used to play the same online game ;)

6 hen 2 kids & a red · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 9:38 pm

Ha, that's pretty cute. (the old site)

So like, uh, like I met Dhab, at his house. Yah. And it was like totally awesome! And his parents are like, totally nice. It was bitchn'. He wrote sijun.com on my t-shirt.

Freddio · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 9:39 pm

those were the days..

Honestly I can't remember how I found it. Sooo long ago.. I think I stumbled apon a link from a place like 3d palette or something..

I really can't remember..

Totally · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 10:00 pm

On bluesnews with this picture: http://www.sijun.com/dhabih/gallery/q2-hellkitten.html
well I think it was that picture... whichever Quake 2 picture was the first one... so that was.. some time in 1997

Lemur-X · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 10:11 pm

I......forget..............

Ow.

--Steve

Akolyte · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 10:19 pm

I found this heavenly abode through Francis Tsai's site.

dr . bang · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 10:26 pm

Craig Mullins mentioned about him participating in a Sijun forum, too bad he didnt give out the adress. Then i did a search for Sijun on G O O G L E and found it withing seconds.

God bless Google

Pat · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 10:40 pm

I just followed the warm smell of colitas.

-Pat

Totally · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2001 10:47 pm

[edit]dangit i hit the back button and it reposted[/edit]

[ April 26, 2001: Message edited by: Totally ]

Ian · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 12:12 am

Back in the day when I took my first PhotoShop class. The first time I booted up photoshop I almost pissed my pants. The following weeks were filled with internet browsing and searches for "PhotoShop" stuff. It was somewhere in that time slot that a certain, "My World My Reality" link popped up on some search engine. So I clicked on it and the fun began.

MrPumpernickel · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 12:32 am

Hearsay and rumors mostley...was a lurker for a few weeks but couldn't restrain myself from posting

Affected · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 1:39 am

You ask me to remember something that happened in '99?
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DiXter · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 2:19 am

I was surfing around at www.eye.box.sk
and found Dahbs page.

SlightlyTwisted · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 2:52 am

Enayla dragged me here, screaming and kicking.

I'm still screaming, but now I'm only kicking myself.

Lunatique · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 6:37 am

OMIGOD, it was only a few months ago, and I already can't remember. Somebody shoot me. . ..

What I DO remember:

I looked at Dhabih's work before I knew about the forum.

I THINK I found out about Dhabih through Valve's website. Half-Life is my number one game of all time, and I'm a Counter Strike addict, so that's why I was looking through Valve in the first place, probably looking for Team Fortress 2 information(when the f*ck are they going to release that?!).

saripol · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 7:12 am

i think i've followed a link from one of dhabih q2 wallpaper somewhere to sijun.com and to his forum

Chris · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 7:39 am

Back in the days of "The Realm" and dhabih was known as Chapel. He had a chapel website (with his amazing artwork) and one day he says, "well I am done with the realm, but you can check out my new homesite at [url=http://www.sijun.com"]www.sijun.com"[/url] and i have been visiting ever since. Probably since 96 or 97....

ambient-whisper · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 8:31 am

well..i think it was around mid 2000...and i seen a few of dhabihs' paintings over at game wallpapers . at first i thought they were 3d and i just couldnt believe how good his pieces were.

then a few months after i was chatting with arild wiroover icq while making a few sketches, and he suggested that i post some stuff. so i did...and here i am.

roundeye · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2001 8:46 am

i found this joint a month ago, all the nerds at the somethingawful.com forums hype this place up all the time. one day the reposted some of the work from here, so i finally checked it out.
WOW thrilling story eh?

fireheart · member Member # Joined: 15 Apr 2001 Posts: 68 Location: UK

Well a few months back I was browsing through the Elfwood Fantasy Art Resource Project (FARP) mailing list and I came across a post where someone was asking how to paint hair in Photoshop.

The reply gave a link to a post in the forums where a member had put a step-by-step tutorial on how they painted hair.

I spent what seemed like forever digging around in the forums and feeling intimidated by everyone here and their work but eventually persuaded myself to join up.

And well here I am...