Pioneer of 3d, Official Autodesk Training Specialist, Bearded Legend.
What do people know about Ted?
These are closely guarded secrets. Who wants to know and why?
I think everyone needs to know as much about ted as possible.
Personally ive always wanted to know what kind of cake john cleese is eating in that photo of them together, and just how many small woodland creatures are currently residing in his beard.
Word is that beard is now a protected wildlife sanctuary. I’d expect to see Bill Oddie anytime now!
i can’t stand bill oddie anymore.
I dont hate Bill Odie but his glory days were definately in The Goodies, plus im not into birds - of the winged variety.
Theodore Boardman on the other hand, I believe his best is yet to come.
Second that mate…!
yeah but Oddie isn’t in the same cringe league as that gardener turned wildlife presenter
All it takes is a few beers, preferably in a very large glass.
Oh, and he also doesn’t like the scale tool 
“… small woodland creatures are currently residing in his beard.”
Hrmm… I suddenly got a vision of that Family Guy episode where he has the endangered birds living in his beard.
Well you lot if you havent seen his awesome website yet check it out..
Youtube seems to have some tutorials available also, I learnt a lot in particular from the video on extrusion.
Glyph - are you referring to Alan Titschmitschmarsh? I preferred his early sidekick Charlie No-bra.
I personally derive a massive amount of self gratification from the scale tool.
In Sub-Object mode, sure… but not on a box for example.
A box of 1 x 1 x 1m scaled with 200% becomes then 2 x 2 x 2m, but not in the Modify panel. That’s his problem.
I also know he likes steak, accompanied with a beer ofcourse.
(I had the privilige to sit next to him and talk to him during a dinner at a seminar last year in The Netherlands)
Thats nice, what did you learn from him apart from how to eat steak with such a huge amount of hair hanging from your top lip?
i do like his beard 
the modeling tutorials are fine, but all rendering/lighting images he shows off puzzle me.
like, this image being the result of an “architectual glass” tutorial:
wtf…?
When you look up in the dictionary the definition of “If you can’t do it, teach it.” You see a big old picture of him. LOL I’m kidding… well mostly. His gallery iIS pretty ghastly. Obviously old, but I sure as hell wouldn’t purchase education/training from his with images like that.
Great some honest replies, I only put this thread up cause at work we sat round and howled with laughter at the website run by a bloke with almost mythical status in the 3d world, a Yoda-like grand master who seems to have slipped his game and forgotten how to use the light sabre.
I don’t think his courses are about how to make nice images, but about how you can improve your workflow. His workshops are usually about easy tips and tricks to use features inside 3dsmax. It’s up to you how you’re going to use them with your own projects.
For example the Loft tool. It’s amazing how many “oldschool” 3d modellers don’t know about this feature or don’t know how to use it properly.
I’ve attended two of his workshops now and there were some things that were quite interesting. And I’ve been using 3dsmax for about 7 years now.
Certainly a valid point, but again, If you want to make any money selling your books, classes, etc etc, Man you gotta have something decent to show. I mean how many DVDs would Chris Nichols have sold, if on the front of the DVD, you saw a horrible pic, like say the pic a few posts above this one?
I can’t deny that, but Ted has build up a reputation for himself without making beautiful pictures and pretty much everyone knows him. I don’t think he has to do alot of promotion for himself. People know who he is and what he does.
And sometimes, he just invites himself to an event 
Last year during those workshops in The Netherlands, he called the organization and said: “What time do you expect me to be there”. Even if he wouldn’t have been invited to talk there, he would’ve come, just like Dave McKee. They would just show up because of the whole atmosphere during that event.
(An ex-colleague of mine organized that event. That’s how I know.)
“I don’t think he has to do alot of promotion for himself. People know who he is and what he does.”
This is whats confusing me. What does he do. I understand he was there in the beginning when 3d graphics took off so naturally all the old school industry boffins will know who he is and not mind when he tags along to one of their dinners uninvited.
But how can you charge almost $4000 for a 3 day course in Max/Viz to ‘Unlock the secrets and Discover the magic combination for beautiful images and great animation’ when the images on your own personal website prove your skills are still locked in the '90s?
PS - Did he do the animated video for Dire Straights Money for Nothing?