Each year, the day after Thanksgiving in the united states kick-starts the Christmas shopping season. This Friday is Black Friday. Doesn’t sound that good you might say… well, it is said the name originated from the heavy pedestrian and vehicle traffic occurring on the day after Thanksgiving – coloring the streets black. Later an alternative explanation suggested that this day marked the transition to profit and thus starting to write numbers in the books with black ink instead of negative red. Which ever way it was – It is a chance for you to get good deals… And this is exactly what I will try to gather for you here!

Cyber Monday is the online, and these days probably a much bigger brother to Black Friday. It was born after online shopping became much more popular and people started to avoid the rush to the stores, buying from the comforts of their own home during the weekend.

I will keep this post updated during the weekend as new interesting deals pop up. I aim for deals directly related to 3d, but also peripherals such as print, portfolio website and hosting, photography and other cool stuff a 3d artist might use or need. If you find something interesting, let me know about it so I can plug it in.

So lets start…

Forst Pack & RailClone

iToo Software has just joined with a Cyber Monday promotion on Forst Pack Pro and RailClone, offering a 25% discount on single license purchase. Use the coupon code – CMRB832924 on checkout to get the discount 😉

Image by Bertrand Benoit. 1st Runner-up, RailClone miniCHALLENGE 02.

Image by Mateusz Grzybowski. Winner of Forest Pack Submitted Image Giveaway.

MightyTiles

We are offering this great procedural texture tiling plugin for 3ds Max at a 25% discount – so it is just 135 (euros).

Buy Now

MightyTiles offers a solution for the creation of the most realistic looking tiled surfaces you can think of (such as wood planks, bricks, stone tiles, mosaics, metal cladding and more), with great flexibility and ease. Many blog followers use it and love it and if already test the demo and thought of getting it – THIS IS THE TIME TO DO SO 😉

Image by Bertrand Benoit.

Designconnected

DesignConnected models are being used by many of this blog followers, and you can see their work being featured on DCs gallery section.

They are offering a 15% Discount on all items using the voucher code – blackfriday. It will expire on the 27th so take advantage of it now!

model+model

Long time blog supporter and great 3d model makers – model+model are offering a 10% discount to all of you.

Just use the code BLACKFRIDAY during checkout (use all caps in the code).

CGAxis

CGAxis are offering a substantial price cut on single model orders – so you don’t have to buy complete packs. This offer is valid until the end of November.

Shaderlight’s Black Friday Sale!

Buy Shaderlight for SketchUp before midnight GMT today and get 25% off (does not apply to educational licenses). Simply enter BF25 at the checkout to get this amazing discount.

MOO Print

moo.com are offering 30% Discount on their various cool print products. You can get cool business cards done with your portfolio images scattered among them so no card is the same as the other.

Blurb Books

With Blurb, youll find all the tools you need to make your own photo book. It is a great way to gather your visualization work into a book format and showcase it to the world!

Use the code HOLIDAYTHANKS at checkout for 25% discount. This expires on the 26th.

Refurbished CANON Gear

Canon offers Black Friday discounts of up to 30% off on select products. If a new camera is out of your budget, then a refurbished one by Canon is surly better than the usual 2nd hand-pick.

Canon PowerShot S100

I’ve seen this little one in the hands of Peter Guthrie during the visit to Venice this year. For the size of it and the great pricing it has on Amazon currently, I’m seriously considering getting it as the “always on me” camera instead of my Lumix GF2.

You can see Peter’s photos taken with it here – Venice Architecture Biennale 2012.

Canon PowerShot S100 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide-Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)

Other COOL STUFF!

LUNATIK.com offers now through Cyber Monday, November 26th 30% off all products. From TAKTIK to Touch Pen, just enter code SWEETDEAL at checkout.

They make the coolest accessories to apple products such as the iPhone, iPad and the nano iPod. I’m getting the CHUBBY Stylus for my kids, since they abuse my iPad way too much with the bamboo duo I have currently 😉

They also have their own take on a duo type stylus…

I hope to get more stuff here during the weekend, so stay tuned 😉