Well, I would like to start doing some more intense graphics work very much, and I was just wondering what the people who do these things use to do it. I'm looking at people like Purity (Extasy) and others who do this type of thing. What programs would you recommend for me, bear in mind that this is the first time using a rendering program... I've used stuff like AutoCAD, ArciCAD, DesignCAD Express 3000 & Pro Desktop 2000i2.

u can do stuff with Cinema 4d, bryce 5, 3dmax, maybe even photoshop

PS:im into gfx's too