Looking for some artists...

I'm looking for some artists to help me and my friend in graphics design for our C++ game. We would greatly appreciate anybody who would like to volunteer for this project. We won't be really starting this project for quite some time - we just want to get a good feel for who's willing to help.

We're also looking for information on 3D graphics design programs and what to use to design the graphics for this game. I was thinking something like 3D Studio Max or something similar, but that gets pretty spendy. :\ If anybody has a list of programs off the top of their head ranging from pretty nice to a bit cheaper, that would be great.

We will be designing stuff like animals, people, and what not if that helps any.


Thankyou from the bottom of our hearts
Rick and Brian