Okay bear with me :) . Here's the short rundown, I worked in a game studio for about 2 years, working as a junior 3d Artist/Leveldesigner. unfortunately the studio went belly-flop along with the economy and due to my short work experience it was hard for me to get a job, add to that some personal issues which resulted in a…
Here's a topic of discussion I think would be interesting. Describe your reasons for making art.And I don't mean "because it pays the bills." I'm sure most, if not, all of us here would be making art in some form or another even if we were accountants for our day jobs. Describe why. So I'll go first. When I hear the word…
Howdy! I'm Tay, a Game Art and Design student at Ex'pression College for Digital Arts. I am currently taking a media studies class as part of my program. We've been tasked with maintaining a blog, populating it with an interesting point of view and content of substance to support that topic. The following term, a small…
Do you know situations like this? I do and i asked myself: is this just a human characteristic do not have long sight. I guess the answer is YES. :D Do you know "workflows" which feels like walking through slime where you have to click 20 buttons or press 10 keys to reach a hidden debug menu to test something - over and…
Are you passionate about video games? Do you want to keep progressing in an exciting, young and dynamic environment? Gameloft is currently seeking a User Interface (UI) Designer to join our team. Gameloft is an international developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones and consoles. Founded in 1999 and…
Caution: Longpost is long! :smile: I've got kids. They're awesome. And I believe gaming matters. It's the best, most awesome and complex content generated by human beings. I want to get my kids hooked on gaming, but do it in a 'proper' way. Show them some classics, show them some history. Show them the really hard-to-beat…
It seems lately I just can't get motivated, and its tearing me apart. Im scared to start anything because Im afraid ill give up too soon and fail, and when I fail it can be weeks before I can get back up. I really want to be character artist, but everyone talks about it being a hard gig to land and that is really not…
pre-warning: I suspect that there have been threads in the past that have had a discussion on this very subject. I have honestly looked around for them, but found nothing solid. So if you think this thread is unneccessary or the discussion has been opened too many times, please excuse me, it's not my intention to fall into…
VERY IMPORTANT: We'll use this thread from here on out to discuss how much of a tool I am. In my editing of the thread to include those FIGHTER submissions that didn't make it due to technical difficulties I completely removed the thread from our database. I had merged in someone's post, which ended up being that thread's…
Hello everyone! I'm new to Polycount and I would really like to read your opinions on my case. I realise that this topic has been brought up in many threads before and I have read through most of them. Still, I feel the need to get some advice on a personal level, as this is a pretty big and important decision for me to…