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Austin - Polycount MeetUP - Tue 1st [url]https://www.facebook.com/groups/274190442747902/[/url] Let's do something join the group and offer suggestions or just post here but I hope to see some of your pretty mugs.	0 Last	Ryan Hawkins Mar 2014
Stuck in my Head I've returned from GDC with a whole slew of new information for getting myself into the industry. I need some improvement. The past week I've been thinking in my head, going back and forth on wheth…	4 Last	Fwap Mar 2014
Music - what do you listen to whilst working? Hey everyone, I feel like the music I listen to indirectly affects what I work on. So I'm wondering what you guys like to listen to, or if you don't listen to anything whilst working on your sculpt…	2 Last	Jamil Shaukat Mar 2014
Just released a game for Android - Core! Give it a try! For over the past year myself along with two friends have been working on a game. We took an early build with us to ECGC to get some feedback and it was a pretty good experience. We had planned on re…	9 Last	commador Mar 2014
Air Travel - Do You Bring Your Work? Does anyone here work on their art while flying? If so, what's your preferred setup? I bought a laptop last year and was considering using it with my Intuos 4 on a plane next week. I will mainly be…	20 Last	.Wiki Mar 2014
A place to sell models? Are there some good sites where I can sell my 3D models?	14 Last	acitone Mar 2014
n/a n/a	18 Last	PyrZern Mar 2014
Environment Art - Share your experiences. I'm a 3rd year uni student considering options for honors year. I'm dithering between something tech art focused or environment art focused, so I wanted some opinions on what working as an environmen…	13 Last	Alberto Rdrgz Mar 2014
Oculus Competitor Some of the features look cool. [url]http://www.trueplayergear.com/[/url] Kinda odd how little info there is.	5 Last	Neox Mar 2014
is 'texture painting' going to be rendered obsolete in the next while? I was just going over some presentation of a new material/shader approach from RAD studios, where they were talking about masked/composite materials. With the introduction of UE4, it looks EPIC are…	32 Last	Count Vader Mar 2014
Programming for the iPhone My friend and I think we have a good idea for an iPhone game, but the problem is, we don't have any programming knowledge. I've looked through the Apple website, and I have a general idea of what I…	20 Last	RyanB Mar 2014
Free portfolio template. Hai So i whipped up a simple portfolio for the peers in my class. Though i'd share it here too. Feel free to throw any suggestions at me, or modification requests, if i have the time, i'd love to wo…	11 Last	.Wiki Mar 2014
Facebook buys Oculus VR [url]http://www.oculusvr.com/blog/oculus-joins-facebook/[/url] [url]https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10101319050523971[/url]	148 Last	ambershee Mar 2014
ZBrush Mac License for PC License Trade Anybody want to trade me their ZBrush PC License for my ZBrush Mac License? -edit- I found a trade partner.	1 Last	D4V1DC Mar 2014
What made you feel dumb today? I just spent an hour trying to figure out why my Maya normal maps were making my mesh look like the Banau Rice Terraces in the viewport. It turns out I forgot to tell Maya to use my normal map as a n…	6 Last	Torch Mar 2014
Anti Video Game Senator - Gun Smuggler [url]http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-indictment-against-leland-yee-puts-the-wires-clay-davis-shame[/url] Apparently this dude is one of the iggest anti video game advocates. Gues…	11 Last	Dataday Mar 2014
Help with 3d Max 2013 I want to use my UVW map in my Modifier list but when I do it only shows Planar Cylindrical + cap Spherical and Box Everything else is grayed out how do I get it all turned back on Thanks so m…	3 Last	solarmanJc Mar 2014
2 EQ Next Landmark Beta Keys Hey guys, I've got a couple spare EQ Next Landmark Closed Beta Keys I'll PM the keys to the first people who claim them below.	6 Last	LMP Mar 2014
Got the job! Just as I was beginning to forget what good news sounded like, I got a call today with a job offer. This will be my first studio job and I am super excited (and a bit nervous).I will be working as a…	27 Last	Pegbird Mar 2014
GDC 2014 Vault presentaion slides A lot of the slideshows from the GDC presentations are now up for viewing - [URL]http://www.gdcvault.com/free/gdc-14[/URL] I haven't had a chance to look through many, but there' seems to be some co…	8 Last	Alphavader Mar 2014
Yet more Sony layoffs! [URL]http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/driveclub/news/evolution_studios_guerrilla_cambridge_and_sce_london_studio_hit_by_layoffs.html[/URL] Even with the PS4 selling well, who does Sony think will make …	34 Last	Rick Stirling Mar 2014
Microsoft to Focus on PC gaming. [url]http://www.dsogaming.com/news/microsoft-pc-gamers-can-expect-more-focus-from-us/[/url] I hope and dream.	28 Last	weee Mar 2014
how to apply subsurface scattering to a textured character ?? sup guys im a beginner , i textured my character and now how do i SSS it ?? when i put the sss it fills all the object and my characters lips , how do i do and set up subsurface scattering , pls help…	2 Last	ysalex Mar 2014
oculus + facebook = ??? What do you guys think about facebook acquiring oculus rift? ive seen mostly negative comments. any positive? and what are you general concerns?	2 Last	jermaineb Mar 2014
Using Reference/Concept Art for 3D the right way Hey guys, so I've got a question that's been brewing on my mind lately. As a 3d character modeler who has a decent amount of experience, when I make models, I often make front, side, and back views o…	7 Last	Chiffy Mar 2014
Are there any game characters with long flowing hair over their shoulders? Are there any game characters with long hair flowing over their shoulders? ponytails and single mesh hair not allowed. I assume there aren't any because of technical difficulties.	9 Last	glottis8 Mar 2014
Game Business Cards I know lots of business cards change hands at events like GDC and with it having just ended, it seemed like a good opportunity to ask the community for input as I start to design my own cards for fut…	7 Last	darkmag07 Mar 2014
The Last Of Us MULTIPLAYER I need to ask what is the benefit of levelling up so high? All I care about is helping my clan.	3 Last	Wesley Mar 2014
GDC 2014 - Polycount Meetup Well folks it is that time of year again. It is time for all of us to sit around the fire and tell war stories over beers and food. Let this be our place where we make our plans for the event. Someon…	135 Last	EarthQuake Mar 2014
Grunt work = Results 24 tunnel segments in all shapes and sizes, 3 large caves, 3 small caves, 6 tunnel connectors to connect to the caves, 8 various rock models, 4 decals and 4 materials later and my respect has grown f…	10 Last	Lazerus Reborn Mar 2014
Utah Polycounters? It's a small industry here, but I think we're doing alright. Do we have any utah polycounters? We should meet up at Comicon SLC or something.	2 Last	.polygon Mar 2014
Game Engines and Pricing So, after a VERY exciting couple days, we have been shown Unity 5, Unreal 4, CryEngine, and Snowfall. Now, snowfall isn't available to the public, but the other three are, and they have had some big …	79 Last	frmdbl Mar 2014
Not interested in hand painted texturing. What are my options in 3d? Hi Polycount, I've been learning 3ds Max for a few months now and have figured that I love the modelling portion of my projects, often going long hours without realizing it. However, when I get to t…	17 Last	cvrlton Mar 2014
Animated Poem Hello, I will create a 2d animation from a poem with traditional technique. Its just that i dont read much and i have to come up with a poem so i can start working. Can you suggest me any poem…	1 Last	DimSum Mar 2014
n/a n/a	0 Last	sargentcrunch Mar 2014
Udk animated emmiter. Hi, I have a movable emmiter using matinee and it moves correctly but the point of the moveable emmiter is to spawn a spell which should move with my firstperson hand that casts it. But my problem he…	0 Last	Kalami Mar 2014
Opinions on this work Laptop Thinking about buying a laptop for when I travel and need to do work. I don't want anything to expensive as I cant afford it and just want it for a bit of photoshop, some modelling in 3ds max and ma…	4 Last	Lamoot Mar 2014
New GDC Tech Details: The Order: 1886 Full Article Here:[URL]http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/03/21/the-order-1886-fantastic-screenshots-and-renders-and-new-details-on-the-engine-emerge-from-gdc/[/URL] Download PowerPoint: [url]http://my…	5 Last	leleuxart Mar 2014
Magnetic By Nature \| Steam Greenlight Hey guys, my friend is shipping her game and really wants it on steam! Let's help her out! [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=236263227[/url] [url]https://www.youtube.com/wa…	19 Last	Miss Wiggle Mar 2014
GameJam.. Need help Hi there guys..;. I'm currently doing a gamejam this weekend and it has been a fair few months since I have even been behind a computer... My programmer has asked me to make him a character with sepa…	4 Last	Shadownami92 Mar 2014
On gaming versus other CG industries I have an opportunity to leave an alright-paying job as a CGI artist (advertising stills) for an equally alright-paying job in the gaming industry as a 3D artist. What do you guys think, where do …	5 Last	Decoyz Mar 2014
Factory bird PIXELS!!!!! Factory Bird - WARNING! very addictive [img]http://www.factorybird.com/factorybird/ForumPost_Image.png[/img] Trailer [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtDaDgb6dhU]https://www.youtube.c…	4 Last	Justin Meisse Mar 2014
Artists Wanted For 0 A.D. RTS Game If you are a community member of the Wildfire games' forum, you might already had noticed that a new modding team is being formed, which consist of a few old modding teams. The merge process being al…	6 Last	unit187 Mar 2014
The overuse of Red in Team based games. So, someone was mentioning that Red isn't as well perceived for movement in our eyes. After a little digging of my own, rods, which do the majority of the grunt work for night, peripheral, and motio…	35 Last	kat Mar 2014
3ds Max vs Maya During my school education, I was taught to use Maya because I was told that this was the industry standard software for modeling for games. I recently started working at a small indie studio and on…	74 Last	Baron Flame Mar 2014
Playstation 4 Thread Well, the rumour mills have started full swing. Not sure how much of it is true or not. But honestly, I like the used game thing, I don't like the not backwards compatible thing. [url]http://kotaku.…	262 Last	glottis8 Mar 2014
Looking for advice/words of wisdom So I have been unemployed for about two months now. I am located in upstate New York and I have applied to studios in the Austin, Texas region and LA, California region. For some reason I have not he…	10 Last	skankerzero Mar 2014
Low poly tank advice. Hi all, I am fishing for tips on how to texture my low poly tank that I have made. (please click on the link as I am new to this forum) [URL]http://www.flickr.com/photos/104826227@N03/13312184834/[/…	0 Last	Swanacas Mar 2014
GDC Parties Hey all, Just thought I'd share this comprehensive list of some of the GDC parties happening next week. Created by Pedro Chavez: [url]http://t.co/NwgeLqz87b[/url]. Didn't want to hijack the PC mee…	22 Last	MeshModeler Mar 2014
Action Painting Here's an amusing diversion for your Friday (If it's not Friday yet where you are, I expect you'll find your way there eventually). It's a very simple platform game where your character is a brush pa…	0 Last	Steve Schulze Mar 2014