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Survey on Modeling for 3D Printing Hi everybody, I'm a PhD Student, currently working on multi-touch interfaces for 3D Modeling, specifically on mobile devices (tablets). I've prepared a survey on this topic, it would be really hel…	1 Last	JohnnyRaptor Mar 2014
Game art forums in addition to polycount Hey, Just curious if anyone knows any other forums that are remotely as active as PC. I wanna cross post some of my work, since usually whenever I post stuff on here it gets buried/ignored (which is …	3 Last	Count Vader Mar 2014
AOLDoom Anyone heard of this? [url]http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=632154[/url]	0 Last	Chael Mar 2014
Naga Swamp and introduction (: [B]Edit: Fk, I posted it on the wrong forum. I was very nervous T_T Can somebody move it to the Painting and Previews, please?[/B] Hello Poly (: This is my first post here and I'm not really sure if…	6 Last	Mnemosyne Mar 2014
CGMA's Interview with the Masters featuring the amazing Rafael Grassetti! [URL="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/946311898"][IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/2vn2w0h.jpg[/IMG][/URL]	0 Last	CGMA Mar 2014
Salary? I am in the process of applying as a Junior Enviro artist at a local studio here in the UK. They have not advertised a fixed salary for this and if I make to interview I anticipate they are going to …	4 Last	ambershee Mar 2014
Proper protocol on using concept art I can't seem to find a thread about this, though I'm sure the topic must exist. (Side-note - isn't there an advanced search function for this site?) But I'm wondering what appropriate steps should b…	4 Last	narticus Mar 2014
College Assginment: Pricing a Hardsurface Gun Hi Guys, SooooI have college assignment for my Business for Creatives class. Im supposed to ask around 10 video game business(in Northern Colorado ha!) how much they charge for a specific task, a …	18 Last	JSM Mar 2014
Blender 2.70 released Blender 2.70 is released [URL="http://www.blender.org/download/"][IMG]http://www.blendernation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/blender-2.70-splash.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL]http://www.blender.org/downloa…	0 Last	JSM Mar 2014
Town of Salem (Mafia inspired game) I hope this is the right section for this. Since we have GDC at the moment, and I read that Mafia was often played at GDC in the distant past, I post this browsergame [url]http://www.blankmediagam…	0 Last	Skamander Mar 2014
Graffiti and 'Fair Use' Hi, I am working on a city scene and would like to add some graffiti to it. After a quick search on the internet I found so many terrific pieces that are so much better than anything I could do. I l…	9 Last	Steve Schulze Mar 2014
where to look for freelance work? hello. where do you guys go to find freelance work? I'm not talking about optimizing portfolios, just wondering where you guys go and put links to your portfolio? for example: [URL="http://www.pol…	0 Last	wenglish Mar 2014
Question Regarding Indie Developing Programs Does anyone know what programs are typically used for indie developing? I'm making 2 lists right now: - A list of programs for the long run (commercial licences of Maya, Zbrush, etc) - A list of …	4 Last	Richard Kain Mar 2014
Visteon Driving Innovation Challenge Hey fellow polycounters. The company I'm working for, Visteon, is holding a UI/UX design challenge over at CGTalk and I'd thought I'd bring it up here. Visteon is an electronics supplier for automo…	0 Last	yoyomon Mar 2014
ILM Launches New Vancouver Visual Effects Facility [URL]http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ilm-launches-new-vancouver-visual-689174[/URL] [quote][SIZE=3]“We will be here at least eight to 10 years,” ILM chief creative officer John Kno…	6 Last	MagicSugar Mar 2014
DirectX12 Just saw this page for DX12. I am really surprised to be honest. [url]http://blogs.msdn.com/b/directx/p/directx12.aspx[/url] Looks like is is going to be presented on 20th. What can we expect from …	15 Last	jermaineb Mar 2014
Sony reveals project Morpheus, their VR system for PS4 [url]http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/18/5523984/sony-reveals-project-morpheus-its-vr-system-for-ps4[/url] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AlESavC.jpg[/IMG] This has been rummored for a while. Hard to know w…	6 Last	mLichy Mar 2014
Web Hosting Discount for Polycounters Ok I figured this would be a good place to share this since I know many of you like to find good hosts and save money as well so here is the info. I setup a special discount / promo code at Dreamhos…	86 Last	ambershee Mar 2014
2015 3D animation releases on AREA To get more information about the Autodesk 3D animation releases you can also check out the community pages on AREA: 3ds Max - [URL="http://area.autodesk.com/3dsmax2015"]http://area.autodesk.com/3ds…	1 Last	Computron Mar 2014
ShaderFX standalone unavailable? Hi all: Does anyone know what happened to the old standalone ShaderFX versions? I wanted to have a go at it, since I've only been using mental mill and I don't have access to Maya LT yet. Been googl…	2 Last	radiancef0rge Mar 2014
3d Printed voxel Prize contest Don't know how many voxel fans there are here on polycount, but maybe there's a few within the low-poly fans. Really low on the radar as a start up company, Reality Foil is hosting a contest using t…	2 Last	Hyveris Mar 2014
Xbox One Anyone else watching this? (ofcourse you are) Looks cool to me, glad they showed it right away :)	1.3K Last	NegevPro Mar 2014
Quixel SUITE \| DDO \| NDO \| 3DO \| MEGASCANS So, Quixel just revealed the whole big Suite deal they are having not to mention the amazing tools they have produced. [IMG]http://dev.quixel.se/sites/default/files/logo.png[/IMG] [url]http://dev.q…	2 Last	Mossbros Mar 2014
UVMap help? Hey can anyone give me tips for my work? What is bugging me is that I have unwrapped all the that I needed to and its just the sizing and grouping them.	2 Last	Rens Mar 2014
Bringing Back The Chat Room. Hey everyone. Just curious if you have heard of or have used this new android/IOS app called Banter. You simply sign up with a username and password, and then you can enter chat rooms based on topics…	7 Last	Cheathem Mar 2014
Tower of Guns: This will be the last thread I make about this--I hope! Hi Polycount! EDIT---- Well, Tower of Guns v.1.0 is now OUT on Steam. You can pick it up here: [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/266110//[/url] You can also find the game on Shinyloot, GoG, Gam…	22 Last	Isaiah Sherman Mar 2014
Do you ever think of making an impact on the world as an artist? I am a 3d artist. I do all kind of 3d models, get paid, do more models, get another paycheck, it's all good but sometimes I can't shake off the feeling that my job is somewhat pointless. I mean, look…	53 Last	maximumsproductions Mar 2014
Workstation Tips Maybe I'm growing old, but I've started to become more picky/sensitive about workstations, particularly comfort. Things that didn't matter much to me before are now very noticeable and make a big dif…	17 Last	[Deleted User] Mar 2014
Anatomy foundation, how to study So, Any advice of starting to learn anatomy from 0? I have no idea how to start. Also, i already accept the facts that i have to draw, and will do it. But i also want to learn Zbrush, at least someth…	12 Last	Boban Mar 2014
Game Development ( Programming) Comunities ? Hello people ! Hope you are having great time. I just wondered that if there is a place for game programming community out there,something like Polycount of Coders. I made a search and found tho…	1 Last	Ben Apuna Mar 2014
Advice Please! (FX or Environment Jobs) Hey guys! I'm hoping to get some professional advice on what might be better. I enjoy doing both Environment work and FX work for video games, but i'm having trouble deciding on what to concentrate …	7 Last	huynhke Mar 2014
just cause 2 Yesh I have got to 99.26 perecent complete and jeez i can't seem to find anything else now. Anyone got any good strategies for finding the remaining pickups. I am getting very bored just flying aroun…	13 Last	Ruz Mar 2014
Steam box hardware announced at CES So, looks like info on the steam box hardware is coming in. [URL]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-07-several-steam-machines-specs-and-prices-revealed[/URL] Seems like basically pre-built P…	72 Last	slipsius Mar 2014
Anatomy I've been working on a character sculpt this week and it's had me thinking about my lack of deep anatomy training. I went to art school and did life drawing, so I'm not at zero, but I'm also very awa…	75 Last	MagicSugar Mar 2014
Looking for a specific environment Hi there, I've been looking around for a particular environment I saw around here quite a while ago, and I cannot find it anywhere despite hours of searching. It was a kind of ancient Egyptian corr…	0 Last	Will Faucher Mar 2014
Hardware Questions, Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ask The Community. Hello World. So it's about that time again when I have to put together a build a new rig. But first, a little background.. [quote]Just moved across the country (NY -> CA). Didn't bring the six …	3 Last	ZacD Mar 2014
Avatar distress Why is my avatar a monster and not the image ive uploaded in my profile? :poly127:	10 Last	AA3D Mar 2014
I am Looking for portfolio critique :) Hi There, I have recently started out as a freelance artist, and, much of my work is NDA/Paid work so have not really kept my folio up to date, but I really want to filter it a little with your expe…	12 Last	RobertRamsay Mar 2014
Proven Lands Anyone recognize this particularly cute [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1940044&postcount=12808"]astronaut?[/URL] I'm loving this art style. Just backed it! [ame]www.youtube.com/w…	4 Last	HitmonInfinity Mar 2014
Marmoset at GDC [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/499159/marmogdc.png[/img] [COLOR=Silver][FONT=Arial]Hey dudes, the [URL="http://www.marmoset.co/"]Marmoset Co[/URL] team and I will be manning a booth at GDC…	7 Last	Swizzle Mar 2014
MeshFusion Trial 15-days [ if you own Modo ] [URL]http://community.thefoundry.co.uk/trymodo/#MeshFusionTrial[/URL] Check out available video tutorials and discussions before installing. :thumbup: Wish The Foundry will offer a sale around the …	3 Last	NickGW Mar 2014
When can one be called a 3D artist? When can one be called a 3D artist? I have started into the 3D industry couple years back and since then i have been doing some props and such and i am currently helping out on a game project as an …	28 Last	Roque218 Mar 2014
New modeller. Good day my fellow forum go'ers, Pretty dump question, but I want to learn about what got you really talented guys into modelling and what would you recommend for me to model I have a few ideas o…	9 Last	AA3D Mar 2014
Explaining your absence of the scene in a cover letter? Hi everyone! Just to put things in perspective here's my brief story. I got a diploma in 3D animation in 2008. Didn't get a job in my area and got sidetracked by life for a while. My folio was a bun…	6 Last	tarickTDS Mar 2014
A beard question for all males (and females on PC) Disclaimer: [spoiler] 1: I know this is massivly offtopic. 2: I guess this is "mainly" a male problem and especially if you grow facial hair, since a large part of this community is male this place …	47 Last	heboltz3 Mar 2014
Are you a new art school grad who may want to work for Dreamworks for 6 months? Application deadline March 21, 2014 [URL]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JulDbsXJJcE/UwaRCRhw_hI/AAAAAAAAPcU/m_7H_-TVdBE/s1600/Story_Initiative_Flyer_Spring2014.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://www.dreamworksanimat…	0 Last	MagicSugar Mar 2014
Is Santa Monica College Design Tech any good? [it's a community college] Just checking if anybody here has gone there. I'm building my own list of affordable schools to recommend. Nice school location given the short distance to studios. Wondering too about cost. Than…	0 Last	MagicSugar Mar 2014
A game that impacts peoples lives Let me start by saying, I love games and the game industry. I've known game development was my passion sense I was in middle-school. I started teaching myself 3D when I was 13, worked a plethora of …	68 Last	GabrielP Mar 2014
Is there much of a point to do art with an IPS panel? I just recently got an IPS panel myself for a dual monitor setup. The other being a TN panel. I was developing some art on my new IPS panel for a friend and he wanted to see some screenshots. So obv…	28 Last	tynew Mar 2014
Popcap Layoffs [url]http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/13/painful-and-necessary-layoffs-hit-popcap[/url] Sorry to those affected	12 Last	ExcessiveZero Mar 2014