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Business Card crit before GDC! Hey all, So I am attending GDC for the first time this year (see everyone @ the bar on Wednesday!) I know that the business card is not half as important as the portfolio, or my ability to talk to …	6 Last	Ewing Mar 2014
Asking Maxers to recommend Alt. I seriously have had enough issues with this app that i am looking to switch, i never thought i would have to but omg it truly saddens me as this was my first love. So it is time to part ways i want …	44 Last	D4V1DC Mar 2014
First GDC: What Do? Kinda self-explanatory this one, but I like words It's my first GDC in a few weeks and fortunately I'll be there the whole time with full access. I'm preppin like crazy getting a good portfolio site…	25 Last	redhonour Mar 2014
Need some Good Vibrations Every week i read about layoffs and people who are very sad about the industry or their lifestyle. Thats really bad - and i hope they land on their feed. I want to hear some good vibrations - post…	2 Last	xvampire Mar 2014
GAMING EXPERIENCE AND PREFERENCES QUESTIONNAIRE Dear all: I am a student of Communication Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto in Portugal and I am conducting a research study concerning the gamers experiences and preferen…	3 Last	Joopson Mar 2014
Blogs... WIP websites.... Hi Guys, Just wanted to make a blog / WIP dump and really wanted to know of websites out there that allow you to upload images; text etc in a nice professional format. I'm not looking to make a p…	2 Last	Shadownami92 Mar 2014
Austin, TX Meetup Hey everyone, Dinner and beer time! aajohnny and EvanL just moved to town, so let's use that as an excuse to get together. We're going to do Jan. 30th at 7pm at Opal Divine's. Located [URL="https…	44 Last	hogjonny Mar 2014
Allegorithmic at GDC 14 For those of you heading to GDC in SF next week, don't hesitate to swing by the booth and hang out with the team! We will have a big theater setup in front of the Valve booth with some awesome guest…	8 Last	CrazyMatt Mar 2014
How to properly promote your indie game Hello, as some of you may have seen I'm currently working on a personal project. Putting something like 8 hours in every day after my 8 hours of work at my job as an environment artist. I tell you th…	20 Last	GabrielP Mar 2014
Transition from programmer to 3D artist Hello there, Here's a question for you guys,and i could really use some input and advices especially from people who were in the same situation(if any). I'm 23 years old,and i'm from Romania(Europe's…	10 Last	Ben Apuna Mar 2014
Why are College and Uni lecturers paid differently to teach similar HE courses? Hey Polycount, The studio that I work at will be closing at the end of the month and I have been looking at other possible paths to follow. I have had a look at the lecturing route and found that…	5 Last	Dave Jr Mar 2014
The Waiting Game Hello fellow Polycounters, I'm sure this has been asked before, but I wanted to see what you guys thought... About a week ago, I applied to a few jobs pertaining to my certain field (level design) …	9 Last	Rurouni Strife Mar 2014
Time spend on concepts Hello! I have a simple question. How much time do you spend on drawing concepts of your project?	3 Last	Lev216 Mar 2014
Using free/premium template from web for portfolio Just wanted to ask, what you think about it. I've been putting portfolio together, and and stumbled across few nice free templates for site. Though I'm not going to use them exactly as they are (I n…	3 Last	EmAr Mar 2014
Time lapse videos/courses or real time? Regarding courses and videos showing sculpting process, texturing, modeling and what not/ I have seen many people do timelapse videos. How should me,or someone like me as aspiring modeler to learn t…	2 Last	SuperFranky Mar 2014
Games with standout menus Hey all, I was recently thinking about an often under appreciated part of gameart/ development and decided to come here to get some opinions on it. MENUS! What are your favourite game menus, I f…	23 Last	EmAr Mar 2014
Duelyst Kickstarter Campaign A close friend Keith Lee has launched a Kickstarter for his new project. It looks pretty slick. The character designs are pretty bad ass. Check it out. [url]http://kck.st/NLR937[/url]	7 Last	JacqueChoi Mar 2014
Matcaps Hey Guys and Girls, I was looking at the Zbrush Matcap library [URL]http://pixologic.com/zbrush/downloadcenter/library/[/URL] and was wondering which ones people loved the most or if they had person…	1 Last	Torch Mar 2014
As a programmer, how do I sell myself to an artist? I'm aware there are no coders here, however... I'm a programmer who is looking to put a team together to make a game, and I'm wondering what the best way to sell the project to an artist is? If I wa…	11 Last	Neox Mar 2014
3DS MAX 2015 -------Sneak Peek------- [ame="youtube.com/watch?v=Yg9KZUzkSHE"]3D Studio Max 2015 Sneak Peek #1[/ame]	82 Last	Minato Mar 2014
Learn Sci Fi Enviroment Hi :) I am a new 3D artist and i want to learn about sci fi enviroment modelling and texturing. please paste all the important threads or posts that i should never miss on Polycount.Thanks :)	4 Last	Mask_Salesman Mar 2014
The making of The Last of Us Grounded: The making of The Last of Us on SonyPLaystations YouTube channel. I haven't watched all of it yet, but it's really interesting and I recommend watching it. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watc…	2 Last	S_ource Mar 2014
Questions for a 3D modeller Hi I have a few questions id like to ask to a 3D modeller preferably somone that works in the industry. Its part of an assignment i'm currently doing where I have to research this field. Thank you fo…	5 Last	glottis8 Mar 2014
Should I finish my second year of game art and animation? After a very solid year of study I have begun my final year to complete my diploma. I was probably the strongest in my class ( it may sound stuck up, but I will fully admit that I suck at everything …	5 Last	JordanN Mar 2014
5 reasons why the (AAA) game industry is about to crash The #1 reason listed is exactly why I am perusing my own project full-time at the end of this year! I do not, however, believe the [i]doom[/i] of AAA is nigh. Simply that, from a development side, …	72 Last	rogelio Mar 2014
Cosmos: A space time Odyssey Trailer: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBTd9--9VMI[/url] Anyone watching this? It's basically a continuation of the Old Cosmos documentary series with Carl Sagan. Just watched first episode …	6 Last	StephenVyas Mar 2014
How to record tutorial videos So I have been doing this 3D thing for a while now and Im thinking that I might get more employment if I started making tutorial videos. I think there are a lot of tricks that I figured out that I w…	21 Last	VisceralD Mar 2014
Harware for the poor man So I have a question about some great hardware options. So to explain my story I really hate rendering because it just takes too long and my computer is disabled from doing anything else in the proce…	6 Last	VisceralD Mar 2014
CG Studio / Game Dev Map Stumbled across this on another forum and didn't see it posted here (sorry if I missed it). It's a map showing various CG studios, game developers and schools around the world. Stumbled across a few …	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2014
"Full Cycle" development expierence So fairly frequently job posts will ask for a certain number of years of "full cycle" experience, but I can't find a definition of the term anywhere. I'm guessing it refers to long term work on the s…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2014
Hard surface modelling and prototyping at the same time I found that doing hard surface modelling and prototyping at the same time in a standard modelling (not sculpting) app is not doable for me. When I started learning modelling I thought that there wil…	6 Last	dzibarik Mar 2014
Legal issues regarding Desgin. Hey guys, im pretty new to this forum and this is my first post! Not posting anything work related just yet. I have a little question i want to ask you guys since im quite new to this industry. There…	3 Last	Minovsky Mar 2014
"Just keep doing what you're doing!" Lately I've been feeling really low on juice. Normally I'm a super energetic and confident person, when it comes to my dreams and hopes on where I want to wind up in the games industry. I want to wor…	25 Last	skankerzero Mar 2014
Mocap versus Traditional Animation Hey Polycount.... So I've started a game with a fellow artist and an engineer. We're quickly learning a lot about our weakness' in some areas, one being animation. I've been tasked with taking the …	7 Last	slipsius Mar 2014
DAVE School is offering 3 Full scholarships to the Softimage XSI community March 07, 2014-The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School, located on the back lot of Universal Studios in Orlando Florida, is offering three full scholarships to the Softimage XSI community. Wi…	1 Last	WilliamVaughan Mar 2014
Working with non-profits and friends? So I recently offered to help a friend, who is starting a non-profit bird sanctuary, with their design work. I offered the help with the assumption it will be for no charge. I just want to help for t…	1 Last	ExcessiveZero Mar 2014
New monitor for real-time 3D art Hi guys, I've had my first contract as a games art freelancer for a little while now and I've decided it's time to upgrade my ageing Philips 21" monitor with something a bit bigger and better. It's …	36 Last	Entity Mar 2014
Recommending Anatomy book [not sold on Amazon] [URL]http://www.anatomyproartifex.blogspot.ca/2012/07/figure-artists-book-of-anatomical.html[/URL] I have this book and thought of sharing it to others into upgrading their anatomy knowledge. It's …	6 Last	Wendy de Boer Mar 2014
South Park: Stick of Truth There's a gameplay video of this now. Didn't see any other thread about it. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3VUcXEASo0"]South Park: The Stick of Truth - 7 Minutes of Gameplay - YouTube[/ame] …	21 Last	NegevPro Mar 2014
Those who Aren't in Games but work in 3D professionally, where do you work? Hey everyone! So as the thread title says, I want to hear from the people who don't work in the games industry. Times are tough in and out of the industry and while I will be at GDC trying to get of…	12 Last	phixel Mar 2014
Need advice: building level design / lighting artist portfolio from scratch. Hi, not sure if Polycount is the best place to ask this kind of question, but I am going to give it a shot anyways :) [B]A little backstory: [/B]I've been doing maps and mods since I was little, may…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2014
Super Smash Bros. 4 When does this game come out??? I want the online to have a ranked system not the stupid kid friendly one on brawl. I hope they do it. I'm a mario and shiek player and I believe I'm the best in the …	11 Last	manilamerc Mar 2014
3D Visualisation (watch) Hi guys can you give me some critique on what you think of my watch model. You can see all the images on my blog... [URL="http://tahajul.wordpress.com/category/year-3/masterpiece-project/"]http://ta…	2 Last	[Deleted User] Mar 2014
Hi folks Hey guys and girls, my names Joel and I'm a 3rd year student at Teesside university. I'm looking into building a team of 10 to 20 students/grads for building a game in unity. I would like to get it…	1 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Mar 2014
Wacom won't detect pen. Hey guys; I've had my Wacom Intuos 3 working like a charm since I first got my computer. My computer is running on Windows 7, 64 bit. My Wacom has stopped detecting my pen. The blue light is on, on t…	3 Last	Two Listen Mar 2014
DIS Layoffs "Disney Interactive has laid off roughly 700 employees, according to a [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/business/media/disneys-game-and-internet-division-cuts-one-quarter-of-its-workforce.html…	17 Last	PeterK Mar 2014
Lammily: A new type of Doll I thought this might be interesting to some. Its a doll created to mimic more the proportions of a real woman vs something like Barbie. Might be good gifts your daughters/nieces. Hell, I think I m…	14 Last	NegevPro Mar 2014
Gnomon vs Self-taught I have read a lot of forums debating whether people should go to art school or not and whether it would be time well spent to go to an arts school. I hear a lot of people saying that older students s…	9 Last	slosh Mar 2014
Zbrush UI Enhancement - Brush Selection ?? I don't suppose there's plugin/mod for something like this already ?? I feel this isn't really about getting used to the (horrible ?) UI. This isn't about learning that Edit Topolgy Skin Thickness a…	5 Last	nyx702 Mar 2014
Zbrush Polypaint for texturing Hey all, wasn't sure if this was deserving of its own post, but was interested to ask other ZB users about it. I recently checked out Michael Pavlovich's Eat3D dvd on Zbrush and in a lot of his work …	15 Last	Torch Mar 2014