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Plagiarism, findings

Found this while searching the net for something i created recently and came across this: Author: [URL="http://sephiroth-art.deviantart.com/art/Knight-275211602"]Artwork[/URL] Re-created Mobile gam…
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NegevPro

Final Year Project need help!

I should have done this sooner but here it goes. I'm a designer on my third year making a game set in the desert with a diner and your job is to defend the diner from food monsters with diner equipm…
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JVZombie1990

Closed [Environment] Sting Like a Bee

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becoolmin

What should be in your portfolio?

I'm helping some students figure out what's missing from their portfolios, so they can focus on what to improve. I wrote down a list of stuff I look for when evaluating new hires. I'm sure I'm miss…
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recepticonbot

Strider

Anyone else looking forward to this remake? Comes out on wednesday, only $15. I like the fact that they went the metroid/castlevania route with interconnected levels and upgrades. Looks good [url]h…
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Bigjohn

Friend looking for flatmate - Wellington NZ

Putting this out there: My friend is having a hard time finding a place to rent a room in Wellington. If you know someone who can be quick to contact, please PM me the info. Looking for about $170 +…
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Lamont

Gorogoa

My brother just sent me a link to this game. There is a demo, and trying it out thought i should share this around. Pretty neat idea, and i like the art and how its used here. Thoughts? [URL="http:/…
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nordicorc

The LEGO movie

This seriously came out of nowhere [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPnY2NjSjrg"]The LEGO® Movie - Official Teaser Trailer [HD] - YouTube[/ame] But I have to say I'm loving the style, it's like…
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skylebones

error when trying to POST on here help

Hi when i try to post TO Polycount Showcase it gives this error "syfer, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have su…
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syfer

The Elder Scrolls Online -- Alliance Cinematic Trailer

Lot of big guns coming out today [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IzSkymiYcA"]The Elder Scrolls Online -- Alliance Cinematic Trailer [HD] - YouTube[/ame]
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Skinpop

Zbrush UV's and map baking

I'm having a hard time nailing the proper workflow to get good maps for my rock sculpts from Zbrush. One problem I have is visible seams, and this last one I'm not sure about (see image). Everything…
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Francois_K

A little making of.

I recently got asked by someone if I could share some more details about how I made a specific character model. Since I document my process on my work, most of the times, I figured I could turn some…
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fatihG_

Cryengine or Unreal Engine for city simulation

Hello everybody I have a simple, ok maybe not so simple question :-) We are looking to build up a city simulation within the cry or unreal -engine. I would like to know what you guys think which one …
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iniside

Looking to interview an artist

Hello, and thanks for reading. I'm a high school student writing a research paper on video game artists because I want to follow this career path. For my paper I need to get a source from a person cu…
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rogelio

Hawken (the game)

Bloody impressive [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm7gEDhrPfk[/ame] wait a minute... Hawken? LOL
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NegevPro

Any idea!?

Hello everyone! I'm trying some time get some idea for a game... I've had some ideas, but have already been overexploited. I'm trying to think of something innovative / new! I want help from you! Do…
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Ruz

How do I Trigger a Trigger using just 'Used Triggers'??

Hey guys, I'm trying to create a sequence of 'used triggers'. IMAGE 1 : Here is my scene. 3 x light switches on a wall and 3 x lights. The game begins with no lights being shown and as each trigge…
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RyanB

why must I decide?

I see in every portfolio critique to focus on one or the other, character or environment. Now would this be true for someone not aiming to be in the industry ? ( still wanting to improve my skills dr…
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MrHobo

Flappy Bird

interesting game and article [url]http://www.macrumors.com/2014/02/10/nintendo-flappy-bird/[/url]
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WarrenM

The Last of Us

I couldn't find an open thread on this, but this one came as somewhat of a surprise to me. Especially considering the main character looks just like Nathan Drake + 10 years. I am looking forward to a…
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Habboi

Need a Website for your Project?

[IMG]http://www.engamer.net/assets/images/logo.png[/IMG] Hey all, just wanted to ping this your way as I genuinely believe a lot of people may find this useful. There are a lot of really great proj…
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CloudWolf

3D Studio Max to XNormal Workflow

I have been trying to bake a normal map from my high poly model onto my low poly model using xNormal but when I do it all I get is a bad normal map. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a g…
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Spencer_Holmes

How long did it take you to break into the game industry?

Hey guys i have a question, I'm only have 1 and a half years left of college and im starting to work on a portfolio. Im trying to work hard because i want to get a job right out of school but i know …
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Ged

StarCrawlers by Juggernaut Games

a few of my buddies are working on this, and asked me to spread the word! art looks rad, go support it [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/125859261/starcrawlers[/url] [IMG]http://starcrawler…
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j4polaris

projection keyboards, anyone got/tried one?

I just found out about these yesterday. Do they work, are they buggy? I've been waiting for them to come out with a portable keyboard, or some kind of virtual display thing. Figured it would be some…
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passerby

Self Learning to become a 3D artist - Required skills list ?

Hi all, I was hoping that polycount would be able to help me make a complete list of the the fundamentals and skills that I would need to become a 3D artist through self study (me personally would b…
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Eric Chadwick

PC build for 3D help

Give me the best PC build for 3D. I want to use for Modeling, render, using Zbrush full capacity. UDK or CryEngine. Budget 4000 Euro.
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LANKUS MAXIMUS

What's It Like To Work In The Video Game Industry - Marc Brunet CharArtist Blizzard

2 youtube vids [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z59MvqUWfDw"]How it is to work as a professional Artist - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owYaZ_cxNzI"]3 Realities of Working …
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MagicSugar

Things to consider when buying a new PC for 3D art creation...

Hi guys. I recently created a thread that focused on portfolio creation. I received some really helpful comments that covered all aspects that would need to be considered when creating a portfolio …
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ZacD

I am a brave knight

I am a brave knight. This was my game for the Global Game Jam, an activity to make a game in 48 hours. The topic was: "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are". This is an artistic e…
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JasonLavoie

where do i buy an old version of photoshop cs

Where do i buy an old version of phothoshop cheap i did try ebay but i dont now if i can trust it and amazon has the old version on a high price than the new one. so any one tell me a good site for m…
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Neox

London substance meetup

What time are people getting into london tonight? anyone fancy a nandos before we head to the event?
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fearian

Internships

I'm sure this kind of stuff is asked here all the time... but I figured I'd post here since most people have a lot of experience with these types of things. I'll keep it simple though: I want to ge…
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Torch

Unsung Story

[URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482445197/unsung-story-tale-of-the-guardians"]Kickstarter Page[/URL] Not too sure about the capabilities of Playdek, but it's great to see the design, char…
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Goeddy

Lords of the Fallen

So this happened: [url]http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/02/10/seven-minutes-of-developer-gameplay-lords-of-the-fallen[/url] [IMG]http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/usgamer/Lords-of-The-Fallen-Screenshot-…
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aajohnny

TV Streaming devices

I have a tv tuner in my rig with our cable connected to the tuner. I recently called the time of death on my once glorious rig and started using my laptop as my main computer, it is ten times better …
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the_Adri

How hard is it to create your own portfolio site?...

I know there are lots of sites that allow you to create your own website. I am currently using carbonmade (Like many others). I've seen a few people using dedicated blogging sites. A few people using…
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hadidjah

Best practices for a portfolio website

So I have been pounding my head on this for a while and as a 3D artist I really want to redo my website Here is the link to it right now [URL="http://www.scorchingstudios.com"]www.scorchingstudios.…
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ExcessiveZero

Too many professions and I want a little of every one

I feel like I'm getting to the point where I have to decide which direction to take in the whole mess of jobs professions and what not in the games industry or do I? To start from the beginning, I…
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Windspiek

Closed Epic Dragons - Teaser Feb 2014

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bugo

Noob question about game props...

Just wanted to clarify some things... Is there a rule for how "low poly" game props need to be? Under a certain amount? Is it more like use your best judgement? Ive seen tutorials that use the PSD …
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Eric Chadwick

really awesome drawing tutorial site?

I can't remember the name of that awesome digital drawing tutorial site.. you know the one with the tutorials and stuff. :D coloring chrome, shadows, etc.. you know!! Anyhow got a neice learning digi…
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LANKUS MAXIMUS

Simple Texturing Tutorial - Photoshop

I put together a very simple tutorial to demonstrate some texturing basics. This demo uses a very simple cube, but the principles will enable an artist to texture more complex objects. It was geared …
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Lazerus Reborn

The proper working chair

Hi guys,first thing first, forgive me if this topic was already opened,possibly multiples times,but my quick search of the forum didn't gave any resoult :poly122: So,I am 7 months now suffering from…
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Chai

Drawing on screen

Hello guys. Anyone knows what software uses Ryan kingslien to draw onscreen smoothly like this? [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJdtkHLDhN0"]ZBW: Understanding LightCaps - YouTube[/ame] I have t…
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Eric Chadwick

Musician needed for short films

So as some of you guys know I've been trying to put together some short films in my free time as a hobby and have recently started to initiate that whole thing with some friends of mine. So far we ha…
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maximumsproductions

Hello, I need some suggestions plz

Hey everyone, I'm pretty new to these forums but I follow the P&P section religiously. I've been running through digital tutors tutorials for awhile now. Mostly for maya. Haven't gotten around to Zbr…
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NegevPro

Advice to someone who is about to graduate

Hey Guys, So basically I am just curious how you guys started out if you went to school, also advice on getting freelance jobs, where should I look, websites and forums I should use. Thanks for…
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dystopianghost

Tutorial Course Giveaway

[UPDATE: From now until Feb 8th (this Saturday!) I am going to be giving EVERYONE that likes the Professor Poly Facebook page a free code to my courses. As a thank you to all you guys for all the sup…
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BradleyWascher

PolyPoles!

*there are spelling errors in the image. I speak English as my first language, I was just typing in a rush. I'm so very sorry.* Hey guys, so the other day I came up with a neat idea. I saw some nat…
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r13

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