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Tumblr and Youtube Channels? These days I enjoy watching creation videos on Youtube and like to scroll through Tumblr to see all the new artwork some of my favorite artists post. Can anyone recommend some good tumblr accounts to…	6 Last	Rob Macko Oct 2013
Shock of Green. A BIZ movie Simon Bisley has done a documentary of his process [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1dUdkIUuAc"]Simon Bisley - SHOCK OF GREEN - Movie - YouTube[/ame]	0 Last	seth. Oct 2013
Didja Know...U.S. gov. gives visas to foreign e-sport "athletes"? [url]http://metronews.ca/news/canada/744918/u-s-visa-rules-recognize-video-gamers-as-athletes/[/url] [QUOTE]In whats being touted as a victory for competitive gaming, electronic sport players are n…	5 Last	marks Oct 2013
Alternative Phone Carriers I'm getting tired of forking over so much $$$ every month to Verizon... anyone on one of these "alternative" carriers? After seeing this new [URL="http://gizmodo.com/heck-yes-the-first-free-wireles…	9 Last	HitmonInfinity Oct 2013
Autodesk Cave Conference [url]http://www.autodeskcave.com/[/url] Any of you's guys planning on going? I'm definitely entertaining the thought of going, looks like a lot of cool speakers will be there. And John Cleese.	0 Last	Sukotto Oct 2013
(OT) So, uh, I got famous for not being Jon Jones. If this is too offtopic, please close\nuke the thread. I just thought it'd be funny to post here since you've all known me for like.. forever, and this is totally bizarre. [url]http://fightland.vice…	25 Last	PeterK Oct 2013
Need your help to improve! Hi all, I'm new to this sort of thing but I have come on polycount innocently to share my portfolio, with the hope to get some feed back or laugh's, from some great artists. :poly122: Also I do fe…	6 Last	SnowInChina Oct 2013
Game design document, GDD, Examples Game design document(GDD)Examples Has anyone got any GDD's that are available and free of NDA or know of any examples that are available for download. Professional or MOD I don't mind. The examples…	3 Last	SnowInChina Oct 2013
INDUSTRY GIANTS 2013: Visual Effects, Animation and Game Forum INDUSTRY GIANTS 2013: Visual Effects, Animation and Game Forum Presented by A Bunch of Short Guys October 19 and 20, 2013 DALLAS/FORT WORTH: 12th annual Industry Giants will be the biggest year to d…	0 Last	ABOSG Sep 2013
Video game turns students to a life of crime Just saw this article, later linked on Kotaku: [url]http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/student-found-weapons-orange-co-elementary-school/nZ8DK/[/url] Sure, I can understand titles like GTA or CoD …	37 Last	Zocky Sep 2013
Question about Game Writing Hi, I would like to know if is possible for a foreigner to work as a narrative designer/game writer in an english game.	5 Last	Lazerus Reborn Sep 2013
The Inventory - Irish Game Developer Magazine [IMG]http://theinventorymag.net/images/inventoryfbcover.png[/IMG] [B]Intro:[/B] Hey there guys, I'm here today to let you know about a new website we're launching for Irish Game Developers, Environm…	0 Last	Sythen Sep 2013
Prices... I have a question about a price. Say, you have been offered to make a level in the engine. Small, but very detailed. I have difficulty deciding how much I would charge for it. Do you guys have any …	17 Last	AlecMoody Sep 2013
Unearthly Challenge..Where are you? Hey... Anybody know what happened to Unearthly Challenge? Just a random question.......	19 Last	Jonas Ronnegard Sep 2013
Hand painted texturing advice please? So uh, Hey. I've just started texturing in general, and could use some advice on handpainting textures in photoshop. I'm using PS cs6 and What I'm attempting to do is imitate the art style of Ted Par…	23 Last	Jeff Parrott Sep 2013
Low Poly Models (PS1 Era) - Guides, Advice, etc.? Finally got my computer back up and running, so now I can resume learning 'bout polygons again. HUZZAH! Anyhow, my question/inquiry-type-thing is this: Where would I find tutorials/guides/tips on …	10 Last	Snacuum Sep 2013
Polycount Dota 2 Chest Already dropped 25 bucks into it. Plan on buying about 100 bucks worth, will post my chest opening later :)	3 Last	DoubleLeaf Sep 2013
Is Polycount under attack? So I noticed there's a spambot or maybe even a person posting more and more on these boards. I first noticed it in my P&P thread. As I'm notified by email of replies in that thread I get the full res…	196 Last	Synaesthesia Sep 2013
Keane Hunter Comic Hi fine folk of polycount, a couple of friends of mine are working on their own comic book and they have finally reached a stage where they can showcase it to the public and hopefully gather some su…	0 Last	JohnnyRaptor Sep 2013
Project Profiles for Gaming Projects [IMG]http://www.engamer.net/assets/images/logo.png[/IMG] Hey All :) Just wanted to ping this your way. It's game related, and I figured this could be quite a useful tool for the various game projec…	10 Last	CloudWolf Sep 2013
Wix So I have seen a lot of hate directed towards Wix. The number one reason I see people dog on it is because of it being flash. Well a lot people don't realize that Wix now offers HTML and HTML5 layou…	18 Last	passerby Sep 2013
Fashion-focused Character Artist: Viable? Just a question of a potential specification of what I could concentrate on as a Character Artist in the future: How valuable and viable, or how often used, would a fashion-design focused character …	19 Last	lysaara Sep 2013
Box - Projection Mapping through real and digital space.... This got emailed around work and thought it was pretty kool; [url]http://vimeo.com/75260457[/url] Box explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection-mapping onto moving surface…	1 Last	cupsster Sep 2013
Star Wars 1313: Holy Shit² The demo was made on a high-end PC, everything realtime. They will show more tomorrow. Wii U maybe? I'm not really a graphic whore but this was AWESOME. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U08QNPk0…	51 Last	Sculptaur Sep 2013
Google Game Dev Map I've never really liked gamedevmap, it's just super clunky to use, so I made my own Google dev map a while back when looking for a job. I thought I'd copy them over to a new map, add few US studios t…	18 Last	Jon Jones Sep 2013
I just want to say thank you This is looong overdo, but I would just want to say thank you to polycount and all the people that helped me on this forum in the past. I dont visit the site as often as I did when I was working at …	12 Last	Cheese_Shinobi Sep 2013
Dexter Anybody watch the show Dexter? I started season 1 yesterday... and now I'm hooked.	156 Last	Torch Sep 2013
3D "Peachy" Printer [URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/117421627/the-peachy-printer-the-first-100-3d-printer-and-sc"]Kickstarter Link[/URL] The printer (named the "Peachy Printer") runs on audio files transmitte…	22 Last	Richard Kain Sep 2013
What makes a great Game Environment? (Aesthetically) So I'm doing some research into Environment Art for games. I wanted to ask the simple questions: What makes a great in-game environment? What hooks you in? What about it enhances your time within th…	26 Last	passerby Sep 2013
Sooo, I made an Android Game And it's called 'Invasion'. It's a quirky little platformer with cute pixel art, and there's a free version on Google Play! [url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bonchogames.invasi…	1 Last	TheWinterLord Sep 2013
Happy cakeday Sean Brice! [img]http://www.stuffistumbledupon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cake-of-thrones-game-of-thrones-cake-meme-lol-funny-pictures-food-meme_thumb.jpg[/img]	1 Last	seforin Sep 2013
I have my first Game interview Hey guys, just need some advice on what to do. I did an art test for a local games company that looks like it's a new start up. They provided me a concept from which i had to model and texture. I got…	2 Last	Xoliul Sep 2013
SVN/GIT hosting or alternatives? Hey everyone, i'm starting to take on full productions with my company and the need for version control is becoming a big issue, so i wanted to see if anyone had some recommendations for an svn or gi…	6 Last	Neox Sep 2013
Something is wrong Hi Devers, Couldn't open Polycount.com for a while, thought it was down. Just tried with a proxy server (different ip) and it showed up. It turned no PCs here are able to open this site unless throu…	10 Last	Maximum-Dev Sep 2013
Skyrim Mods Dunno if anyone else has seen this, but these mods are pretty sick. Makes me want to waste another 100 hours of my life on this. [url]http://deadendthrills.com/gallery/?gid=73#/[/url] [img]http://…	9 Last	Ged Sep 2013
Any Polycounters up in NYC need a room-mate? Hey! I just moved up to NYC to work and I'm in the midst of looking for a place. I'd much rather room with someone than live on my own so I'm just throwing out a bone to see what happens. Cheers!	11 Last	BlvdNights Sep 2013
Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Season 2 Another season is coming!!!! Wooo! Though, I wish they would just make a full length movie. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3jrR5XMSU"]Mortal Kombat Legacy Season 2 Trailer - YouTube[/ame]	4 Last	slipsius Sep 2013
Looking for tutor for mudbox :) Hello polycount. My name is chris.c or PoTaTo!!!. A friend and I have recently started to create dota 2 items. I have drawn the concepts and do the painting. He is a 3d max moddeler. However neither …	0 Last	potato Sep 2013
Head injury and difficulty modeling I've recently whacked my head really hard, but don't worry I'm seeing a doctor. My problem though is my polygonal modeling. I can't even do a low poly boot. Oddly enough I can still sculpt. Has anyon…	7 Last	DavePhipps Sep 2013
Help me with my portfolio please Hi Everyone. So i graduated fro my art course in juli and since then have been very busy applying for jobs. However, It isn't going very well. I was wondering whether anyone (Art directors and lead…	6 Last	chrisjuuuh Sep 2013
Mudbox Projection Texture Issue Hi. I am projecting a texture onto an asset in mudbox and I am getting quality issues. Whenever I project the quality of the texture is extremely poor. However, when I watch someone do it on youtub…	2 Last	Spencer_Holmes Sep 2013
Polycount.com issue Not sure where to post this but whenever I log in to the home page pretty much every time I see as I'm logged in as somebody else. When I go to forums I get back to my username. Hopefully somebody c…	2 Last	Mark Dygert Sep 2013
Name your weakness! Tried looking to see if there is a thread like this, but there isn't so... Would be interesting to see what things other artists struggle on and what others find easy etc. Guwonnn name your weakne…	78 Last	Mask_Salesman Sep 2013
Lucasfilm will combine video games and movies to axe post-production process Lucasfilm will combine video games and movies to axe post-production process [url]http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2295956/lucasfilm-will-combine-video-games-and-movies-to-axe-post-productio…	4 Last	peanut Sep 2013
Closed HAALP!	0 Last	SharpDressedSkull Sep 2013
Unity web browser games Hello I am looking for examples of [URL="http://unity3d.com/gallery/demos/live-demos"]Unity [/URL]working in a web browser, I would like to experiment with it over the summer and I am just looking f…	17 Last	littleclaude Sep 2013
Material on Car / Vehicle Modelling especially interior hey people, Iam searching for content and material of any sort, that handle the topic of how to approach the interior of a car or vehicle in general. Not just the chairs being somewhat placed on the …	2 Last	MagicSugar Sep 2013
Polycount does Hollywood Yo! [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=39206"]Daphz[/URL] and I are going to the Gnomon Workshop on September 21st and 22nd (this coming weekend) and we're planning on hanging out with…	12 Last	jaiarenwick Sep 2013
How to get around being a college drop-out? Hey, I just discovered this board (Normally I just view/post on P&P) and there seem to be some pretty insightful discussions going on, so I wanted to see if anyone has any input regarding an issue th…	28 Last	jaiarenwick Sep 2013
Got a job at blizzard! but i need help Hey guys, I recently signed my contract to be a 3d artist on the starcraft team and i couldnt be more excited to get started! It is a dream come true and such a big motivator/reminder to me that I…	18 Last	artquest Sep 2013