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The Man of Steel, Zack Snyder's superman film First picture just got released. [URL="http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/168111-first-look-at-henry-cavill-as-superman-in-man-of-steel"]See it here[/URL] Why else is excited? Zack Snyder'…	193 Last	Jeremy Tabor Jun 2013
The Neverhood creator's Kickstarter: Armikrog [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1949537745/armikrog[/url] [img]https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/projects/260224/photo-main.jpg?1369686218[/img]	0 Last	shotgun Jun 2013
First mobile game release Hi people First mobile project i have worked on was released worldwide this past week [Eden to green]. If you have time, please try it and tell me what you think, you might want to use wifi for the…	1 Last	mikhga Jun 2013
Amazon.co.jp - Prime: The Definitive Digital Art Collection Those of us living in Japan can get Prime for 1600 yen from Amazon (vs 5500 yen). [ame="http://www.amazon.co.jp/Prime-The-Definitive-Digital-Collection/dp/0956817149/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=13722358…	1 Last	Jonas Ronnegard Jun 2013
Art Test as modeler/texture artist Hi everyone , A few days ago I have contacted with a company that develop asset's for games and i send my portfolio and resume and get response . "WE SEEN YOUR WORK AND WE LIKE IT. ..NOW YOU ARE SHO…	22 Last	NyneDown Jun 2013
Where should I start? Hey Polycount! This is quite wordy, but bear with me :D After ages of surfing threads I've finally decided to make an account and hopefully motivate myself to start creating more 'professional' ou…	26 Last	CLM Jun 2013
Fair use I'd like know some information on fair use, and what it consist of. What would count as fair use? Example is using a certain amount of second audio clip for learning and making a non-commercial ani…	3 Last	zombieminteractive Jun 2013
16 hours worth of in-depth UDK videos Hi all. I checked with Sean VanGorder about posting his here, and he was cool with it so here goes! I just released 16 hours of UDK tutorials on my site - [url]http://www.hourences.com/released-four…	13 Last	Eggbird Jun 2013
My friends are so close in making it! Hey all take a look at this beautiful game [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1400657451/afterland[/url] They are really close in making the funding goal, it would be really nice if you guys c…	1 Last	ScudzAlmighty Jun 2013
Every Game Studio Thats Opened Since 2006. [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=2]Every Game Studio Thats Opened Since 2006, please feel free to add any that you know off. [URL="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArcgIonMLq0OdGQ0Rll5Zl9vRkc…	74 Last	littleclaude Jun 2013
Fate? Coincidence? Whatever, it was cool anyways So here I am, amateur character artist, enjoying a cup of coffee while browing PC, and a stranger and his lady friend walk up and say hello to my friends, speaking of moving to Maryland. We all ask w…	5 Last	ambershee Jun 2013
Sectaurs == Wells Just a heads up; like a lot of you, I've decided to change to my real name. The studio I worked at for 5 years closed it's doors last week. I just got picked up by another on the west coast so I'm…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2013
Need Recent Grad Advice I just recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Video Game Art and Design. Afterwards I moved back to the West Coast to the East Coast. I basically couldn't afford it on the West Coast after …	33 Last	Lazerus Reborn Jun 2013
Monsters University Anyone see it yet? Saw it today with some friends and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely glad that they decided to go back into the Monster world and flesh it out a little more. Very enjoyable and…	12 Last	skylebones Jun 2013
Streams Hi guize, do you know any good streams about digital painting and/or game art ?	0 Last	SolarWolf Jun 2013
New Star Citizen Trailer. Thought you guys might be interested in this. The new Star Citizen trailer is up. All rendered with the Cryengine. [URL]http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/21/4453530/first-look-at-star-citizens-bmw-spa…	3 Last	mystichobo Jun 2013
LIVE Masterclass for animation going on RIGHT NOW (Destiny animations shown) Hey all, iAnimate is hosting a masterclass at Pixel Challenge in Quebec Quebec right now. They are streaming the entire thing LIVE right NOW! If you are at all into animation, you need to check this …	1 Last	JohnnyRaptor Jun 2013
New guy @Ubisoft Montr Hey all, I'm suuuuper pumped to be starting my new job; working with the Ubisoft Montr	27 Last	Di$array Jun 2013
The Witcher 2 Combat Rebalance mod For all the those with TW2, some CDpjkt Red guys have (in their free time) made this unofficial rebalance mod. [URL]http://redkit.cdprojektred.com/index.php?c=mod&m=show&p=77[/URL] Sounds rather aw…	0 Last	Bek Jun 2013
Fixing Microsoft Surface Pro / Windows 8 So I picked up a surface pro a few days ago and I have been really enjoying using it. There are a few things that need fixing however. So I thought I would list a few fixes and tweaks. 1. Get more a…	5 Last	AzzaMat Jun 2013
VFX scripting and in UDK Hi guys I'm just getting into VFX stuff and I'm not entirely sure where to get started. I'd like to improve my skills with Cascade in UDK and also want to get into scripting so does anyone have some …	2 Last	Moshbeast Jun 2013
Kinect for windows, anyone? Do any of my fellow Polycounters have any experience with Microsoft's Kinect for windows? I'm researching the feasibility of using it for facial performance capture of voice actors in animation. I'…	2 Last	Gmanx Jun 2013
University interview - help? Dear folk of polycount! I made it... at least half the way to studying game design. I had to deliver a homework, which i passed, and now I will be in an interview next Thursday. Besides other conce…	6 Last	littleclaude Jun 2013
GA MovieFest Challenge Game Artisans have a new major challenge starting up. I know a lot of you have sworn of Fred's challenges (not unreasonably) given the numerous organisational quirks they invariably have, but if that…	0 Last	Steve Schulze Jun 2013
Don't update your PS3? From Kotaku: "We've started getting reports from some readers that the update is bricking their system, locking their consoles on the boot-up "ribbon" screen, and a thread on Sony's official forums s…	23 Last	ErichWK Jun 2013
Modular modeling for organic environment? I was watching and reading tutorials on modular environment modeling, but they all are for buildings and geometric environment. How well does modular modeling work for an organic environment full of…	8 Last	chrisradsby Jun 2013
Looking For Music Feedback Hey all. On the side I like to work on music and I know that there are plenty of game artists out there who are musicians as well. (I would almost like to say that its a good 25-50% at least) So if t…	2 Last	chriszuko Jun 2013
Z4 Dance Around the World EP Hey Everyone! I just released my free EP the other day and wanted to drop it here to pimp it out a little bit and get some thoughts on what people think. I'd appreciate any feedback(even if it invol…	2 Last	chriszuko Jun 2013
Unfold3D Generation 8 unfolds one million triangles mesh The Polygonal Design team is happy to announce the [url=http://www.polygonal-design.fr/e_unfold/newversion.php]generation 8[/url] of our UV unwrapping software [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?featu…	0 Last	Thierry86 Jun 2013
3DS - Who got one? Let's talk games and codes! So, yeah. Who got one? I bought an XL and I've been absolutely hammering it. 135-ish hours of monster hunter 3 and a bunch on other games later and it's one of my better console purchases. Picked up…	6 Last	Jonas Ronnegard Jun 2013
End of the year Game Project So my teacher gave us a project. "Remake any game you want and make some thing now out of it. The rules: 1)You can group up with others and outside help is ok 2)You have to do most of the work So f…	1 Last	benjaminsmith83 Jun 2013
IO Interactive Layoffs half its staff More layoffs sorry to all [url]http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/17/hitman-absolution-dev-lays-off-half-of-staff[/url]	11 Last	Ryan Hawkins Jun 2013
Texturing mushroom/fungi? Hi I'm very new to the whole 3D CGI field, and I'm doing texturing for the first time with limited lessons. What I want to model and texture are giant mushrooms, but their textures don't seem tile-a…	10 Last	Desperad0 Jun 2013
Stomp Games (Tencent Boston) Layoffs So as of this morning I am one of many unemployed from Tencent Boston... Anyone looking for a senior concept artist? -link removed due to banhammer- i still have my cghub folio up but is is t as r…	40 Last	agk3d Jun 2013
Free landscaping thanks to a Tornado We had a big storm across metro Atlanta on Thursday, and I was unfortunate enough to get a tornado down my street. I've been living here for three years now, and this is my first time experiencing n…	4 Last	A-Train Jun 2013
Half of IO Interactive laid off. Commiserations to to all affected :(	2 Last	A-Train Jun 2013
Is it weird to like low poly models :/? Hello there! My name is Nehemek, I'm new here, so don't get mad at me if this is the wrong section to post this. Anyway the reason why I joined this f	16 Last	Stromberg90 Jun 2013
orthographic requests Hey everyone, I've been looking for some kid buu ortho's for a while really want to give him a try. anyone know where I can grab some of the line, or if anyone has any.... sharez?	1 Last	Justin Meisse Jun 2013
Ways to monitize our skillset as artists. Making a list... -Working for a company -Freelance -selling tutorials, art books, resources -Dota 2, TF any others?	7 Last	RyRyB Jun 2013
freelancing with blender? I'd like to start doing some freelance character modeling work in the future but I can't afford commercial licenses to 3dsmax or Maya so I was thinking of using blender. For those of you who freelan…	78 Last	James Ordner Jun 2013
Avatar? This is prob a noob question, but how the heck do I change my Avatar on Polycount?	2 Last	darkmanx_429 Jun 2013
Yet more layoffs at EA This time it's Danger Close. [url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125047-Electronic-Arts-Confirms-Danger-Close-Closure[/url] In many ways, I'm not surprised. The last two Medal of Honor g…	2 Last	PixelMasher Jun 2013
To Eidos Montreal I go! Hey all! So after 3 years at Digital Extremes, it's time to close that chapter and start a new one! I'll be starting at Eidos Montreal early July! :poly142: I'm super pumped / scared shittless but …	30 Last	Bruno Afonseca Jun 2013
Sometimes, life gets in the way - but... Howdy Polycounters, Those of you who've been here forever might remember me (Metalliandy, MoP, AlmightyGir and the rest of the Londoners, I'm looking at you), but a lot of you probably won't. I was…	14 Last	Desperad0 Jun 2013
Copyrighted/Trademarked content in assets sold in 3D marketplaces I'm sure everyone is well aware of the innumerable assets sold on various 3D marketplaces that bear brand logos, copyrighted product design, and such. How come these people who sell them don't get su…	8 Last	Ace-Angel Jun 2013
Looking for advice This will be my first post here and I would like to say hello to everyone! this forum has been invaluable in my quest to learn game design. I will try and keep my question short and to the point! To…	10 Last	jaaamesss Jun 2013
Some perspective from a 3d environment artist on the Xbox One [I]I deleted the contents of this thread cause it was kinda silly to start a whole new thread for this. Since there is already there Xbox One thread, where this would have been appropriate to post un…	0 Last	CyberGameArts Jun 2013
Sapphire HD 7970 GHZ Edition malfunctioning - which AMD? Good people of polycount, i have bought myself a [B]new workstation[/B], unfortunatly i have a lot of problems with my [B]Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition[/B]. First my pc broke down a couple of times, wh…	5 Last	oXYnary Jun 2013
E3 2013 Parties/Polycount Meetup any word on parties happening around e3 or even a polycount meetup?	52 Last	artquest Jun 2013
Different facial types by country I came across this great reference picture, which I thought could help people here. [URl=http://randomwire.com/wp-content/uploads/average-faces.jpeg] Facial Recognition [/URL]	11 Last	peanut Jun 2013