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Beginner Workflow and other questions Hello, I'm working as a set modeller for animation since 6 months and I'm would like to apply to some character modelling jobs in the video game industry. I started modelling a character but actuall…	16 Last	Deerhunter Jan 2013
Using Concept Art Sorry If a thread has already been made on this, or If it should go somewhere else but - Are they any 'rules' on using someone else artwork for a sculpt? I emailed someone a long time ago asking If …	8 Last	Andreas Jan 2013
Where to study design basics? Hello everyone, my name is Jonathan and I love game environment art. I'm studying a lot and would like to one day be able to work in a great title for a large company, so I'm trying to build a good p…	3 Last	Gestalt Jan 2013
Hug your kid at home, but belt them in the car. The automobile thread! So another year is here and we all know what that means... SHINY NEW CARS :poly142: (or anything on wheels with a motor built for human locomotion) In this thread you can talk about your favorite u…	145 Last	kaptainkernals Jan 2013
nVidia Shield [URL]http://kotaku.com/5973641/nvidia-out-of-nowhere-announces-a-new-gaming-handheld[/URL] I dunno... this feels like a mis-step. Screens a bit small looking too. Unless it's a hundred dollars or so…	29 Last	littleclaude Jan 2013
Can someone give a student(me) portfolio advice? Hi, My name is Adrianna. I'm from Montreal, Quebec and I'm a Graphic Design student. I graduate around the first week of November. In order for me to graduate I have to be accepted into a three wee…	17 Last	HardBaller Jan 2013
Seriously thinking about leaving the US Over the past 10 years or so I've had a number of accumulating issues with life in the US. My life is not terrible, by any means, but I don't feel like I can proudly say "I live in the US!" to anyone…	91 Last	Richard Kain Jan 2013
Need a Bright Idea [COLOR="White"][CENTER]Hey everyone on Polycount. I'm starting a new project in school soon and would love any ideas or suggestions on what I should do.[/COLOR] [COLOR="Lime"][B]Requirements - 3D E…	13 Last	Two Listen Jan 2013
List of games with alternative artwork List of games/short films with some panache, vava voom, Je ne sais quoi......alternative artwork? [CENTER] Journey [vv]12728602[/vv] Review [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqeD7ojynw"]http://…	18 Last	Justin Meisse Jan 2013
Restricted in art Do you ever feel restricted in terms of what kind of pieces you create or how often you can create them? I not talking about the ability to create or the will power to create pieces, I am speaking a…	34 Last	DrunkShaman Jan 2013
Zbrush license for sale. Hi Guys, I'm selling one of my Zbrush licenses, as I don't need it any more. It's going for 400 GBP or offer. If you'd like it, drop me a message on [email]josephharford@googlemail.com[/email] and…	2 Last	Neox Jan 2013
Atari - A moment of silence, please. So long, old friend..... [url]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/gaming/gaming-news/atari-files-for-bankruptcy-seeks-french-divorce/article7574851/[/url]	15 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2013
Too old for games. Just me? Pretty much since leaving my teen years behind, I've been playing fewer and fewer video games. At first, that seemed like a rage-worthy decline in quality on the part of the games, but while I'm not …	103 Last	Snacuum Jan 2013
Need constructive feedback Hi everybody. Im studying Industrial design in Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Kuopio Academy of Design in Finland. Im doing my bachelor degree atm, and Im planning and designing a game c…	0 Last	Mithrill Jan 2013
Penza Russia Where are you? If there are somebody from Penza Russia write here please!	0 Last	Nastya3D Jan 2013
Cyberpunk 2077 CG Teaser is out Cyberpunk 2077 CG Teaser is out - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99qJGrPNLs"]Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser Trailer - YouTube[/ame]	198 Last	Goeddy Jan 2013
Planetside 2 Bought the founders pack to get into beta and i gotta say this game is pretty fun, there still needs to be alot of work done to it but i can see this being huge once its finally released. also here…	109 Last	Lucas Annunziata Jan 2013
Graphic Design sub-forum? Hi, I wanted to know if Polycount is still going to create a Graphic Design Sub-forum. I checked the sites wiki about a month ago and looked at the "User Interface" Section, it said we will soon hav…	6 Last	Justin Meisse Jan 2013
Guest Passes! Ok so i have some Guest passes and a couple of games that i've had sometime. Since i don't have that many friends on steam :poly111:, i thought id give them away here, for all the help/tips i get fro…	66 Last	Ark Jan 2013
Need some advice, thank you Hello all. I'm presently struggling with a damn dilemma career-wise and thought about asking about your opinions on the subject. My "resume" is kind of brief. I went to high school in the sciences ar…	5 Last	shotgun Jan 2013
Asset creation speed? Hey guys, So I was wondering what a good time frame for certain models are. I am mostly doing character art and for some reason when I think about speed for characters I think it should be 1 week.…	23 Last	fatihG_ Jan 2013
"Skulls" - A reference app for iPad I came across this last night and it seems like it'll come in REALLY handy for my ZBrush study coming next month. [url]http://www.touchpress.com/titles/skulls/[/url] Basically, the app has hundreds…	2 Last	pior Jan 2013
Gas Powered Games out of gas - Total Layoffs [url]http://kotaku.com/5977246/were-hearing-about-layoffs-big-trouble-at-gas-powered-games-days-after-launch-of-11-million-kickstarter[/url] : ( Always hoped we'd be able to get another [i]real[/i]…	17 Last	Wesley Jan 2013
Baldur's Gate [url]http://www.baldursgate.com/[/url]	45 Last	cptSwing Jan 2013
Best Graduate Technique To Enter Industry? Hi guys, Just wanted a few opinions on how best a graduate can enter the industry. Im currently starting my final semester of a Games Design (Bsc Hons) course in which I'm predicted a 1st. The fina…	30 Last	benji Jan 2013
Music available for video Hey, I'm a music producer and I am offering music to be used in your videos and 3d games. Here's a link to some of my stuff. Some things you can download for free, others I would prefer if you contac…	2 Last	Harford Jan 2013
Artizens! The game we need to all play! HEY I dont care what your doing. Stop that shit right now. Put the sandwhich down, put that baby in a cupboard. And check out this amazing project! The whole core of it is pure character customiz…	1 Last	bounchfx Jan 2013
Ballistic Publishing SALE I was checking out their site today to see that many books/DVDs are in sale: [url]http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/warehouse_sale/warehouse2012.php[/url]	1 Last	James Ordner Jan 2013
BA Game Design Digipen vs SCAD Greetings polycounters! I've been looking around at colleges for a degree in Game Design. I think I've narrowed it down to these two: Either Digipen: [url]https://www.digipen.edu/academics/degree-pr…	42 Last	Matabus Jan 2013
Mari Ideas (a Mari Database) [img]http://ideascale.com//userimages/sub-1/901281/MariPromoBannerD.jpg[/img] [url]http://mari.ideascale.com[/url] For those of you that use MARI for texturing that might be of interest. Mari Idea…	1 Last	artquest Jan 2013
How do you choose names for your projects and/or games? How do you go about choosing names for your projects and/or games? To be clear, I'm asking for a "teach a man to fish" approach as opposed to a "give me a title for [I]x, y, or z[/I]" approach. For …	22 Last	Steve Schulze Jan 2013
Graduate Problem... Hi guys, Just wanted a few words of advice from fellow developers and potential employers out there on my current scenario and what to do... The gist of it is; in our final semester were given a fi…	10 Last	Mathew O Jan 2013
Steps to a Lead Game Design job Not the typical "hey I went to school for game design and want to be a game designer" thread. I know you dont get those jobs straight out of school. You work up to them. My question is, how do you b…	1 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2013
Quick question regarding images on polycount Hello! Im trying to start making regular posts and such on here but wanted to ask about image posting stuff...What image hosting sites do u like to use? I host some images on my blog..but there is a…	12 Last	Geezus Jan 2013
Defend the Fawkin Station Kickstarter "Good day cadets! This is General George Fawkin reminding you to do your part and support Fawkin Station. The aliens are back and they want our planet, they want it bad. Their going to strip it of re…	0 Last	General Fawkin Jan 2013
RIGGING?? advice I am an Artist, and I have decided to start the painful yet interesting new road of learning how to rig for games/animation:shifty: I know that rigging for games and animation are slightly different…	6 Last	IchII3D Jan 2013
The Foundrys MARI tool to project HDR set-captured environment data onto geometry I know we don't do this kind of thing quite yet in the video game industry, but it could be coming. It's worth checking out. [url]http://fxguide.com/fxguidetv/fxguidetv-165-scott-metzger-on-mari-a…	1 Last	jgreasley Jan 2013
Joe Biden meets with game industry representatives. Your thoughts? [url]http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/11/biden-talks-video-game-violence-with-industry-representatives-to/[/url] Thought I'd open up a discussion on this and rant a little bit. Personally, I think it'…	87 Last	Justin Meisse Jan 2013
Internship hunting Question (Not ENTIRELY sure if this is germane here.) Hi, I'm Brian Choi, and I'm a Junior at the University of Southern California. It's getting to that time of year again where I'm desperately trying to f…	2 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Jan 2013
Far Cry 3 - Stranded Trailer If you haven't seen it already you really should have, its an amazing display of animation and modelling skill, i can only imagine how long this took to render, and the polycount of the models and as…	51 Last	Andreas Jan 2013
good text material on lighting and color theory.... Im gonna be away from the workstation for a while in a bit. 3d will be inaccessible, so might as well read a usefull book or something. Any suggestions on the matter of color theory and/or lighting?	1 Last	skylebones Jan 2013
Education / Tutorial Website Opinions / Suggestions Hey all! I've been a member of Polycount since 2006... but I haven't picked up 3D modeling software since about 2007 (and that was 3DSMAX at the time.) I've recently re-enrolled in school and have …	1 Last	Lucas Annunziata Jan 2013
Happy New Year! Might be a bit early for 'Merica cause I'm an Ausfag but happy new year digger nicks!	17 Last	Sarah85 Jan 2013
Tactical Espionage Action (by former AMD staff). [url]http://kotaku.com/5976336/the-man-behind-the-next-generations-graphics-hardware-deals-is-facing-industrial-espionage-charges[/url] Wonder how severe the charges could be. Espionage at that leve…	0 Last	Andreas Jan 2013
Replacing Wacom cover sheet So I bought a Intuos 4 Medium about a year ago, and tried my best to keep it in good shape... Nevertheless I found a crack in the drawing area a couple of weeks ago. Its big enough to interfere with …	10 Last	Goeddy Jan 2013
Advice on a start up company. Hey guys, i'm looking for a different perspective on a current dilema I'm having. A few friends from highschool have this start up game studio, out of one of their houses, they have made a handful o…	20 Last	Snader Jan 2013
NYC Zbrush Event FREE NYC ZBrush Artist Meet-Up Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013 Time: 7:00 9:30 pm Location: 11 West 42nd Street (Between 5th and 6th Avenue) 10th Floor Room 1036 NY, NY …	0 Last	Jean77flip Jan 2013
Writing blogs? Hey all, just wondering, does anybody here have a writing blog or website? I'd love to see what sorts of stories polycounters would write. And I'd love to find some good writing in general. It's impo…	8 Last	Joopson Jan 2013
Architectural Pre-Vis I am curious if anyone has any experience in this industry, or knows of the type of eduction/training you need to get a job in this field. I'm also curious if anyone knows of websites similar to Pol…	13 Last	Tomas73 Jan 2013
Developer Xbox and Beta Halo 1 I have an original developer Xbox with a version of Halo one that features alternate textures on some objects, most notably Captain Keyes. I was wondering if anyone would think it would be worth sel…	26 Last	AlexCatMasterSupreme Jan 2013