General Discussion

Topic	Replies	Latest Post
Batman: Arkham City Just ran into this over on Kotaku: [URL="http://kotaku.com/5627537/batman-arkham-city-screen-shots/gallery/"]http://kotaku.com/5627537/batman-arkham-city-screen-shots/gallery/[/URL] This is looking…	158 Last	Sculptaur Jan 2013
What is it like working as a Game Artist? Hey guys, I'm a 16 year old aspiring game artist who wants to know what it is like working as a game artist. I know some of you Polycounter's have worked in that field, so i'm wondering questions suc…	15 Last	chrisradsby Jan 2013
Anybody got a 3DS? I tried searching to see if there was a 3DS thread already, but ofcourse searching 3DS on polycount results in every thread being displayed. :P So anyway, does anybody have a 3DS? I got one on Aust…	41 Last	Fomori Jan 2013
Art Reactor Any of you in or near Corte Madera CA should check out this start up art school by good friends of mine. You know of Jr. high and high schoolers who are interested let them know. [url]http://www.the…	5 Last	Lamont Jan 2013
Accreditation (US). Students should read. I'm investigating a MFA at well ok, Digipen. This isn't one of those normal "should I go" threads. This is more to expand information for students for all degrees. Ever wonder whats up with some s…	14 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2013
Organizing files I'm sure this has been asked before but I can't seem to find any thread regarding this. Anyway to the point. I can't seem to figure out a good way to keep my project files organised. Especially when …	1 Last	GrevSev Jan 2013
New year's resolutions for 2013! And then 2012 is gone, the world haven't ended... and now it's time to worry about next challenge, 2013. What are your plans for next year? 1. Recover my right knee and start running again in a regu…	80 Last	Hang10 Jan 2013
Game development [Title might be misleading, sorry] Do you guys know some game developers, who is showing their progress of the game, like wolfire. Thanks.	5 Last	Dan! Jan 2013
changing your polycount username Is it possible? I've asked twice and received no reply. Cheers	24 Last	Slum Jan 2013
Character roadmap? Hey Polycount users, I've been using 3DS Max for about 1.5 - 2 years now. The people who taught me the program never set higher level challenges sadly to us. It was always stuff like boxes, trees an…	6 Last	thepapercut Jan 2013
Dream game Just curious, what is the ultimate game that you would want to create/ play one day? I have a myriad of ideas but the current one I am thinking about is similiar to these. I always wanted to make…	54 Last	Justin Meisse Jan 2013
good excercise for zbrush? Hey, I have been modeling for quite some time with maya, and now i want to learn zbrush. I have a really good sense of 3d and making models. In zbrush i know basics of navigation and basics of what t…	11 Last	ceebee Jan 2013
ARTBYPAPERCUT \| VERTEX Hello Polycounters, Some of you might be wondering what happened to us after VERTEX 1's launch? Well we are still around and working on #2 currently, I have no real content to show yet but what I do…	11 Last	Lazerus Reborn Jan 2013
Indie Game Pre-Production Help Hello Polycount, i'm going to start my first indie game (to be sold) soon and I'm looking for a bit of insight. I've been dawdling with 3d art and game development for about 2 years with only one men…	26 Last	IchII3D Jan 2013
3dmotive's 40% off Festivus Sale! [SIZE="5"][COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"][B]3d[/COLOR]motive[/B] has a postcard we're sending your way ;)[/SIZE] [SIZE="4"]Happy Holidays and Merry Festivus all! Use offer code [COLOR="DarkOrange"]YULELOG[/CO…	8 Last	CordellC Jan 2013
Elite on kickstarter [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous?ref=live[/url] Elite has gone down in history as one of the most successful games of the 1980s. It was the first open world ga…	55 Last	McGreed Jan 2013
FZD Concept Art for Next-Gen Video Games Workshop Our next workshop is ready to launch. This time we are inviting back Kekai Kotaki. And for the first time in Singapore, the awesome and bad-ass concept artist, James Paick. Hope to see you guys in Fe…	2 Last	fzdschool Jan 2013
Wacom 22 HD! Lovely new tablet, 1080p 22" with the old 21UX stand :D $2000 from what I understand, or 1599 pounds in the UK. Standard replaceable cables this time and not the one bulky proprietary one as well wh…	125 Last	Adam Curtis Jan 2013
UH OH... 3DS Max windows off screen On the road and my laptop is jacked up from not having 2 monitors so I need to find a way to get the windows (layers window and UVW window) back on my main screen. Any suggestions???	10 Last	elfinger1 Jan 2013
Forum Help Hi I am unable to start new threads in the Polycount Showcase, why is this? I want to post a video to show everyone, but it keep saying I don't have permission. Thanks in advance.	1 Last	Broodstar Jan 2013
strange/annoying fanbases Not sure if this is the right place to discuss this, but what causes a series to have a rather annoying fan-base? You know what I am talking about, pairings, slash comics, cosplay, fans swooning ov…	36 Last	Snacuum Jan 2013
"Portfolio?" Applying for university Hello! I'm about to finish my last year at Senior High School (IT Engineering) or whatever the equivalent of my grade is named. Now, i've been working within the concept of what a 3D Artist is doing…	4 Last	Ladvox Jan 2013
Networking, how much does it come into play? Exactly how integral is networking to the job acquisition process? Is it more valuable than actual skill itself? I was at a networking event not to long ago and a couple of professionals were having …	24 Last	Isaiah Sherman Dec 2012
Humble Bundle 7 It's out, and looks really rather good. :) [url]http://www.humblebundle.com/[/url] Was going to buy Shank 2 on steam the other day, glad I held out! :)	39 Last	Andreas Dec 2012
Popular games and their weapons The title might be a bit off base, but does anyone know why nearly all war-like games use the same guns with the same scopes? I googled sights and scopes and found 101 scopes and a plethora of weapon…	17 Last	rolfness Dec 2012
Hello Polycount Hello Polycount! To start off, I apologize if this is the wrong forum to be posting this in, now... I am a very ambitious 14 year old, a Freshman, halfway through my first year in High school. I hav…	3 Last	DrunkShaman Dec 2012
Flash references on timer Hey I just need a link to the website that throws up reference images every 30 seconds or so, I lost the link and now I cant find the website, just sketching out basic muscle systems for practice atm…	4 Last	Makkon Dec 2012
Blizzard Student Art Contest #2 Just thought I would make notice of this awesome opportunity. :D [url]http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/university-relations/contest.html[/url] "Blizzard Entertainment’s university…	18 Last	Steve Schulze Dec 2012
Magic: The Gathering Have any of you heard of this card game? Apparently some people like it so I decided to buy a deck and see what was up. Maybe we should talk about it and be friends. Who likes Magic? Why? What do y…	27 Last	Steve Schulze Dec 2012
Upgrade PC! (DDR2/DDR3, bottlenecks...) Hello! First i am sorry for posting yet another pc upgrade, but i think this one isn't the average :) My current setup is a: CPU: Intel quadcore Q6600 MOBO: [url=http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/In…	9 Last	JostVice Dec 2012
Steam Visualiser Get ready to weep. It's bad news either way. In Steam, go to PROFILE> Edit Profile. Create a custom URL in this menu. Save. Grab JUST WHAT YOU ADDED to the URL. Paste it in here > [url]http://lamb…	41 Last	.morph3us Dec 2012
Edge of Twilight: The game I worked on for 3 years! Hey Guys, Just wanted to share the 'semi official' news of the game I worked on for the past 3 years. [url]http://kotaku.com/5416548/rumor-say-goodnight-to-edge-of-twilight[/url] [url]http://www.ga…	59 Last	HitmonInfinity Dec 2012
Best looking uber-low-poly games There're some beautiful games out there that use very limited technology efficiently to create relatively stunning visuals. There was a thread where warby dissected a Zelda game recently. What other…	60 Last	Av7xrocker97 Dec 2012
Hardware Deals We have a steam sale thread that is used for any sales, so I figured I'd start a hardware sales threads. Sound studio quality headphones for $60, very smartly designed, if the cable breaks you can e…	0 Last	ZacD Dec 2012
Bread and Pastries :p Hello, I was wondering if anyone wants to save 50 or so jobs this isn't an artist thing but it effects the community of people who enjoy bread and pastries. Including my live in girlfriend of 4 years…	1 Last	Andreas Dec 2012
Expertise and experience One of the most common pieces of advice for someone trying to get into the industry is to specialize. Larger companies tend to have large staff that are thoroughly compartmentalized; char artists, en…	16 Last	Nick Carver Dec 2012
360° Nude References (Boobs ahoy!) - nsfw http://www.page3.com/page360/ Just stumbled across this and thought the character guys around here might find it useful. It's a bunch of 360° turnarounds of nude models that you can click and drag…	77 Last	AbKI Dec 2012
Side-Scroller Level Design Inspired by Shotgun's thread [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114791"]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114791[/URL] I decided I want to see what 2d and 2.5d side-s…	8 Last	Memory Dec 2012
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. Well it's 02:51AM on the 25th of December here in snowy South Korea so I figure I'll start us off. Merry Christmas everyone, hope you have a great day and that Santa is good to you. Food comas mand…	39 Last	the_Adri Dec 2012
Indie Speed Run [url]http://www.indiespeedrun.com/devsite/index.php[/url] I love game jams (and what comes of them) and this one looks like it's going to be pretty big. There's a prize fund of $2500 which is kind o…	15 Last	blankslatejoe Dec 2012
Awwww yeah - New shirt arrived today! [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xaLTz.jpg[/IMG]	3 Last	Zyloh Dec 2012
ZBrush 4R5 Just released. Not a lot of new features sculpting wise, but some much needed save/back-up options! [url]http://www.pixologic.com/[/url]	40 Last	ScudzAlmighty Dec 2012
War Z (That's right, not Day Z) Well this looks pretty cool. An mmo experience similar to Day Z, but with a lot better graphics by the looks of it. That's the one thing keeping me from Day Z, it looks a little too old for my tast…	106 Last	Renaud Galand Dec 2012
Custom Chairs for Artists? Anyone know a good place to find comfortable chairs for Artists that won't destroy your back? That has lumbar and head support? Or maybe if anyone has ever seen any sort of electronic ones that you c…	11 Last	reverendK Dec 2012
Last Knight on Steam Greenlight Update: Last Knight has been released for iOS! [url]https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/last...581979834?mt=8[/url] PC/Mac version is taking longer, release for that version is scheduled for January …	18 Last	Davision3D Dec 2012
RAGE [URL="http://aftertheimpact.com/"]http://aftertheimpact.com[/URL] It's pretty small/cryptic right now, but it promises to expand. Would be awesome if it grows daily over the course of several weeks,…	750 Last	Andreas Dec 2012
Closed I HAVE PROBLEM WITH TEXTURE!!!	0 Last	Great_Summer_Fire Dec 2012
5 Things The Tell Me You're Not Professional. A friend of mine showed me this gem. It's not from a site that I would imagine Polycounters resource normally, but those with compositing/editing experience have likely been here before. Anyway; It's…	59 Last	JasonLavoie Dec 2012
'Pixey' Short film Funding Hello, [CENTER][B]Pixey[/B] [/CENTER] A man mistaken for an addict soon finds himself addicted to the treatment designed to cure him. [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/kkkudz.jpg/"][…	0 Last	imk Dec 2012
Need some help with Blender 3D... Please go here: [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114751[/url]	1 Last	Andreas Dec 2012