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Petroglyph and Trion; End of Nations dev laying off 30 - Report [url]http://www.gamespot.com/news/end-of-nations-dev-laying-off-30-report-6401092[/url] sorry to any effected hope you land on your feet quick	0 Last	nick2730 Dec 2012
Asians and art... so we're talking in a hangout at the moment about why asians are so good at art. and i have a hypothesis i'd like to propose. Due to the fact that the written language for most asian countries is ar…	147 Last	Sam Hatami Dec 2012
Ancient skinning tutorials Hey all, By accident i stumbled onto Kevin Johnstones' [URL="http://www.kevinjohnstone.com/Polycount/help/help_index.htm"]old skinning tutorials[/URL]... I'm hoping someone still has these stowed …	13 Last	ScribbleHead Dec 2012
What RAM to buy? So i'm going to buy ram, so i'm wondering what to think of when buying RAM. I used to have 2GBx2 but one stopped working, so now i only have 2Gb which is not so good when working with 3d. I'm wonderi…	18 Last	HardBaller Dec 2012
Free Digital Artbooks? Hey All, The Hard Reset free artbook thread inspired me to ask this question, I've come across the Bioshock and Hard Reset free artbooks, I also have the Mass Effect 2 Digital Artbook that I w…	6 Last	phixel Dec 2012
Game Dev Daily Hey Polycount, after a lot of thought and some encouragement from a few people, I have decided to start a daily streaming session for artists of all skill levels! I have a few goals in mind that I h…	13 Last	AtlusZMH Dec 2012
Apprenticeships/job in London I was wondering if anyone knew if their were any apprenticeships/jobs at game studios in London at this current time? I seriously need to find a job even if it is temp but I am struggling to find pla…	31 Last	Baj Singh Dec 2012
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim [img]http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6757/skyrimforum02.jpg[/img] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSRtYpNRoN0[/ame] Official Website: [url]http://www.elderscrolls.com[/url] HD Teaser: [url]h…	2.8K Last	Overlord Dec 2012
What was that huge site with all the gun refs? I cant remember who posted it.. I think Racer mentioned it in one of his videos but it was some huge photo gallery with eotechs, silencers, every rifle almost every smg tons of pistols, bullets, clips	8 Last	praetus Dec 2012
Armature 9 Posing Model Thought some might be interested in contributing. Good reference for pre viz a pose for a character. [url]http://www.indiegogo.com/armature9[/url] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd6iodtIG8Y"…	2 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2012
Make second monitor go inactive if mouse doesnt go on it? When hooking up 2 monitors it increases idle clock speeds by default on nvidia cards. I don't want this idle clock speed increase if im not using the monitor actively. Is there any way I can have it…	4 Last	MainManiac Dec 2012
Does anyone use checklists to verify model integrity? Hi All I'm trying to do up a checklist for quality assurance on realtime models. Does anyone else / your company use such a thing? The models are pretty basic - one object, unwrapped with one textu…	20 Last	mickyg Dec 2012
Brush and Texture Resources? where do you get resources images for your texturing? and brushes looking around for a good website for brush resources and image resources	5 Last	spitty Dec 2012
November 2012 Montreal Polycount Meetup [size=+1][b]Friday November 30th 7pm 1356 St-Catherine W. Les 3 Brasseurs [url=http://www.les3brasseurs.ca/eng/crescent.php][u]Crescent[/u][/url]. [/b][/size] OP: Ok I get winds of folks wanting to …	45 Last	d1ver Dec 2012
TeleGlitch This has been my lunch time 15/30 minute go to game for the past week. It's hard to put down. I wouldn't call it a full-fledged Roguelike, in the traditional sense, but it borrows enough elements fro…	4 Last	slipgatecentral Dec 2012
Working with Zbrush and Maya Hey guys, this is my very first post so apologies if this is in the wrong section. Basically this past couple of weeks I've been trying to teach myself 3D modelling - It's going well and I can model…	7 Last	Adrian Dec 2012
Where to find vehicle/weapons SDK's Where to find vehicle/weapons SDK's looking for a free site/sdk where i can download stock vehicles/weapons and maybe a few simple environment piece in case i want to practice texturin…	2 Last	Stromberg90 Dec 2012
The Other Brothers (TOB) - Public Beta Demo Hello friends of TOB and lovers of Pixel-Art! As you may know we released a closed beta demo of TOB a little while ago. It was received with great joy and people from all over the world had a blast.…	13 Last	Thomas P. Dec 2012
Unwrapping the man Hi polycounters ! I would like to know where is unwrapping the human head on the separate texture it is a good idea and where is not.	1 Last	ZacD Dec 2012
Study group Interest? Hey all Dropping a line out to see if any other beginners ( or more advanced ) are interested in starting a study group. basically a group focused on becoming better artists, pushing each other to do…	11 Last	DrunkShaman Dec 2012
Looking for a tablet on a budget!!!! Hi guys. I need some advice from you all if you would. I'm currently left on a budget of 150 to 250 euro and looking for a tablet. Now i read stuff about the monoprice tablets on here and looked fo…	9 Last	HardBaller Dec 2012
A FEW Questions About ZBrush and 3D Creation in Gen Hi all. I am new, and impatient. I love this forum so far because of all the talent - we're all alike here and it feels great to be among other creators :) I have started this journey first with 3D…	4 Last	Gestalt Dec 2012
Book recomendations for zbrush I've recently gotten back into 3d modeling and animation and I've found the need to update some of my skills. It looks like these days models are built in your 3D package of choice, imported into z…	3 Last	firepyke Dec 2012
That polish tutorial. Hey, So I've been looking for a specific tutorial which was posted here some time ago. If memory serves it was some polish guy who created environmental art (houses) and had people ooing and aaing e…	1 Last	Harry Dec 2012
Best screen recording software? Any recommendations for screen recording software? Preferably with options to record only a section of screen and include audio. Cheers	23 Last	Tadao215 Dec 2012
Indie Game: The Movie. Watched it last night. As an aspiring Indie game developer I've been looking forward to this for a while. I thought it was going to be a harsh reality of what being an indie dev is actually like. Sl…	45 Last	Wesley Dec 2012
#1ReasonWhy Movement hey! i haven't seen this posted anywhere on here yet, but i'm sure some of you guys have noticed the #1reasonwhy hashtag on twitter. overnight lots of women (and men) started sharing their stories of…	117 Last	bearpuppet Dec 2012
Line / Vector Tool? Hey! I'm trying to find a Line / Vector tool someone made here on Polycount. I can't find it. It was basically an application for easy clean-up of lines. It was posted just a couple of months back. …	5 Last	DrunkShaman Dec 2012
Networked multiplayer modelling, oh yes!? Just tried it out, and actually realized how nice it works, and you're not limited to four persons :P [url="http://www.blender.org/cms/Verse-Blender.verse_blender.0.html"]http://www.blender.org/cms…	42 Last	Fizzly Dec 2012
[ps vita developers] hello i am learning some ps vita game development using ps mobile sdk, and enjoying it, who here tried it before?	14 Last	ErichWK Dec 2012
Indie RPG with ground breaking engine and physics Hi, i want to share this Kickstarter Project. The guy wrote the engine on his own it is looking incredible in both graphics and physics. They are now struggling to get funded. Only 2 days left. AA…	60 Last	KarlWrang Nov 2012
Need Critique just need a quick opinion ( usually prefer other artist to critique my work) made a quick low poly model wanted to ask if you think this is good enough for mobile games (iphone) [url]http://i172.p…	3 Last	Roninfang Nov 2012
Need Opinion on a low poly model [url]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w8/roninfang/Three.png[/url] what you guys think good enough for a mobile game? as to what mobile platform client didnt mention for what mobile ap	1 Last	The Mad Artist Nov 2012
Black Tusk Studios opens it doors Since some of you chuckle heads never check the front page for days I'll post this here too... [IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/NEWS_BlackTuskStudios2.jpg[/IMG] …	4 Last	JohnnyRaptor Nov 2012
Processor for baking Hi guys, I wanna ask you, which processor to choose. (I got budget around 200 , however I would wanna stick as low as possible) so my candidates are INTEL i5-2500 k (4 cores, 3.3 Ghz, 95W(high price…	9 Last	HardBaller Nov 2012
Digital Development Management I've been busy trying to finish up school and just started looking at getting a job. Today I sent out some emails to a few contacts I've been building and someone came back with the tip that I shoul…	10 Last	johnleee Nov 2012
Udacity new game related courses New courses from Autodesk, Nvidia, and Google respectively. Interactive Rendering (CS291): [url]http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs291/CourseRev/1[/url] Introduction to 3D Computer Graphics I…	2 Last	Ben Apuna Nov 2012
Have the new consoles already been developed? I was wondering if anybody here is working on a new XBox 720, Playstation 4, Valvestation.... next gen game. I can understand that some of you may be under NDA, so just a yes/no answer would be fine…	25 Last	Ghostscape Nov 2012
wii-u event this is probably a bit of a strech, but what did you guys think about the wii-u event for those that might have seen it or have heard news emerging from it? interested in developing games for the new…	41 Last	Ark Nov 2012
L.A. Game Space Kickstarter [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lagamespace/la-game-space-a-place-for-re-imagining-video-games#[/url] Seems like an interesting idea; It'd be something like TED talks, but about games, and …	0 Last	Lord McMutton Nov 2012
You need to buy a Boogie Board. Right now. Well, only if you like it I guess. It's a 40 dollar pressure sensitive drawing tablet. Positives: 40 bucks Absolutely no lag (it's instant, like pen on paper, unlike the Cintiq, Note 2, etc) No ba…	34 Last	slipsius Nov 2012
How i can mange same poly count in... Hello Everyone. Could you help me about this issue.? I want to ask you one thing about .3ds format.. I have created the 20k model in 3dsmax and when I export the model in .3ds format and after tha…	1 Last	ZacD Nov 2012
Favorite game of 2012? So that lovely time of the year when all the awards start to come out and some games might get a lot of attention that have already, and some gems might get a stand out *aka Demon Souls a few years b…	67 Last	Tom Pritchard Nov 2012
Android-modeling app Spacedraw on sale - 80% OFF [IMG]http://www.scalisoft.com/icon.png[/IMG] The full version of Spacedraw, a full-featured 3d-modeling software developed from scratch for multi-touch tablets and smartphones, is now on sale [B]unti…	0 Last	Scalisoft Nov 2012
Garry's Mod with Kinect support! Looks like lots of fun to me: [url]http://www.pcgamesn.com/indie/garrys-mod-receive-kinect-support-week-or-next[/url] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avgqr75MVcg"]Another Kinect/GMod Video - You…	1 Last	MikeF Nov 2012
Any Hangouts going tonight!? Want to see what people are doing!? As long as its art related.. Drop your link!	1 Last	[Deleted User] Nov 2012
Anyone knows games with mines/caves? Hi, i'm working on an abandoned mine location and i'm trying to find some inspiration and ideas on how to manage assets/textures. I want to base it off such places like: [url]http://img.interia.pl/…	12 Last	S_ource Nov 2012
Art Dumps + Art Dev Articles Just in case you don't.. [LIST=1] []Visit the news section of [URL="http://www.polycount.com"]Polycount[/URL] []Follow us on [URL="https://twitter.com/polycount"]Twitter[/URL] [*]Follow us on [URL…	11 Last	ScudzAlmighty Nov 2012
3dmotive's 35% off CyberTurkey Sale! [SIZE="4"][FONT="Arial"]Hey Everyone! Cyberturkeys have landed and are pointing laser (wings?) at us. Bastards. Their demands are simple - offer up discount goodies and nobody gets hurt! Just use of…	7 Last	ScottP Nov 2012
Assassins Creed 3 Saw this up and got pretty pumped. AC finally moving out of the Rennasaince. Next stop the American Revolution. Looks like some patriot action going on with that hatchett [img]http://media1.gameinfo…	136 Last	Justin Meisse Nov 2012