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Maya hide editors automatically (windows) Hi Am looking for an cheap (free?) & easy solution for getting a web portfolio online without having to get too technical, but want something more customisable than blogger/wordpress/etc. Any sugg…	0 Last	zbrush_newbie Oct 2012
Animation or Modeling Hey guys, i am a bit not so good sure what to choose. I want Modeling and animation, or first to choose one and learn the other after i get some good gig. The only problem i have is finances. Anima…	1 Last	Andreas Oct 2012
Some Good News Those of you who've seen me in the hangouts already know, but I'll be starting my first studio art position on the 22nd :) I'll be working at Phantom EFX here in Iowa, likely doing 2D art, animations…	11 Last	almighty_gir Oct 2012
Tips on starting on portofolio/study? Hiya, I've been a little stumped lately. It sounds very sappy, but I've been out of motivation for a year or two now when it comes to producing things, both 2D and 3D, and I'm eager to get some work …	5 Last	Swizzle Oct 2012
Wisps: The Redeeming Hi, My name is Mihai Cozma (first post here) and I'm developing an indie video game called Wisps: The Redeeming, you can see more about it on [URL="http://www.jungle-troll.com"]my blog[/URL]. The ga…	13 Last	meeshoo Oct 2012
Teach me about arm twisting Hi people I'm having a hard time figuring how to do handle the hand movement, twisting to be exact. For ie I turn my character's hand upward, like a person checking their own palm for scars - the wri…	12 Last	acitone Oct 2012
Bungie is hiring? I was just over at the bungie site and looked at what open jobs they have. They are hiring for everything except management. Was there a mass exodus or are they gearing up for something new? [URL]htt…	17 Last	RexM Oct 2012
i have problem with 3dsmax material i cant find Directx shader in material list in 3dsmax 2012 and 2013 so how i can get it ??	4 Last	cptSwing Oct 2012
Art Categories For Sale - Help With Categories ? Message Deleted	0 Last	Onion Oct 2012
Closed Current Project, Critiques Welcome	0 Last	Tizaylor Oct 2012
Ideas for research module? Hi Polycount! As most of you are in the industry and my research module is called "Contemporary Studies in Games", I thought I would come here to ask for ideas I could do for my studies (or a tutori…	9 Last	Teessider Oct 2012
first pc build (HELP!) :) ight so normally i just pay way to much for average stuff (DELL) because its normally alot easier and hassle free, but after seeing my 3 year old £1,200 laptop for less than £300 i'm kinda thinking i…	49 Last	SA_22 Oct 2012
Gameplay Footage Hi polycount, While my passion is video game art, my current dayjob is as 3D artist for a post-production house. We mainly do commercials and the occasional corporate video. Anyways, we are planning…	1 Last	St.Sabath Oct 2012
The "How Would You:" thread series One thing I've always liked about forum communities is that everyone is always helping others grow. Whether it be in modeling or texturing, lighting or engine work. There are so many methods to go ab…	6 Last	fearian Oct 2012
Erie: Free Indie Horror Game Hey polycounts, I wanted to tell you all about a new indie horror game that just came out in time for Halloween called [I]Erie[/I]. Its available for DL for free on [url="http://www.desura.com/game…	4 Last	Joopson Oct 2012
Dota_2_Contest_Question found it mod please delete this thread thank you	0 Last	UrbanMaws Oct 2012
Painting on the Samsung Note 2? Hey guys, I'm thinking of getting a smartphone. I've had an iPod touch for 4 years and I love the thing. Fast, easy, efficient. Even though it's not pressure sensitive, using Sketchbook pro I can sti…	1 Last	Kwramm Oct 2012
Skydiving from SPACE Well, almost from space. After several weather delays, Felix Baumgartner broke multiple world records by jumping from a baloon-lifted capsule more than [B]127,000 feet (24 miles)[/B] and freefalling…	20 Last	slipsius Oct 2012
3d Mouse - Anyone tried it? Just got sent this link in class. Thought it was kinda cool and was wondering if anyone had tried it, or uses it or what? [url]http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/spacenavigator.html[/url] I think …	5 Last	SnowInChina Oct 2012
Finally got my intuos working on win7 again Hi There on my 24th birthday i got an intuos 1 gd 1212 r , but i couldnt use it because it was a serial tabled and no longer supported on win7 x64. so i searched for a solution to this problem and o…	4 Last	Andreas Oct 2012
Computer Desk for Games Artists Hey guys, i'm looking at building a small Workstation computer solely for 3d production and game art in the near future, a little MicroATX thing, and i'm also on the lookout for a new desk, right now…	21 Last	AlecMoody Oct 2012
AMD processor question so xmass is on the horizon and I might get to finally build a new comp. I noticed that AMD 8-cores are about half the price of an i7 4- core. my current comp is an AMD athelon dual core, and its be…	8 Last	Paradan Oct 2012
Looper Anyone else see it? Got back from a showing a few hours ago and I thought the movie was great, probably my favorite of this year so far.	35 Last	ebagg Oct 2012
Guest Speaker - University of Hertfordshire Hello The University of Hertfordshire is looking for industry guest speakers to talk on any Wednesday 1-2pm from now until mid May 2013. If you are interested then give me a PM and I will book you i…	20 Last	littleclaude Oct 2012
Children's Art Request Hey Polycounters, in case we've never met I'm an admin over at Game-Artist.net. I wanted to drop by and see if you may be interested in contributing to an upcoming competition. [CENTER]Hear me out,…	11 Last	Polygoblin Oct 2012
Traditional Art - Newbing it up No idea why I chose that title, but it seemed apt. Hello! Traditional art isn't something I've been taught over the years, or taught myself at that, but I'd like to start on it. I want to start fro…	26 Last	shotgun Oct 2012
Sony Liverpool - closed down :( Truley Gutted about this .. from Psygnosis to Sony to nothing :( I was lucky to work with these guy`s for a while turley talented bunch i wish they all the luck in finding new jobs [url]http://www…	25 Last	littleclaude Oct 2012
Legend of Grimrock Hey guys! I thought you could be interested about our new project. We are a new startup indie game company currently in development of our first game, an awesome dungeon crawler. The idea of the pro…	43 Last	Hazardous Oct 2012
Creating cars for games Hey i have a very specific question. How much must i change the shape of cars - besides remove of the brands stuff - that i dont get problems through licence stuff. For example i have a BMW M3, is…	15 Last	Xoliul Oct 2012
Dota 2 Polycount Contest - Wanna collaborate? The title says it all. I would like to collaborate with someone to enter the Dota 2 Polycount Contest. I've got some ideas to throw around, but I don't know how to put 'pen on paper' as you would say…	9 Last	Quadriplex Oct 2012
Maya 2013 DX11 Reflection Cube map issue help..... I load in images, cubemaps, spheremaps, any map and it just looks white/grey. Anyone know what the special thing is I'm suppose to do to get it to work? Using the ubershader btw.	3 Last	System Oct 2012
king of enslaver The illustration of the day on [url]www.townportal.net[/url] You can fave it at: [URL="http://townportal.net"]king of enslaver[/URL] [IMG]http://files.parse.com/c5ddc243-8b9d-467a-b82e-58006ed7ec20…	0 Last	frChuck Oct 2012
Building a new Computer Rig Hi guys, I'm looking to build a new Computer at the end of the month on a budget of around £1000. I have a basic idea of what I'd like, though I fear that it would come to more than 1000, but I'm no…	1 Last	Andreas Oct 2012
Funny video This has nothing to do with video games but I totally laughed out loud A LOT when i watched this.... Thought i'd just share with you guys. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smHHuFG-Xx8&feature=re…	2 Last	tac0m Oct 2012
Please Pass this Information onto Great Games Designers. Hello If anyone knows of any great games designers that may like to become a Senior Lecturer in Games Design at the University of Hertfordshire - (£35,938 to £45,486 per annum Or for any US peo…	0 Last	littleclaude Oct 2012
Are plugins and mods a bad thing for new users? Hi people! Very glad I came across this informative, helpful community and eventually joined. Pleased to meet you guys! I'll try to keep my inquiry short-like as I'm not the best of talkers. The an…	14 Last	Ghostscape Oct 2012
Mass Effect colour question. First off, I'm not sure where this post should go, so I put it in GD. So, my question is... what general colour palette do you think the original Mass Effect has? I am working on a university proje…	6 Last	urban_elf Oct 2012
Looking for a 3D character animation in school in California... Please help! Hey guy's I'm trying to help a friend find the best school in California for Character Animation. We've done some research and see that CalArts is a really good school but my friend is looking more i…	4 Last	gabman912 Oct 2012
Closed - -	5 Last	Gnutmi Oct 2012
Graph editor, what the damn is it? It's me again, Well, while i am l learning animation fro Digital tutors. I first watch these tutorials, then do by myself, then again, and then will practice some animation with ball. The only thing…	13 Last	StephenVyas Oct 2012
Scpulptris ROCKS!! I just downloaded and tried sculptris. It's freakin amazingly easy to use. I have no clue yet how to render anything in it or I would post a pic. Suffice to say that I've made a female bust in about …	21 Last	DrunkShaman Oct 2012
The Dota 2 Polycount Contest Discussion Dota 2, as leaked by Valve in the latest update. :) [COLOR=SeaGreen][B]Edit:[/B] It's official now![/COLOR] [URL="http://www.polycount.com/2012/10/08/dota-2-polycount-contest/"] [IMG]https://us.v-cd…	65 Last	AbKI Oct 2012
Closed How Not to Be Professional yea this is pretty much done with	285 Last	DrunkShaman Oct 2012
Star Wars Uncut: Empire [url]http://www.starwarsuncut.com/empire[/url] Hey guys, just discovered this neat project today. Basically they've divided the film into 15-second chunks, and are getting people to recreate each s…	6 Last	Selaznog Oct 2012
Can I do just props? can I? is it realistic? or am I much better off being an environment artist? I think making environments are boring, I'd much rather do mechanical, props, robots, guns, vehicles. I've been doing so…	10 Last	scotthomer Oct 2012
The Other Brothers development diary [IMG]http://simiansquared.com/tob.jpg[/IMG] Hey all, Simian Squared are currently working on 'The Other Brothers' and our programmer has decided to start a development diary. I thought you guys wo…	106 Last	Thomas P. Oct 2012
ORBOTOR - an Indi game that just Launched on Kickstarter [IMG]http://www.evilaliens.co/storage/ORBITOR_Greenlight.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1346738064009[/IMG] [B]PLAY THE DEMO HERE:[/B][URL="http://www.evilaliens.co/orbitor/"]http://www.evilaliens.c…	12 Last	spazmortis Oct 2012
Google+ Hey yesterday I saw a bunch of stuff on Google+. I think it is pretty cool. I'm hoping that it last longer than Google wave. Anyone in the beta? Anyone have beta invites? ;)	369 Last	notman Oct 2012
What is the name of the game? Hi, for some time time now I've been looking for the name of the following game, unfortunately I only have a description. It was a game from the mid eighties ( I think) It had already some 3D ( or …	54 Last	TaylorMouse Oct 2012
Software on Steam! [url]http://store.steampowered.com/software[/url] Steam Just opened up their software section and are selling programs such as 3D Coat right through Steam!	22 Last	reverendK Oct 2012