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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
Free Zbrush IMM Brushes There were some postings in the Zbrush 4r4 update thread but I would like to start a dedicated thread for these. I don't want anyone missing them. Anyone is welcome to post theirs! Here are a cou…	11 Last	nyx702 Oct 2012
Dozer 3 released Hey guys, this came out 2 days ago: [URL="http://eat3d.com/dozer_part3"][IMG]http://eat3d.com/files/imagecache/blog_content/blog_images/09262012_dozer3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I think this is the most inte…	10 Last	mediochrea Oct 2012
3dmotive's new release! Animation in UDK! [SIZE="4"][B]We've got a sexy new release to share with you![/B][/SIZE] Recently our new friend here at Polycount [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=95643"]Csaba Baity[/URL] hooke…	1 Last	tsabszy Oct 2012
Building a System-Most important specs? Hey everyone. First off this is my first time posting here so sorry if this is in the wrong place. Anyways heres my question: I am currently in school to learn 3d modeling and animation. Ive already…	15 Last	Andreas Oct 2012
Computer Build Help me tech savvy people :) This is a computer build i did awhile back. I didn't take too much time researching because it was cyber monday lol. Anyways, I'd like to give my comp a boost to increase…	0 Last	walkerion Oct 2012
Congrats imbueFX Today is imbueFX's , William Kladis, first day as Illfonic's new FX artist. He's sitting beside me now.	24 Last	Lee3dee Oct 2012
How to get yourself a job in the games industry [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdwzvdZFxVM"]Eurogamer Expo 2012: Valve Software's Chet Faliszek - YouTube[/ame] An interesting talk from Valve's own Mr. Awesome, Chet Faliszek, on how to g…	5 Last	almighty_gir Oct 2012
Constructive Criticsm, The Right Way Hello everyone, I wrote a quick article on some thoughts I had about providing constructive criticsm. Since we are in the media age, a lot of artwork is shared and a lot of feedback goes back and fo…	23 Last	Ruz Oct 2012
Budget Systems My second thread related to buying a new PC. This time, I'm experimenting with what I could get for a lowest possible price, since saving over £1,000ish would take a while longer than expected (unexp…	7 Last	Andreas Oct 2012
Pennable tablets with GPU I'm looking for a tablet PC that uses a Wacom digitizer and an ATI or Nvidia GPU. So far all I can find are some of the old HP TX series. All of the new tablets, slates, and convertibles seem to on…	0 Last	DavePhipps Oct 2012
For the animators Hello fellow Polycounters. My name is Rob (sounds like an Alcoholics anonymous meeting already), I am currently in my last year of university in the UK and have a research report to write. My su…	6 Last	Rmunday Oct 2012
The iPad we've all been waiting for (AKA ModBook Pro) The only thing keeping this from being utter portable art creation perfection is the fact that it will probably be very very [I]very[/I] expensive. [url]http://www.modbook.com/modbookpro[/url] [ur…	31 Last	lloyd Oct 2012
Cliff Bleszinski departs Epic Well, didn't see this coming. Wonder what he's doing next. [URL="http://epicgames.com/community/2012/10/cliff-bleszinski-departs-epic/"]http://epicgames.com/community/2012/10/cliff-bleszinski-depart…	44 Last	Ace-Angel Oct 2012
Rocksmith I was pretty skeptical of this early on but reading a and watching a lot of reviews done by people with hands on experience it seems like a pretty impressive tool. the what it tabs out the charts wi…	28 Last	Ged Oct 2012
3d related apps? Recently got myself an android phone and I've been browsing/downloading apps like crazy.. not so big on games for it, mostly looking for some useful tools. Does anyone know any apps that could be us…	1 Last	Fomori Oct 2012
What to do when inspiration is lost? Lately I've been losing my creativity. It could be because not enough time has passed since I finished my last project, which was a big load on my back for a long time ([URL="https://vimeo.com/473372…	34 Last	Racer445 Oct 2012
What Photoshop extensions do you use? Recently some people have shared some cool extensions for Photoshop that I never realized existed. The first is Kuler and built into CS6 (and I think CS5). Go to [B]Windows / Extensions / Kuler[/B]. …	9 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2012
Job Interview in a hour or so, what questions should I expect? More details: - Phone Interview - Environment Artist job - I have no other previous experience in the industry - Is a smaller studio 40ish-employees Thanks for your help	18 Last	ZacD Oct 2012
Darksiders II Aw yeah! Been looking forward to this, absolutely loved the first one (Bought it twice) [URL="http://www.gameinformer.com/games/darksiders_ii/b/ps3/archive/2011/06/02/exclusive-darksiders-ii-reveal-t…	199 Last	R3D Oct 2012
RESIDENT EVIL 6!!!!!!!!!! THE TRAILER! GAAAAAAAAAAAAH! [URL="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/19/resident-evil-6-re-revealed-by-capcom-arriving-november-20-on-3/"]http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/19/resident-evil-6-re-revealed-b…	50 Last	glottis8 Oct 2012
Best Art Youtube Channels. I've been working on paring down my Youtube subscription feed to mostly channels by artists showing their workflows, and I noticed there isn't a thread dedicated to it here. Please all recommendation…	23 Last	WarrenM Oct 2012
30 days free playstaion plus code i have one, post if you want it.	15 Last	Brendan Oct 2012
members introductions hi there every one,call me Thaters and i'm from Woodside Circle Tallahassee, FL, i'm 31... i'm glad to be here...thank you	0 Last	Thaters80 Oct 2012
Congratulations to Eld... I just saw this on twitter and couldn't resist posting some massive congratulations! So PC member Jonatan 'Eld' Pöljö has been updating what I think is the best Minecraft texture pack for the last ye…	72 Last	rolfness Oct 2012
Direction please There was a thread here on polycount forums about a Wip rts game with multiple youtube videos posted. I skimmed it and decided to read it late but i must have misclicked when favouriting it or somet…	3 Last	fredriklars Oct 2012
Happy 10th Birthday Valkyrie Entertainment! That's a decade! Huge thanks to all the artists we've worked with over the years as well as those still here cranking out the awesome!	20 Last	crazyfool Oct 2012
Posing Peripheral The user and all related content has been deleted.	8 Last	[Deleted User] Oct 2012
"Thumbnailing" I've been looking into ways of getting past some difficulty getting started on some game art for learning/portfolio, as I get stuck on the fear of failure to have a "good" idea. I was curious about h…	38 Last	Ged Oct 2012
Camera thread. I am told this is the place to get camera advice So I thought I would pick the camera Guru brains here. This is what I'm looking for, High-resolution capture, 5k x 5k pixels 1080 P video with the …	17 Last	EarthQuake Oct 2012
Hi Polycount! Im new to modeling and was wondering if I could get some advice Hello Polycount! I've been lurking on your forums for quite some time now. I've been playing with some tools for about 3 months now and I was wondering if you guys should help me out on where to star…	2 Last	ZacD Oct 2012
Kickstarter - Blackspace Looks pretty cool, kind of a mixture of Lander and an RTS. [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1035580424/blackspace-plan-dig-defend-survive[/url]	6 Last	sun_smasher Oct 2012
Closed New to poly-count, looking for feedback on my 3d characters.	0 Last	Faltzer Oct 2012
Suggest software for video capture... hey suggest to me best video capturing software ? I want to make videos and tutorials something like this one [url]http://www.videocapx.com[/url] ...plz thanks!	6 Last	MephistonX Oct 2012
Setting my goals Hi polycounters :). I love this community. I fell in love with game art a few years ago and did a bunch of ugly lowpoly characters, but while I was getting older (I'm 23) and having to get a job and…	5 Last	Andreas Oct 2012
FX Fluid systems Hello! I am gifted with some extra spare time and thought I should look into FX Fluid systems. And I thought that I'd go ahead and ask you guys and girls which one would be the best? My goal is to…	4 Last	johan.qarlsson Oct 2012
Closed 3DS Max 2013 - Textures are wrong colours	0 Last	Dakk Oct 2012
Can someone help me to animate this model? can someone animate this kratos model [img]http://imageshack.us/a/img600/2645/godofwarkratosa.jpg[/img] [img]http://imageshack.us/a/img26/9740/godofwarkratos2.jpg[/img] [img]http://imageshack.us/a/…	11 Last	adam Oct 2012
High res textures Hey Right now Im working on a litte fruit shop, and the modelling is done, so moving on to texturing. So.. I render a 2048 x 2048 UVW out from max, put into PS and I find a tree texture, just for …	32 Last	ausernottaken Sep 2012
Help with PC purchase Good day, I am new to the 3D graphics world, I just started attending college in Canada to learn more about the industry, we are currently learning to use software like 3ds max, udk, unity and mudb…	3 Last	Ghostscape Sep 2012
Closed Help with PC purchase Good day, I am new to the 3D graphics world, I am attending a program about video game design in college where we are using 3ds max, mudbox, udk, and unity. As it stands now my PC at home does n…	1 Last	adam Sep 2012
Judge Dredd The first trailer for the new movie is up. I don't have much in the way of familiarity with the source material so I'm not really entirely sure what I'm looking at here. Kind of interested to hear wh…	42 Last	PixelMasher Sep 2012
I got a job Hi peeps and peepetes. I am moving to the UK in 3 days to join creative assembly and work on total war as ship artist, pretty exiting since it is a new country, not my native language and my first i…	61 Last	MiAlx Sep 2012
Ex-Rare Devs getting together. Full article here: [url]http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/09/27/ex-rare-devs-planning-banjo-tooie-spiritual-successor[/url] These are the guys who made goldeneye, perfect dark, banjo kazooie/tooie, do…	10 Last	Kraftwerk Sep 2012
Townportal.net Hello polycounters :) Just to let you know that I'm creating a web site / community at [url]www.townportal.net[/url] where any digital artist can post her creations, get votes from the community (to…	0 Last	frChuck Sep 2012
New to 3D Modeling. Saw this and got a chuckle [IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/zlvtjc.jpg[/IMG] If I had seen this about 4 weeks ago, I would've never paid any mind to it :poly124: Probably one of the easiest ways I would ever be able to go about sh…	3 Last	MainManiac Sep 2012