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FZD Live Workshop 2012

[FONT="Century Gothic"]We are finally ready to launch our new live workshop series at FZD. The goal is to bring in top industry designers every few months to give in-depth demos and talks. Unlike our…
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LoTekK

Tears of Steel

So the latest Blender Foundation short movie just came out. What are your impressions? How about that VFX, compositiing, and camera tracking? Love to hear all of your opinions on the quality of it. :…
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R3D

[News] ArenaNet now Accepting Applications for Class of 2013 Internship

I imagine everyone is already all over this, but just in case anyone has missed it (and I know there's a lot of amazing artists waiting for opportunities like these), ArenaNet have opened their 2013 …
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yannage

Landed a new job :)

Hey guys, Wanted to share with you that I got a new job as an Environment Artist at Guerrilla Games in Amsterdam. I am wrapping up the last official stuff and will be starting the 15th of Oct. Reall…
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McGreed

Google Ocean View

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7syWPIZt9B4"]Explore the ocean with Google Maps - YouTube[/ame] [url]http://maps.google.com/ocean[/url] My mind has been blown.
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Snader

Closed World war 3 on the way?

I fear f world war 3, that will happen very soon. I keep reading news about Iran nuclear weapon, the dude that was killed in Syria, 1-2 weeks ago, the Muslim film, that makes all Muslim protest agai…
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Mohamed Rotab

Digital Domain closes Florida studio, CEO resigns

[quote]Digital Domain Media Group, the parent company of the Venice-based visual effects house, said Friday that it was laying off most of the 300 employees at its new [URL="http://www.latimes.com/…
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nick2730

New embed options on Sketchfab

We just added new embed options on [url]http://sketchfab.com[/url], including BBcode for websites where iframes aren't (yet ) supported. See below how it looks, and give it a try! [b]Hiroshima[/b] …
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monster

Art test

Need advice: I applied for a job a couple days ago. The next day I got an email saying other candidates fit the position better. Do you think it would be ok to ask for an art test anyway?
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Bellsey

is selling mobile games worth it?

Hello if you have information enlighten me please, what is the average income that a developer might get from mobile games of quality say for example like this? [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
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Ben Apuna

Tough Mudder - NorCal (Diablo Grande) this Saturday

Anybody doing this? My start time is 11:40am on Saturday...just seeing if any fellow green-toothers might be around to get muddy with... :poly142:
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BlvdNights

Luxology and The Foundry Merge

Pretty interesting news. I really hope some of that Mari tech makes its way over to Modo. [url]http://forums.luxology.com/topic.aspx?f=3&t=70240[/url] [url]http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFea…
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nyx702

Ace Attorney 5

*Sigh* Well now I DEFINITELY have to get a 3ds: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWT8KNQr1co"]?????5?TGS????? - YouTube[/ame] Phoenix gets a redesign, and it looks like they're moving from the …
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Karmageddon

Blastpoints for IOS and Android

[CENTER][IMG]http://www.blastpoints.com/resources/images/bp-logo.png[/IMG] [URL="https://www.facebook.com/BlastPoints"][IMG]http://www.pubgames.net.au/_res/images/icons/facebook.png[/IMG][/URL] [IN…
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notman

Alternate jobs in the game industry?

As some of you know I'm a computer tech and have doing it for years. There was a budget cut at my current employer (I was the budget cut) so I decided it was time to go to school and finally earn a d…
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DavePhipps

Questions for those who've done Euro freelancing but reside somewhere else

How'd you get paid, cuz Paypal is not available in the UK for example. Can they still use paypal with their cc? E-transfer via web banking? If so, do you just give an email address or did you have…
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MagicSugar

3d printing service

Can anyone recommend a 3d printing service place? decent quality for decent price I've looked around, but just wanted the input of some of the people who've used them here.
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Wells

Happy Birthday, almighty_gir!

Happy Birthday, mate! [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2057427/ewok-anus-cake.jpg[/IMG]
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Makkon

Toy design in the game industry?

In my search for a job I try to expand my search to Polycounts members that works in companies that might have an interest in hiring industrial designer with experience and a love for toys? It is…
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wildmax

A few questions about freelance

Hi, I've recently started contemplating the possibility of getting into freestyle and there are several things I am wondering about. [B]1.[/B] From what I understand it's difficult to get into free…
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Jenny

What to do after submitted art test?

Hello polycount community, I recently finished an art test this past Monday (9/17/2012) for a vehicle artist position. I submitted it that morning and was really happy with the result of my test. …
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njackson4190

Good free online art classes?

Hi everone. I'm taking stock of my skillset and have found that I have no clue about color theory. My dydnamic poses aren't dynamic, and composition is seriously lacking. I'm seriously wanting to imp…
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Alemja

Iluxcon 2012

Mostly for illustrators, but I'm going for the portfolio reviews from the art directors from Naughty Dog and Sony. Can't decide which. Haven't had my portfolio reviewed since 2009. Should I go the pr…
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squareko

Playstation Vita

So Sony showed off the successor to the PSP today, it's powerful enough to do roughly PS3 level graphics and a ton of of nice features: OLED multi-touch screen at 960 x 544 Dual analog sticks sixax…
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Andreas

What flavor linux for pennable notebook?

I have an HP 2710p convertible notebook with a built-in Wacom digitizer. I got it without an OS but put the Windows 8 preview on it and it's pretty good. I'm running Sketchbook Pro and Wings 3d on it…
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DavePhipps

3dmotive - New Release! Download Price Drop!

[SIZE="4"][B]We've got some great new releases to share with you![/B][/SIZE] Everyone's asked for more texturing tutorials, and this week we add another great drop by the world famous [URL="http://w…
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Lucas Annunziata

MiZery

I am making a game called MiZery, a zombie survival fps, made in aether Unity 3D or Fps Creator 2. See the FB page [URL="http://www.facebook.com/pages/MiZery/140795856063268"]here[/URL] I'd love t…
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knm128

Anything we can do about bad art schools?

When I went to college, I hated it. I went to a school in Philadelphia, PA where the teachers discouraged people from doing what they really aspired to do. They also were mainly untrained and so fa…
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haiddasalami

Extra Skills that will pay the Meals? aka knowing Linux and Python?

Hello guys. At this point of my school career I am asking my self what can I do to stand out of the rest or what will grant me a solid position when applying for a job in the industry. Today at my sc…
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sun_smasher

Torque 3d Goes Open Source

Hey, This might be of interest to the Polycount crowd. Torque 3d is open source, under MIT -> [url]http://www.garagegames.com/community/blogs/view/21886[/url] I've been using Cryengine lately but …
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ambershee

Adding inspiration to your facebook crap...

A few friends where all liking this so I had and look and its fantastic for inspiration! Wanted to share! [url]http://www.facebook.com/AwesomeLocationIdeas[/url]
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throttlekitty

Strange behavior on the polycount news site

Hey I discovered a strange behavior on the Polycount Main Site. When I am logged in the forum and switch to the News site I have a complete wrong name. For example if I use Chromium then my "News-S…
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Kwramm

45 Pages of the Best Insect Reference EVER!

Enjoy! [URL]http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhallmen/[/URL] Here's a sample. [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/31777630/IMAGES_PSDs/Misc_WebImages/473600186_18fd129c2a_o.jpg[/IMG]
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moose

Closed i have problem with 3point shader

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omidkurd

HELP!!! Demo Reel/Specification HELP!!!

Hey PC! I`m having a bit of a crisis and looking for some advice from people in the industry. I am currently just starting my last year of college in Game Development and for one of my classes I must…
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Ghostman511

Old School Question: Knights of the Old Republic

Hello, I finally got around to giving Knights of the Old Republic a try. I have a question, do you split experience with your party? In other words, if I run around solo will I gain more experience o…
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ZombieWells

Kickstarter not for game art this time :p

This is pretty cool. I found this on a dinosaur blog i frequent.(yes i am a nerd >_>) The kickstarter is for Paleoartist Tyler Keillor. You guys might have seen his work if you've watched discovery …
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Needles

Peter Konig Schpronk Detail, Paint

Such a great creature sculpt and paint. [url]https://vimeo.com/49132130[/url]
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dtschultz

Humble Bundle 6

Another big one. If you don't own Torchlight by now (shame on you) here's your chance. Also, dustforce is awesome. [url]http://www.humblebundle.com/[/url]
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Stinger88

Ray Muzyka & Greg Zeschuk Retire

[url]http://blog.bioware.com/2012/09/18/from-ray-muzyka/[/url] [url]http://blog.bioware.com/2012/09/18/from-greg-zeschuk/[/url]
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almighty_gir

Dishonored

[SIZE="1"]There's a thread for My little Pony but not this? You confuse me sometimes polycount, you really do.[/SIZE] [URL="http://www.dishonored.com/"]Dishonored[/URL] [url]http://www.youtube.com/w…
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TrevorJ

Sons of Anarchy

Sons Of Anarchy : A man in his early 30s struggles to find a balance in his life between being a new dad and his involvement in a motorcycle club. [img]http://i.imgur.com/uOI5I.jpg[/img] -IMDB:Rating…
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Bigjohn

Cubemaps on Sketchfab

You can now preset cubemaps as the background of your models on [url]http://sketchfab.com[/url] There is a preselection of 7 cubemaps, and you'll be able to upload your own ones in the future. Here…
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pietro909

Hello am new here

Hello My name is Shai 23 years old from England and for the first time studying BA hons game designs. Well my teacher recommended me joining the Polycount forum because it has learning resources an…
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Seaseme

enviroment portfolio # of peices,

how many pieces should an environment portfolio have and what should it consist of? what ive thought of... 3 environment props 2 hard surface mechanical 2 character (just for fun) 3 environments…
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Ghostscape

Mudbox to Maya Settings

Hi... newbie here: I sculped this little guy a few months ago, but had to postpone the project. Now I'm picking up where I left, but I'm having quite a trouble baking the normal maps again. Before …
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EL_ESTILOS

Able to draw, born talent or hard work

Hey guys, at age 23 i found all of this CG thing. Been lurking, searching reading stuff about all of stuff. I was interest in everything. especially in FX, sculpting stuff. Was okey, until, i read f…
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Rockley Bonner

3ds Max 2013 - Unwrap UVW modifier, how to select by element?

When I'm using the Unwrap UVW modifier, I'd like to select by object element but you can only select by vertex,edge,face. I'm not talking about UV elements, but the elements on the object. Like how y…
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.morph3us

Balancing learning new stuff with doing portfolio work

Hi there right now still learning to be a 3D artist so I am balancing learning new techniques from tutorials and various other learning materials then applying it to my own work. I'm getting stuff do…
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JonathanLambert

Searching for Medieval References

Hi there! Searching for Hi Resolution References of Medieval Stuff. Old Houses (architecture), Marketplaces, Stuff selling on the Marketplace, Lanterns, barrels...just Stuff to modell a medieval out…
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Gazu

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