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3D used too much in films? Alright, so im about to head to work and thought id post this up before i go to see how other digital artists feel about it. I was talking with a buddy of mine(who has no 3d knowledge/eye) about ho…	34 Last	Steve Schulze Jul 2012
Horror Freelance Stories Let me hear them. I'm working with a very picky client, and I need to know someone out there has had it worse then me! :poly127:	31 Last	Ruz Jul 2012
PAX PRIME 2012 Tickets on sale now, see you there ;)	3 Last	oXYnary Jul 2012
Folio quality in actual games. Some people will think this is one of the noobiest questions. I see so much awesome art here, and I mean just so awesome, like Dominance War stuff and the like and I know it is for people's folios f…	35 Last	EtotheRic Jul 2012
Fortnite screens from ComicCon [IMG]http://cdn2.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4646398/Scavengers_gallery_post.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/7/12/3155303/fortnite-screens#3548977[/url] loving the art style!!	13 Last	Mongrelman Jul 2012
Getting in the game industry : some (serious) questions. Hi everyone, How can one with a great idea can make something out of it ? And by something I DO NOT mean money. I DO mean though, seriously, how can one turn this idea into a project by gathering t…	32 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2012
A? AA? AAA? I was just wondering when a game is a A game, AA game and a AAA game. And when a game is a indie game?	30 Last	Justin Meisse Jul 2012
SMAK! (Baking software) So it's been around for a while but now it is open source, yay :) So I am going to test this myself, but wondering if anyone here has tried it? Link: [url]http://getsmak.net/[/url]	7 Last	D4V1DC Jul 2012
Looking for tutorials Hello, im new here, so i dont actually know where to post, so i decided to post in GD. My question is: what is a good source of tutorials about environment modeling, especially the game oriented. I …	2 Last	supefranky Jul 2012
Texturing: True res vs. Resizing So I've been curious as to what approaches some of you other artists take when texturing. I remember reading Ben Mathis' tutorial on "[URL="http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/resize.htm"]true reso…	31 Last	chrisradsby Jul 2012
Little Lost Artist: Introduction and Questions So, uh... hello! Hopefully this is the right forum to get things started with; no sense getting things off on the wrong tentacle. I'm a 3D artist who, getting close to the end of his schooling, is w…	5 Last	Dazhbug Jul 2012
Shadow Art Check out these shadow profiles made with paper, its pretty impressive. [IMG]http://www.kumiyamashita.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/12-FRAGMENTS.jpg?1342107653556[/IMG] Here is more of her work, check…	3 Last	Bigjohn Jul 2012
The Legend of Korra I'm surprised there's not a thread on this already. Anyone else watching The Legend of Korra? The first season just ended and I think it was quite good, I liked it even better than 'Avatar: The last…	14 Last	Lord McMutton Jul 2012
Hitman: Absolution So, new Hitman is pretty official it seems! Despite rumours that it'll tie in to a movie sequel and will feature a bearded/hairy 47, I am excited! Loved the previous games to bits. Teaser: [ame]htt…	43 Last	PixelMasher Jul 2012
faceted art and animation I'm trying to gather a collection of faceted art and animations, was hoping you guys could help me gather some links. I know I have some so awesome animations with a stylized faceted art style, But I…	9 Last	Mask_Salesman Jul 2012
Instructors you would like to learn from? Just wanted to get some community feedback on who you would want to learn from given the chance? Since I am teaching with TAD ([url]www.theartdepartment.org[/url]), and was looking into adding more …	29 Last	Spark Jul 2012
Closed David's Vacuum David pierre has a vacuum in his room that we always joke about when we see his webcam, and now it has it's own thread, everyone post a pic of their vacuum :D [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2my4U.jpg[/IMG…	13 Last	adam Jul 2012
ESPN Olympic Nudes Thought I would drop some ref for you guys of Olympians all nudey and stuff. Get some anatomy awesomeness on. [url]http://espn.go.com/espn/photos/gallery/_/id/8136693/image/1/carlos-bocanegra-2012-bo…	11 Last	Andreas Jul 2012
Vigil Nights Live Stream The First Vigil Nights Live Stream is about to happen. Tonight will be one of our kick ass concept artists [url=http://rayph.cghub.com/images]Rayph![/url] [url]http://www.livestream.com/vigilnight…	58 Last	UltraLrod Jul 2012
Good mouse for modelling/Engines Hey, Just a quick question. Can anyone recommend a good mouse for modelling? I always end up buying the wrong one which feels horrible. Something light and comofortable and relatively low budget! A…	58 Last	SgtNasty Jul 2012
The Amazing Spiderman (Movie) First picture of Andrew Garfield released [URL]http://io9.com/5732980/first-look-at-andrew-garfield-in-his-spider+man-suit[/URL] Thoughts? I think it's a bit too busy for the design but if you not…	134 Last	PhattyEwok Jul 2012
What does our hardware look like? Hey all! I'm not sure where this post should go, but I was wondering what you all were creating on, hardware wise. It's a general question about your computer hardware and why you think it works well…	19 Last	Goeddy Jul 2012
Noob joining to spread my horizons... Hi Peeps! I've been studying with Train2Game.... I'm sure some of you will have heard of it! I've been on the course for about a year and a half and only feel now that I'm getting to grips with it…	12 Last	Shugs81 Jul 2012
Whatever you do, don't model the Enterprise From my experience it seems like there's a stigma surrounding Startrek related artwork. I guess I was just wondering why? I remember reading a portfolio building book that actually went so far as t…	25 Last	Mask_Salesman Jul 2012
Confused about everthing, depressed in the process. Hi polycount. I guess this can double as an introductory post. My name is Justin. I'm 22 and I graduated last year. I went to ITT Techinial Institute for the Bachelor's of Digital Entertainment and G…	28 Last	Macattackk Jul 2012
Urgent advice I have been doing 3d art now nearly two years now I even cut out parts my social life so I can focus on becoming a 3d artist I really enjoy it and hope to some day be character artist. At the start o…	13 Last	Fomori Jul 2012
Congrats Gordy Just wanted to congratulate Mr Sean VanGorder for getting a full time gig as Junior Environment Artist at Trion Worlds, well deserved! Facebook told me, and now I told you. Congrats brah!	28 Last	Tokusei Jul 2012
I am new here, need some advice from the pros Hello Guys, I am Cobe, and i am new of all of this things. First of all, i am learning modeling from tutorials, because i want to be modeler for games. So i want to ask some things that i can't rea…	11 Last	Cobe Jul 2012
Internet Cat Video FILM FESTIVAL! Ya... that's right. a real life film festival for cat videos..... [url]http://www.animalnewyork.com/2012/walker-arts-center-validates-me-with-first-ever-internet-cat-video-film-festival/[/url]	1 Last	Ace-Angel Jul 2012
When you can't find work in your industry of choice, what did/do you do to pay bills? Of course, one wishes they could work sunrise to sunset on personal training and portfolio work, but unfortunately that doesn't pay the bills, especially as the months go by. I'm just wondering what…	28 Last	Dylan Brady Jul 2012
Very Realistic 3D Environment I have been searching for a while now but haven't been able to find a certain video. In the video it's basically showing super real 3d environment, and in the video there a few scenes where you see…	2 Last	fogged2 Jul 2012
Rockstar Vancouver Closed I just heard Rockstar Vancouver closed, it sounds like the employees could at least go to Rockstar Toronto, but god damn Vancouver is getting hit hard... [url]http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2012/07/rock…	25 Last	wester Jul 2012
Ballistic Publishing - The Art of Gears of War 3 Just got an email about this, personally can't wait: [url]http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/theartofthegame/gearsofwar3/[/url]	13 Last	nathdevlin Jul 2012
Space Engine .96 is out! :poly121: big update, lots of new stuff	5 Last	Bigjohn Jul 2012
Happy days! (The secret world shown off) Hey guys. First real project i´ve worked on got some info and a trailer released today. Happy days. Been waiting for this for almost 2 years now :) I know there are a few more secret people around o…	19 Last	Kwramm Jul 2012
Steam Greenlight - Coming soon [url]http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/[/url] It's a tool for developers to get community support to get their game on steam. It isn't very interesting from a artist perspective, but it looks lik…	8 Last	Ben Apuna Jul 2012
Asia/Korea Polycount Meetup? update 6/25/2012 A time has been decided.. Date: Saturday, July 14th Time: to be decided soon Location: Busan, South Korea We'll meet at an easy location near the KTX and take a taxi together o…	56 Last	Andreas Jul 2012
Book Edits - Livestream (Come yell at me) [url]http://www.livestream.com/icrywhenipoo[/url] Live with Curt / Denny / Bonebrew Working on book edits.	0 Last	Ryan Hawkins Jul 2012
Comics Created with 3D Tools Hey PC, I was approached recently about doing a workshop in September at a local art school, specifically about how 3D can be used as a tool in comic creation (web or print). I have a number of grea…	8 Last	Rwolf Jul 2012
Game Art Education - What do I need? Hi Polycounters, I have been doing game art for almost a year, and I think it might just be a career for me. I like doing anything creative, stuff like math and science seems to restrictive. I will …	11 Last	xk0be Jul 2012
Hot CGI Chick Hey guys, my brother stumbled across this and I though I would pass the "creative dancing" on to you (make sure you have sound) [URL]http://youtu.be/PZKYLPSZZWw[/URL] youtube.com/watchPZKYLPSZZWw	42 Last	Anuxinamoon Jul 2012
where did the previous competition threads go? what the title says! :) they've disappeared but they're still accessible via subscribed threads... it was really useful being able to look back at peoples workflow and methodologies (as well as gat…	2 Last	Tek-Man Jul 2012
Looking for housemate, I have a room available in Melbourne (Australia) Heyo. Yes I know it's in Australia where there is little game jobs and community, as well as I know that there are few Australians here on Polycount. Nonetheless Polycount is the best community I pa…	5 Last	cptSwing Jul 2012
Question About Pay Rates... Hi, guys. I have a question regarding how much I should charge for something, and I was told this is the best place to ask... Without getting into any details, I have been requested to 3D model a…	13 Last	MagicSugar Jul 2012
Learning the right way - I need help Hello, I'm GenericGoodguy and I just wanted to ask how I should go about learning to create 3d game art. I've spent countless hours reading different tutorials and watching videos on Digital tutors b…	9 Last	Dataday Jul 2012
Any hangouts planned for today? Hey guys, just wondering if anyone was planning a G+ hangout today?	2 Last	slipsius Jul 2012
~ceebee's livestream~ Hey guys, I'm going to be putting up a livestream in a sec and I'll be doing some zbrushing. If you'd like to join up just go here: [url]http://www.livestream.com/curtbinder[/url] I'm not sure if I …	54 Last	daphz Jul 2012
Pre-Portfolio Review Hello everyone, Long time no updates. Greetings and salutations from Canada, and that's about it. I'm wrapping up my year here at Vancouver Film School (August 15th, scary stuff!!!) and am about to …	1 Last	Jason Young Jul 2012
Examining Portfolios I am studying for a project in class and am having trouble finding quality portfolios. Specifically modeling portfolios. Any leads or lists as to where I can find some would be much appreciated.	6 Last	Poribo Jul 2012
Silent Hill: Downpour Alright, couldn't find a thread for it, so here it is. I'm not finished with this game, probably not even 1/4th through but thus far.. Pros: 1.Character/Environment art is pretty nice. 2.Genuinely …	28 Last	erroldynamic Jul 2012