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Source Film Maker and Meet the Pyro [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zri1c_If6Ic"][/ame][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I&feature=plcp"]Meet the Pyro - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zri1c_I…	33 Last	eld Jul 2012
I got a job at Ubisoft Montreal! Hi everyone! This is to say how PROUD AND HAPPY I am to announce you that I'm officially working at Ubisoft Montreal on Watch_Dogs! [ame=" 2012] Watch Dogs - E3 Gameplay Demo - YouTube[/a…	42 Last	rockstar6 Jul 2012
Hand Painted texture skills I wanted to have a discussion about hand painted textures. Amazingly, they still seem to be in high demand but now with everyone focusing on high poly "next gen" (well, current gen) artwork there is…	70 Last	Tokoya Jul 2012
Social Networks and the Introverted So.. I know there are a few of us on here that haven't partaken of the kool aid yet. So coming from the perspective of those that have not, I am asking to those that have... Is the privacy and ad…	6 Last	Ben Apuna Jul 2012
ASK BACON QUESTIONS HERE - not in a new thread This is my suggestion for sticky thread. In a nutshell it's a thread were you can ask questions that boggles your mind without having to start new thread just for it. And of course if you can't find …	162 Last	Zipfinator Jul 2012
Happy America Day! [img]http://roycoup.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/top-gun-tom-cruise-thumbs-up.jpg[/img] happy birthday!	28 Last	Oniram Jul 2012
Who painted this over the top art? So I was browsing Amazon, minding my own business, when all of a sudden I'm taunted by Sylvester Stallone's awesomeness. This time it's in the form of a $9 [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Over-Top-Blu-ra…	6 Last	leslievdb Jul 2012
Surface Noise in zbrush??? Hallo Im playing around with zbrush, and I have a question: I have a model and I use surface noise on the model and it looks nice, but when I export it to 3ds max the "niceness" is gone and it just…	14 Last	razzta91 Jul 2012
Defining yourself as an 'Artist' Hi there, Ive been around for a little while, but I've only started spending more time here recently. Theres a lot of interesting talks going on here, for sure. Got lots to learn and this is defi…	45 Last	Bigjohn Jul 2012
Laptop size I'm looking into getting a laptop for 3d work. I've never worked on a laptop, and I've always used a desktop with a large monitor. So I'm unsure whether I should be looking at a 17" or 15". The mo…	55 Last	Andreas Jul 2012
Looking for someone to model a complete scene in UDK Hi guys, im a freelancer 3d artist and recently ive been having too much free time, so i thought about improving my portfolio, and what i'd love to do for living would be working as an environment ar…	4 Last	cholden Jul 2012
Advanced Creature Anatomy Webinar [URL="http://www.visualarium.com/advanced-creature-anatomy-webinar/"]SEE THE WEBINAR FOR FREE! [/URL] [B]Advanced Creature Anatomy w/ Scott Hartman & Ryan Kingslien[/B] Join Scott Hartman & Ryan Ki…	1 Last	peanut Jul 2012
Create a Photorealistic Beer Bottle in 3DS Max Hey There, My name is Allie Munro and I would like to tell you about a new tutorial that I have recently launched on my store @ [URL]http://multimediadevelopment.bigcartel.com/[/URL] . This …	0 Last	AllieMunro Jul 2012
Ray Bustos Anatomy Lessons of the Masters [URL="http://www.visualarium.com/mastering-anatomy-with-rey-bustos/#"][B]Rey Bustos' Draw Like The Old Masters[/B][/URL] Learn artistic anatomy and how to draw the figure from like the old masters. …	0 Last	visualarium Jul 2012
Someone give this rigger a job right now. (NSFW - 3D genitalia) [url]http://vimeo.com/24624719[/url]	39 Last	schneller Jul 2012
Higgs Boson Found Hey guys, I cant believe this actually happened in my lifetime, the Higgs Boson was found, well at least a new Boson, but they are pretty sure its the Higgs. [url]http://gizmodo.com/5923422/physic…	62 Last	X-One Jul 2012
I Pet Goat II [U][vv]44583147[/vv][/U] A story about the fire at the heart of suffering. Bringing together dancers, musicians, visual artists and 3d animators, the film takes a critical look at the events of th…	0 Last	underfox Jul 2012
Closed Polycount Book art compilation? About 2-3 months ago, I read somewhere in polycount about the collaboration of many of the pros here making this art book. I remember they were going to compile their stuff into one amazing book and …	3 Last	Steve Schulze Jul 2012
Journey [IMG]http://xboxoz360.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/oxcgns-interview-with-thatgamecompany-oxcgn-1.jpg[/IMG] I didn't see a thread on this game and i just ran through it this morning. Wow to that game.…	56 Last	Pangahas Jul 2012
Spec Ops the Line Today my 4th shipped title comes out in the form of Spec Ops the Line, it was quite an interesting project to work on and despite all the trials and tribulations the game is being released today, mi…	16 Last	Skamberin Jul 2012
Disable upscaling lower resolutions in games? Id much rather play on a smaller area centered on my screen than having it upscaled and blurry to fullscreen. I tried disabling upscaling in nVidia control panel and it adds a black border but it s…	3 Last	MainManiac Jul 2012
Google+ I did a search and was surprised there wasnt a thread on this already. Even if it isn't super popular. Anyways, I signed up for it a bit ago, mainly to follow the Crunch Cast crew. I'm having issues…	2 Last	slipsius Jul 2012
Welcome to SplashDamage Because we have had a lot of polycounters joining the existing contingent of Jfletcher, Mop, Vahl, Xoliul and Myself, I think its about time we created a thread to celebrate! :) So long over due wel…	64 Last	erroldynamic Jul 2012
Resident Evil 6 [url]http://kotaku.com/5840901/fake-resident-evil-6-video[/url] LOL at Kotaku's foolishness. I'm 99% certain this is actually a real teaser trailer. I'm hoping for the return of old school Resident …	9 Last	glottis8 Jul 2012
European court declares resale of used software licenses legal, not matter where and [url]http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16069323,00.html[/url] I remember hearing cases and stories about people being unable to sell autodesk and other software licenses due to their terms of use, this…	26 Last	Thermidor Jul 2012
Total War: Rome II I loved the first Rome and thought it the best of the total war games so i am really looking forward to this [url]http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/02/total-war-rome-2-preview/[/url]	28 Last	cw Jul 2012
Finalizing the Concept. Hay guys; I dont know if this has been discussed before but this is to those who actually make the 2d concepts before they jump in to 3d and make the model according to it. The issue is that whenev…	13 Last	DrunkShaman Jul 2012
Closed Upload you 3d work!! Site is amazing.. you can upload your 3d work and viewers can see your sculpt in 3d spin it around and everything zoom in zoom out see wireframe all online check it out [url]http://p3d.in/[/url] …	6 Last	adam Jul 2012
Anyone Have an Extra Zbrush License? This is a one in a million shot. And I may look extremely stupid for asking this, but are there any people out there with just "too many" licenses of Zbrush lying around that they can't use them all,…	2 Last	Kave Jul 2012
Morepolygons (student initiative) presents a shooter called GRIM Hey there polycounters! With me having 0 post yet, I guess posting this without coming off as some kind of lame spammer can be quite a challenge, but bear with me. I bring you news from a starting co…	21 Last	Bot13 Jul 2012
Torchlight II FX modding? Hi all, I'm a beginner, currently learning FX for Video games (UDK Cascade). Before I get into detail with my question, is it even possible to create FX mods for Torchlight 2? I never did modding be…	6 Last	moose Jul 2012
Traditional Art Materials Greetings Polycounters; Now that I believe that I have a firm grasp on the traditional arts and how to make stuff on the paper. Its time for me to organize the set of tools that I should keep for go…	25 Last	DrunkShaman Jul 2012
New Desktop Parts Yup, another "help with a new PC" thread. Basically, I'm saving about 1/2 of my pay for a few months until I have about £1,200 to throw around. I've been using my laptop for everything, and it's gett…	8 Last	EarthQuake Jul 2012
Screencast an entire level? So my buddy is a web-designer, and he told me about this guy that has raised over 60,000 on kickstarter for broadcasting a full website re-design. I couldn't help but think, how awesome would this b…	6 Last	passerby Jul 2012
3D and casual games I'm aiming for 3D prop and character modeling (Zbrush/Max, etc) and was wondering if anyone had some thoughts or good examples of robust 3D characters and stuff in the casual market? I work support …	3 Last	Fomori Jul 2012
T-shirt shop started by friends - http://www.izesclothing.co.uk/ A friend of mine just opened the doors to the online shop for his clothing brand, and hes asked me to spread the word a bit for him. And since polycount and a few other art forums is the extent of my…	3 Last	JohnnyRaptor Jul 2012
Ted See this movie!! Went with a couple friends and was very surprised at how good it was. I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time, nor do I ever remember a theater audience laughing so loud/har…	23 Last	Dataday Jul 2012
Your documentary recommendations. Hey smart folks, I know a lot of you enjoy the occasional documentary, which ones are your favorites, and/or which ones are you looking forward to? Here's one I'm looking forward to, seems pretty a…	80 Last	rv_el Jul 2012
Holiday Game Giveaway SO, saw Snader's [URL="http://kotaku.com/5869498/gird-your-wallets-steams-holiday-sale-has-begun-and-it-is-ginormous?comment=45362763"]giveaway thing on Kotaku[/URL] and that was a pretty nifty idea,…	210 Last	dpaynter26 Jul 2012
Maya or Max for Environmental Modeling Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, it's my first post so I kind of struggled to know where to put it. Feel free to move it where ever is best. Anyway, I've got yet another take on the Max vs. Maya …	52 Last	Mcejn Jul 2012
So I broke my dominant hand I was in a bike accident this weekend and I broke my mouse clicking / drawing /sculpting hand. Ill be going to work tomorrow, but im a little nervous about it... Im wondering if theres any other ar…	10 Last	Mask_Salesman Jul 2012
Portfolio domain name??? Hey guys, I have about a year left of college and I'm starting to work on my online portfolio. I was wondering if the domain name plays an influence in my getting a job or not? The .com name I wante…	12 Last	Mongrelman Jul 2012
Music at work. Hi polycounters ! I've already seen some threads about what music do peoples likes , but none on what they actualy listen while working. Some songs are awsome but simply too brutal / speed if you …	45 Last	blacksmith Jul 2012
I made an FPS game -- Receiver Last week we finished a game for the 7DFPS, and I think it's pretty good. Here are some videos of it: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCThInmzjXw"]Receiver Game Mechanics Overview - YouTub…	23 Last	Ninjas Jul 2012
I'm finally a hired man! Oh yes! Just got out from avalanches beautiful offices with the papers sign! Thank you Polycount for all the inspiration and knowledge you've given me!! Without PC I woulden't even be near this! Fi…	43 Last	Bee-Bee Jul 2012
3d Girls thread ? where is it? Wasn't it stickied before in pimping and previews O.o where has it gone	5 Last	Andreas Jul 2012
Keep Drawing - Short Film Animation I don't know if you guys have already seen this or not, but I wanted to share this awesome short film animation that I've just seen recently. It's fantastic! :D [CENTER][vv]31956969[/vv][/CENTER]	0 Last	lukepham101 Jul 2012
Harry Geoghegan and Marcus White from Blitz Games Studios, Tech Demo Hi Everyone Maya users will like this tech video. Harry Geoghegan and Marcus White from Blitz Games Studios recently demonstrated cutting edge 3D technology in Maya on behalf of Autodesk. They have…	0 Last	littleclaude Jul 2012
Help me find this thread on GD It's about ppl taking a photograph of small object from multiple angle and turn it to 3d data that can be viewed on Zbrush. example of objects i can remember is shoes and spawn statue. thx :)	5 Last	Andreas Jul 2012
Dungeon Fighter Online Anyone play this? It looks kinda fun... interesting take of using something like Battletoads or TMNT from SNES and making an MMO out of it. [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/212220/[/url] [img…	5 Last	Lamont Jul 2012