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International Correspondence Studies ? Hey guys, In my second year of studying music and technology I was forced to quit due to an severe illness. It has been 3 years after my dropout and in the meantime I have fallen in love with game d…	9 Last	MisterSande Jun 2012
So it looks like there might be a Team Fortress Animated Series. Take a look at this. [url]http://www.adultswim.com/promos/valve/[/url] Now couple this with the fact that they're about to release the last of the Meet the Team movies that they've used to refine the…	1 Last	Skamberin Jun 2012
UDK Cascade flipbooks Hi all, hope this is the right forum to ask such questions. I'm a very beginner and trying to figure out why my flipbooks are not working to create fire in UDK Cascade. If I use pre-made flipbooks, …	3 Last	sharky84 Jun 2012
Would any of you pay for a Zbrush plugin? There are alot of great Max/Maya scripts/plugins for purchase out there. I am curious if anyone would buy a good Zbrush plugin and if so, how much would you spend? I don't really have plans to sell …	7 Last	PhattyEwok Jun 2012
Time "travel" is a crazy thing Ok, so random thing in the general discussion, im sure someone here will go into this conversation with me lol. So I've been thinking about time "travel" and went over some information and well witho…	74 Last	dfacto Jun 2012
Path of Exile - Public Weekend [url]http://www.pathofexile.com/publicweekend/[/url] For original Diablo fans across the globe. It is definitely a PC game, nothing casual about this even if it is F2P. Give it a go, I much prefer i…	18 Last	slipsius Jun 2012
[Advice] Buying a new computer desk Hey guys, I'm looking to buy a new desk for my computer. Does anyone have a good one in mind? I basically have my computer tower(keyboard & mouse), 23in Monitor, 2 speakers, 2 external hard drives, w…	18 Last	Overlord Jun 2012
Zbrush Dynamesh to Maya workflow? What's a recommended workflow for exporting a dynamesh that has polypaint on it, over to maya. How do you drop it down to a lower resolution or are you supposed to re topologize it first? Also how …	4 Last	DrunkShaman Jun 2012
Good source for sound effects? Wasn't sure if this should go in the technical forum or not. Ágúst and I are making a small game and we need explosion sound effects. Anyone know a good website that sells sounds you can then use in…	6 Last	poopinmymouth Jun 2012
OatMeal being sued by FJ This, is the by far one of the strangest things i've seen in quite a while. FunnyJunk is currently suing the Oat Meal because there hosting his content. It has to one of the most backward cases i've…	48 Last	Ben Apuna Jun 2012
"Stuff no one told me" - something to make your day [URL]http://imgur.com/a/9XPEx[/URL] Came across this on reddit and got a real kick out of it, just thought i'd share with some fellow shut ins ;).	13 Last	dpaynter26 Jun 2012
Book about technical design I would like to raise their skills in technical design. Design of home appliances, machinery, and in general everything that is connected with a convenient and development of the concept. It is the u…	0 Last	Bagstor Jun 2012
Suggestion: BB Extension to Favourite Posts? Title says all. Favourite as a verb and sort of like twitter.	0 Last	t4paN Jun 2012
OT: Food/Drink at the desk... I swear to God... If I ever have a drink in my hand and I'm near the PC, it MUST, without fail, go all over the blody keyboard... I think I must have done this no less than 30 times, yet do I learn? …	44 Last	Selaznog Jun 2012
Metal Gear Solid 5 I am pretty happy about this, snakkkeeeee [URL]http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/725161/metal-gear-solid-5-confirmed-solid-snake-is-back-with-the-fox-engine/[/URL]	14 Last	[HP] Jun 2012
expert organic modelers opinion needed Hello. I have a doubt with a model I got from some modeler and I don't want to run into any kind of problem by using someone else art/models without permision. That being said I keep feeling the mo…	0 Last	juguefre Jun 2012
Dragon's Dogma Surprised no-one has posted this yet. It's like a monster hunter upgrade and it looks like it has a story (unlike monster hunter). Some really neat mechanics from different games rolled into one. Cli…	84 Last	Habboi Jun 2012
Looking for schools in Europe Hey everybody, I recently graduated with my BA in 3D animation and VFX in the US and am now probably moving back to Europe, Germany in particular. I was wondering if any of you had any insights on …	11 Last	Spudnik Jun 2012
Stuck at home rendering for work; there is no sleep tonight Bored at home. Wife is pissed I came home late to continue working. Designing our brand spanking new office space to start painting tomorrow, and instead of just painting over the pictures I made our…	19 Last	MainManiac Jun 2012
How to properly clean a graphics card? I have a gtx 560 ti, this is my exact card [IMG]http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Nvidia-Saya-First-Kepler-GPUs-Will-Arrive-in-2012-2.jpg[/IMG] I've never cleaned a graphics card be…	15 Last	cptSwing Jun 2012
Changing my name in polycount forum? Just that I am not very happy with my current username i would like to change it but i can't find an option in the USER CP.:\:) cheerz	4 Last	Selaznog Jun 2012
Tips for doing freelance work... I'm starting to look into doing some odds and ends freelance work, and I'm wondering a few things. How are contracts dealt with? Is there someplace to find a decent stock art contract, or do I need …	27 Last	walreu Jun 2012
Wallpaper thread Do we not have one of these thats up to date? lets do dis I need some new ones [IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/2mxlqo6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/3463o9g.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i46.tinypic…	8 Last	sneakymcfox Jun 2012
Introducing Unity 4 [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpi4J11ZE1o"]Introducing Unity 4 - YouTube[/ame] Features Mecanim animation system DirectX 11 support Linux deployment Shuriken particle system supports exte…	23 Last	Ged Jun 2012
Computer upgrade time! Hi Guys, I know there are far too many threads like this in GD, but I thought getting the most up-to-date info might overcome the inconvenience of a new thread. So I've had my current PC for about …	18 Last	Snader Jun 2012
Congrats Emil! Emil will be joining us over @ Ubisoft Massive as a Character Artist! Can't wait to start working with you man! You deserve this and I know you will do a great job!	54 Last	frontop Jun 2012
Moving to Austin, TX? Need a place to stay? I know this is REALLY off topic, but one of my roommates got a job at a studio up in Indiana and I'm looking for someone to take over his room. So, if any of you are looking to move to the area, or…	3 Last	Justin Meisse Jun 2012
Closed dealing with internet cowardice and hive minds Alright I admit, I was acting a bit brash a couple of months ago, even though other users started it but I had nothing to do with the recent spammings. (Think about it, would I have been able to s…	5 Last	r_fletch_r Jun 2012
UKD vs Maya rendering student reel. I was just curious because there seems to be a big debate over how we should render our final, as it stands right now with the way our coarse is set up, we will be rendering in udk making low poly …	8 Last	Autocon Jun 2012
Opinions about University of Teesside,UK Hey guys, Can someone plz provide me some feedbacks about Teesside University, UK. I'm planning to do MA in Game Art & I've gone through their course modules & it's very close to what I wanted. Howe…	31 Last	rags Jun 2012
Interview with Crytek's weapon artists working on the Warface (Russian) Don't really understand much, I think they're talking about the workflow, collecting references, high to low, texturing, animation etc. Pretty nice models. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmNb…	2 Last	Xoliul Jun 2012
Congrats to Helder "[HP]" Pinto Helder will be joining the NextGen MMO team here at Blizzard Entertainment. Welcome to the team! Here is a link to Helder's portfolio: [url]http://www.helderpinto.com/[/url] Bem-vindo! -Kenny	84 Last	McGreed Jun 2012
"Cheap" SSD's... [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/shops/kingston/hyperx3k[/url] ordered this yesterday, got it today, very nice little upgrade for my machine would highly recommend it! only did it as i thought the price …	38 Last	almighty_gir Jun 2012
Your experiences with mod teams? Hey Guys, It's my first time posting here, I'm a long time fan of Polycount and it's fantastic community here, I just wanted to ask you guys your experiences with mod teams, since I know you a lot o…	24 Last	katana Jun 2012
Monster Month - 30 days of clay sculpting Cesar Decal Jr, Film FX Creature Designer, ZBrush Guru and my one time tutor is currently running an event on Facebook where every day this month he creates a real clay sculpt of a monster and posts …	2 Last	MM Jun 2012
Has There Been Any News? On the Polycount magazine? Last I heard it was almost done and that was around the 15th of May, I'm worried I missed it and cannot find it :( If anyone has any news please let me know I really want t…	15 Last	dpaynter26 Jun 2012
Is it really worth persuing a career in Art/CG? Hey guys, I am about to finish high school and I am still trying to figure out what I want to do for a living. I have made a huge hobby out of doing 3D art, digital art, and traditional art and I th…	19 Last	Kwramm Jun 2012
GESL 2012 Hey if you're in so cali come check out GESL tourney up here at Cal Poly. It's along the lines of MLG featuring SC2 and League of Legends. Me and a couple buddies went today and had a blast. Won a f…	0 Last	PhattyEwok Jun 2012
Michael Bay turning Ninja Turtles into Aliens After I threw up, twice... I rubbed my eyes and doubled checked the news coming out of Hollywood. Michael Bay is re-writing the teenage mutant ninja turtle origin for the upcoming live action reboot…	120 Last	notman Jun 2012
RED ORCHESTRA 2 $9.99 ON STEAM GET IT NOW SEE YOU ON THE BATTLEFIELD MOAR PEW PEW	25 Last	MainManiac Jun 2012
monthly interview. yay or nay? ive been thinking about this for some time, and now im asking you guys what you all think of it. WHAT IF every month or so, we had an interview with a polycount member? questions would be made in th…	27 Last	r_fletch_r Jun 2012
How is the situation for 2d artists on the industry? Hello guys. I've been studying 3d and digital painting a lot last years. But who follows my attempts here on forum knows that my strongest ability lies on painting. And I really have a lot to learn …	15 Last	doc rob Jun 2012
no .	32 Last	frontop Jun 2012
Tablet +laptop pc thingy I searched around and there were a lot of laptop threads and a lot of tablet threads but none I saw that are both. So, does anyone have one of these? Thinkpad x220, thinkpad x230, fujutsi and hp has…	2 Last	xk0be Jun 2012
Seattle: Rentals/Shares Need or One to Start ? I would rather share with people in same area of interest. I'm moving out of current place. Going to make a wall of text just so you can get a feel what I don't work well with. Had a room mate w…	1 Last	Inhert Jun 2012
Open License Game Art Hi Polycount, I'm in the process of creating a showcase for an engine that I'm working with, and while the technology is high quality, I have limited resources to create high quality artwork. I pres…	3 Last	Jesse Meyer Jun 2012
Anyone know much about making Visual Novels? A friend of mine is interested in doing this little project and I agreed to help her with the drawings, but neither of us have any experience making a Visual Novel, so we're sorta just looking at pop…	5 Last	Ben Apuna Jun 2012
Polycount game club? [pitching an idea] The idea behind this is to have a book club for games every month, one member (with at least 1000 posts or something) is randomly selected to pick one of their favorite games, it is suggested that it…	11 Last	TrevorJ Jun 2012
that game company now fully independent [URL="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/14/journey-dev-goes-multiplatform-fully-independent/"]http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/14/journey-dev-goes-multiplatform-fully-independent/[/URL] Having completed …	0 Last	glottis8 Jun 2012
Being productive with ADD/ADHD/high-functioning autism I may or may not have ADD, I went to a psychologist when I was in high school, tried a bunch of different medications that did not really help, stopped taking them and stopped thinking about it. But …	140 Last	System Jun 2012