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Thief 4 Trailer...leak or promo coup?

hey people, i wanted to hear your oppinion on something. Maybe some of you heared, that there was a 30 second FMV trailer for Thief 4 leaked throug one of the artists linkein profiles. I mean the qu…
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3DKnight

Question on Art Tests.

I am about to start one. The concept art provided can be greatly improved. Before i go balls to the wall though, do company's generally want exactly whats there or are improvements encouraged? Chris
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D4V1DC

Drawception.

I've been spending far too much time playing this game recently and thought it was about time I destroyed some more people's productivity by handing out a link. [url]http://www.drawception.com[/url] …
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leilei

VFX for games

Hi all, without getting in to my history, I'll just ask straight out. To create vfx for games like the recently released game Krater, what software should I learn? Unity, UDK or a complete different…
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sharky84

Home PC speaker setup

I have a random question, but I have seem stranger in general discussion before... So I am moving next week (for a job at Digital Extremes :) :) ) and want to pimp out my new place a little. What I…
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brucele

New Macbook Pro.

[url]http://gizmodo.com/5917438/apples-next-gen-macbook-pro-is-the-most-amazing-weve-ever-seen[/url] $2200? That has to be the 13 incher right? [url]http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/#macbookpro[/u…
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System

Tips for maximizing economic SSD usage?

Hey guys, I just picked up a new MacBook Air yesterday and it's my first SSD equipped computer. I'm blown away by the performance but I'm curious to know if you guys who have had an SSD for a while …
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System

Anyway to ban these spam bots?

They are posting all over and spamming every thread?
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Mark Dygert

Tattoos and perceptions

Come on I know some of you PC'rs are Inked, give me some input. Now first of all im 17, I've been drawing and doing everything artistic for god knows how long, and im REALLY contemplating starting a…
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glenatron

Social Media Integration in Games

Hey PC Crew, I am curious what everyone's opinion is on social media elements, like Facebook or Twitter, integrated into games. For instance in Swords and Sworcery you could tweet different things t…
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Ben Apuna

humble bundle V

some great games this time around, get in on this one guys! [url]http://www.humblebundle.com/[/url] sword and sorcery, bastion, psychonauts, amnesia, limbo, c'mon doesnt get better than that
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Andreas

3ds Max 2013 shipping!

Subscription users start your downloads! Just like every year, it takes days to process all the millions of Adsk subscription users through SAP. It will always take days and users will always see a …
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cptSwing

Portraits of 100 year old women

Ran across this post with portraits of (I assume) Russian 100+ year old women. Real cool ref. [url]http://esquire.ru/century[/url] Thought you guys might find it beneficial. Also, thought maybe som…
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linkov

Secure Pintrest for Company Intranet?

Hey Guys, I was wondering if any of you know of a Tumblr or Pintrest type program that is uber secure for a Company's use. I was just thinking about how awesome it would be to easily put up images fo…
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Baj Singh

Instagram Love or Hate?

Instagram has literally exploded all over FB specifically my FB. I don't really see the appeal of it make your photos look aged. I thought people got past taking photos that look age after the polar…
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Mark Dygert

starving artist, no really

If you know who Daarken is or not . This story of how he started out and what kind of mess he had to go through. It is worth the read, i am not complaining any longer. [url]http://daarken.com/blog/20…
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Torch

Showmethatagain : low poly hair tute price drop!

Hi Everyone, Just a quick post to let you know that I've decided to drop the price on my low poly hair tute at [url]www.showmethatagain.com[/url]. I racked up 500 unique visits to the site last week…
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ultramedia

Looking for polycount instagrammers...

Hate to put myself out here in front of everyone... but I am looking for some instagrammers in the polycount forum to follow. Would like to get some profile tags going... @jeremiah_bigley
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jimmypopali

Mark of the Ninja

Um, 2d tenchu? yes please! anyone else watching this? (didn't find a thread) [url]http://www.markoftheninja.com/[/url] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5k_FrGG7JU"]Mark of the Ninja - Debut …
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Alberto Rdrgz

Stuff to do in Austin Texas

Hey Guys, I'm visiting Austin for two days next week - wed the 13th and thurs the 14th. Austin is a game dev city, so I'm sure many of you know your way around there Can anyone recommend inter…
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Greg Lambrakis

Long Distance Interviews

Hey guys, I currently live in Charlotte, NC and I have a question about long distance interviews within the games industry. I just graduated and have been looking around for places to send my resu…
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Alberto Rdrgz

I Love Polycount

Guys, I just want to post, that I love polycount, if it wasnt for polycount i wouldnt ever grow as an artist or learn, just looking at someone elses art and seeing the critiques and/or praises hel…
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dpaynter26

Specializing in low poly...

Cant high poly artists just make low poly characters etc too? I personally see the only selling point of low poly is if you can do high poly textures. So in reality is there only 1 type of characte…
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seforin

Looking for a honest advice

Hey guys, these days i am having a bit of depression. Where i live, there is not VFX/game studio, where i can work or do a internship. And i really need some support (money). The only thing i get wor…
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Andreas

best way to find out about contests

I often find myself dipping in and out of sites like Polycount/GameArtisans sometimes months at a time. Yet I wish somehow I could be alerted when new contests were starting as I usually look for the…
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capone

Does anyone here watch Level Up?

I've just started watching the show Level Up on Cartoon Network. It's a show about a group of kids who know a billionare game developer and the crazy shenanigans they get into. [ame="http://www.you…
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Macattackk

Neal Stephenson heads company developing sword fighting middleware.

I think what we might have here is the most interesting Kickstarter game project to spawn post Double-Fine Adventure. Neal Stephenson, (that's the author of the likes of Snow Crash, Cryptonomincon …
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Hristo Rusanov

A discussion on the E3 Expo. Is it time to evolve, or maybe expire?

Greetings! So this is me trying to form a cohesive structure to all the thoughts I've been having regarding the Expo after watching all conferences, day 1 impressions and reading reactions. I also h…
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Anchang-Style

Graphics Cards... Help!

Hello dear Polycount community! :) I was hoping [U]someone[/U] could clear my conscience about the following matter: I've been considering getting new GPU for quite a while now, I am sitting on my …
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PaulP

Game industry

this is pretty cool so i thought id share it with you guys :D [url]http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/3773485/games+industry/[/url]
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MattQ86

Matt Pike, High on Fire/Sleep in rehab...

[url]http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/06/08/matt-pike-enters-rehab-high-on-fire-drop-out-of-mayhem-fest/[/url] Just thought i'd post this. Tickets are still up for some shows. I just wanted to warn …
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keizza

Starcraft II

There's been some pretty unsubstantiated rumors about the Starcraft II beta being released over the past couple days but now that Blizzard's fired off Beta system requirements you can't help but thin…
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Lazerus Reborn

Asus Pro Art Series

Over the past few weeks my Samsung monitor has slowly but surely being dying a painful horrible death and finally this morning he passed away *sniff sniff*. Anticipating this I had one lined up to bu…
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Ace-Angel

Game Industry Shares... Inside Trading?

I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on what would be classed as inside trading in the game industry? I'm new to this whole share dealing business and wouldn't want to land myself in priso…
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Justin Meisse

Django Unchained

Well, the first trailer for Tarantino's Western is finally up. Now I'm not the hugest fan of his work. I find I either really enjoy his films or really, really hate them. He has more hits than misses…
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Shiniku

ZBrush Windows License for 500$

EDIT 2: This got sold. I'm selling my ZBrush(WIN) license so I can pay for other stuff. Here's the deal: Buyer pays 500$ and I transfer my license through Pixologic(I'll pay the 50$ fee). The licen…
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EmAr

Are games becoming boring?

So, I was having a little chat with JacqueChoi yesterday about video games, and how I'm playing less and less of them because they are just all the same. It seems like every new game is a Micheal Bay…
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Snacuum

HAWKEN E3 2012

Who played it and what were the thoughts good and bad? IGN: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIMHsx3wfv0"]Hawken Gameplay: "Explosive Action" - E3 2012 - YouTube[/ame] [ame="http:…
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Joshua Stubbles

I just want to say thank you.

Hey Polycount, Today was my first day at Schell Games and so far I'm loving it. I just wanted to say thank you to the community for all you've taught me and all that you've given back to artists lik…
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Dylan Brady

1950's reference help

Hey guys, I'm making this scene: [img]http://rhemrev.com/blogspot/IntelligenceRoom.jpg[/img] And before I start modeling I'm trying to separate the materials. The [URL="http://rhemrev.weebly.com/ind…
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Snader

Among the Sleep (game)

Anyone heard of this? It's a game where you play a 2 year old kid after bed time.... Kinda cool actually. I just hope you dont randomly hear your character say "I go poopie in my pants" [ame="http:/…
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glottis8

E3 2012 - General Chat

[url]http://e3.gamespot.com/press-conferences/?tag=e3expo%3Bpress[/url] So, What is everyone expecting? I honestly think next gen will be revealed. At LEAST the name of them. Both Sony and Microsoft…
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glottis8

Wreck-It-Ralph

I had not even heard of this movie until today. I can't believe Disney got the rights to use so many established characters in their movie. Looks pretty amusing. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ekrzH.jpg[…
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Steve Schulze

Beasts of the Southern Wild

I've been excited about this movie for a while - looks like it hits June 27th "In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl…
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Andreas

Could you help me find this game cinematic?

Hi, I'm looking for a cinematic I saw a while back, partly because I just want to see it again and partly because it had some cool ideas on urban tribal characters which I'm collecting ref on. It loo…
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Sputch

John Carmack making VR headsets!

[url]http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/06/06/john-carmack-is-making-a-virtual-reality-headset-500-kits-available-soon-video-interview-inside/[/url] Looks pretty good. Can imagine this being awesome for ho…
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roosterMAP

Salary of a 3d artist?

I want to go to school to become a 3d artist, and I really do have a passion to become one (prop/environmental to be specific) but I was wondering what kind of money you'd make as one. I'm not going …
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Alberto Rdrgz

Figure Drawing tool

[url]http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php[/url] Even has a tab up top for animal reference.
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Andreas

Sacrilegium - new survival horror

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AWe9f.jpg[/IMG] [B]The 20-year old Alex is at the heart of the survival horror adventure[/B] Now the cat is out of the bag: The German Publisher TopWare Interactive announc…
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Alberto Rdrgz

Wreck it Ralph - a movie not based on a game, but based on the concept of games

For those who haven't seen it already.This one looks cool.. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S4cyQsQRoZA[/url]
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Yozora

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