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UI and Graphic Design

Hey Guys, Just making this topic to see if there are people in this community that are into these two things. I have always wanted to get into UI design and Graphic design in general making your ow…
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Chimp

Cockroach in skyrim

I don't know why this is bugging but I was looking through the Skyrim texture maps and found a cockroach texture map. The map is 256 and also has a normal map to go along with it. I can't find the mo…
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Two Listen

Congrats to Zack Fowler

Zack is going to be joining Blizzard Entertainment shortly to work on the NextGen MMO team. You can see some of Zack's work below: [url]http://www.zackfowler.com/[/url] [url]http://www.polycount.com…
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JasonLavoie

the difference between gtx 670 and 680? " 3 frames! "

Besides a "1 frame a second variation" among the graphic intensive benchmarks today... ( +1 in metro 2033's 4 frame difference & -1 in Arkham Asylum with a paltry 2 frame difference ) The amazing [B…
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claydough

Space Battle Character Contest by Mixamo - $1000 + Unity3D Pro First Prize!

[url="http://www.mixamo.com/c/user-contests/2012-3d-modeling-contest"][img]http://content.mixamo.com/CharacterContestWebImage.JPG[/img][/url] [COLOR="DarkRed"][B]And the winners are:[/B][/COLOR] ====…
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mixamo

any tutorials on grouping and spreading out vegetation realistically

In my current project Im having trouble deciding how to spread out and group my vegetation in a natural and pleasing way. I was wondering if there were any good tutorials people could link to so I c…
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Eric Chadwick

The Average Gamer's Knowledge of the Industry

Hi all! My boyfriend owns a gaming website and he suggested I should write an article for his site [URL="http://gamernation.co.uk/"](Gamer Nation)[/URL] from the side of someone who has some knowled…
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Snacuum

RIP Maurice Sendak

[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html?_r=2&hp[/url] We've lost so many amazing artists this year. There's probably few people here who haven't b…
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arrangemonk

Alan Wake for PC at last!

Alan Wake will be available on 16th of February for PC. Good news for those who don't have a 360 :) It has higher resolution textures too. I hope I've forgotten the parts I played at my friend's hou…
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Lamont

Worst PR Ever...

Dunno if this has been posted. Couldnt find a thread on it. Holy cow, this is just insane... Long story short, a rightfully angry customer asked legitimate questions and got insanely rude emails ba…
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Torch

Russian speaking GameArt PodCast :P

Hey guys, Heads up for Russian speaking dudes over here :) Me, d1ver and iConstuct decided to make a game-art related podcast (probably something like crunch cast guys) but for Russian community ca…
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Matroskin

Japanese social game networks take a hit over regulation concerns

[QUOTE]Japan's Consumer Affairs Energy has reportedly decided that "kompu gacha," a common online game practice of rewarding players with a random virtual prize -- which can be a rare or ho-hum ite…
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Lamont

Donate a 3D Car Model

Hi guys,I am not new to this great and unique community where I learn something new every day. I always come here looking for inspiration and I've lernt that there will always be someone willing to h…
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e-barron

Recruiter for Advertised Position?

I'm curious what you all think about this. Is there any advantage to be had going with a recruiter for an openly advertised position? I don't really see how there would be, but maybe I am missing s…
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dtschultz

Diablo III: Wrath

[url]http://youtu.be/LEAPxgMCEA8[/url] Directed by Peter Chung (Aeon Flux)
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dom

Curso Express de Iniciaci

No te pierdas esta oportunidad. El pr
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Grimngor

Portal 2

Portal 2 releasing any day now, possibly in hours [URL]http://www.aperturescience.com/a/b/c/d/g/h/abcdgh/[/URL] For those of you not in the loop there's some weird viral thing going on where portal…
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Habboi

My New Old Music

Hey, Just realised I don't think I posted my FAWM stuff from this year. [URL="http://fawm.org/"]FAWM[/URL] is a thing that runs during all of February where the aim is to try and write and record an…
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Ben Apuna

Animation Reel, I need help..

Ive been a long time lurker on this forum for a good few years so many awesome guys here, I even got hired because of this forum many years ago. But Im curious how other people approach making a new…
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Flynny

Schooling

Hello all! I was wondering what the best kind of education to get would be. Currently I am attending a Media Institute that specializes in Game Design, Animation and Game Development. I attended the…
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ikken

I saw someone on here..

To make a long story short.. I saw an environment posted in pimping and previews once.. It was like a downtown-ish city and had a giant floating mouse head in the sky. Kind of post-apoc/dark mood. Do…
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Vio

Nexon to buy Electronic Arts!?

Holy shiiiii [url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/04/26/ea-spikes-on-report-japans-nexon-makes-takeover-bid/[/url]
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ambershee

Internships???

Ok, now that its spring break, and I have time to do things other than work and school...nah who am I kidding, I still have work, and school work its just I don't have to show up to classes. Anyway.…
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Lazerus Reborn

Affordable Music for your projects

Check out [url]www.loudernoises.com[/url] for affordable production music in many genres and styles. quick and easy and the most affordable rates online!
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Louder Noises Music

meshuggah.....KOLOSS

This thread has a couple statements/questions about one of the greatest metal bands to ever exist: Meshuggah. So I'm wondering what the fans out there think of their new record. I personally love …
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EmAr

Super Summer Character Art Boot Camp!

[B][U]Super Summer Character Art Boot Camp![/U][/B] [quote] “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have goo…
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papagersi

Congrats to Kelli "Kelli" Hoover

Congrats to Kelli for landing a role on the WoW team as an associate artist. You can see some of Kelli's amazing work here: [url]http://keiiilei.blogspot.com/[/url] Welcome to Blizzard Kelli! -Kenny
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SouthpawSid

Hi All... Care to answer a few easy questions?

Hi everyone! I'm new here at Polycount so I'd best introduce myself before we go too far :) My name is Joel and I am from Brisbane in Australia. I have been working in IT for about 10 years and suc…
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azmodii

Ultimate BF3 simulator

i just found that: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8Bh5iI2WY&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8Bh5iI2WY&feature=related[/ame] It's incredible.
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Lephenix

In search of over-the-top environment/building references

Hey guys. For my Key of Ethios project, I wanna have the designs for the environments be completely over-the-top elaborate and/or impossible. Kind of like what they did in Eternal Sonata: [IMG]htt…
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Fomori

UK Bans Piratebay

Now I'm all for anti-piracy but this is rather amusing. Today my ISP, Virgin media blocked it. Well fair do's to them as they were under the pressure of being sued by record labels. Not sure how tha…
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peanut™

The Polycount Hub (Proof of Concept)

Hey guys, A few months back, a Polycount University was set up on Skype between contributing members of Polycount. We started to use Skype as a Global Chat for members who wanted to be apart of this…
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Ace-Angel

Character Concepting/Comic Illustration courses in (or near) London

Hi all, I've been doing a lot of sketching/painting for a while now and have been studying Loomis and Bridgman as well as other books like Hogarth's work. I also wanted to branch out a little more an…
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Julmust

In need of sci-fi references.

Hey guys, I've been working on a school project that involves a simple sci-fi warehouse/factory kind of a scene. I am looking for something that moves on a rail in the facility for the goods to be mo…
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marks

RIP MCA :(

MCA,from the Beastie Boys, has passed away :( [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/mca-dead-dies-adam-yauch-beastie-boys_n_1478045.html?ref=entertainment[/url] In memory, one of my favs: […
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erroldynamic

3DSMAX subscription

Hey guys, Just wondering if anyone can tell me if it is worth spending an additional $800 for a 3dsmax subscription? It allows me to upgrade free to future versions but I've been thinking that even i…
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apocalypse

Exposing a thief?

Hello polycounters. I have been noticing this user by the name of Moonser posting on several sites. [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1578795#post1578795[/url] [url]http://forum.un…
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mxdirector

Bay Area Dev Meet Ups?

So I've been up here for a few months now, after living in So Cal and I'm starting to feel a bit homesick for some of the old dev meet ups, specifically, Beer Wednesdays. There doesn't seem to be a l…
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BlvdNights

textures Sticky

I am a texture artist and would love to see a Texture Sticky under pimps and previews that was for just textures.
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Ghostscape

Choosing a mobile game engine

Hi, I have been searching Google for mobile game engines, but I'm still stuck with the same question; How do I know wich one is good for me? I don't want to start a game engine war with this threa…
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special821

Torchlight 2 - Want to make Armor Sets? ;)

So Torchlight 2, wanna make some armor sets? Well you can thanks to the fine folks over at Runic. Download the base male and female models here: [url]http://www.torchlight2game.com/news/2012/05/03…
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moose

Awesomenauts!

[IMG]http://cdn.ripten.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Awesomenauts.jpg[/IMG] [B][url]http://www.awesomenauts.com/[/url][/B] Got the game today if you like moba style games and have been looking for…
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ae.

Oldschool Piracy add

Guys, Don't copy that floppy. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI"]Don't Copy That Floppy (Official Video - Digitally Remastered) - YouTube[/ame]
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Mark Dygert

Bastion is here!

Its been released. [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/107100/[/url] I'm downloading now. Get it quick before it goes off.
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Muzzoid

General rule for contrast when painting?

I'm finding that when painting something with multiple elements my contrast ranges aren't really matching up but im also not sure how to fix or study to fix this because my darkest dark isn't black a…
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Snowfly

Closed Flipping normal map question.

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Croftyness

Congrats to Kyle "kyle.rau" Rau

Kyle has joined Blizzard Entertainment as an associate artist on our NextGen MMO team. You can view Kyle's work below: [url]http://www.kylerau.com/[/url] Welcome aboard Kyle! -Kenny
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InProgress

Hand Painted Textures (characters)

Anyone have advice on how to do a good hand painted texture for characters?
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slipsius

Environment to start

Hello Polycount, I'm thinking in give a try to environment which I love to see and explore in games but I never have tried it before. I have the UDK, 3DS MAX and ZBrush here, but don't have any ide…
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BlvdNights

Image Viewer

Looking for a free (or inexpensive) image viewer that will stay on top of other Windows. I was watching a Gnomon DVD yesterday and the guy was using ACDSee to display reference images while he worke…
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McGreed

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