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Retro Games [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Hello there![/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Im a student from Staffordsh…	5 Last	JacqueChoi Apr 2012
Need Advice So it's been a year since I've graduated from DePaul in Chicago with a degree in Animation, and I've applied left and right to jobs all over the country and some out of country and still have had no …	31 Last	Noodle! Apr 2012
First portfolio - got some questions before I start It´s time for me to get my stuff together and build a portfolio. But I got some questions before the game starts and that´s where it´s about you ^^ 1. I´m modeling (mainly characters). I do everythi…	15 Last	ZacD Apr 2012
1 Tera Closed Beta Key Hey all! I got sent an email from En Masse for a closed beta key for 13th to 15th April. (so starting today) i don't need this so if anyone wants this please let me know :) Afraid i only got one so …	1 Last	Oranghe Apr 2012
Steam Console... Well, as a massive PC gamer I feel the console generation has being holding us back for to long. I put together a quick concept from the recent news of a possible Steam console. I hope PC gamers migh…	47 Last	Joseph Silverman Apr 2012
Need guidance for post-secondary school! Hey everyone, I'm about to graduate for highschool and I have a very strong desire to become a 3d modeler/texture artist/concept artist/environmental artist. I don't really know how I am going to bec…	7 Last	Kwramm Apr 2012
Darksiders II Weapon Contest (Wrap-up) WOW! That was a lot of fun! This community always delivers! So many great entries it's going to be hard to choose just one in each category. I want to thank Polycount again for hosting this contest!…	47 Last	erroldynamic Apr 2012
Countryside adventure (Exam Research) Hello everyone, I would like to get some research done for my exam of Product Design. My project is designing a First Aid Kit for a day out trip in Countryside. After doing research on my own I am go…	4 Last	HAWK12HT Apr 2012
Alchemy's Download mirror About to mash out a few hours of alchemy paintings for a project when my original install has vanished. I head on over to there site and it's been screwed up, an there DL link is spamware. I cant f…	6 Last	Lazerus Reborn Apr 2012
Penn on Gaming I came across this the other day and thought it was pretty awesome. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/IpIZs.jpg[/IMG]	24 Last	Tulkamir Apr 2012
WIP 3D model I am trying to model this body to look somewhat human. I am pretty new to modelling and 3D so critique would be most welcome. :-) [IMG]http://fav.me/d4vzrlb[/IMG] Image Link: [url]http://cghub.com/…	1 Last	Kilkus Apr 2012
Guess which proposed law is making a comeback? Hint: it's the Stop Online Piracy Act. [url]http://a.fightforthefuture.org/sign/obama-sopa[/url] Y'all might want to sign this thing. (not the bill, the petition [I]against[/I] the bill)	32 Last	AZelenski94 Apr 2012
Selling Zbrush Windows License 500$ Hi all- I recently won Tencent's gallery competition this past weekend at PAX east and won a full zbrush license. I'm not a modeler and don't plan on using this as it should be used so I figured I…	8 Last	claydough Apr 2012
Modeling HMS Victory, poly count limit? Hey guys, I'm new to the forums here. Right now I'm attending a one year intensive course at VanArts. For my demo reel, I am making a pretty basic sci fi UDK deathmatch sort of thing as well as a gal…	8 Last	Kwramm Apr 2012
NVIDIA GeForce 301.24 Beta Drivers Big boosts! FXAA! & Surround improvements All the yummy 680 380 driver goodies now for the rest of the Nvidia line without having to inf hack. [URL="http://www.geforce.com/drivers"][COLOR=#600060]NVIDIA GeForce 301.24 beta drivers are now av…	12 Last	MainManiac Apr 2012
Pax East this weekend Anyone going? I'll be going all Saturday, wouldn't mind meeting up with some polycount peeps for dinner or a drink afterwards. let me know!	14 Last	HitmonInfinity Apr 2012
FOX News anti game industry rhetoric returns As someone from the UK its always a total shock to see what our friends over the pond have to put up with in regards to Fox News. Every now and then I will see some youtube video of a show on Fox New…	23 Last	PatrickL Apr 2012
IOS Game EarthPlosion Hey guys, so I decided to try my hand at making a simple IOS game in 2 weeks and figuring out the whole Apple pipeline. Well "Three" weeks later and its done. My simple game idea has been pushed thro…	3 Last	Parnell Apr 2012
my portfolio hello, could u please take a sec to look a my portfolio and Fb page- thank you all so much- [url]https://www.facebook.com/ryanpentneyartworks[/url] [url]http://ryanpentney.com/[/url]	1 Last	DrunkShaman Apr 2012
London PC meet! 7th April 2012! London Polycounter's! You are hereby summoned to attend one of the capitals dining establishments in the month of April for another London meet! The date is the [B]7th of April[/B], and will be at […	200 Last	Andreas Apr 2012
3D Indie Developer...wait now we are 2D? Hey guys, so I need some helpful advice from anyone, but hopefully people who have experienced the same situation So in 1 month I will have been employed at a mobile game studio for an entire year s…	13 Last	Fomori Apr 2012
Intro - Hello Guys My name is Alex Zelenski. I was born in 1994. I started drawing seriously around the end of the 2010 school year. I stumbled upon a website called sketchoholic and from then on my dreams and aspirati…	4 Last	AZelenski94 Apr 2012
Unity Bootcamp Tokyo Anyone from PC gonna be there? I have tickets for the first day. [url]http://unity3d.co.jp/asiabootcamp/[/url]	1 Last	thatanimator Apr 2012
Hello every one Am working with unity 3d on a game that am making am using blender for some graphic any help is welcome. I took classes in how to make cartoon long time ago train to implement that in blender to ma…	0 Last	Nateao Apr 2012
Zbrush SSS Tutorial just saw this on eat3d. funny enough that i just attended a workshop going over this, though this vid seems like it would have a bit more of info. FROM EAT3d [quote]In this demonstration Tony Reyn…	10 Last	PEZ2054 Apr 2012
Just How Important Are Specular Maps For Photo-Real Faces? Cameras, filters etc Hi Guys! Basically i'm currently analysing the 'latest technologies that are available for creating human faces for computer games' which invlolves looking at facial scanners, procedural face prog…	37 Last	pher Apr 2012
CgWorkshop, have anyone attend it? Hey guys, planning to take some course from CgWorkshop, especially from Katon Callaway Iconic Heroine Design and Creation Sze Jones,3D Creature Sculpting Bryan Wynia. Is these workshop are worth to …	10 Last	Kuledo Apr 2012
online drawing lessons. Brenda Hoddinott created an incredibly comprehensive drawing tutorial site with sections for beginners, intermediates and advanced. i haven't gone through it all, but it seems like a good resource to…	7 Last	WarrenM Apr 2012
Maya 2013 has been Announced! ( as well ) [URL]http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/cory/announcing_maya_2013[/URL] Unless the announcement thread is already deeply buried. Max 2013 is not the only new announcement? I really liked the mel and …	40 Last	oglu Apr 2012
Working in asia So since I went to high school in Nara/Japan back in 2005 I have always longed to live a secure life in Japan, without having to be afraid of running out of time on my visa. sadly I have been there …	20 Last	rasmus Apr 2012
Small Contest ( SWTOR Pet Code) Hey guys, just got back from PAX east, and we're going to give away a SWTOR pet code on the Exis Facebook page, "Like" us for a chance to grab a baby Tawn Tawn. [url]http://www.facebook.com/ExisInte…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2012
Movement Reference? Hate to ask, because i'm sure that it's been brought up and or posted/linked a million and a half plus times, but i'm looking for a library of movement reference, either for animation or still drawin…	5 Last	HonkyPunch Apr 2012
Carpal Tunnel Figured I'd post here to get some insight. I'm starting to get a pain in the wrist/forearm and I think it's carpal tunnel related. I don't have health insurance so I was looking for suggestions on ho…	3 Last	GarageBay9 Apr 2012
streaming stream done!	3 Last	lefix Apr 2012
SS Bump Generator Hey guys, I haven't tested this out, but this program is like crazy bump, but free.... might be worth a look for your modelers. [url]http://ssbump-generator.yolasite.com/[/url]	2 Last	Zipfinator Apr 2012
Anyone know a Space Game w/ Team Fortress style Textures? If anyone knows a game (console, pc/mac, iOS, android...etc) that is a space game w/ team fortress style texturing, please let me know, I'm needing a good reference. Just leave a name and a link if …	17 Last	Justin Meisse Apr 2012
Block out in 3ds max I need a better understand of blocking out a scene, with some visually exsamples. Thanks.:)	2 Last	Creationist Apr 2012
3ds Max 2013 Announced! I've provided as much information as I can in my new blog posting: [url]http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/ken/3ds_max_2013_announced[/url]	62 Last	Wesley Apr 2012
Coolest AI algorithm I've seen You guys should check out this lecture. [url]http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/Viewer/?peid=a19b20bb1af6433b85778661e2ea2564[/url] It's the most incredible AI I've ever seen. Basically this guy c…	0 Last	Bigjohn Apr 2012
selling models/textures recently I've been looking at the possibility of putting some of my stuff on sale. Ive got some questions about the whole thing first, if someone is more experienced in this stuff. First of all, wha…	12 Last	RyanB Apr 2012
Designing Creatures / Characters Hey all. I'm looking for some tips on character design; coming up with good character concepts, especially creatures (non-human). I'm attempting to build a character based portfolio and I'd quite l…	18 Last	gavku Apr 2012
3DMotive - New Workflow Series: The Treasure Chest Hey everyone here is vol 1 of a video series I did with 3dMotive.com. It covers block out mesh creation in Maya and prepping for ZBrush sculpting. There's a bunch more to this video series. Hopefull…	19 Last	Jessica Dinh Apr 2012
Technical Issues Hey guys I am looking for some advice on fur and hair and wondering if anyone has any sollutions that would be the answer to my problem .I am lookin to render fur in vray with maya ,but the fur doesn…	1 Last	Andreas Apr 2012
Google's "Project Glass" [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4"]Project Glass: One day... - YouTube[/ame] Pretty freaking cool, thoughts? Also image of hud display itself. [CENTER][IMG]https://lh6.googleu…	41 Last	eld Apr 2012
Canada To Lose Some Video Game Subsidies [url]http://www.3dvf.com/actualite-3384--jeu-video-se-serre-ceinture-au-quebec.html[/url] Google Translate: While the UK has announced aid for animation and video games, and while the French presi…	17 Last	Kwramm Apr 2012
Question about architecture and copyright for games Hey all, I'm starting to get a new (commercial) project going which would involve making quite accurate representations of publicly accessible spaces, although some of them would technically be pri…	5 Last	AlecMoody Apr 2012
Boston Area / PAX art comp [FONT="]official blurb: [/FONT] ----------------------- [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][B][I][SIZE=3]Call For Art: Tencent Boston & Great Eastern Technology present an art exhibit celebrating the game art…	4 Last	Alberto Rdrgz Apr 2012
Take-Two CEO talks about THQ's strategy [url]http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/thq-wont-be-around-in-six-months-says-take-two-ceo-zelnick/[/url] [quote]Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke plainly today at the [URL="http://www.mitbig.com/"…	1 Last	ScudzAlmighty Apr 2012
Game Specific Animation Techniques Hey guys, I'm finally enrolled on Animation Mentor and due to start in June, I'm beyond excited but I know AM focus on feature animation and whilst I certainly wouldn't scoff at the opportunity to w…	6 Last	System Apr 2012
Employers Looking At Your Facebook A fairly recent development (I don't think it's as prevelant in game companies at the moment) is employers asking to see a potential hire's Facebook page. Someone at my job sent this around about it,…	69 Last	seforin Apr 2012