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Soul of Guardian FB game - huge art rip? OK so on Facebook there is this new game that came out called Soul of Guardian. It caught my eye when i saw their profile pic that looked a lot like a CG girl that i had seen before. I'm just wonderi…	10 Last	leilei Mar 2012
Find out what studios pay for international workers in the States [URL]http://www.h1bwage.com/[/URL] Check "employers" category, type in studio name (Blizzard, Pixar, etc.) EDIT [studio name deleted], year 2011, 'Senior Production Artist" = $100,000 Found thi…	27 Last	m4dcow Mar 2012
SSX DD Like many, I was pretty excited to see what EA were going to show on the new SSX series last night, aside from UC3, it was probably what I was most looking forward to. Also like many, I'm a huuuge f…	98 Last	Keg Mar 2012
L'Ecorch L'Ecorch	7 Last	JacqueChoi Mar 2012
ZBrush So it looks like ZBrush costs an arm and a leg. How does everyone have it? Is there a cheaper alternative?	26 Last	Justin Meisse Mar 2012
Tax Credit Sends UK Game Industry On Hiring Spree? I'm trying not to get my hopes up, what do the more knowledgeable amongst you think? Sounds realistic? [URL="http://www.jacehallshow.com/blog/tax-credit-sends-uk-game-industry-on-hiring-spree/"]http…	24 Last	FAT_CAP Mar 2012
Introducing the GeForce GTX 680 GPU [url]http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/introducing-the-geforce-gtx-680-gpu?sf3580994=1/[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNode…	34 Last	leilei Mar 2012
Closed Pay-Pal co founder hands out $100,000 fellowships to not go to college [URL]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/05/25/136646918/paypal-co-founder-hands-out-100-000-fellowships-to-not-go-to-college?ft=1&f=1001[/URL] [quote]Today his Thiel Foundation announced that …	65 Last	notman Mar 2012
Dragon Nest DEMO [CENTER][IMG]http://blog.whiteblaizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Dragon_Nest_Demo.jpg[/IMG] [/CENTER] I invite you to try out the Dragon Nest Demo that 4gamer linked some days ago :D. If you li…	5 Last	lecent Mar 2012
Shit Polycount Says! Ok, they're all done to death, but this thread is just a bit of fun, What does polycount hammer into your brain every day? [LIST] []You don't need a degree, you need a portfolio! []Tutorial pleas…	131 Last	Computron Mar 2012
The Artistic "Hook" I have kind of a broad question to ask. I've heard the term "Hook" used here and there in my day: "It's missing a Hook" "It needs a Hook" I've always understood it as the element or combination of e…	25 Last	Olli. Mar 2012
Education and a career in the CG industry [COLOR="Red"]tl;dr in red[/COLOR] Ive got some questions regarding a career in the CG industry and my level of education. The reason i say CG industry instead of games industry is i dont want to rul…	4 Last	ParoXum Mar 2012
Help with computer issue Hey guys I'm have and issue with my computer this morning and want to see if I can fix it without taking it in. I woke up this morning and turned on my computer it booted up but non of my normal pro…	17 Last	jacksena Mar 2012
Enslaved Demo Enslaved: Odyssey to the West demo was released on the PS3 last night. I played it... the facial animation was one of the best I have ever seen. Props to Ninja Theory!	17 Last	Steve Schulze Mar 2012
watch 3D movies with DVD player? When I buy Avatar when it comes out I want to be able to watch it in 3D. Can I do that with a regular DVD player? And they can show 3D on regular DVD's too right?	16 Last	Kwramm Mar 2012
Professional Communities like Polycount for Game Production? I'm making the transition from Artist to Producer and was wondering if there are any communities that anyone knows about for the Production side of things?	2 Last	glynnsmith Mar 2012
Cinematic design tips and advice Hello, i know something similar was posted few times back, but i can't find it. So how to learn to create cinematic character and creature. I am especially stunned and got really inspired from Vilary…	4 Last	Kuledo Mar 2012
Marmoset screenshot color question Hi fellow artists, I'm new to marmoset toolbags, wonder if there is a way to accurately screenshot whatever color you see in marmoset viewport to out put as a HDRI or whatnot. Hope I got my point ac…	0 Last	hycheer Mar 2012
HELP ME... I'm indecisive! Hi Polycount, I get stuck in grips of "wanting to model something really bad" but I have a really hard time of choosing something. Right now, I'm trying to build an environment portfolio to apply s…	26 Last	Schrodinger's Backface Mar 2012
Deep transparent interactive display what do you guys think of this [url]http://leejinha.com/See-Through-3D-Desktop[/url]	2 Last	Ace-Angel Mar 2012
Concept art permission? Hey guys, I've been learning 3D for a few months now and I want to try my hand at some complex hard-surface modelling. I've found a concept piece based on one of the characters in Transformers. I'…	3 Last	leaf3d Mar 2012
Epic Mickey 2 The game a few of us at Blitz are working on was just announced [url]http://www.gamesradar.com/disney-epic-mickey-2-power-two-preview-whats-new/[/url] Should get more attention than Puss in Boots h…	7 Last	Andreas Mar 2012
Server issues? Anyone else getting slowdowns on Polycount and double posts or 503s and other errors?	1 Last	BlvdNights Mar 2012
Irc or ts place? Is there not an irc chatroom or teamspeak server that all like minded polycounters hang around at? Am just getting tired of listening to music and rather mingle more with like minded peeps (none of…	21 Last	Klumpmeister Mar 2012
New iPiSoft Markerless Motion Capture for Dual Microsoft Kinects. Howdy Folks, Great News from Truebones. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msZCsMh43JU"]ipisoft markerless motion capture with 2 kinect sensors from Truebones - YouTube[/ame] Here is a new …	4 Last	polybones Mar 2012
MASS EFFECTed- ENJOY! Hello, The team and i made a little short of a real life mass effect game play in a regular environment. I would be honored for some reviews or maybe a spot on your BLOG MAybe sort of?:) It would …	13 Last	TheCEL Mar 2012
Student Loan Forgiveness of 2012 Hey everyone, I just ran across this on my FB. It seems to be a petition in support of a huge student loan support system. "Created by Representative Hansen Clarke of Michigan has just introduced H.…	45 Last	Vio Mar 2012
Project: RUIN - BEAUTIFUL short film Stole this from the polycount twitter feed, so THANK YOU whoever posted it! Such a beautiful short film. Enjoy! [URL]http://www.conceptruin.com/[/URL] Also... Breakdowns and making ofs and such. …	16 Last	katana Mar 2012
PlayMaker for Unity3D - 50% Off - March Madness Sale! [IMG]http://hutonggames.com/promo/Playmaker_DuelingBlades.jpg[/IMG] PlayMaker is the best selling visual scripting extension for Unity3D. A powerful visual state machine editor lets you quickly mak…	6 Last	HutongGames Mar 2012
HR / Higher Ups - Is talking about salary online frowned on? What the title says. Is talking about salaries online frowned on by HR and those those in hiring positions? I've seen a couple of salary threads around here, and there is [URL="http://www.11secondclu…	30 Last	Vio Mar 2012
painting using ipad <good or bad?> hello is ipad good as a painting tablet?? [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qolr9dO4neE"]iPad 2 sketch finger painting . white hair girl - YouTube[/ame] or android?	5 Last	Jeff Parrott Mar 2012
Learning Art, needs some help Hey guys, i would like to give me some advice. The most of my time, i spend learning modeling in 3D maya from tutorials. But i also want to learn how to become artist, like know light,color and so on…	26 Last	Kuledo Mar 2012
The worst time to graduate? I have about 7 weeks left until the end of my games design degree and I'm really worried that I will just end up like Yosser Hughes for awhile not even getting a look in. I also have a contact in th…	95 Last	Darth Tomi Mar 2012
Show Reel Help Questions. Hi, i'm in the process of creating a showreel for character modelling and just have a few questions if anyone can help me. I've pretty much finished my first character which is around 11,000 polygons…	4 Last	Autarkis Mar 2012
Best Places? Yep its that time again where you get asked a really trivial question like "if you were a fruit... which would you be?" But this time, what's your favourite place? For me its got to be the Audley pu…	0 Last	Vio Mar 2012
Greetings! So accidently posted on the Contest forum, but again just wanted to say that everything on here is what I expected to see after getting referred here by my instructor. Can't wait to be more involved…	0 Last	abb18a Mar 2012
Hello! I've heard a lot about this site through my instructor, and I can see that it is all that he says it to be! I can't wait to be more involved here in the near future!	0 Last	abb18a Mar 2012
3d printing Hi & how can i make a real model of this [IMG]http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2653/swordsc.jpg[/IMG] can you suggest a site please .	10 Last	EarthQuake Mar 2012
Selling a used copy of zbrush I thought i did this post earlier but when i tried to submit i got logged out of pcount and when i logged in i did not find my thread so i think it got lost. I haven't touched my copy of zbrush in w…	5 Last	nickkoko Mar 2012
Original looking games Hey all, I am looking into games that look original, for example Samurai 2 vengeance with the handpainted punchy graphics [URL="http://www.madfingergames.com/g_samurai2.html"]http://www.madfingergam…	17 Last	Snader Mar 2012
Family and Animation This is a question for all you veteran animators. With your career choice, it clearly takes a lot of time out of your schedule. How do you feel about where your family situation is at right now?…	5 Last	Justin Meisse Mar 2012
3D Printing. Which site is the best? So yeah, I'm thinking of 3D printing one of my models. Which site is the best right now? Id also like that they would print the texture on it that I have made, if it's possible that is.	13 Last	lewis Mar 2012
23GB Dropbox extension for Android users for 2 years. snip	8 Last	Andreas Mar 2012
Battlstar Galactica: Chrome and Blood Doesn't look like it's going to be a web series anymore with all this CG. [URL]http://io9.com/5895080/totally-badass-trailer-for-battlestar-galacticas-cylon-war-prequel-blood-and-chrome[/URL]	15 Last	Leodido Mar 2012
Mirroring external hard drives? I have 2 external hard drives. I'd like to be able to save to the 1st, and have the file automatically save to the 2nd. When I delete a file off of one, I'd like it to delete off the other HD too. …	6 Last	megancheung Mar 2012
Codemasters talk on the making of Operation Flashpoint Red River Codemasters gave a great talk on the making of Operation Flashpoint Red River at the University of Hertfordshire. [FONT=Arial][vv]38927471[/vv][/FONT] For more information you can go here [URL="htt…	0 Last	littleclaude Mar 2012
UK chancellor confirms tax relief for games [B]UK chancellor confirms tax relief for games made in the UK, 21/03/2012 :thumbup:[/B] [URL]http://www.gamerlaw.co.uk/2012/03/uk-games-tax-break-opportunities-and.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.games…	2 Last	ZacD Mar 2012
Tax credits announced for the industry [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-21-chancellor-george-osborne-confirms-uk-video-games-tax-credits[/url] I think this is pretty exiting news and just when I thought it would never come.…	4 Last	Vio Mar 2012
Quantic Dream's Kara looks fantastic! I want this to be a game!! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dou4Gy0p97Y"]Quantic Dream's Kara - YouTube[/ame] [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-07-introd…	145 Last	PhattyEwok Mar 2012
where do i find md2 models(cause i am a programmer so i suck at modelling) i am in need of md2 models to use for a graphics program am making with c++ and opengl and directx(for windows). where can i find models on this site?(i am told its the best place to come for this so…	3 Last	DrunkShaman Mar 2012