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Is there a big bamboo tablet version? I think I have so many problems doing line work in photoshop because my tablet area is so small. Is there a bigger but still cheap version of the original bamboo tablet (thats about $80)?	10 Last	ZacD Mar 2012
Has anyone heard any news on the Anatomy App? [url]http://www.polycount.com/2011/11/17/lecorche-classical-anatomy-for-artists-anatomy-app/[/url] I can't find any traces of it. 3 months ago that video shows an almost complete app, what happened…	0 Last	MainManiac Mar 2012
Closed Texture sites I find it really, really hard to find textures. Does anybody know any texture sites, any at all? The first that turn up on Google require membership. Thanks in advance!	4 Last	Joshua Stubbles Mar 2012
Stuff to do in San Francisco So I'll be visiting San Francisco and attending GDC but I'll be staying there until March 22 so there'll be plenty of time for tourism and while I know about the tried and true tourist destinations i…	30 Last	Andreas Mar 2012
Real-Time Artistry Hi I am on the look out for real-time artists that fulfill the categories below and not environment, concept or character art as they are very well supported on Polycount and other forums. Please f…	8 Last	littleclaude Mar 2012
Save your eyes - Adjust brightness It's been mentioned a few times but it makes such a difference for my eyes figured it's worth it's own thread for anyone not already aware. F.lux is a free little program that makes the color of yo…	79 Last	Tenchi Mar 2012
Experimental Music Project Hello denizens of Polycount! [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/relliknissassa/experimental-growing-electronic[/url] One of my good friends showed me his most recent project, and I thought I …	0 Last	commador Mar 2012
What's the workflow here? (Doom 4) Checked out some leaked artwork from Doom 4 today - - and am wondering what the work flow would be with artwork like this. Some times they look like the highpoly assets, other times it looks like th…	16 Last	mikezoo Mar 2012
Closed what should i charge? Yesterday i was approached via email by a guy who is producing an insert for the national public-broadcasting company (think BBC except less international). He had seen a model of an RK-62 i had made…	9 Last	Joshua Stubbles Mar 2012
Closed Help me to make a decision I can't really decide which program to start learn. I really like Max, it's way to faster than Maya, but i am most interest in movies. So, i started to learn Maya, and it's peace of crap. I haven't s…	9 Last	Joshua Stubbles Mar 2012
Looking for guest speakers hello polycount- been a lurker for years, but now that I am working at Austin Community College full time, I want to become more involved. I am an adjunct instructor and the "Specialist" for the Gam…	0 Last	Colin_ACC Mar 2012
Sketchbook Pro seminar in Toroto, Saturday? EDIT: [URL]http://www.sketchbooknews.com/news/sketchbook-toronto.html[/URL] "By invitation only" SUX ! ============ I can't see much info about it online other than in Marvel editor's C.B. Cebuls…	0 Last	MagicSugar Mar 2012
Desktop replacement Just poking the big green to see what opinions are on this.. I will be moving around alot for the next year because of work and Ive been looking at getting a Desktop replacement [ame="http://www…	0 Last	rolfness Mar 2012
E3 Early Advice I know its super early but since I can't go to GDC this year I'm now looking forward to E3. I've never gone before and I just had some questions. I was reading on the official website and it states…	14 Last	ambershee Mar 2012
list of games you played in your life here goes my list, and i'm sure that i forgot some: HomeFront Portal 2 Portal Half life 2 splinter cell 3 splinter cell 2 splinter cell 1 obscure obscure 2 resident evil 3 silent hill 1 silent hill …	14 Last	Neox Mar 2012
Hawken Closed Beta Sign-ups, full game to be released 12.12.12 [URL]http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/06/meteor-games-to-publish-high-end-online-game-hawken-exclusive/[/URL] [quote] [URL="http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/06/meteor-games-to-publish-high-end-online-ga…	26 Last	pseudoBug Mar 2012
Hello great guys Hello, i present me, i am "Lephenix", i live in France, i am 16 years (well, 17 years in april), i started 3D like 1-2 years ago with Softimage XSI by modding the Star Wars Battlefront II game, i am …	15 Last	Lephenix Mar 2012
Blizzard lays off 600 [url]http://kotaku.com/5889338/blizzard-axes-600-employees-world-of-warcraft-dev-team-not-affected[/url] [QUOTE]Ninety percent of the cut staff were in departments unrelated to game development, th…	51 Last	vofff Mar 2012
Apple Ipad Anybody else following this? [URL]http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/[/URL] Looks pretty promising for games. 1ghz processor (among a bunch of othe…	264 Last	jipe Mar 2012
re-submitting a resume/application s'up pc? So it turns out I'm a bit of an idiot. I've been sending out a lot of resume's and applications over the last few months, and in most cases I've heard nothing back even as far as a "hey we …	4 Last	ScudzAlmighty Mar 2012
PAX East 2012 - Who's going? I've got my ticket, but now I'm considering whether or not to head out to it. The crew I thought I was heading out with don't seem to be remotely interested in sorting anything out. Anyone else goin…	10 Last	Daven Mar 2012
An Introduction Hello all, my name is WarZombie, I'm a college student about to start taking the serious Game Design classes at UCF starting next Fall (Been taking prerequisites until this point), and I figured that…	2 Last	MadnessImport Mar 2012
Makoto Kobayashi and Maschinen Krueger Behold your eyes on sexy mechanical design. I'm pretty sure kobayashi is the starting point for a lot of modern mecha design. He did all the vehicle designs for venus wars! I thought it was good en…	10 Last	HitmonInfinity Mar 2012
Stuff to do in Seoul (ot) I'm visiting Seoul for a couple of days and I'm wondering if any of you has some advice what to do (I also take suggestions for cool souvenirs). Supposedly it's, just like Japan, tech and gadget won…	14 Last	cptSwing Mar 2012
North Korea Surrenders Nukes Check out [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/29/us-korea-north-usa-talks-idUSTRE81S13R20120229"]THIS[/URL] and [URL="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/u-announces-diplomatic-breakthrough-no…	6 Last	Eastlin Feb 2012
Making realistic eyeball for human character Hello guys, I am trying to create realistic eyeballs but I cant seem to get it look realistic enough, do you have any tips, or good tutorials I could take a look at? TY :D	23 Last	ScudzAlmighty Feb 2012
UDK February Beta Released [QUOTE] [B]Epic Games Releases February 2012 Unreal Development Kit Beta[/B] Epic Games, Inc. has released the [B]February 2012 Unreal Development Kit Beta[/B], the latest version of the free editi…	0 Last	m4dcow Feb 2012
Closed Random Facebook Group I could assume a large majority of everyone on the forums has a facebook. I couldn't find however a group dedicated to the polycount forum so i decided to make one... [url]https://www.facebook.com/g…	2 Last	jermaineb Feb 2012
Looking for character modeler job with training... Guys, I know I may not be active in the forums, but I am going to ask a question: I am so far a Blender user, but most of the game companies here in States ask for experience in 3DS, and some even at…	10 Last	MagicSugar Feb 2012
Crowd Funding, i.e. My Woes With it Hey all, and how is one on a lovely Sunday morning? I'm just making a little post, or rant, whatevers your poison, about "crowd funding". As a lot of you know, I currently co-lead an unpaid indie te…	79 Last	Joseph Silverman Feb 2012
Art Test Hey guys quick question. I'm trying to muster up the courage to post a WIP thread for the first time, and I wanted some input. I'm going off of the Splash damage Environment Art Test, not because I'…	2 Last	J0NNYquid Feb 2012
Boom! Hard drives! Back up your stuff! Yeah, we knew that already. Except that, somehow, I had three drives die simultaneously. I have no idea how the hell that happened. The one (500GB with my portfolio, freelance w…	19 Last	notman Feb 2012
Using tablets for modeling So I know a few people here have said that they use their tablets for modeling and just about every other mouse related task on their computers. I've been trying to do this to see how I like it but,…	24 Last	Paradan Feb 2012
Breaking into the Industry: School Vs Self Taught I am very much at a cross roads in life. At the moment I am working on a portfolio for [URL="http://guildhall.smu.edu/"]SMU Guildhall[/URL], and I am conflicted if its worth taking on the $58,000 in …	49 Last	Fid Feb 2012
Bluray Player / movies - Pixelation problems Hey all. My family just picked up a new Samsung 55" SMART tv, with a samsung bluray player. Before this, we were using old shitty "HD" tube tvs, so when we plugged it all in, and threw in the extende…	8 Last	Noodle! Feb 2012
AMD Designing Next-Gen Playstation's GPU [URL]http://www.techpowerup.com/161172/AMD-Designing-Next-Gen-Playstation-s-GPU.html[/URL] to soon! to soon! to commit to hardware? I actually hope that graphics commitment is stalled long enough…	40 Last	Andreas Feb 2012
Fashion Design for Games I saw the d'artiste Fashion Design book, and I was wondering if anyone knew of other resources for learning to create sweet costumes for games. Maybe real-world fashion design books...? Or do you ju…	17 Last	Steve Schulze Feb 2012
Just a big thank you! Hello one and all. Im just putting up a quick post to thank the community for the help they have given me. I've recently just been offered my first industry job after 3 years of trying to break in…	20 Last	jimmyjaba Feb 2012
iPiSoft Motion capture software \|\|\|\|\| Express Sale Ends Soon! \|\|\|\|\| [URL]http://bit.ly/iPiSale[/URL] :) iPiSoft Express Markerless Mocap for one kinect sensor is now on sale for only $179.00!! for a limited time! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZ5lD91VAw"]Ki…	0 Last	polybones Feb 2012
For those of you in the industry, how many hours a week ? This is just out of curiosity, I am estimating around 60 hours non crunch time. It could be a present, or past company, you don't need to post the names either. With that being said how many hours do…	105 Last	Joshua Stubbles Feb 2012
Recruiter reviews Does anyone have any recruiters they would recommend? I have worked with one in the past and got a really sketchy vibe from them. I didn't end up taking the job from them. Now that I am looking for…	26 Last	nyx702 Feb 2012
When to start applying for jobs? Hey guys, so I graduate from school in May and I was wondering when I should start applying for jobs? Is it too soon to start now? I realize quite a few places take awhile to hear back from so is it …	12 Last	Sukotto Feb 2012
can you multitask? lets see if you lads can multitask. [url]http://www.kongregate.com/games/IcyLime/multitask[/url] my high score so far is 108 :D edit: now its 123 edit2: now its 156 [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/152…	20 Last	Isaiah Sherman Feb 2012
Trying to find a thread Hey, Sorry to actually make a post about this but it's driving me nuts, can anyone remember that character art posted waaaaaaay back that was made for a music video, where the characters were design…	7 Last	Andreas Feb 2012
Is there descent character tutorial out there? I got really pissed these days, because of lack to find descent tutorial for creating character for films and games, especially sinematics trailers for games. All i find and it's on internet: 1. Not…	12 Last	Tikavr4e Feb 2012
Newbie seeking advice on freelance job offer Hey guys, I've got a question for some of the more veteran of you on the forums. I currently work full-time as a 3D Modeler/Texture artist, and I have just been offered the same position, but via sa…	12 Last	J0NNYquid Feb 2012
Donating self taught pencil and pen drawing educational books. I have three books that I'd like to pass/donate onto others. "Freehand Drawing Self-Taught" [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Freehand-Self-Taught-Emphasis-Technigues-Different/dp/B001XZZDZ8"]Amazon.com: …	3 Last	TDub Feb 2012
Dissertation Survey Hey guys, if any of you have a spare 5 minutes I was wondering if you could do a survey that I created for my dissertation project. You will get this message on the first page but it's really import…	8 Last	Wesley Feb 2012
The Polycount Art Project (ATTENTION: Lurkers, Professionals and Students) Polycount Art Project (PAP) I've wanted to do something like this now for a while - a project where people from Polycount contribute to an art project. I won't give project ideas away just yet, beca…	144 Last	Andreas Feb 2012
Hairless Chimps = Awesome Ref! Who knew? [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31777630/IMAGES_PSDs/Hairless_Chimp/p140090038-3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/31777630/IMAGES_PSDs/Hairless_Chimp/10.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.…	25 Last	dfacto Feb 2012