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Internships and unpaid work Hi all, I've been trying to get into characters as a junior or even intern but have been struggling for a long time now. I'll cut straight to the chase, I'm not a pro by any means, but I'm working on…	9 Last	ambershee Feb 2012
Closed Need Help Please!	0 Last	Resxct Jan 2012
Exis Interactive offers outsource and games financing!!! I shared this on the news page but I thought it was an interesting new take on things. Currently I'm not aware of anyone else doing this or have heard about it in the past. What are your thoughts? …	16 Last	robert.B Jan 2012
Wacom Intuos thoughts: Thought I'd write a little bit about the Wacom Intuos, I am not a reviewer, just someone who hopes to write a little bit for those on the fence because as we all know, google only tends to bring up b…	19 Last	Wells Jan 2012
Leonar3do? Anyone see this yet? [url]http://leonar3do.com/[/url] Video about it at CES: [url]http://revision3.com/geekbeattv/ces2012-leonar3do[/url] Love the concept. I wonder how precise it is/feels.	18 Last	notman Jan 2012
BRINK Nerf gun Hey guys, I normally wouldn't create a topic for this, but I remember a few people mentioning they like seeing real life projects on here, like Flaagan's car and so, so here goes... some real-life te…	16 Last	Xoliul Jan 2012
Global Game Jam 2012 Just received my early invitation to attend. Is anyone else here planning to participate? This is my 3rd game jam, and will be my 2nd GGJ. Had an absolute BLAST at the last one and I'd encourage anyo…	23 Last	megalmn2000 Jan 2012
Dissertation Idea Hey guys, I study Computer Animation and I'm currently in the process of gathering research and developing my dissertation. Only problem is, I'm not too sure what it is I want to talk about :\ So fa…	6 Last	saf3hands Jan 2012
Are Developers shooting Themselves in the foot? (design wise) Are game companies making games too easy now a days? remember how hard and fun games used to be? is it the corporate side seeping into games and killing it, trying to make them more accessible? I…	79 Last	Snacuum Jan 2012
True medieval mmorpgs? This fantasy crap is really getting on my nerves. Theyre all the same. Does anyone know of any true medieval mmorpgs? They don't have to be pure, I consider lord of the rings to be a light touch of f…	14 Last	Kwramm Jan 2012
New PC Build Hi guys. I've been using the same PC since 02/03 when I built my first one. I've managed to get by for so long but I'm finally at the point where the hardware is limited my ability to do work. I've b…	22 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2012
PSA: How to use a 3d tutorial. Every time a new tutorial video comes out, it kinda bothers me when I see multiple p&p posts of clones. So I felt compelled to write this. [INDENT][B]How to use a 3d tutorial.[/B] Lets be one-h…	17 Last	Anchang-Style Jan 2012
Closed max to unity. unit sutup	0 Last	ashraful mobin Jan 2012
Help With Portfolio Site Hey all, Right now i already have a portfolio website but after getting a few critiques ive decided to change it to the way i want it to look, problem is, i know nothing about html or javascri…	16 Last	Wesley Jan 2012
What are Traditional Art skills? What are tradtional art skills in relation to game art? I made it to an interview for an entry level position, but was told I was rejected because of my lack of tradition art skills, or rather the …	20 Last	MagicSugar Jan 2012
Happy Birthday Snefer! [IMG]http://www.cakes3.com/EROTIC%20GAY%202%20GIRLS%20&%20GUY%20BED%20CAKE%20WHITE.jpg[/IMG] Happy Birthday Snefer you crazy ass mother fucker.	31 Last	ajr2764 Jan 2012
Closed Dumb question. A freind brought this up; why is a normal map called a normal map and if there is a normal map what is an abnormal map?	35 Last	r_fletch_r Jan 2012
NDO 2- is it worth it? [URL="http://www.quixel.se/"]NDO 2[/URL] is pay but i was sold when they said i could paint normals. Is is worth the cash you think?	86 Last	[HP] Jan 2012
Exporting into the engine Making this thread out of curiosity as to how other studios handle engine exporting and importing of assets. I'm just curious as to how other places work. For us, the artists handle it through an ex…	15 Last	Justin Meisse Jan 2012
Closed FiberMesh to Splines Standalone released [IMG]http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7185/fbblender.jpg[/IMG] FiberMesh to Splines Standalone is a standalone application that will convert the exported FiberMesh from ZBrush to splines. You si…	0 Last	obliviboy Jan 2012
Closed FiberMesh to Splines for Maya released [IMG]http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/2769/fbtosplinesmaya.jpg[/IMG] The small FiberMesh to Splines for Maya application will convert the exported FiberMesh from ZBrush to splines. The splines ca…	0 Last	obliviboy Jan 2012
Space Pirates and Zombies! Anyone else played this game? $15 on Steam. Got almost 30 hours into it from just 3 days. I love it! Brings me back to the good ol' Escape Velocity days. [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/10720…	6 Last	Isaiah Sherman Jan 2012
Wayne Robson released his DVD library for free. [url]http://mudboxlive.com/[/url] :)	8 Last	Andreas Jan 2012
Animex - Anyone going? Is anyone going to Animex this year? A few friends and I are going but it would be cool to meetup with any polycounters making the trek! [url]http://animex.tees.ac.uk[/url] Tickets [url]http://anim…	0 Last	Shiv Jan 2012
Fuck you Lucas, this is just too much! [url]http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=7234[/url] totally lost my hard on for a blu-ray star wars box set.	158 Last	notman Jan 2012
Need new mouse On my mouse the middle mouse button barely works, resulting in frustrating clickathons while using max, are there any suggestion on mice. also i was wondering if people had experience with 3d navigat…	36 Last	MikeF Jan 2012
i3D - Viewer looking for a few 3D artist to test the app!! Hello, I come with good news!! Thread history : [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90391[/url] The public version where you can use your own 3D model on iOS will be available…	8 Last	sama.van Jan 2012
Modeling from Reference, How? I've done many tutorials, for modeling, and most of them was, without reference image, some few from DT, modeling a car and motorcycle. But. now when i want to try to model something on my own,i got …	16 Last	Smash Jan 2012
Great day for indie developer Sky Parlor Studios!!! [url]http://kotaku.com/5879539/in-this-game-you-roll-dice-to-fight-fires-of-course[/url] :D Our game is featured on Kotaku! It was a huge surprise today to everyone in the office, soooo excited to b…	10 Last	[SF]Three9 Jan 2012
Cheap temporary DX 11 graphics cards? Hey fellow Polycounters, I was wondering if you could help me out with a little dilemma that I am having please? I brought a GTX 560 so that I could use the DX11 features in UDK, however, just 5 mon…	8 Last	barnesy Jan 2012
Bill Gates: Better than Batman? (Large image warning) [URL]http://frugaldad.com/microsoft/[/URL] [URL="http://frugaldad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/BillGatesBetterThanBatman.jpg"][IMG]http://frugaldad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/BillGatesBetterTh…	68 Last	Stinger88 Jan 2012
Scorpion MK My first shot at modeling a human character for Character Modeling class. Feeback please! Thanks! [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Y7G8g.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xanhu.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.im…	1 Last	DrunkShaman Jan 2012
Looking for extra roommate, San Diego Area. Hey Polycounters, I currently live in Cardiff CA with two other roommates and we all work at High Moon Studios. Unfortunately our one roommates contract will be up soon and will be leaving at the end…	2 Last	mikezoo Jan 2012
scary things hey I currently working a project and just curious about what scares people My aim is to create the design for a scary game. So what is your most scary game/film or other media and what was about i…	33 Last	Lord McMutton Jan 2012
What is your favorite cartoon character? I know many people here should like cartoons. So, what's your favorites? Mine is Sponge Bob Square Pants. Kickass char. [CENTER][IMG]http://images.wikia.com/spongebob/images/c/c6/SpongeBob_SquarePa…	79 Last	jeni Jan 2012
Buying an Intuos 4 I'm trying to find a Medium Intuos 4 for a decent price, $350 is pretty expensive. Any legitimate site or anyone selling one for about $250 or so? Thanks in advance. :)	15 Last	ikken Jan 2012
Naughty Dog working on million poly game ready characters? [url]http://playstationlifestyle.net/2012/01/20/naughty-dog-working-on-next-gen-game-with-million-poly-character-models/[/url] So i was just wondering what you guys thought on this? is it even techn…	31 Last	Autocon Jan 2012
The "ethics" of touching up images in photoshop I hadn't seen a topic about this, and it is something that I've been thinking about for a while. We work in a realtime medium and yet more often than not when we present our work it is in still image…	29 Last	Ghostscape Jan 2012
Level Designers Needed(Dissertation Help) Hi I'm a final year game design student at Huddersfield University and I'm current doing my dissertation on "Core elements of level design". After doing my core research into the subject I have comp…	4 Last	Wesley Jan 2012
Kingdom Under Fire II I don't think there's a thread on it here, and I don't see much about it, but this is one of the more visually inspiring games I've seen lately. (worth watching at a higher resolution) Character cus…	23 Last	b1ll Jan 2012
Closed ZBrushWorkshops with Ryan Kingslien. Hello Polycount members! We have a new Master Class starting up very soon at ZBrushWorkshops.com that will definitely enhance your current artwork. Our upcoming Anatomy 2.0 Master Class is a very in…	4 Last	adam Jan 2012
ScaryGirl Launched! Hey guys, a few polycounters including myself had a chance to work on this game. Out on XBLA this week, PSN next week, and PC in the near future! I'd love to see what you guys think! [URL="http://…	16 Last	glottis8 Jan 2012
Anyone here use Blender? Hello, I am considering posting a job in the job ops board. I am working at a small indie game studio, and we are discussing using outside talent to increase the artistic quality of our title. Our …	26 Last	Vrav Jan 2012
Youtube - movies 360p and 480p - question When I watch some movies at youtube, I think about one thing - there is written 360p and 480p, so why the playback window for these videos has always a bit higher resoulution? for 360p videos , the …	6 Last	leilei Jan 2012
Ubisoft's Revolutionary DRM!!! [quote]Guru3D has discovered that Ubisoft has taken it to a whole new ballpark. Whilst trying to install the game [I]Anno 2070 [/I]on three different computers (for review purposes), they discovered…	76 Last	Bibendum Jan 2012
Best websites for hosting a portfolio ive been looking around for free, decent websites that offer clean, straight forward portfolio templates but i dont feel like sifting through all the crappy sites. Can anyone suggest some web hosting…	7 Last	Sharky85 Jan 2012
Closed why no SOPA PIPA protest Thread here? i mean most of you are us Citizens you should care about keeping your internet working so them treads should stay active [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more[/url]	13 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2012
PC vs MAC..For running design Software. / Maya. I already own a mac, and I am just about to start my online tutorials for MAYA. Are macs used at all in the industry? Overall Are Mac's decent enough to run programs? Can't afford a PC just yet, A l…	17 Last	almighty_gir Jan 2012
SecuROM DRM "a Waste of Money" [URL]http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/magicka/1216907p1.html[/URL] [quote][URL="http://www.gamespy.com/company/027/027282.html"]Paradox Interactive[/URL] may be a relatively small publisher, but it’s …	3 Last	Goeddy Jan 2012
iPad app recommendations I picked up an iPad 2 yesterday - I never owned an iphone or any other kind of smart phone so the world of apps has passed me by until now, got any recommendations? so far I've picked up my 2 must h…	27 Last	Justin Meisse Jan 2012