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Digital Domain New Studio? So supposedly Digital Domain is opening up another division of their studio in Florida. What makes this so special is it's going to be specializing in creating animated feature length films. Although…	0 Last	chrislewis217 Nov 2011
Wireless Keyboard Recommendations Is anyone out there using a wireless keyboard that they would recommend? I'm just looking for a simple keyboard with a couple of media keys and will withstand a good hammering on a daily basis. I've…	2 Last	Farfarer Nov 2011
Back to school Searching for the best grad school in the whole wide world to make me the bestest 3d game artist that I can be. Any recommendations?	18 Last	megalmn2000 Nov 2011
Blogger or Wordpress I'm still trying to find a cheaper way to set up my portfolio site. Carbonmade is fine but I can't show a resume link. Can anyone tell me if they know any good blogger or Wordpress portfolio tutorial…	23 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Nov 2011
MOTIVATION THREAD -- What do you WISH you had practiced? Recently i've been reflecting on how much damn time I wasted in 2007-2009 being a moody teenager instead of bunkering down and getting badass at art. There are a lot of times when awesome artists, e…	27 Last	Joseph Silverman Nov 2011
Autumn Steam Sale (aka Steam Emptying our Wallets) From now through Sunday, get ready to "fall" into great savings with our huge, annual [URL="http://store.steampowered.com/"]Steam Autumn Sale[/URL]. Because even though it may be cooling off outside,…	2 Last	Andreas Nov 2011
Huge OnLive sale The OnLive sale this weekend is fantastic. First Homefront and Red Faction Armageddon are free to play all weekend (their Frag Feast), next over 40 games are on sale, up to 75% off. I picked up Just …	2 Last	philnolan3d Nov 2011
Orcs Must Die [B]UPDATE[/B] The Steam Demo/Pre-Order is available here: [URL]http://store.steampowered.com/app/102600[/URL] The game goes live on Xbox Live Arcade (1200 MSP) on Oct 5th. Steam and other PC servic…	118 Last	Yozora Nov 2011
Sucker Punch! Spoiler Alert: It is awesome.	92 Last	Bibendum Nov 2011
Making the Move to Dallas Hi everyone, I was uncertain or not as to where to start this thread, but as the subject states , I'm moving to the Dallas area next week. I'm currently in my last couple of semesters studying 3D mod…	7 Last	ljsketch Nov 2011
Just Not Happening I am really interested in modeling but I just can't get the grasp of it. I have watched many tutorials and such but I can't get the grasp of any of this 3d modeling stuff. I see in the previews secti…	18 Last	NobleWulf Nov 2011
EB Games memo leaked Sounds like rumor and speculation, but if its true, and they go through with it, I'm never buying from EB again. I use to be ok with the used game thing, cause they have the trade 3 deal where if you…	36 Last	Julmust Nov 2011
You got a games development dream? Good, now put it away! I see young hopefuls and wannabes posting on here asking for help about what to do in relation to education, and actually finding ways to their intended goals. They are clearly passionate types with …	23 Last	Mezz Nov 2011
Generation gap... what ARE they teaching our yougster gamers these days? Had this conversation yesterday with a 15-year-old Halo / COD:MW / MOH:BO "pro" gamer I'm acquainted with. He's legitimately pretty good at those games, and too smart for his own good, but very much…	77 Last	Snacuum Nov 2011
Darkness 2 !!! Hey guys and gals ! We (the team at Digital Extremes) are happy to announce Darkness 2 !! [IMG]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/02/thedarknessiiannouncement.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://w…	38 Last	Adam L. Gray Nov 2011
Software survey [COLOR=Red][B][COLOR=Cyan][U]Poll is multiple choice![/U][/COLOR][U][COLOR=Cyan] [/COLOR][/U][/B] (I've already used the search bar and didn't see any threads like this)[/COLOR] Im interested in s…	32 Last	dempolys Nov 2011
Boost your texture library! [URL]http://dirtytexel.com/[/URL] Over the last few years I have taken many photographs for use in texturing, now I've decided to release them to the public as texture packs. These textures are a li…	29 Last	ambershee Nov 2011
Don't miss this Christmas Hot selling Don't miss this Christmas Hot selling. We got tablet, remote helecopters, android phones,gps etc etc will make good $ for your holiday! talk to us with live chat and you will get surpise. here you g…	1 Last	MadnessImport Nov 2011
tattoo's on characters hey folks, I am in the process of laying down some tattoo's on a character that I'm working on and after much thought I have come to the conclusion that not drawing them myself would somehow be chea…	16 Last	Frump Nov 2011
Mobile Gaming: 'No Reason' It Won't Replace Consoles, says Developer what do you personally think of this article? """ Mobile devices have seen huge sales of late, and the market has become so huge that longtime industry veterans like Peter Moore are beginning to que…	14 Last	Ace-Angel Nov 2011
free cloth stuff Decided to post a few of my cloth bases for polycounters. Hopefully you might find some use for them, even just as reference. (not for resale, but can be used in any commercial project) I have a bun…	13 Last	Ruz Nov 2011
Polycount bug: "1 new message" Hey everyone - My account is getting a bug now where polycount.com/forum is showing I have 1 unread PM from someone, whereas the main domain / News shows 0 unread messages. I am wondering if this is…	15 Last	XenoKratios Nov 2011
Luxoflux Tech artsists? Anyone know any tech artists from Luxoflux? We've got a viral error that appears to be related to a missing DLL from them that I'm trying to clear up. Basically outlined here: [url]http://forums.cgs…	0 Last	Wrath Nov 2011
Gamer Talk Community#01 Lecture with Uncharted 3 Lead Technical Artist [url]http://www.gamertalk.tv/?p=501[/url] Lot's of good information looks to be in this long lecture.	12 Last	Oniram Nov 2011
Square Enix in Montreal Welcome aboard to a new big studio in Montreal : Square Enix! :) New logo : [url]http://instagr.am/p/VJva5/[/url] Announcement picture : [url]http://yfrog.com/nyfx0pj[/url] 150 jobs will be created…	38 Last	JobyeK Nov 2011
Isle of Man game companies? So I remember back in 2005 there was this Gamasutra article about how the Isle of Man government was giving incentives to video game developers to come and setup shop there. Has anyone heard of any c…	5 Last	A-N-P Nov 2011
Mario kills tanooki game Looks like PETA is going a little too far to prove a point. So far that they made their own little mario ripoff game? WARNING: There is some graphic content in the video on this page. [url]http:/…	11 Last	Noors Nov 2011
Jak and Daxter - HD Collection Just announced on the PS Blog: [URL]http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/11/21/jak-and-daxter-collection-coming-to-ps3-with-hd-3d-trophies/[/URL] So excited, Jak and Daxter was my favorite series of …	11 Last	Entity Nov 2011
Portfolio paranoia when you apply for a job - who experiences it? I've been fighting this for a long time, and I'm curious if anybody else goes through this. Every single time I run across a position I want to apply for - especially when it's one I know I would …	10 Last	Jeff Parrott Nov 2011
Dungeon Defenders Anyone playing this? I have it for xbox and for PC. Have a lvl 70 of all 4 on xbox, and just started playing on PC, as it seems the devs favour the PC. PC gets more updates, set bonuses, DLC. If yo…	3 Last	slipsius Nov 2011
Closed Post your Pepper Spraying Cops ! I just find this hilarious here are some I found [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/S2Jda.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LsMNO.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384937_101503829…	12 Last	adam Nov 2011
A nice collection of Game Design talks Check them out here: [URL]http://gametalks.tumblr.com/[/URL] I learned about it from a post by [URL="https://plus.google.com/u/0/103439669424812416275/posts"]Joseph Burchett[/URL] on Google+ who als…	7 Last	DrunkShaman Nov 2011
Question about hourly/day rates for freelance work. Hey everyone. I applied for some freelance 3D modeling work and have been asked what my hourly/day rate is. I've only had a few other freelance jobs, and the pay was unique because of some of the p…	4 Last	Hayden Zammit Nov 2011
3D game environment art class/workshop in Montreal Hey guys, I just wanted to post here about the 3d game environment class that I will be giving in Montreal starting next January :) It will be a 10-week long (1 3hour class per week) class/workshop …	3 Last	Matroskin Nov 2011
Anyone attending Develop in Liverpool? I just thought I would ask around and see if any fellow polycounters are attending the Indie Dev day on Thursday the 24th of November in Liverpool! [url]http://liverpool.develop-conference.com/indie…	0 Last	Razorb Nov 2011
CoD:Modern Warfare 3 - Model Viewer I have just managed to finish playing through MW3 and I got a tonnes of inspiration from the level of detail throughout the game. I was just wondering if there were any asset viewers that I could u…	3 Last	barnesy Nov 2011
Couple names baby born on 11/11/11 "Dovahkiin," wins free Bethesda games for life [url]http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/parents-name-child-skyrim-character-195904653.html[/url] Seeing as hpw this has to do with the bethesda company also I made it its own thread, hope thats…	49 Last	r_fletch_r Nov 2011
We Need Beta Testers for iPisoft Kinect Studio. We need testers for iPiStudio experimental release 1.2.0.119 The latest release can be downloaded from: [URL="http://www.ipisoft.com/downloads/iPiStudioSetup-1.2.0.119.exe"]http://www.truebones.com…	21 Last	polybones Nov 2011
Is this a huge waste of my time? Nope, its not another self-doubt "I quite Polycount forever" thread. Unfortunately you're all stuck with me. Instead its one of those positive "I got a job in CG" threads...well...maybe. See, recent…	10 Last	Kot_Leopold Nov 2011
3December TORONTO!!! Hi everyone - long time lurker here.. finally making my first post! Just wanted to let all you fine people know about an upcoming Autodesk live event, "[COLOR="White"][SIZE="3"][B]3December[/B][/SI…	0 Last	Fifa Nov 2011
Member idea for the Polycount Wiki A member recently suggested adding more forum links to the wiki, for those great posts we see on the forums now and then. This is a great idea! Unfortunately threads tend to disappear into obscur…	10 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2011
Next generation to arrive in 2012 [url]http://www.next-gen.biz/news/next-generation-arrive-2012[/url] Ubisoft Montreal has next-gen Xbox devkits; a Sony studio has shifted focus to PS4. The next gen starts in 2012. Guess they don't …	112 Last	ambershee Nov 2011
Krampus. Know him? It occurs to me that this might be a smarter place to ask than on my limited selection of Facebook friends. I'm trying to gauge whether a cultural reference is too obscure for it to be worth develop…	12 Last	Steve Schulze Nov 2011
Private Portfolios - Good or bad? Hey all, After a little conversation with some friends (and fellow polycounter), I thought I'd ask around to see what people think about private portfolios. In other words, sending potential employe…	14 Last	ae. Nov 2011
Moving from CS to CG Hey all, I'm new to the forum and to CG in general. Having seen all the amazing stuff you guys did here, I wonder how you all achieved it. I became really possessed by CG and stuff after watching t…	6 Last	seraphthrone Nov 2011
New motherboard/cpu/graphic card question So, I'm looking at some new parts for my computer, and since I don't know much about hardware anymore, I would like to get some input on if these choices are any good (either way, they WILL be better…	10 Last	McGreed Nov 2011
Dual Kinect Sensor Camera Calibration Demonstration Guide by Truebones. iPiSoft now has a new version of their software that uses Dual (2) kinect sensor cameras.[URL="http://www.truebones.com"][/URL] There is a [URL="http://www.truebones.com"]FREE calibration guide[/URL…	7 Last	polybones Nov 2011
Aliens on Ice Me an my girl went an watched a Old Murderhouse theater production of aliens on ice last nite i didnt think of recording till a bit late so it starts around the time ripley shows up in the apc to sav…	0 Last	Rhinokey Nov 2011
Hard drive shortage Frankly unbelievable news - UK retailer 'Scan' is rationing HDD sales after recent flooding in Thailand destroyed much of the world's manufacturing plants: [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/info/wd/page1[/…	17 Last	ErichWK Nov 2011
Starting to get career for environment artist After few decision these days, to choose between character or environments modeler. I choose to be environment modeler, since is more fun and i always wanted to create 3D worlds. So, i am pretty f…	5 Last	[HP] Nov 2011