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Need contract pricing suggestions for high level consulting for game toolkit All- I have a contract job looming that involves consulting work for refining the character development pipeline for a client's proprietary game development toolkit. What they have is very outdated,…	1 Last	chrisradsby Aug 2011
Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple Wow. Things must have taken a turn for the worse with his health. [URL]http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Steve-Jobs-Resigns-as-CEO-of-bw-19285464.html?x=0&.v=1[/URL] [URL]http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2…	29 Last	Andreas Aug 2011
9 Lives hi Two weeks ago me and 4 of my fellow coworkers (Team Octopus) we did the the Bivouac Urbain, a game Jam in the city of Quebec. We had 48 hours to make a game, and this is what we came with : [url…	14 Last	thatanimator Aug 2011
Some questions about freelancing Hey guys, I'm hoping some of you with experience freelancing can offer some tips/advice with regards to some questions I've got. I'm not new to freelancing, but I'm very new to the games industry..…	6 Last	Mr Whippy Aug 2011
Gamedesign Hollywood Hey! Since a lot of people around here are actually professionals, I wanted to ask about the current videogame development in general. It seems to me like the gamedevelopment scene became somethi…	18 Last	Serygala Aug 2011
MINECRAFT [URL="http://minecraft.net/"][IMG]http://minecraft.net/img/logo.gif[/IMG][/URL] I saw a thread about minecraft made some time back and I feel like its time for a fresh start! [u][b]What the eff is …	1.7K Last	pigdog04 Aug 2011
Gots me a job I just accepted a full time environment artist position with Spark Unlimited. Very excited to start in September. Thanks PC:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:	19 Last	TheWinterLord Aug 2011
Earthquake Today Anyone feel that 5.8 earthquake we had today that originated from Virginia? Weirded me out. Felt it all the way from Charlotte.	29 Last	MainManiac Aug 2011
UDK August 2011 [url]http://www.udk.com/news-beta-aug2011[/url] I'm really excited about this release. UDK now has material functions which I think is going to be huge for anyone who makes materials. We also incl…	29 Last	VoxHousedotnet Aug 2011
Is it safe to live in London I'm planning in next few years 2-3 to move in London.But before i do, i want to hear from someone who live there, to share their experience for someone like me,Is it safe to live there.I know that so…	19 Last	Playdo Aug 2011
Congrats to Laurel "Tully" Austin Laurel will also be joining Blizzard as a concept artist on the NextGen MMO team. We all look forward to having you here at the studio soon. Welcome! -Kenny	58 Last	D4V1DC Aug 2011
World processing programs... the work of Satan himself? I am currently banging my head against a wall trying to use a Curriculum Vitae (resume) template that I download to redo my C.V. But there is so much non-sensical formatting going on that is making i…	5 Last	Andreas Aug 2011
Looking for a good tutorial of colour studies. Hey polycount was wondering if anyone would happen to know of a good tutorial website for the use's of colours, A study on colours and the usage's of different colour palette's together as I have bee…	21 Last	Jeff Parrott Aug 2011
Silly Question to Old School 3d Guys I've been playing a bunch of PS1 games lately and I've noticed that the characters are usually a bunch of objects instead of one piece. Example: [IMG]http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/f/fc…	25 Last	Dan! Aug 2011
Help wanted: Report spam Heya :D We're going to remove the need for first-post moderation for a while and see how we get treated by spammers. If it gets out of hand, we'll go back to moderating firsts posts but if it goes w…	22 Last	Jesse Moody Aug 2011
CryENGINE3 SDK Free-of-Charge is OUT! [img]http://crytek.com/sites/default/files/news_teasers/newspic_press_freeSDK.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.crydev.net/[/url] Download here: [url]http://www.crydev.net/dm_eds/download_detail.php?id=4[/u…	89 Last	[HP] Aug 2011
Giving up the high poly or not? Hi, Just need some opinions on something. I've been freelancing for a while now and my newest clients is requesting that I also give him the highpoly models I've made. Just to clarify, what he wante…	44 Last	EarthQuake Aug 2011
Congrats to Matt "Empty" Taylor Matt will be joining Blizzard working as a character artist on the NextGen MMO game currently in production. It has been a long journey but I am glad to have you on the team man. -Kenny	48 Last	achmedthesnake Aug 2011
Am I allowed to rant? Non-contributing community members. (Uh oh!) Oh I am? Nice! It's Friday. I've had far too much caffeine already and feel like writing. I hope you all don't mind. DISCLAIMER: No one specific post, artist, or activity prompted me to write this. …	313 Last	Bigjohn Aug 2011
I'm employed now [congrats thread] I'm employed now, making TV Ads for satellite channels the first TV Ad I made, made only in 4 days [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6a9Gax_Nzs[/ame] I made other 3 TV Ads, but not yet to be pub…	58 Last	JFletcher Aug 2011
I can has job! o.k. I know that its a bit sad to post your own job news, but I dont think anyone else knows me well enough to do it for me so what the hell... I start as Jr character artist at Eurocom in Derby on…	54 Last	Serp Aug 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes I didn't see a thread for this yet. Anyone seen the movie? I saw it last night, thought it was fantastic. Another amazing performance by Andy Serkis as Caesar and some amazing effects from WETA.	21 Last	shotgun Aug 2011
Generalist vs. Specialist Hello guys. I am an aspiring 3D game artist. I have been on several projects, but never had any industry experience. I have read several articles and spoken to several people about "how to get in." I…	11 Last	ambershee Aug 2011
Watermarking professionally... Ok well I'm as newbie as it gets in the professional 3D department as all the 'pro' graphic art I've ever done in the past was logos and websites, where watermarking by adding a simple layer may or m…	21 Last	leilei Aug 2011
Closed Limitless Poly Count and Point System Objects I was surfing around YouTube in my bored moments, and came across a video about game poly limits and how they had come up with a simple solution to sort it. Won't go into much detail on how this work…	4 Last	PolyMonstar Aug 2011
Canadian Game Developer Talent Award Nominations! Coolbeans! Looks Like I'm selected to be an official juror for the Canadian Game Developer Talent Awards! If you guys know any Canadians (persons living in Canada) that should be up for an award th…	1 Last	megalmn2000 Aug 2011
The Doom of Our Sci-Fi Hey guys! :) So I've been doing some research for a new environment. Something Sci-fi something new and completely different from my current project. And, as i research I keep running into the sam…	31 Last	sebas Aug 2011
Let's talk TV's. The bigger the better. Just like penistanks. Heya buddies. After many years of vagabonding and such I finally got my own place in the motherland and I've been desiring a tv for years and nows the time! Problem is I know jack shit about them. We…	15 Last	slipsius Aug 2011
WEB: Critique this Site (IGDA members especially) Since its not mine, nor is it directly art related to portfolio pimping and previews seemed not the best place. I have been asked to give a gander over this site and submit spice it up ideas if need…	8 Last	sculptedpixel Aug 2011
Stockholm!!! Hi guys im going to be in stockholm for the first time from the 18th to the 21st and id like to get some pointers on the town. Travelling with a group and Im after good drinking spots but more imp…	132 Last	sltrOlsson Aug 2011
Issues with carpal tunnel So, over the last few years I've spent a great deal of time working on the computer (8+ hours a day minus the weekends) as well as other finger and hand related activities such as gaming and playing …	42 Last	Calabi Aug 2011
3D Model Resource (NASA) I just stumbled upon a series of models that NASA has made available to the public. [url]http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/models.html[/url] The licensing seems quite nice too, [url]ht…	1 Last	Andreas Aug 2011
Finally got a foot in the door! [url]http://www.phosphorgames.com/[/url] Start working there soon as a Fulltime Environment Artist with ex Midwayers!!! Yay for me!!	24 Last	nick2730 Aug 2011
GRATZ to Curt Binder! Ceebee is the latest addition to the Rift Team up in Redwood City! He will be joining the Character Crew as our new Senior coffee getter! I think I speak for the team when I say, we very much look f…	48 Last	OrganizedChaos Aug 2011
WildStar Well folks, it's been a while since I last posted, and I came back to show the PC community what I have been working on for the past 3 years. Here it is, enjoy :) [url]http://www.wildstar-online.co…	34 Last	Anuxinamoon Aug 2011
What to do after college - going indie? Hey guys i'm about a year away from finishing my bachelors in Digital Entertainment and Game Design at ITT Technical Institute with 11 months in QA basically speaking, i'm not happy with what the no…	26 Last	Snight Aug 2011
To Wales! found out yesterday i'm off to Swansea to study "Creative Game Art". School has never really been my thing, always got in trouble/didn't enjoy it, but hopefully it's a different ball game when you ar…	3 Last	Geezus Aug 2011
Closed My brain = broken	8 Last	adam Aug 2011
New Conan The Barbarian (Movie) Footage! VERY violent: [url]http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50456[/url] Looks absolutely badass!	49 Last	achmedthesnake Aug 2011
From Dust's DRM [url]http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/18/from-dust-does-need-online-badly-ported/[/url] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/O24Ec.jpg[/IMG] Ubisoft announced in one of their forums, "From Dust PC will r…	23 Last	achmedthesnake Aug 2011
LIMBO Is anyone else playing this? I knew it was going to look fantastic, but it's such a great platform/puzzle game. Some of the puzzles are fiendishly clever without ever being too obscure. I love the da…	12 Last	JacqueChoi Aug 2011
Closed image macros Can we chill on the image macros? Especially the Randy Marsh one that's a response to anything remotely cool - if I see that again I'm gonna have to ghost dad through the internet and choke a bitch.	28 Last	adam Aug 2011
Hello, Game Industry! Hello Montreal! I am feeling so good right now! The last month has been a bunch of stressful waiting and interviewing and waiting some more flying nearly 3000 miles over night across 3 time zones. And, after it all.…	30 Last	Oniram Aug 2011
Lawyers vs. Rocket Launchers [url]http://notch.tumblr.com/post/9038258448/hey-bethesda-lets-settle-this[/url] This is pretty cute, though i'm sure not everyone will see it that way considering many think of video games as "seri…	47 Last	ambershee Aug 2011
artist & designer (what is the difference) what is the difference between an artist & a designer? ps: they are not the same, isn't that right?	26 Last	arrangemonk Aug 2011
Track Mania 2 Beta [URL]http://www.trackmania.com/[/URL] GO GO! [IMG]http://www.trackmania.com/media/images/screenshots/1.jpg[/IMG]	2 Last	TheWinterLord Aug 2011
Consoles are over, long live the apps! So I've been reading a few things lately and pondering these things myself. Phone apps and browser games seem to be on the increase in popularity. This is fine, but personally I love playing consol…	21 Last	Mark Dygert Aug 2011
Help for a noob needed Hello, When I was 16-18 I used to use blender for modelling and making games... Now I am 25 and rediscovered the passion to 3d. Unfortunately, at that time I didn't think too much about work. Now I …	2 Last	D4V1DC Aug 2011
Happy Birthday glynnsmith! Happy Birthday, mate! [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2057427/goatse-cake.jpg[/IMG]	15 Last	EmAr Aug 2011
Happy Birthday Andr Happy birthday Andr	24 Last	Saman Aug 2011