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looking for software. help my art director tells me abt this software he used a while back abt 2-3 years ago. It was basically a 2D painting program where you drew a line, and it would draw crazy patterns along that lines path…	2 Last	roosterMAP Aug 2011
Seattle Eastside Sketchgroup Hey All So a few years ago, after one of the polycount meetups, a few guys and I started a sketch group. of local PC members. It was a fantastic chance for us all to share our goals and objective…	7 Last	jocose Aug 2011
Sony giving free PS Vita dev kits to indie studios [url]http://goo.gl/fb/CUJrr[/url] Wonder how big the indie developer team has to be to get one of these?	2 Last	Mark Dygert Aug 2011
When the hell did you know? Alright, not sure if this has ever been posted before, but why not. When did you know that you wanted to work in games? Did it just happen? Transition from another field? God told you to? :)	60 Last	teaandcigarettes Aug 2011
Cronyism in the game industry I have worked at 5 game studios now over the course of 10 years and have experienced gross cronyism at 4 of them. Most recently an individual several years junior and sub-par in general was promoted …	26 Last	motives Aug 2011
The value of a lack of copywrite? Im not suggesting its a good idea especially in relation to what we do... but i find this very very interesting and germinates a bunch of ideas in my head. [url]http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blak…	4 Last	Muzzoid Aug 2011
Spotify opening up for the US I just saw that Spotify finally opened up for you guys in the US. I've been using it for almost three years and been a subscriber for two. If you don't know what it is, check the wiki: [url]http://e…	61 Last	sltrOlsson Aug 2011
From Google Images to... Virus?!?! Hi all, in the last four months I've been infected with a kind of virus that auto-installs itself avoiding all protection and creating lot of troubles. If you are asking yourself, the fact is quite s…	15 Last	Two Listen Aug 2011
Username change Well, as you can plainly see, Kitteh is a pretty stupid ass username. I'd like to change my username to gabester. I've sent PMs to administrators and stuff about this before and not gotten any respon…	52 Last	arrangemonk Jul 2011
Help remembering a 3D short... Hello everyone, I'm trying to remember the name of a 3D short that was made about 3 or 4 years ago now. I'll try my best to recall what happens. The opening credits are black telephone poles and th…	11 Last	Alberto Rdrgz Jul 2011
Catherine I am going to go right out and say it, Catherine is going down as one of my all time favorite gaming experiences. The puzzle sections while hard were very rewarding but that is not the main reason I …	24 Last	Ace-Angel Jul 2011
Sci-fi object library idea Hi all! I am thinking on starting a sci-fi prop and detail object library. It will consist of floating geometry like screw heads, cable sections and other interesting sci-fi looking object. Ill mak…	6 Last	SsSandu_C Jul 2011
Two questions regarding switching companies in the future Hey Guys! I have two questions and I hope you might be able to answer them, if you can spare a couple of minutes. :) So I'm currently working in Europe as a Junior Animator. I would like at some poi…	10 Last	MiAlx Jul 2011
Captain America teaser. The first look at Captain America in motion popped up during that silly space marine rugby game they just held over in the US. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpaXaL9OxYc[/ame] Coupled with the i…	34 Last	Entity Jul 2011
Spielberg: 'Jurassic Park 4' in the works Steven Spielberg made his first appearance at Comic Con on Friday last week, and [URL="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118040292"]Variety is reporting[/URL] that he announced that there will in fac…	19 Last	haiddasalami Jul 2011
getting fat doing games art how do you find being a games artist has affected your waistline? Since I started doing games art back in about 1995/6 I have put on about 6 stones and i feel that this is because I spent so much tim…	36 Last	Andreas Jul 2011
Best 2d Mobile Game engines? Thread title should have read: Best 2d Mobile Game engines [COLOR="Red"]for beginners[/COLOR]? Been applying for a lot of jobs lately and getting no feedback. It's really bummed me out, so Ive decid…	12 Last	Noia Jul 2011
Massive Black media sale (60% off) til end of Feb 1 [url]http://media.massiveblack.com/[/url] Woot! Couple more hours to go.	18 Last	EmAr Jul 2011
Heroes of Newerth (DOTA clone) goes free [url]http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/[/url] Great game, if LoL is getting a little stale for you this is the perfect followup, bit more hardcore, bit more production value, even more hardcore. If y…	12 Last	eld Jul 2011
Blaming video games for violence is racist... Pretty decent and quick read. It's a nice change of pace to see video games defended. [url]http://blogs.forbes.com/johngaudiosi/2011/07/28/expert-calls-blaming-video-games-on-tragic-massacres-like-o…	22 Last	D4V1DC Jul 2011
Jacob Minkoff on "no business being good" Because you know how much I love plugging ponies. Jacob Minkoff, the lead developer as Naughty Dog for Uncharted, posted an interesting article: [quote]Action flicks, romantic comedies, childrens …	4 Last	Mezz Jul 2011
PenMoto Saw this nifty thing on kickstarter.com and thought some people might find it useful if it ends up getting funded. Basically its a magnetic ring/pen holder that looks pretty useful for a stylus setup…	18 Last	PenMoto Jul 2011
Art Challenges on other boards [CENTER][IMG]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b216/robertoortiz1/PIXARTRIBUTE1a.png[/IMG] [/CENTER] [URL]http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=986568&utm_medium=plugblock&utm_sour…	20 Last	Lamont Jul 2011
Machstudio Pro is now free !? The recent issue(#31) of [URL="http://www.3dartistonline.com/"]3DArtist[/URL] had a story on MachStudio Pro and it looks great. Was $3,999 now free! [URL]http://www.studiogpu.com/[/URL] [..if thi…	0 Last	Eric B. Jul 2011
looking for inspiration! Hello. I've looked at some of the fantastic work that can be found through the website banner, but I'm wondering, is there an index for all the randomly generated links to work in progress posts? Ju…	13 Last	Wahlgren Jul 2011
Movie industries Hello guys, I need web site for all movie industries around the world. Similar web site for game industries is this [url]http://gamedevmap.com/[/url]	0 Last	BojanStankovski Jul 2011
Getting yourself out of a rut Hey, Well the past week or two I have been in a big rut. I seem to just drop modelling projects once I see another concept I want, and it continues into a ongoing cycle. I try really hard to model co…	27 Last	crazyfingers Jul 2011
New 2011 PC Computer! Advice needed and welcomed Hey PC, just wanted to share something I am going to build, please feel free to throw me some comments and suggestions! Still super new to this, this is basically my first one, alone. Budget is arou…	11 Last	greevar Jul 2011
Closed Monster Sculpt, Need Some Input	0 Last	jocose Jul 2011
game industry!? :( Tell me the truth. I have been reading/hearing a bunch of negative things about the game industry on here and other sites recently. For the past few years I have been looking forward to graduating so I could finally ge…	52 Last	swidj Jul 2011
EA CEO John Riccitiello says the 4-5 year console cycle is dead [URL]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-07-27-riccitiello-traditional-development-cycle-gone-forever[/URL] [quote] "Gone forever is the 4 to 5 year console cadence that gave developers ample…	12 Last	teaandcigarettes Jul 2011
July 2011 UDK Beta Released [URL]http://www.udk.com/news-beta-july2011.html[/URL] [B]July 2011 UDK Beta Upgrade Notes[/B] [B]Post-Process Anti-aliasing[/B] [LIST] [*][B]FXAA[/B] and [B]MLAA[/B] post-processing…	10 Last	ZacD Jul 2011
Flattr: The best thing since sliced bread, [url]http://flattr.com/[/url] Sounds like a damn good idea. Might also help a few in here that offer free tools and mini games we love for free (Im looking at you Ninja and Jogshy). [ame]http://ww…	20 Last	D4V1DC Jul 2011
Amy Winehouse, dead @ 27 [URL]http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43866337?gt1=43001[/URL] Now unfortunately part of the 27 club. May she rest in peace. [quote] Amy Winehouse, the beehived soul-jazz diva whose self-des…	100 Last	Andreas Jul 2011
RIP Tom Aldredge [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/theater/tom-aldredge-character-actor-dies-at-83.html?_r=2&hpw[/url] "Tom Aldredge, an Emmy-winning actor who for five decades was ubiquitous on stage and scree…	10 Last	Ferg Jul 2011
"Unpaid crunch deserves no sympathy" [URL="http://www.develop-online.net/news/38317/Unpaid-crunch-deserves-no-sympathy-Pachter"]http://www.develop-online.net/news/38317/Unpaid-crunch-deserves-no-sympathy-Pachter[/URL] Extremely "insigh…	91 Last	Ace-Angel Jul 2011
California lost in the Supreme Court, now they pay big It's a pretty standard practice, to the loser go the legal fees, and because the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of the industry they'll probably be required to cough up 1.1 million to cover the ind…	9 Last	jarrede Jul 2011
Thank you Polycount! So I feel like a big thanks to this community is in order. Being only months away from graduating, I am not the least bit stressed about my portfolio, entering the work world or anything else, and t…	1 Last	makecg Jul 2011
Buisness Cards advice Dont really know what to write on it, I have environment artist on my portfolio. But dont know. I mean i have no job as it yet. Ideas? And then you have like webadress email and telephone right? not…	22 Last	jacklee15 Jul 2011
SoCal polycount meet up? [SIZE="5"]July 23rd at 12 pm. [URL="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Bay+Cities&fb=1&gl=us&hq=Bay+Cities&hnear=0x80c2c75ddc27da13:0xe22fdf6f254608f4,Los+Angeles,+CA&cid=109287692115…	32 Last	Talbot Jul 2011
making a livable wage as an indie dev "Go indie" comes up alot in layoff, studio closures or just general quality of life threads. So indie guys, it's time to give us some real information - is it possible to make an equal amount of mon…	45 Last	Richard Kain Jul 2011
Indi freelancer? I had a thought about the current freelancing market. I have noticed that almost all (in my case) are indi developers of some sort and they all ask for 3D art for an almost insultingly low pay. If …	4 Last	D4V1DC Jul 2011
H+ Intriguing new Cyber-punk typed TV series. This is looking likely it'll be pretty interesting series. A bit Deus Ex, a bit more Snow Crash. A bit awesome. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmJhKsvosAU&feature=player_embedded[/ame] [quote="p…	15 Last	shotgun Jul 2011
Games can run clear on tvs at low res, why not computer monirotrs? I always though it was interesting that a 32 inch lcd can run a game at 1024x768 pretty clear, but a 1600x900 monitor can't run a pc game at 1024x768 and it be clear, instead its stretched and blurry…	38 Last	Racer445 Jul 2011
Software Dependancy and the Industry So I'm going for my first interview in the industry soon. What really worries my is the software requirements of working for a studio. I'm used to modelling with modo but I have a basic working knowl…	18 Last	jarrede Jul 2011
Suggestions about new rig Hey guys, my pc broke down and i have to get a new one :shifty: So, i have about 400 dollars, (maybe 500 but i dont think i could get them) i can spend on the pc if i sacrifice my bass amp and i have…	9 Last	maxivz Jul 2011
The first level editor/mod tool you ever used. I thought this would be fun. Post a screenshot of the first level editor/mod tool you used. What game/tech was it? Mine was from the DOS game Coaster. A rollercoaster simulator. [IMG]http://www.mo…	88 Last	leilei Jul 2011
Hello all! Hi everybody, I just discovered this site and wanted to join up, so thought I would introduce myself. I'm a freelance 3D artist and have been for 12 years now. I'm also the technical editor at 3D W…	2 Last	Sean VanGorder Jul 2011
Bonsai Dragon and resin figure production Hello everyone. I'm new to Polycount but not new to the industry/art. I'd like to take this time to introduce you to Bonsai Dragon. He's in preorder stages at PatchTogether.com. 50 preorders and he'…	1 Last	Polysoup Jul 2011
If not for 3D, where would you be? The title is pretty self-explanatory. Let's say software packages weren't released to the public, or better yet, you didn't know anything about 3D, just weren't interested in it - what would you be…	112 Last	Gustavo.Branco Jul 2011