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Need good gaming computer to ditch consoles So I have a $600-800 budget to try and get a good gaming rig, and im not the best at hardware so no building from scratch, even though its the best possible solution. Id prefer buying a decent desk…	11 Last	greevar Jul 2011
Another war? Sorry, I love this forum and all the game art discussion, but I also respect so many opinions that go on here, and so felt the need to post this and see what people think. [url]http://www.guardian.c…	160 Last	MM Jul 2011
Dig-N-Rig A highly addictive ascii digging game! [url]https://www.digipen.edu/?id=1170&proj=24629[/url] [img]https://www.digipen.edu/fileadmin/website_data/gallery/gallery_upload/DigNRig_2.jpg[/img]	5 Last	Asherr Jul 2011
always knew the prodigy were fantastic... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5Dn-WaElI[/ame] but this is just epic... a fan "remade" the track "smack my bitch up", showing how he thinks the prodigy probably did it back in the day (althou…	11 Last	almighty_gir Jul 2011
Polycount TF2 match tonight!...Maybe! I posted this in the Steam Polycount group, but I will cross post it here... Evening, all! We (the folks of #model_design) are trying to round up folk for a Polycount TF2 match tonight. We need 2 t…	7 Last	crazyfingers Jul 2011
The ways of handling a project So, I'm sitting here writing an 'Making of' for my marauder piece, I completed little under a month ago, and that has made me reflect on how I handle projects starts and what kind of "rituals" do I g…	1 Last	dfacto Jul 2011
Austin Polycounters - Sketch Group / Meetup I recently made the move down to Austin, TX and would love to meet up with some of the local Polycounters in the area. I landed in the North West side of town, Vigil literally across the street from…	3 Last	Damytria Jul 2011
New Evil Dead movie! Not exactly video-game related, but I'd bet there are more evil dead fans here than any other forum I visit. And it sure made me excited. [URL="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/111599-Bruce…	16 Last	Steve Schulze Jul 2011
Happy Bday - BoboTheSeal!! Bring on the penis cakes for the man of the day folks!	28 Last	Rens Jul 2011
Great advice for Creatives [url]http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/great-advice-for-creatives[/url] [img]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/4696/iraglass.jpg[/img] I've read stuff from Ira before and he always has this …	13 Last	Kwramm Jul 2011
Congrats Rory "Rory_M" McMahon I would like to congratulate yet another Polycounter joining the NextGen MMO team here at Blizzard Entertainment. Rory is a very talented 3d and physical modeler who will be joining the props team he…	32 Last	Ben Apuna Jul 2011
Congrats Joshua "Moof" Anderson I would like to congratulate Moof on landing a role on our NextGen MMO team here at Blizzard Entertainment. Josh will be joining us as a prop artist and will add some more Green and Black to Blizzard…	58 Last	BoBo_the_seal Jul 2011
How much would it cost for a 3d model? Hello everyone, First of all I am totally amazed at the kind of 3d modeling and sketchup's you guys do. I kind of new to the scene so am posting here. I am interested in having a 3d model of a mi…	0 Last	shirsoft Jul 2011
Redforward - Networking for 3D artists Someone linked me to this new site the other day, and so far I'm really impressed. [URL="http://www.redforward.com/"]http://www.redforward.com/[/URL] It's basically a linkedin for artists in the ga…	37 Last	oXYnary Jul 2011
Tell me about modelling for film Hey, I know this is a game board, but I know some of you guys have worked in this field, and well, its the general discussion forum so.... In an attempt to broaden my horizons, I am having a look at…	6 Last	Entity Jul 2011
Gun concepts? Hey, I'm currently looking around to find some weapon/gun concepts, but I'm not really getting any luck. I'm specifically looking for sci-fi guns, but something a little more modern is fine as well! …	10 Last	Will Faucher Jul 2011
New linkedin.User Agreement [QUOTE]You own the information you provide LinkedIn under this Agreement, and may request its deletion at any time, unless you have shared information or content with others and they have not deleted…	18 Last	Kwramm Jul 2011
Tablet pc's... any advice? my girlfriend is coming up to her mobile phone contract renewal, and some of the upgrade options include free tablet pc's. most of them are android OS based, but some of them can run windows 7 (like …	5 Last	imijatov Jul 2011
Netflix To Split Streaming & DVD Plans [url]http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/125429613.html[/url] If they improve the streaming quality and content, I'll stay on after the 1st. If they don't though, it will be yet another stre…	32 Last	glottis8 Jul 2011
EA Buys PopCap! Not sure how I feel about this. PopCap is one of my all-time favorite developers, up there with Blizzard n Valve. Hope EA gives them the royal treatment. :D [url]http://kotaku.com/5820553/electro…	26 Last	slipsius Jul 2011
Do you really want to work in 3D indutry After watching this i change my mind really:D [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPflLGEHUAI[/ame]	98 Last	poopinmymouth Jul 2011
Dear Apple : fuck you. so my stepfather got me the same ipod model i had for 4 years ( except with 160 gigs instead of 80 ) and imagine my surprise when i try to run sharepod ( the program i always used to put music etc s…	93 Last	notman Jul 2011
Dead thread Thread is dead and no longer useful.	2 Last	xvampire Jul 2011
XSI question I am used to Maya, but because i will go in 3D school from September, the instructor told me that they teach 3D max and Softimage XSI. So if i have time and if i want, to install XSI and get used to …	0 Last	Tarat Jul 2011
Need an honest opinion, in a mid life crisis at the moment So I'm suppose to be going to VFS (Vancouver Film School) in August. Today I got a friend request from a student who is attending. After talking for a while he has completely turned my opinion around…	36 Last	moof Jul 2011
Dudes, megasale at CA.org Christmas is early at conceptart, they are giving away all their downloads for 8 bucks each. Check it out here: [url]www.theartdepartment.org/store[/url]	0 Last	Tad Artist Jul 2011
Electronic Cigarettes Saw this at 7 11 about a week ago and picked one up on a whim: [IMG]https://www.squaresmoke.com/images/S-Ecig.jpg[/IMG] They pretty much changed my life. I don't cough like i'm dying all the time a…	38 Last	slipsius Jul 2011
New google search. Drag an image into googles search bar. [url]www.google.com[/url] I was always to lazy to pull up tin eye so this is rad! It also means i can find out all the places crazies are using my art for o…	5 Last	rolfness Jul 2011
Congrats to Travis "Darkrusader" Castillo But wait....there's more! I would like to congratulate Travis for also joining Blizzard Entertainment's NextGen MMO team as a Prop Artist. We are really excited to have you here man. Welcome! [url]h…	30 Last	d1ver Jul 2011
6 Glitches that created modern games [url]http://www.cracked.com/article_19262_6-glitches-that-accidentally-invented-modern-gaming.html?wa_user1=4&wa_user2=Tech&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=popular[/url] Its a fun read.	11 Last	Cooljay Jul 2011
Redforward - social network for artists in games, film& TV Hi everyone! I'm very proud to announce you the release of Redforward! It's a new social network for artists in games, films & TV. It was originally made by the founder of CGChannel, CGTalk and CGCon…	2 Last	xvampire Jul 2011
360 Netflix Activation I have to activate my console every time I click on the Netflix tab/channel/thing. Browsing Netflix, MS, Google pulls up no solution. Having to open my laptop and activate the console PER MOVIE som…	10 Last	Mark Dygert Jul 2011
Brawl trophies, additional photos I have a few of beauty shots of the Brawl trophies for your perusal. As well as a bit of information as a lot of people have inquired as to what these are. They are 3d printed in a hard thermal pla…	44 Last	Del Jul 2011
El Shaddai [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpaVzk2qbMU&feature=player_embedded[/ame] "・North American release date confirmed for July 26, 2011." Holyness... this is almost out! Has anybody else fol…	9 Last	glottis8 Jul 2011
Xbox 360 Games On Windows 8 [URL]http://www.insideris.com/more-xbox-360-games-on-windows-8-details/[/URL] Thoughts? I would hate to see microsoft loosing sight of what pc gaming can do, just because they can add 360 games to …	28 Last	Calabi Jul 2011
Social/Group Meeting at Studio, any advice? Hey to all, Here's the gist, in a couple of day, me and my friends from my Lab are going to to a small meeting/tour (whatever you want to call it) at a studio, it's not a formal interview or anythin…	14 Last	MM Jul 2011
What Do I Do? Alright, so there's this dude, my moms new "friend" and he's a "computer guy" right? So my mom tells him that I built my own computer (which I did, no big deal, its not hard) and that I built a "game…	72 Last	Noors Jul 2011
i was hoping to post good news today... let me start by saying, i'm aware that "polycount is not your blog". however i do have art concerns too. when i went to the last polycount meeting, i told the guys my girlfriend and i were expecting…	34 Last	EmAr Jul 2011
I need some advice for 3D Well i am starting first to learn the basic modeling techniques in maya,and i have a lot of fun.But, how do you guys make so realistic characters? I've heard that after modeling a character everyone …	6 Last	Ace-Angel Jul 2011
Crysis 2 [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR_NHUxn1lg[/ame] New trailer is up! :)	208 Last	Andreas Jul 2011
What Do I Do? Alright, so there's this dude, my moms new "friend" and he's a "computer guy" right? So my mom tells him that I built my own computer (which I did, no big deal, its not hard) and that I built a "ga…	9 Last	Andreas Jul 2011
flower games - Journey Flower games dropped some info on their latest game early, it's called Journey and among all the things at e3 i'm probably most excited about this one. (and the 3ds) [img]http://cache.kotaku.com/ass…	16 Last	hobodactyl Jul 2011
Do i need an artist's permission?? Hello everyone, I was just wondering if anyone knows the answer to my question. If i want to model some concept art that ive found on a site like Deviantart or someones portfolio on the internet, d…	35 Last	Torch Jul 2011
Game Art School. Need help choosing! So quick summary of my situation. I left the marine corp about a year ago and am able to use the gi bill to pay for schooling. Ive finally come to a decision and I want to put 100% effort into becomi…	55 Last	dpaynter26 Jul 2011
Studding Anatomy I've noticed that for creating amazing characters i need to know some anatomy.Do i really need to know anatomy to modeling a chaarcters, like people,animals... I really don't want to learn anatomy be…	22 Last	mdkai Jul 2011
livestream So im watching Virtuosic model right now while playing gears, and thought to myself, wouldnt it be cool if polycount had its own livestream. its really cool to watch people model, and if anyone could…	19 Last	gsokol Jul 2011
Sculpting courses in London, UK? Hey everyone, I was hoping to get into clay figure sculpting to push my modeling skills further and started looking for some short course or weekend classes around London. I've looked online and foun…	5 Last	Torch Jul 2011
Post Using Firefox? For some reason only ie works when posting here	0 Last	stevexwhites Jul 2011
How does it made this I come up at awesome video on youtube. How does it made this all transformation, [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_OOZx7k52Y&feature=related[/ame]	6 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Jul 2011
Transformers 3 : Dark of the moon Teaser is out now. [URL]http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/transformersdarkofthemoon/[/URL] [IMG]http://wegotthiscovered.com/wp-content/uploads/poster-xlarge3.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://www.…	227 Last	Ace-Angel Jul 2011