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glorious mission modern warfare-esque game sponsored by the PLA(people's liberation army of china) [url]http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2011/05/glorious-mission-first-pla-made-first.html[/url] [url]http://ask-a-ch…	2 Last	dogzer May 2011
Character Outsourcing companies in the UK? Does anyone know of any companies in the UK that specialise in this area, simply taking on excess work from developers but specialising in characters? If anyone has worked for one, what are your exp…	0 Last	Baj Singh May 2011
3ds Max 2012 Hot Fix announced [URL]http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/ken/3ds_max_2012_hot_fix_and_service_pack_plans[/URL]	27 Last	iconoplast May 2011
Presention or playability UDK Hello everyone, I was wondering (first level with UDK) if it is not a smart move to make some things high poly than should be just so presentation (higher detail) looks nicer than actually playabili…	6 Last	Oniram May 2011
E3 2011 I just got my badge in the mail. Who here is going to E3 this year?	8 Last	Striff May 2011
Request - Normal Map Comparison (Baked Vs Generated) [COLOR="Magenta"]~[/COLOR] Okay, I'm bored of looking through the wiki, and the sticky'd threads now. I can't find what I'm looking for I'm hoping I could get some help? Are there any images of nor…	19 Last	Oniram May 2011
Congratulations to our Polyocount graduates! I'm sure I'm not the only one, but early today I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication Arts: Graphic Design. Are there any other college students that are graduating this mont…	14 Last	3DLee May 2011
geforce 9600 gt So I've had this card for a few years now and the fan makes a horrible whining noise. It can start out pretty quiet but it works its way to "ripping your ear drum out" loud after a while. Never have…	6 Last	ScudzAlmighty May 2011
3d-artist moving from Video-Games to Ads/Movies Hi guys & girls, I have something I've been wondering about for quite some time and I bet some other people have been wondering as well. I've always created 3d art with the intention of creating it…	12 Last	chrisradsby May 2011
My First blah blah I usually click on these threads and they look freaking awesome, way better than MY first stuff.... so why do they even justify that it's their first when it doesn't even look that bad? maybe we're s…	51 Last	dejawolf May 2011
Interview with FirstKeeper [CENTER][URL="http://www.therydanworkshop.com/extras/tamara-bakhlycheva/"][IMG]http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae294/TheRydanWorkshop/tamaraint01.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] Recently, we were lucky …	18 Last	leslievdb May 2011
Controversial Heart Attack Grill opens to protest in Dallas,tx The medically themed restaurant allows those who weigh 350 pounds or more to eat for free, one burger which can total up to 8,000 calories, Wow Dallas seems to be getting all these new burger places…	23 Last	Lamont May 2011
Eidos Interactive website hacked [URL]http://www.giantbomb.com/news/eidos-interactive-website-hacked-350-resumes-and-25000-emails-plucked/3188/[/URL] [quote=Patrick Klepek] Add [URL="http://www.giantbomb.com/square-enix/65-104/"] S…	4 Last	iconoplast May 2011
Bin Laden Dead? [URL="http://twitter.com/#%21/jacksonjk/status/64879954264997888"]http://twitter.com/#!/jacksonjk/status/64879954264997888[/URL] They got the f*cker. On a lighter note: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/…	344 Last	eld May 2011
TwitPic owns your pictures -Article Link to something interesting. I know a lot of you use an image hosting service for your art, but PLEASE READ the TOS of whatever service you use... anything for that matter. [URL="http://xsreviews.…	14 Last	xvampire May 2011
LinkedIn and Networking Ok, For those of you who have linkedin... Do you have "expertise request" checked? if so... when someone messages you looking for expertise, do you actually reply? Seems as though everyone I try and…	4 Last	Autocon May 2011
So In and Out Burger opened up in Dallas TX today, I wonder if there was a line... [url]http://youtu.be/jQowy9DdY8k[/url]	76 Last	sprunghunt May 2011
Closed Merging Maya scenes	0 Last	armagon May 2011
Bake vertex map? Hi. Im using the warp texture plugin to make wear and tear fast and easy on models. Dont have the time to unwrap and texture 200-300 k machines each time. So im generating a vertex map with this p…	3 Last	r_fletch_r May 2011
Black shadows in xbox360 games Is it just me or do other people notice how dark and featureless the shadows on a lot of xbox360 games are? Is this a design choice or is it hardware or is it to do with hdri lighting? I just thought…	9 Last	Ged May 2011
Justin_Meisse something really weird just happened... i opened up the polycount forums and was automatically logged in as Justin_Meisse, veteran polycount member o_O wtf? has this ever happened to anyone else? …	26 Last	Xenobond May 2011
Good hosting sites This thread has probably been started many times before, but since I cant find much info on the subject, thought I'd make a new thread. Website hosting sites, if all you polycounters out there can s…	19 Last	Sean VanGorder May 2011
The role Environment Artist & Level Designer at your studio I'm wondering how standardized the division of labor is when it comes to "Environment Art" and "Level Design" across the industry. If you have, or are currently, working at a studio: How were these…	37 Last	omid3098 May 2011
Polycount up on kotaku Seems they took notice of all the amazing art happening in the [URL="http://kotaku.com/#!5800009/brawl-art-contest-spawns-beautifully-reimagined-cammy-cyber-chun+li-and-haggar-piledriving-a-shark/gal…	84 Last	Mrinnan May 2011
Source Effects? I was wondering if I could pick the brain of any effect artists that might want to share some knowledge? The main question I have is obtaining quality source material, as a texture artist you genera…	7 Last	Lee3dee May 2011
Brawl Busters! great f2p game :) Anyone remember the korean game [B]Plan B[/B]? [IMG]http://blog.whiteblaizer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/planb001.jpg[/IMG] Well, rockhippo, the same people who bring us [URL="http://www.microvo…	10 Last	Krypteia May 2011
New Mini Tut - Selection Hey there, guys and gals! [url=http://artisaverb.info/Selection.html][B]Here's a little something[/B][/url] I whipped up lately. Basically it's a little tutorial that shows how to make this [url=ht…	4 Last	Xoliul May 2011
Eden Games strikes against Atari [URL]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-05-11-redundancies-spark-strike-at-eden-games#justposted[/URL] [quote]Test Drive Unlimited developer Eden Games is facing redundancies, with 51 of the…	14 Last	Steve Schulze May 2011
Free Autodesk Modeling App A coworker just told me and i googled it... Seems that Autodesk is trying to tidy up their image a bit, looky here: [url]http://www.123dapp.com/[/url] [url]http://www.escapestudios.co.uk/autodesk-1…	3 Last	almighty_gir May 2011
Who remembers that awesome student collaboration in UDK? I remember about a year ago there was an awesome thread of an animation that I believe was in UDK. It reminded me of Shadow of the Colossus and had a giant boss battle. It was some type of elemental …	0 Last	Darkmaster May 2011
Achieving realism: Handpainting Vs. Photosourcing This is derived from the [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84713"]Level Design Vs. Env. Artist[/URL] thread. The topic here is creating textures for realistic art themes. Here's…	25 Last	ErichWK May 2011
LiveStream Allan-p Doodles (11:28pm MST 10/05/2011) I saw a couple of people posting up their livestreams so I thought I would give it a whirl. Mainly used to show quick stuff to friends. [url]http://www.livestream.com/allanp?t=81395[/url]	2 Last	Allan-p May 2011
Just left my first interview! So nervous! Help? Hello everyone! I just left from my first interview and I would like some advice and perspective. Here is a quick rundown of what happened: * Got at their office 15min earlier, chatted with recepti…	17 Last	Mark Dygert May 2011
Web host switch - Questions I've started having some support and webmail issues with my current hosting service and was considering switching (especially after everyone's recommendations of dreamhost), but I've got a few questi…	4 Last	sansam May 2011
Adobe Illustrator for texture maps Hey everyone, With the new semester starting in the Spring I just found out that my school will be using Adobe Illustrator for Graphic Design Tools. -Course Description "This course introduces …	25 Last	kenpimentel May 2011
Thor!!! WOW....one of "THE BEST" super hero movies to date! period! the execution was amazing, they captured not only the likeliness and personality of Thor but the entire essence of the man! the feel of Asg…	55 Last	D4V1DC May 2011
Thread not getting posted !!! help !! Hey, i want to post a new thread in the Pimping and Preview section. Been trying since yesterday. But seems like my thread is not getting posted. every time i click POST, it just redirects me to the…	0 Last	sanketpro3d May 2011
Wanted: Info on this artist. So I came across this random concept some time ago. I had no intention to do anything with it, except drool at it of course. Now, I've decided to model it and use it as practice for learning Zbrush…	5 Last	3shold May 2011
Congrats OrganizedChaos! So after two terms as being a Character Art Intern here at Vigil, I am both proud and excited to say that we have hired Crystel Land as a full time Character Artist! She has grown tremendously over…	39 Last	Josh_Singh May 2011
Any Gears fans want in on the Beta? Hey Folks, I have a few Gears3 beta codes to give away to folk who are fans and would play it a bunch for a couple months? I can't give them away to sightseers as the point of the beta is to stress …	63 Last	Zipfinator May 2011
BRAWL Contest Discussion - NEW INFO, CHECK OP ASAP!!! [COLOR="White"][SIZE="4"][B]VERY IMPORTANT: [/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]We'll use this thread from here on out to discuss how much of a tool I am. In my editing of the thread to include those FIGHTER submissi…	121 Last	JacqueChoi May 2011
Boston PC meet-up? I know there's a few of us lurking in and around Beantown, so how's about braving the weather (God [I]damn[/I] New England winters) for some eating, drinking and general merriment? It's been years s…	19 Last	danshewan May 2011
Wanted: The 2d artist that made this image. Hey dawgs. I'm in the process of making this mech for the old shitty folio of mine and I'd at least like to give the artist a heads up as I always do when i do stuff like this. Do you guys know by a…	16 Last	Wahlgren May 2011
It begins. Check this out: WoW is actually losing players. The lowest it has been since 2008. [url]http://kotaku.com/#!5800175/world-of-warcraft-suffers-post+cataclysmic-drop-in-subscriptions[/url] So what …	7 Last	Asherr May 2011
Most Relevant Package for Engineering Visualisation Hi All I'm not trying to start an app war thread, but I am interested to know what would be the most ideal choice for a [B]realtime[/B] solution when it comes to engineering visualisation. I have a …	2 Last	mickyg May 2011
Question about using other people's concepts for Portfolio. So I'm putting together a 3d modeling portfolio and found concepts that really caught my eye. I sent an email to one of the concept artists asking if i could use their general idea and create it in …	26 Last	greevar May 2011
Opinion for a Tattoo Hello! i'm quite new at the forum, hope u guys can help me with a oppinion, i was thinking about tattooing something about my profession (3D Artist), so i decided to make a gizmo, u guys think is a g…	26 Last	Ace-Angel May 2011
New Job! I accepted an offer from Trion Worlds today. I will be working on Rift as a Senior Environment Artist. See, not all people are getting laid off. Seems like a really cool place to be and the people I …	24 Last	System May 2011
National Endowment for the Arts recognizes games as art [URL]http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/us-government-officially-recognizes-video-games-as-art/[/URL] Yea yea games are art but this is actually cool for another reason... [quote]Of course, anyone…	2 Last	ZacD May 2011
Happy Mother's day PC Make your calls then treat yourself to this. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgJ-vsLKNDA[/ame]	1 Last	D4V1DC May 2011