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Career Advice: Art or Management? Hey guys, My last 2.5 years were spent at EA. I came in as a low level game tester wanting to do art and have been aiming towards that goal the whole time now. My current position has me among seni…	16 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2011
Journey article i for one cant wait... the minimal design ethic in flower was stunning... it worked with what, two words the "story" in journey sounds interesting i can imaging whiling away a few lazy evenings with …	4 Last	Sean VanGorder Jan 2011
Making of Dragon Age II Some shameless promotion... Part 1: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG1fj_g4-48[/ame] Part 2: [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/video/making-of-dragon-age-2/709178[/url]	12 Last	HonkyPunch Jan 2011
building a new pc... have some questions for the technical minded. so i'll be building a new rig soon, and i have some things in mind but really i have some questions that i guess anyone can answer if they ever had the same concerns, but also tech-heads will be able…	18 Last	PolyHertz Jan 2011
replacement USB cable for intuos 4 I am looking to find a replacement USB cable that is for wacoms intuous 4 (medium if it matters), does anything know where I can get one? Thanks	15 Last	maze Jan 2011
Makin' a Business Card . . . Who Am I?? Hey guys ^_^ I'm still a sophomore, but I thought it might be a good idea to go ahead and make myself some business cards. I'm keeping it nice and simple, but I still have some questions . . . At …	15 Last	Jessica Dinh Jan 2011
Question on licensing Hello Polycounters, Up till now, I've really only modeled as a hobby. I did some high poly subsurface modeling for fun while learning Blender and currently do all low poly work for an Android game I…	4 Last	die_Kröte Jan 2011
What's Holding You Back? [URL]http://photofocus.com/2011/01/07/five-ways-to-know-your-photos-arent-cutting-it/[/URL] An interesting article that my girl friend found on her break from design work. Good food for thought.	3 Last	thatanimator Jan 2011
Closed Arizona Rep. Giffords Shot; Condition Unclear [url]http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona[/url] seems like politics have been leading to this for a long time now	135 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2011
3dmotive.com - New Mini Release and Winter Sale Hey PC! I wanted to drop by and let everyone know that we've launched our latest mini release along with a Holiday Winter sale (25% most products, no coupons needed!) More info below: [URL="http:…	22 Last	Autocon Jan 2011
"It doesn't have to suck" - Mike Acton (Insomniac Games) artcle Giving props to mr Pedro (Bitmap) for this link, but I figured it deserves to be re-posted here at polycount (unless it already has, if so, I'm sorry). [URL]http://insomniacgames.com/blogcast/blog/m…	22 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2011
ArenaNet Retrospective Video [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GwKGbNKQHE[/ame] this is very inspiring :)! from : [quote] It’s hard to believe that it’s been over ten years since we opened the doors here at Aren…	26 Last	dtschultz Jan 2011
Enable color management in Chrome Not sure if this has been posted before, but it's quite easy to get color management running in Chrome. just add --enable-monitor-profile to the exe shortcut. (Right click the shortcut, properties,…	1 Last	Firebert Jan 2011
TRON: Legacy [INDENT][COLOR=darkgreen][B]> Movie was incredible.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=darkgreen][B]> End of line.[/B][/COLOR] [/INDENT]	153 Last	Del Jan 2011
Check out my new weapons modeller site:) Hi here is my site [URL]http://www.3dweaponsmodeller.co.cc[/URL] Some of the work is tutorial based other are my own work so what do you think:)	0 Last	syfer Jan 2011
3D Motive Tutorials Hey I was wondering if anyone knew if the 3dmotive tutorials were any good. I was planning on getting these tutorials. 1.Sci-fi Modular Floor Workflow 2. Modular Building Workflow 3.Advanced M…	17 Last	Kaleb Jan 2011
Post your GT5 shots here! As the title suggests. I'll open the bidding with these. BTW try to keep it reasonable, say no less than 1, no more than 3 shots per post. [img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5311982862_fdd1ab…	14 Last	hawken Jan 2011
Allods Online Art Book! Teased by Paul Richards, let's track it down I'm sure many others have spotted this over on Paul Richards Blog today but he very smugly posts some shots of what could be the greatest art book ever released... and we can't have it! [URL]http://…	20 Last	Kwramm Jan 2011
Graphics card upgrade query Quick question I desperately need to upgrade my 5 year old PC. I was going to buy a computer just before xmas but decided i cant quite afford it just yet. So I need to wait till later in the year. S…	13 Last	XenoKratios Jan 2011
This Film is Not Yet Rated, a documentary about movie ratings You can steam it on netflix This is a documentary about rating system and R vs NC-17, its also very similar to the M vs AO situation in US, it also takes in account how big film studios and indy movi…	7 Last	PixelMasher Jan 2011
Holy Grit! Oh the Grit-t-t-t!! I'm still pickin the sand out my teeth. Am I the only one who thought True Grit was as awesome as I thought it was? I looked through the last 8 pages of general discussion after…	20 Last	JasonLavoie Jan 2011
The Dream Machine Surprised there isn't a thread about this game. I discovered it last year from a friend and signed up for the beta which gains you access to the entirety of Chapter 1. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/wa…	0 Last	Habboi Jan 2011
Soviet dog tag font Hey guys, I'm desperately searching for the font used on (the most recent) soviet dog tags and I was wondering if any of you might recognise it/be able to point me in the right direction. The best I…	11 Last	ZacD Jan 2011
Awesome phrases.. Just been binging on Doctor Who episodes and a few other shows, thought came to me to start a 'awesome phrases' thread off of some random things I heard.. let's start. [LIST] []Gobsmacked []Chuff…	21 Last	almighty_gir Jan 2011
TOYS! I know you all are into them, this thread serves as a tribute to post pics and discuss toys, whether it's a toy you loved as a child, a toy you adorn your space (personal or professional) with, a toy…	58 Last	Jesse Moody Jan 2011
Pre-Dominance War V - MMO MiniComp Voting is UP [url]http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/minis/view_entries_polycount_3d_3.html[/url] PC sure pwnzned!	28 Last	foreverendering Jan 2011
Teaching at TAD ( www.theartdepartment.org ) Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know of a little side thing I will be doing with the awesome talents of TAD ( [url]www.theartdepartment.org[/url] ) I will be teaching a 3d course on modeling fo…	1 Last	Gav Jan 2011
Well rounded Zbrush DVD(s)? Just watched a zbrush tutorial on youtube on a whim and realized i don't really know the first thing about the power of this program and I'm actually kinda pissed at myself right now for taking this …	4 Last	crazyfingers Jan 2011
Android UDK Just saw dungeon defenders on the android marketplace. Think UDK android is coming soon?	4 Last	Visceral Jan 2011
Run your own studio how you want! Or take all the money yourself and run away to europe! Check out this fun little game, I need to pick this up and see how accurate this is for myself! [url]http://kotaku.com/5665029/watch-me-make-…	99 Last	TheWinterLord Jan 2011
anyone here use digg? seems to be billions of users on there, but no one I know	25 Last	HonkyPunch Jan 2011
Non-ISP, domain based email hosting? So, Comcast doing it's usual stupidity (combined with a few other things) has my family without its main email addresses for the next few days. Perfect timing, right as we're heading off on a week-lo…	4 Last	jipe Jan 2011
Folks who've worked at Liquid Development Hey guys I know there's a few guys who work, or have worked for Liquid here. I've got a few questions and would like to chat to someone in-the-know via PM or MSN or thereabouts. Cheers	12 Last	Nate Broach Jan 2011
WARHAMMER QUEST When I was 11-ish, My dad heard me saying i wanted some Warhammer. Well Christmas came around and I ripped open the packaging to find not only Warhammer, but Warhammer Quest! I was excited but, then …	4 Last	evilblah Jan 2011
Could a mod change the name ... ...of my thread in the P&P section. It reads "2d art thread" but Ive benn doing allitle 3d as well. thanks!	2 Last	Yozora Jan 2011
Anyone own/used a Fujistsu LifeBook T900? I was curious as to what possiblities were around for mobile artiness, specifically for use with Zbrush, Photoshop and Maya while I'm on the road. I stumbled on the LifeBook T900 and it's specs seem…	22 Last	oXYnary Jan 2011
Monthly Concept suggestion thread for the P&P section? After seeing a bunch of threads regarding competitions, I noticed someone always seems to chime in with "why do you need a contest to create great work?". Which is true, one shouldn't need a competit…	0 Last	Neo_God Jan 2011
World of Tanks hits 1 million users [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-04-world-of-tanks-boasts-one-million-users[/url] Just heard the news. World of Tanks is an MMO action game I've worked on and I'm pleasantly surprised …	9 Last	Purplepaint Jan 2011
Closed DSLR advice So the past year I've go on holiday twice with my Panasonic Lumix FZ27 and I run into its limitations every time. Now I'm thinking about getting a serious camera with my new years bonus. I'm thinkin…	0 Last	Xoliul Jan 2011
Polycount tutorial section ? Would a section where Polycounters could post their own tutorials be useful ? Sharing is the purpose of every forum. Time to time, Polycounters post a tutorial, share a process, in pimping and pre…	11 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2011
new to polycount, TF2 hi, I am new to this art gallery you call polycount, now, I need to find out if the source SDK is good for making weapons of TF2. The reason I want to know is, my friend and I are making different we…	5 Last	HAL Jan 2011
Drawing Pencils - Recommendation Greetings folks; Although I prefer using the graphics tablet such as Intuos 4 mid for drawing while I am home. I get alot of time to study the stuff at work and practice my drawing. That being s…	24 Last	Jeremy Wright Jan 2011
Rock Band 3 and rock band network first a bit on the game in general i did a search and saw some threads speculating about it, but none really discussing the game after release, wondering what opinions were for xmas i utilized gi…	3 Last	Rwolf Jan 2011
What music helps you work? Hi guys. Just thought I'd share some music with you that I love working to. I can't seem work without it and these 2 songs have kept me going lately...help to get over the christmas comedown too. :D.…	58 Last	EVIL Jan 2011
New to the Forum- my introduction! Hello All! I'm Dystorted aka Will, i'm 27 and just recently started learning 3d programs. I want to post some of my work, once i get something worthy...you guys have some major talent! I started help…	7 Last	DYSTORTED INC Jan 2011
Vizio TV's: OnLive, Netflix, Pandora built-in Sounds pretty sexy to me, and a great way to bring cloud based entertainment to the mainstream. Wish I lived in the US just so I could mess around with these things as soon as they hit. [url]http://…	1 Last	MikeF Jan 2011
New Year's Rssolutions - 2011 What is your resolution for 2011? Mine is to stop being lazy when it comes to working on my portfolio. And to start eating healthier. EDIT: I just realized I spelled resolutions wrong, if an admin …	73 Last	Lamont Jan 2011
Unity pro's, web programmers, please read. Heya :) I'm looking to get in contact with someone who not only knows their way around Unity, but can do some web programming as well. PHP primarily. Use this thread to discuss what you may/may not…	13 Last	Keg Jan 2011
Alcowebizer - that drunkin' page Hi guys, not sure if this is new or not, but I had a ball using this: [url]http://www.alcowebizer.com[/url] - Pretty much shows a web page you define and gives it a drunk make over. You define how…	0 Last	jimmypopali Jan 2011
Game Industry focused Books (are there any?) Hey all, I've been buying up a whole bunch of books recently that I've been meaning to read, and I was wondering if there are any solid Game Industry focused books that I should check out. I don't …	9 Last	JasonLavoie Jan 2011