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Make a forum popular? I have a question, I recently made a forum (with friends) and I was wondering what I could do to attract more people? How is polycount and other forums so famous? I know it takes time to get this bi…	20 Last	XenoKratios Aug 2010
Where do I go to learn about CG in Canada (including sculpting) Hi guys :) I just have a question Where can I learn about CG in Canada? Also, I wanna learn sculpting while I learn computer graphic Is there any school that can learn it? I came to Canada for s…	18 Last	ikken Aug 2010
Lady tosses cat in the bin (trash) [url]http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Woman-Caught-On-Security-Camera-Dumping-Kitten-In-Wheelie-Bin-For-No-Apparent-Reason/Article/201008415703029?f=rss[/url] A little bit of Wednesday WTF	45 Last	aesir Aug 2010
ZBrush 4 ZBrush 4 has been announced (again?) and will be getting a release on August 9. link: [URL]http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=089971[/URL] I'm hoping they give proper 3d per-pixel painti…	116 Last	Firebert Aug 2010
Tokyoflash design comp So tokyo flash the crazy japanese novelty watch makers are holding a design competition. I want a polycount designed watch. go go go! [url]http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/?page_id=312[/url]	0 Last	Muzzoid Aug 2010
NEWBIE [SIZE=6][COLOR=Red][SIZE=2][COLOR=Silver][B]Hi Everybody!!! I'm new in this forum....[/B]I'm a modeller and want to enhance my skills in the game industry...So all I need is some guidance....I need t…	23 Last	Lazerus Reborn Aug 2010
interesting read about programming on BBC micro [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10951040[/url] I actually think that there should be a general course in school for everyone to learn about the basic building blocks of what makes a comput…	0 Last	rolfness Aug 2010
Closed Tactical Assault has open positions for game artists! [IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a272/mountainskies/post-1.png[/IMG] Tactical Assault, a stand alone first-person-shooter game based on the UDK, has many open positions. Tactical Assault is go…	2 Last	MissMaddyTaylor Aug 2010
Company wants written tech docs after making tech artists redundant A couple of mates have been made redundant and are both technical artists. They were pretty much the only ones in the company they worked for that knew how to do all the technical stuff, and were the…	46 Last	D4V1DC Aug 2010
Polycount is among the 288,945 most heavily trafficked sites; The size of the icons represents the amount of traffic. We are the green blurred group of pixels at the bottom left corner of the image, just about 6 icons to the left of the small red "Z" logo (ab…	10 Last	xvampire Aug 2010
Cool places in London (?) Hey guys, Sorry to bother you with a rather selfish question (and no interesting story to go with it). Since I've seen a couple of 'london polycount meet up' threads, I figure there's a fair number…	2 Last	dUb Aug 2010
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online Trailer Hey, you guys wanna see the 40k MMO? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHu4Na0lsd0[/ame]	67 Last	Lazerus Reborn Aug 2010
PC London Meet-up 2: The Londoning Okay, figured it was going to be easier to make another thread rather than wading through jokes about Andy's appetite and Lee trying to proposition everyone into getting a room... So, I propose anot…	156 Last	katzeimsack Aug 2010
Who's pumped for SSF4? Excuse the cheesy lingo, but hey, it's Street Fighter. I'm an arcade man through and through, I love fighting and driving games, particularly from Sega and Capcom of course. Anyway, SSF4 is here in…	122 Last	sinistergfx Aug 2010
Age + Polyhertz?! = Happy birthdays! Your old! :D [img]http://relentlessbuildingblockpuzzle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tetris-wedding-cake.jpg[/img]	15 Last	ceebee Aug 2010
Can fan art be used as a portfolio piece? Hi all, First time here! I'm working on my first portfolio at the moment, and am planning to do a weapon. Is it fine to include fan-art of a weapon that has been used in a game, say for example a w…	10 Last	danshewan Aug 2010
Realtime Worlds layoffs Ouch,just heard 60 people got canned there. I hope it is not true,if so comiserations.	89 Last	Justin Meisse Aug 2010
WTF? There's a reality show for game testers Ok, so I'm browsing through my PSP playstation store and I find this show called "The Tester". It's a reality/contest show about Sony picking a tester for their company. Who thought this would be a g…	37 Last	fearian Aug 2010
Help! I need a roof! Trying to get a new place to rent when you live a 4 hour train journey away is a b*tch. I'm joining a studio in Guildford in a couple of weeks, and bespite my best efforts, I can't find a place to …	12 Last	rolfness Aug 2010
Unearthly Winners! Been hitting refresh on this site the past couple days but their finally up! Grats to the winners, each one of 'em is f*cking amazing. [url]http://www.unearthlychallenge.com/2009/ucfinals/finals_1.p…	43 Last	Snight Aug 2010
This is how we do team-work exercises @ Relic... That's me driving the seadoo.. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgKfA8NjKDw[/ame]	16 Last	mesh Aug 2010
A little Positivity right??? I know it's very premature but still positive right??? [url]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2010-08-20-new-studio-set-to-rise-from-rtw-ashes[/url]	0 Last	amotaf Aug 2010
Ship a game,here's your pink slip Been thinking alot about the alarming trend which seems to be occuring in this industry quite a bit now. That is when you ship a game with a studio,you get canned shortly there after. It feels like f…	23 Last	monkeyboy_garth Aug 2010
Completely New to this stuff :) Greetings, I just want to say Hi! I'm completely new to this kind of Stuff (3D Working and such things). Before, i've worked a lot with Photoshop, but i've just maked some Signatures and Avatars.…	1 Last	DrunkShaman Aug 2010
Greybox Preparation So, what does it mean for an environmental modeler to "prepare a greybox"? I saw it in the responsibilities description for a job, and until now, I've never heard of it. I know that it's a cross betw…	11 Last	D-Robe Aug 2010
Dragon Age II Just announced. Now everyone can know what I've been working on, enjoy! [url]http://dragonage.bioware.com/da2/[/url] [url]http://kotaku.com/5581903/dragon-age-2-made-official-today-err-tomorrow[/ur…	41 Last	D-Robe Aug 2010
New To 3D Hey first post here, im looking at getting into 3d modeling/design for a few games especially TF2 what are some tools/software that are a must when starting up? also any hints & tips to get me sta…	7 Last	Prof. Hubert Farnsworth Aug 2010
Post your home desk!! Hey guys i am trying to buy a new desk within a reasonable price for my setup in my bedroom. post up what you have at home to give me some ideas! most desks with integrated areas for the tower wont …	104 Last	[HP] Aug 2010
Tris, ngons and poles. Hey guys, I wanted to ask if anyone can point in me in the right direction. Some time ago, probably a year or two I found a great forum thread (not polycount) which was several pages long on how to…	5 Last	[HP] Aug 2010
Iphone 4 Tard here. So hey everyone, figured maybe posting here for more of you technically inclined people can help me out. So I got one of them shiney new iphone 4's today (baaaah adam,baaaaah) But on my home pc I …	16 Last	notman Aug 2010
Learning a new skill - is this what would help me? I'm trying hard to learn to UV in Maya. It's hard. Really hard. Anyways I'm thinking of buying a video tutorial and just learning that way, it was helpful in the past when I made the UMP45, following…	19 Last	n88tr Aug 2010
Kane and Lynch: Does your version do this? For some reason I get this when I shoot the hostages in the face. I shot them in the face because they were laying there. Ok I said it. [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2851501/KnLWTF.jpg[/IMG]	26 Last	odium Aug 2010
The Expendables Plugging my first feature. The official trailer was released today. I worked on the film as a compositor: [url]http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44473[/url]	35 Last	Taylor Hood Aug 2010
Windows Mobile 7 Series I'm Excited! anyone with me??? Anyone? Here is the website [url]http://www.windowsphone7series.com/[/url] and a Gizmodo article [url]http://gizmodo.com/5471805/windows-phone-7-series-everything-i…	10 Last	piippo Aug 2010
'Ello, Polycount world. Nice to meet you everyone, just registered into the forums and I'm just a random person who was interested in the Polycount competition. (Also, I didn't really see an introduction thread, so I hope …	0 Last	Aika Aug 2010
Little Big Planet 2: whos getting it ? I'm excited for little big planet 2 and have had countless hours of fun with the first one, whos getting it ? and who hopes to get a beta key for the Beta ? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs0T…	9 Last	psychoticprankster Aug 2010
Achitectural Reference Forum Help Can someone please help me find an architectural reference image forum that was posted a few times now ... but i can't seem to find it...	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 2010
Happy birthday Wahlgren !!! Congrats to [B][URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=16627"]Wahlgren[/URL][/B] for his birthday today! May he make some kick ass art on Batman! Or else i will kick him in the groin! [IMG…	26 Last	Christian Hjerpe Aug 2010
IronHawk movin' on up Big congrats to IronHawk on landing a spot at airtight games as their hottest new environment artist! Someone throw this man a barbecue!	15 Last	Mark Dygert Aug 2010
iPhone dev question Hey guys, I've been offered an art test from a local games company for an iPhone artist position. Before the test is sent to me, I want to be up to scratch with knowledge and have a list of things I…	3 Last	Ged Aug 2010
Composing An Environment Shot I've recently had to take a looker at at composing screenshots at several environments and it got me wondering. Why are most environment concepts done with a high, instead of lower, angle on the sce…	6 Last	PixelMasher Aug 2010
Building a portfolio... As an environment artist, is it acceptable to fill my portfolio with pieces I have made based on concept art from popular titles? I have been avoiding this for awhile, but I'd really like to do some…	7 Last	jimmypopali Aug 2010
Revolving internet is making me dizzy, sick. Hey guys I am currently writing this upsidown whilst squinting my eyes and developing a headache. Clicking links is hard. Gonna post a link to explain before I throw up... urgh... excuse any typos, f…	12 Last	Autocon Aug 2010
Start saving your pennies kids!...District 9 Exo Suit Was playing around at the WETA site today and stumbled on this bad boy coming first quarter 2011...The bad ass Exo Suit from District 9! A little pricey at almost $600.00 but man does it look nice. …	20 Last	divi Aug 2010
Happy birthday, Jackablade It's that time of year again! Hope you have a rad birthday, dawg.	10 Last	Mezz Aug 2010
Staying Positive? Hey guys, im a recent grad from Illinois Institute of Art. Im 25 now,Its been about a year and a still cannot find a game art job. Im having a difficault time staying positive about the situation and…	51 Last	xvampire Aug 2010
New to 3D art looking for help Hello Polycount I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this my apologies if this is out of place. I have been a huge fan of the site for a long time and have now decided to create an acco…	11 Last	Easy Aug 2010
N-Space - 25% of staff let go [url]http://kotaku.com/5612520/developer-n+space-cuts-back[/url] [FONT=Verdana]Our resident lurker ScubaSteve[/FONT] was among the layoffs	5 Last	NyneDown Aug 2010
Laptop buying advise Hi! I need to buy a laptop to use to make graphics with Zbrush, Photoshop and Maya. I'm going to need this for my education and I will still have a desktop to make the really heavy stuff so it doesn'…	1 Last	oXYnary Aug 2010
Go Gearbox, GO!!!!! It would be nice if this was true [url]http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/duke-nukem-forever/1111669p1.html[/url]	26 Last	frostymoose Aug 2010