General Discussion

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How does one judge art? After a slightly disappointing local artshow (categories were too broad, judges were on drugs, [URL="http://elhrrah.deviantart.com/art/Plastic-Perfection-157886415"]this[/URL] lost to a half-assed, c…	43 Last	Kev_Boy May 2010
Evolve CG conference Curious to see if any Polycount brethren are going... I'll definitely be there.	8 Last	[SF]Three9 May 2010
traveling to arizona for a week anyone there? i'll most likely be in arizona week after next for a job interview / week of in house contract work in chandler which is near phoenix if anyone is around an wanna hang out to see how extremely bor…	22 Last	HonkyPunch May 2010
Congratulations to Bryan Cavett I wanted to send out another congratulations to a fellow polycounter, this one to Bryan Cavett on joining the Rage team here at id Software. As we have been on a roll, adding a talent like Bryan to …	46 Last	Grimm_Wrecking May 2010
Am I in the right place? [I]After reading that this is a Video-game art forum; I just wondered to myself (and now to all of you) whether or not my art classes as "video-game"... Really I would love it if I could get work as…	1 Last	mathes May 2010
The moon nazis are coming Looks pretty nice to be honest. I want to see it :) [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeAfoiN5SDw&feature=player_embedded[/ame] [url]http://www.ironsky.net/site/[/url] [I]As [URL="http://en.wiki…	23 Last	Mark Dygert May 2010
sketchbook poll which brand of sketchcbooks do you use?:)	31 Last	kolbyjukes May 2010
games workshop sues fansite ... anyone else seen this: [url]http://www.bluesnews.com/s/110076/games-workshop-sues-warhammer-fan-site[/url] Basically games workshop is suing Curse for hosting a warhammer fansite because they make …	29 Last	seth. May 2010
moose sure is ugly... ..for a guy who turns 29 today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAURY!!! :poly124:	44 Last	Firebert May 2010
New laptop suggestions 500-900gbp Hello, I am looking for a new laptop. As I do zbrush etc I am looking for atleast 8gb ram. Any suggestions? 500-900gbp budget Thank-you.	6 Last	samgriffiths May 2010
Anyone Use CAD Software? Now, this is just a curiosity, since I have never even opened a copy of CATIA or SolidWorks, but from what I hear there are some VERY nice modeling features in these software packages. Especially fo…	10 Last	Noods May 2010
Adobe: Flashwars [B][SIZE=3]Adobe targets Apple in ad campaign launched today, publishes open letter from founders[/SIZE][/B] [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/118djsl.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/13/…	29 Last	notman May 2010
Iphone/Ipad EULAs- Anyone got experiences of making one? Hey peeps, I've been working with a good friend of mine on an Iphone/Ipod Touch app and after looking at the submission guide on the apple dev website, they mention about creating an EULA.The app w…	4 Last	anoon May 2010
Iron Man 2 - Trailer 2 [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQowwwwYa0&feature=player_embedded[/ame] portable ironman suit... shit yeah!	62 Last	notman May 2010
OFFF Paris, anyone ? [url]http://www.offf.ws/[/url] Are there any polycounters attending at the Offf festival in Paris ? :)	1 Last	Marine May 2010
Skate 3 Does anyone else play the Skate games at all? I think they're probably some of my favourite 'pick up and play' games of the last few years. The demo for Skate 3 is out and it's pretty darn good fun. …	29 Last	Sean VanGorder May 2010
DSiware Art Academy (Not an Ad) whoever owns a dsi i strongly recommend Art Academy from DSiware. this is not an advertisement, I was quite surprised! I own DSi XL and it is super handy on them larger screens! many of our concept…	5 Last	marlfox8 May 2010
Another "GOT JERB " thread Gameloft is starting a studio in the city where i live, so i'll start working there in about a month or two. I'm extremely excited. Also it was my first art test. You can congratulate me now.. :P	20 Last	chrisradsby May 2010
Congrats to Dusty I wanted to congratulate Dusty Nolting for landing a role on the WoW props team. Dusty has created some amazing pieces for various community contests (WoW GameArtisans mini-comp) and will be a great …	56 Last	Hazardous May 2010
Sketches and watercolours of WWII These are made by a Hans Liska, who served in the german army in wwii. I found them almost by accident, but thought they were interesting, both artistically and historically. Plus I think its neat to…	23 Last	bbob May 2010
Schools out for summer Well I got 2 days left, but I know some students are already out, and its SUMMER. :D Anyone graduating this semester? any cool summer plans? I'm taking this summer school to finish up my portfolio…	19 Last	Muzzoid May 2010
Flower Contest [url]http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/05/12/new-flower-contest-artists-wanted/[/url] [quote]Now, for this second contest, we want to see how Flower impacted you. Create a piece of art that was eit…	0 Last	r13 May 2010
First Art Test questions... So I finally got my portfolio up to snuff and sent out a lot of applications over the past few weeks and I heard back from somewhere! I'm supposed to receive the art test today for a Texture Artist p…	43 Last	vcortis May 2010
Designer ore non Designer? hey guys i have been thinking lately and well its been spinning around for some time now and my question is in order to become a Game Designer do i seriously need to know how to draw on paper? ore it…	24 Last	JacqueChoi May 2010
3D animation course? Hey, I know of Futurepoly for an accelerated modeling/concept course, but I'd like to know if anyone knows of a similar course for 3D animation? A buddy of mine is interested in a course like this :…	18 Last	DerDude May 2010
The Humble Indie Bundle Deal. [url]http://www.wolfire.com/humble[/url] PC Gamer posted this up on facebook and I thought I'd forward it here, I'm already a fan of World of Goo and am checking out the other games, all of which se…	28 Last	notman May 2010
sketchbook poll oops sorry copy	0 Last	marlfox8 May 2010
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat Anyone playing this? I am enjoying this one even more than the first 2 games. The immersion factor is just much higher this time. It still has its pitfalls that keep it from being a game of compl…	26 Last	ZacD May 2010
Frank Frazetta has passed. :( Frank Frazetta has passed at 82.. :( [url]http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-rip/[/url] [URL]http://technoccult.net/archives/2010/05/10/rip-frank-frazetta/[/URL]	52 Last	okkun May 2010
How does a good presentation letter look alike? Hello! I doubt about someone havent created this thread yet. But I need some quick advices and help from you guys right now. I got a quick reply from a nice guy from codemasters, and he is very int…	1 Last	SHEPEIRO May 2010
Seattle IGDA: Excuse to frolic and get drunk tonight Below. [quote]Party Party Party! IGDA Members, WIGI Members and LOGIN attendees are all invited to a totally awesome blowout at the Copper Cart Cafe in Belltown right above the LOGIN Confernece hot…	0 Last	oXYnary May 2010
Contest/Theme idea? Hey everyone, I was just thinking about some projects I could do for personal/portfolio work and I had an idea I though I'd share as it might make a nice contest or theme for people to work on and p…	7 Last	danshewan May 2010
Eat3D Now Streaming! Hi everyone. Many people in the past have requested cheaper options for various reasons. We couldnt simply drop the price on existing options for many reasons but what we can do is create new options…	13 Last	Riki May 2010
Closed Eat 3D Releases Video Streaming for all DVDs and Bundles! Hi everyone. Many people in the past have requested cheaper options for various reasons. We couldnt simply drop the price on existing options for many reasons but what we can do is create new options…	0 Last	Riki May 2010
Congratulations to Zombiewells! Just wanted to say congrats to ZombieWells as he will be joining the RAGE team over at ID Software sometime within the month. Looking forward to having you aboard:) Spark	33 Last	Dan K May 2010
Selling my workstation I apologize is this is in appropriate and I hope this post doesn't get deleted but I just put my workstation up on ebay and it includes the eat3d collection and some other stuff. I would consider thi…	10 Last	Riki May 2010
Tim Langdell's latest game: Racers! Yes, Edge has released a game! [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Racers-PC/dp/B002PXUZU0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1269821312&sr=1-1]amazon link[/ame] check out the awesome reviews: "This game i…	46 Last	javi May 2010
Congrats to Dan K Wanted to post another congratulations thread to Dan K, as he will be joining the RAGE team here shortly. Welcome to id buddy, and happy to have another talented polycounter on the team:) Spark	20 Last	JasonLavoie May 2010
Building my 3D Rig... Hey guys, So I'm finally in a good enough financially that I can afford to put together a true Rig for modeling, and I'd like to get some input on what to put in this thing. I'm going to be buildin…	45 Last	CJE May 2010
Gots a job! I am glad to be able to add to the "I got a job" thread list! Later this month I'll be starting at Hi-Rez Studios as an Associate Level Designer. I have been a lurker on these forums for a while and …	22 Last	danshewan May 2010
TED Conferences Has anyone ever been to one? I just got back from the TEDx UniPittsburgh Conference at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center. It was an overall great experience. There were some great sp…	4 Last	00Zero May 2010
The APB beta is here! Get your Beta keys before they are gone! (EU ONLY! - EUROPE ONLY!) [URL]http://gamers.eurogamer.net/giveaways.php?id=87022&claim=true[/URL] the game itself: [URL]http://www.apb.com/[/URL] (the cl…	14 Last	psychoticprankster May 2010
Summer Project Alright, me and a few programmer buddies of mine want to make a small game over the summer. Nothing is planned out as of yet and this is not some "oh yea, were going to make the best game and get ric…	3 Last	Adam L. Gray May 2010
My First Published Game!!! Well, its not exactly big, and not the most fancy thing out there, but I did all of the 3d artwork for this: [URL]http://www.wonderville.ca/v3/unity/spaceranch.html[/URL] completed the artwork abou…	6 Last	Purplepaint May 2010
virus stuff yup, got myself a nasty one this time. the fucker disables virtually everything including my windows activation key. works in safe mode, but not with networking It pretends to be anti virus software …	39 Last	cw May 2010
Art of Akira gallery in Pittsburgh Know there are some AIP peeps on here...don't miss this..wish I could go [url]http://www.artofakira.com/[/url]	5 Last	KhAoZ May 2010
ArtGrounds Sketcher ArtGrounds Sketcher is a pretty awesome sketching and painting app in your browser (with pressure and layers) and you can draw with other people and chat as well. Its free to sign up and free to use …	2 Last	willy-wilson May 2010
Ryzom is now open source I just heard on the grapevine that Ryzom an old MMORPG has gone benevolent or crazy and released all its stuff for free. I played it for about half an hour appeared as derivative as the rest but w…	3 Last	ultramedia May 2010
Artist Sketch books / cool Ipod app Just came across this and thought it was a cool way to keep some great inspiration books with you on the go. Spark Link: [url]http://www.artistsketchbooks.com/books.php[/url]	0 Last	Spark May 2010
'My Brute' - Sweet little browser game... Hey all, a bunch of people sent me links to this browser game today, so I thought I'd throw it up here: [url]http://mybrute.com/[/url] I only started playing today but so far it looks cool and is …	53 Last	marlfox8 May 2010