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Closed Selling Cintiq 21X Up for sale is my Cintiq 21X. I haven't had any problems with it, no dead pixels, no broken or missing parts, no overheating issues, just looking for an upgrade to the newer model down the road. In…	11 Last	Jesse Moody Apr 2010
GDC Europe 2010 I see that GDC Europe is fast approaching and with me being a student and wanting to experience everything I possibly can in order to expand my knowledge and be a better artist, and just because I lo…	2 Last	A-N-P Apr 2010
Doctor Who - Tennants Run End. So.. what did you think? I have to say Tennant was one of the most memorable doctors. I hope the new writing team and Smith can live up to the rich history. [spoiler]Also, per the woman from Galli…	16 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Apr 2010
Has there ever been a documentary about the video games industry? Well any decent ones about the artists.	25 Last	Andreas Apr 2010
Can it not be coded? I don't get it. One of my pet hates with max is that ignore backfacing only works if the surface is facing away from the viewport (self explanatory). But what about the majority of the time when the…	12 Last	FicWill Apr 2010
Kinda stupid question about vehicle modelling Hey there all, I'm not sure if this should be in TT or General, so apologies if it's in the wrong place. I have a question regarding vehicle modeling for games. Which artist would usually create th…	7 Last	oXYnary Apr 2010
any hvac specialists on the forum? our ac unit died, its a 1.5 ton carrier, 2002 model it blows fuses, put new fuses in it blows them, called a guy out today he decreed it was the compressor (which is what i guessed it would be) he…	12 Last	mrsincredible Apr 2010
Who broke polycount? it was down for a while... so what happened?	13 Last	Cyrael Apr 2010
"Original" ideas and variants of them Shae Tanasychuk thread about game art cliches gave me an idea. Its quite hard for me, being immersed in a very popularity-driven society, to come up with actual original or even seldom used ideas. …	30 Last	Marine Apr 2010
Uh Oh... (ActivisionBlizzard rant inside) So I know there's been a fair bit of concern over whether Blizzard would get all 'Kotick'd' after the Activision deal, and so far they seem to have been free of any Activision taint. But now: [URL…	84 Last	DrunkShaman Apr 2010
Zazzle - print your own shoes Check this out, Zazzle has added shoes to their lineup: [url=http://www.zazzle.com/custom/shoes]shoes[/url]	22 Last	Pedro Amorim Apr 2010
Website not working... Hey guys i'm running into major problems with my website. I recently tried to update my site with new content this morning when i checked it out a lot of the images load but then not show up or parts…	8 Last	Mistry10 Apr 2010
Portfolio wise what to do Alright, so there's some good concepts i really want to model. I think i could do a good job on it too, the problem is since i graduated from uni i've basically just been told get more experience. …	13 Last	leslievdb Apr 2010
BIG Monitors I use a 22 inch monitor but find that I need more space with Max when having multiple viewports up on screen. This is just a thought but, is it a lot easier nicer working on a big monitor like, maybe…	26 Last	Lamont Apr 2010
Real-time rendering is getting pretty crazy [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4No43o7zkDQ[/ame] I wouldn't mind in game cinematics that look like that. [IMG]http://www.aaa-studio.cz/720_Gallery/images/exec.jpg[/IMG] mental ray/vray almost…	23 Last	ZacD Apr 2010
Penny Arcade "new hire" episodes Yeah, I know this is not the place to blog, this is only tangentially industry related, there's the awesomeness thread, etc. But I think these two vids can reveal some practical insights in group in…	3 Last	ErichWK Apr 2010
Game Studios on Vancouver Island? Just wondering if anyone knows of any game studios over on Vancouver Island? Planning on moving closer to the surf, and thought it'd be a good idea to see if any other job ops are around. :\| Thanks	2 Last	Seaseme Apr 2010
Taxes and working contract I have been working contract since March of 2009 for the same company. I reside in South Korea and my employer is in the USA. Does anyone know who I pay taxes to? I am so completely confused by this.…	4 Last	tremulant Apr 2010
One of the greates instructional books ever. Hey everyone. Firstly, apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I couldn't find a thread on it and I feel it is well worthy of it's own thread. I just picked up this: [ame]http://www.amazon…	9 Last	East Apr 2010
Car or Computer? I have a summer job at a security systems company (APX) doing data entry, and I make pretty good income ($9 p/h full time). Since I've been readjusting from mission life, I've sort of had to start ev…	56 Last	Mark Dygert Apr 2010
RIP Peter Steele [url]http://www.iconvsicon.com/2010/04/15/the-death-of-peter-steele-band-confirms-reports-of-singers-death/[/url] dagnabit. type-o day today	10 Last	Gav Apr 2010
Godaddy is going to make me RAGE So. Is anyone else having a horrendous time with GoDaddy's hosting. It's always been on and off slow but today my website takes an entire minute to load the index page with insanely small compressed …	24 Last	Lamont Apr 2010
realtime maay /goofign off Hello no to steal ay of mofoo thunder about the zbrush training iv setup a realtime maya poly/subd training that anyone is welcome to join, it should be running al night long all you have to do is in…	11 Last	vend3r Apr 2010
You learn more under a bad lead artist...Agree? Life is difficult but for learning purposes of team management skills, I think you learn more from having a bad lead (learn what not to do).	48 Last	yiannisk Apr 2010
Congrats ElysiumGX on your new job! Will started at True Games in Austin today :) [IMG]http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq329/bloganese/congrats/cat-12.jpg[/IMG]	31 Last	Frump Apr 2010
Bromell has a birthday! [img]http://lindskoogfamily.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Do-I-Smell-Birthday-Cake1-300x270.jpg[/img]	57 Last	adam Apr 2010
iphone game question Hi Polycounters I have a doubt that i would like you to help me to understand I have to deliver a portfolio for a company that make iphone games, and i don`t really know the spec (poly count, text…	0 Last	sephirothsav Apr 2010
Woohoo! JERB! Moving to Dallas. Pretty excited here. Just accepted the offer! :) I've been working in 3D for 12 years but I haven't had a game job in almost 10. It kinda felt like trying to "break in" all over again with the care…	38 Last	Em. Apr 2010
Game Art Cliches Hey everyone, I have been pondering this for a while, just want to see what other artists think. I feel that most game art is pretty cliche. Almost everything has space marines, wizards, etc. Most …	73 Last	seforin Apr 2010
Gears of War 3 Gameplay Details! [URL]http://www.edge-online.com/news/first-gears-of-war-3-gameplay-details[/URL] I has just pissed my pants with excitement!1!!!!!!!!1 I might actually have to watch Jimmy Fallon......OK maybe not.…	68 Last	Kewop Decam Apr 2010
Happy birthday, gauss WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!	37 Last	skankerzero Apr 2010
I Need Advise 20Q- And as many responses as possible! My dad has been wondering about my goals but i don't have a completely clear view my self. if anyone could answer my questions it would be a great help... some details about me.. …	12 Last	vcortis Apr 2010
sing it with me. CryEngine 3 for free. OOPS! There's already a thread. I'm stupid. Please delete.	0 Last	Seaseme Apr 2010
Closed meador_forest (new member)	0 Last	meador_forest Apr 2010
Concept Art I've been looking around the web for some object and weapon concept art ... mainly in a style similar to Blizzard's, but for the life of me I can't find any artists that just have single props, asset…	7 Last	Canadian Ink Apr 2010
Cryengine 3 going free? [url]http://www.develop-online.net/news/34466/Free-to-use-CryEngine-plans-emerge[/url]	17 Last	dregoloth Apr 2010
LOVE [url]http://www.quelsolaar.com/love/index.html[/url] It appears Love is released now, I thought there was a thread about it somewhere here but searching didn't bring anything up. It seems like a re…	21 Last	rooster Apr 2010
Halfbrick games thread. So there are going to be quite a few releases from my work place in the next few weeks so i guess i should post them all in one place instead of spamming general discussion with threads about small g…	4 Last	Muzzoid Apr 2010
What 3D software are you using? Time to gauge you lot and see who's using what! Check off all those that apply when you're creating 3D game art.	71 Last	Reverenddevil Apr 2010
Closed Law Abiding Engineer by OneMoreUser - TF 2 Hi , just some TF 2 delirium - [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjGrHBpfqCo&feature=player_embedded[/ame] :poly142:	2 Last	adam Apr 2010
unlimited detail ? no more polygons... is this serious? seems like it might be, kinda funny/ condescending tone but if this is real then things are about to change in a big way. What do you think? Im sceptical but it seems legit. I assume…	145 Last	James Edwards Apr 2010
2d contest who thinks we should have a 2d character contest?	21 Last	marlfox8 Apr 2010
Building a new rig, need input- Woog Hey everyone, I'm working with a friend to build a new computer for home. right now I'm working on an outdated POS that cost an arm and a leg 3 years ago, so I'm hoping to do this fairly cheap, as e…	9 Last	piippo Apr 2010
Wild Pockets 3D Modeling Contest! Were celebrating our new web-embeddable publishing gallery system and our new Blender exporter at Wild Pockets by holding a 3D modeling competition, and wed like to invite all of you to join us! …	0 Last	JParkWildPockets Apr 2010
Triangle Game Conference> North Carolina Anyone going to the Triangle Game Conference later this week? I'll be there. I hear it's the second year they are having it, I'm hoping its cool. [url]http://www.trianglegameconference.com/[/url]	8 Last	ElysiumGX Apr 2010
the human centipede or how I became a fan of censorship [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9_vpjYiROU[/ame] I did not support the censorship of art until I found this trailer.	82 Last	MegaMoogle Apr 2010
Going commercial on the cheap? At the moment I spend a lot of time doing mod work in between my studies with student software (maya and max) now these licences prohibit the use of this software for commercial use and well I can't …	29 Last	eld Apr 2010
third person/first person choice made in game..... i was playing just cause 2 the other day....and i was just frothing at the mouth thinking what this game would be like as an FPS. this was probably due to the fact that far cry2 is one of my favorit…	5 Last	easterislandnick Apr 2010
The Final Fantasy XIII Thread Anybody pick it up today (UK Release). Playing it now, about 2 hours into it, and I have to say its impressive. Don't get me wrong, its not perfect, but its damn impressive, much more than I was act…	116 Last	rolfness Apr 2010
Closed Need help with your Mod? Will work 4 free! Limited time offer. No catch!	0 Last	RyDarling Apr 2010