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learn north norwegian a few useful phrases on your vacation to the beautfiful north of norway: satan i helvete, din j	22 Last	MALicivs Aug 2009
Tips to Improving as a 3D Game Artist Was having a conversation here at work today about how we all managed as individuals to acquire our skillsets as 3d artists. We all seem to have learned in different ways using different methods an…	53 Last	DoomiVox Aug 2009
Darkest of Days - demo A demo for Darkest of Days is out [url]http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/49517/Darkest-of-Days-Demo-Now-Available[/url] Webpage [url]http://www.darkestofdays.com[/url]	70 Last	Ferg Aug 2009
Can I/Should I become an artist, with this personality at 23? Hey there, I'm 23 and I've spent the last couple weeks considering my career options. I hope that maybe someone can give some insight regarding all of this. :) I've studied a number of things in un…	59 Last	Ghostscape Aug 2009
The Rambling of Another Lost Soul I find myself at a rather problematic point and I could use the wisdom of those who've been here before. Plus I like to whine. Regular viewers will know that I've been out of work for the last 7 mon…	28 Last	JO420 Aug 2009
super epic art tests I've noticed a few art tests that are massive in scale. Has anyone else noticed this? If so, whats your opinion on the subject? it seems to me that asking someone, who already has a portfolio, and i…	141 Last	killingpeople Aug 2009
suggest a PS DVD please Hello please guys , i want your opinion about the best DVDs/educational resource for 1- learning Photoshop interface . 2- Painting professional textures like games textures etc.... 3- Zbrush Lates…	2 Last	EmAr Aug 2009
The Games Factory I thought this was pretty clever: [B][URL="http://www.offworld.com/2009/08/offworld-gallery-the-games-fac.html"]Offworld Gallery: The games factory, how [I]Mario, Tetris, Sonic, Pong[/I] were made[/…	4 Last	oXYnary Aug 2009
Atomic Games Layoffs [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=24746[/url] Good Luck to any artists who were hit by this. :(	10 Last	Cthogua Aug 2009
Closed neil blomkamp + peter jackson = Nooope not Halo- :P [URL="http://moviechopshop.com/2009/05/01/neill-blomkamps-district-9-gets-a-trailerwith-a-blurry-faced-alien/"]D-9[/URL] looks AWESOME	35 Last	bearkub Aug 2009
About Time, PS3 Price Drop (again) [url]http://www.destructoid.com/rumortoid-ps3-price-cuts-get-shown-off-at-fye-144326.phtml[/url] Looks like they knocked another 100 bucks off. Could be good news for people who don't already have o…	5 Last	EmAr Aug 2009
In case you use Digsby [url]http://lifehacker.com/5336382/digsby-joins-the-dark-side-uses-your-pc-to-make-money[/url] It really isn't as bad as the article makes it, but still crappy that they are doing it. I am sure al…	10 Last	ericdigital Aug 2009
stupid ideas are the best [url]http://www.destructoid.com/tim-schafer-on-creativity-stupid-ideas-are-often-the-best--143986.phtml[/url]	7 Last	TWilson Aug 2009
The Easily Offended? I read this article a while back but I wanted to share it with PC. It's about people who are easily offended and why they are this way. [url]http://www.richardwarrenfield.com/essay034.htm[/url] I…	40 Last	Pedro Amorim Aug 2009
What to go for, what offer to take. Hey, In a bit of a pickle atm, I think its about time i could start looking for my first on site job in the games industry but i keep coming across the same problem. (edit: ok, not a 'problem,' just…	22 Last	JFletcher Aug 2009
new tf2 update (classless) new upcomming "classless" tf2 update [url]http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/day01.php[/url]	19 Last	Murdoc Aug 2009
Borderlands Article Wohoo! great article on cgsociety on Borderlands. This game is shaping up to be awesome. They mentioned the outsource house I work at, it was an amazing experience working with gearbox. I'm definitel…	5 Last	Quokimbo Aug 2009
Autocad virus [url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/13/autocad_virus_comeback/[/url] In case any of you use AutoCAD for anything. I know r13 used to use it a lot. ...and queue the onslaught of "I thoug…	2 Last	Emil Mujanovic Aug 2009
Youve lost the use of your hands or eyes. What now? ehh? What now? Since we rely so much on these for our life passion. What would you do instead if you lost one or both? Examples (not mine just examples ideas of keeping to related fields) Hand loss: Become a cre…	49 Last	Joseph Silverman Aug 2009
ian pfaff's demo reel [url]http://www.vimeo.com/6054507[/url] i got nothing on this guy. you got nothing on this guy.	28 Last	Josh_Singh Aug 2009
Internships & non-students I have a bit of a random question about art internships. I realize that the vast majority of internships seem to go to art students working on their degrees, and reliable intern recruiters tend to fl…	6 Last	Frump Aug 2009
RIP Les Paul Les Paul died, at age 94. What a great contributor to human culture, as a musician and music technology inventor. Invented the solid body electric guitar (along with Fender), multi-track recording,…	6 Last	metalliandy Aug 2009
Heroes of Newerth Beta Keys Hey guys, I have three beta keys in my possession for the new DotA based game called Heroes of Newerth. The game kicks ass! The first three people to give me their e-mail will get a key. :)	14 Last	[Teh]Slowpoke Aug 2009
Midterm Project Threw this together over 8 hours or so on an all nighter last night. (very much in the spirit of Colin's bear animation, even stole the music, in fact everything in the video is stolen from various s…	3 Last	JasonLavoie Aug 2009
Getting paid! Hey all, quick question: As someone who is about to pick up their first paying freelance gig, how should I decide on how much to charge the client? It's going to be character modeling work, but not…	48 Last	o2car Aug 2009
Trials HD OMG This game is so awesome. Go get it now! I have been playing it on partnernet for a while now and man this is just a fantastic and highly addictive game. You will just keep trying to out score yo…	8 Last	Jesse Moody Aug 2009
Which one is the best.... Hi guys and girls Wanna know something, dont know if this was asked before, but what is the more preferable 3d application to model stuff in Im learning modo 401 and it is awesome to me. Since people…	67 Last	Ben Apuna Aug 2009
GenCon anyone? GenCon is this weekend here in good ol' Indianapolis. Anyone going? I should be there Saturday to meet up with some work buddies. I will try to be wearing a Polycount shirt so I am a little notic…	2 Last	Quaggs Aug 2009
cake with sparks! for whom? of coise for you, Sparky! Take a good one, man, don't forget that we love you) [img]http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l290/jensublett/195820.jpg[/img]	28 Last	Spark Aug 2009
Closed Zspheres II When you see it [URL="http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=073956"]you'll shit bricks.[/URL]	1 Last	MoP Aug 2009
New Artist/Animator looking for advice... Hey, I'll give you a little background first. I graduated from Uni a couple of years ago. Since then I have worked on a Mod and done some freelance work for an upstart company that got killed by thi…	13 Last	madN0RMan Aug 2009
Designing enemies Does anyone know a useful tutorial or have a few tips on how to design enemies to fit in with a game world? I'm currently working on a small 2.5D metroidvania game project and I'm having trouble com…	19 Last	Rorkimaru Aug 2009
Vito is not a wopback He is not a wopback because no one is a wopback because Urban Dictionary refuses to acknowledge that wopbacks exist. He is, however, an employee at BioWare Austin, working in the distant corners of …	13 Last	Rory_M Aug 2009
Movie of the year [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa7ck5mcd1o[/ame] eat that >;E	12 Last	AnimeAngel Aug 2009
To make Monday even worse ... [url]http://kotaku.com/5333604/ever-wonder-how-much-activision-honcho-made-last-year[/url] This makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit.	94 Last	oXYnary Aug 2009
Dante's Inferno [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gluttony-developer-dantes-inferno/54027[/url] Although it looks like a GOW rip. The game design looks solid, and music sounds like the Omen very spooky. It's r…	15 Last	dfacto Aug 2009
how much should I charge? Recently I have been contacted by a company that has asked me to texture a few models for them. To figure out how much I cost they sent me a picture of one of the character models I would be texturin…	4 Last	Morton Aug 2009
Steam Account Stolen - Then Returned Strange things happens... Well, it goes like this; last night, one of my guys on steam friends contacted me with a link to a... Phishing website. It was [B]very[/B] late in the night so, naturally…	14 Last	PieJesu Aug 2009
Your Favorite Computer Food You know on those late nights when your hungry kicks in, what are some of your favorite things to eat? I make sandwich roll, take a tortilla, put on some mayo and cheese, throw it in the microwave …	62 Last	danr Aug 2009
Research and development Not sure if this has a thread anywhere yet but it definately deserves one eitherway. Came across this mod after it was advertised on steam today and i have to say its one of the best things ive play…	9 Last	kite Aug 2009
gnomon gallery - blizzard anybody go there tonight? had some pretty cool stuff. i saw piors stuff up there. and i saw a guy wearing a polycount shirt, who was it?	18 Last	ceebee Aug 2009
Cinematics Artist What is a cinematic artist? What skills do they have? Any links, books, DVD or training to improve yourself in this area? Learning cinematography and lighting something to look into? My first post a…	11 Last	Mark Dygert Aug 2009
UFC 101 Raise your hand if you saw Anderson Silva become an even badder man by giving the business to Forrest? Next Stop Light Heavyweight....	12 Last	BoBo_the_seal Aug 2009
very funny Anybody seen this? It made me lol and the animations are great, so I thought I would share [url]http://www.sukwonshin.com/Site/UB_Four.html[/url]	26 Last	JohnnySix Aug 2009
GI Joe movie Didn't see a thread on this yet. I thought it was DUMB, in the best possible way.	37 Last	s0id3 Aug 2009
SOE Art Portal [URL]http://www.soe.com/artists/[/URL] [IMG]http://www.soe.com/artists/images/logo_white_solid.png[/IMG] This is pretty cool, [I]"Behind the scenes with the artists of Sony Online Entertainment St…	3 Last	crazyfingers Aug 2009
Huxley Beta, anyone playing? I joined in there this weekend and was surprised to see it seemed like playing regular Unreal 3 deathmatch and team deathmatch. Other then the third person quest station type things, where you go out…	13 Last	crazyfingers Aug 2009
New Baby! Hey Guys, here is something me and the Mrs have been working on the past nine months. Suzie Starr Singh was born August 5th at 10:37 am here in Austin Tx. She weighs in at 5 lbs 10 ounces and was the…	59 Last	EbolaV Aug 2009
3D Rad now free [url]http://www.3drad.com/[/url] [url]http://www.3drad.com/free-pc-games.php[/url] Just got word of this somewhere else. I thought maybe some of you would like to play around with it. I may give it …	2 Last	Richard Kain Aug 2009
2D skill levels required for the 3D Artist As a 3D artist, how 'far-out' must your traditional/digital skills in 2D art be? Should you be able to create the stunning environments and designs that the Concept Artists are able to make? I thin…	21 Last	PieJesu Aug 2009