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Help finding good Tablet for drawing! Hi guys!ive recently been looking to purchase a new tablet for drawing, I have a samsung Galaxy note phone atm and I love the sPen, but would like a tablet for the bigger screen.so naturally I was lo…	3 Last	lefix Nov 2015
I want the experience of college but not the debt I know college is brought up a lot on polycount, and i know I've seen countless threads about how j don't need it, but when I see my friends go off to college after their breaks and all it kind of ma…	42 Last	xChris Nov 2015
Modo and Mari 40% off - Black Friday http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/about-us/news-awards/black-friday-sale/FYI dudes, I can tell you I'll be picking up a copy...Modo and Mari 40% off during Black Friday sales.	3 Last	PolyHertz Nov 2015
800+ free textures I've already released a lot of these a few years back. Just releasing a new pack so I can focus on going out and doing some more texture photography. I've also got some new free and paid HDRis that s…	91 Last	RN Nov 2015
old 3D CG short film - who is the artist? So I remember a short film from well over 5 years ago. It was a fantasy film with the bad guys being two stylized green lizard guards in armor. They were chasing some elves or gelfing type characte…	5 Last	Doc holliday Nov 2015
Looking for recommendations for a Laptop (secondary) So Black Friday is just around the corner and I think I want to look at getting a laptop.I know there are other threads with laptop and desktop recommendations but I feel that my case might be differ…	4 Last	Tobbo Nov 2015
Help...Getting started in 3D modeling So, I am just 19 y.o. guy who wants to start his career as 3D artist, especially in character creation. But I have many questions that really make me confused and little depressed:)First, I have …	22 Last	Artist_in_a_box Nov 2015
HELP! New PC build for 3d art - Haswell or Skylake? Hi everyoneI am looking at building a new PC for doing 3d work - mainly Maya, ZBrush and game engines. I don't think I have personally built a PC for 10 years (I am currently a mac user, but want bac…	0 Last	mattyinthesun Nov 2015
Need help understanding a simple concept related to OBJ and MTL files. Hi all,Please help me with the following. I really need clarity on the following.Assume: There is an obj file with an mtl file, with only material, that material refers to an unwrapped UV textu…	0 Last	zoalord12 Nov 2015
Patreon / Teaching 3d / Game development Body is required. Title	7 Last	PeterK Nov 2015
Earphones Anyone got some good recommendations for some earphones? I've been using Apple's notorious EarPods but splashing £25 every few months makes me cryConsidering most of our time as artists is listening …	9 Last	CandyStripes05 Nov 2015
Marvelous Designer Online Training - Learn to Quickly Create Beautiful Dynamic 3D Clothes Hi Guys, I'm Camille from CG Elves.I'd like to announce that we've released the 1st complete Marvelous Designer online training program. Marvelous Designer is a cloth simulation software used by…	4 Last	Camilli Nov 2015
Poll Closed Polycount Dota 2 Winter Contest voting We have finally gathered the entries for the Dota 2 Winter contest for the voting by yourself. We have a seven options for you to peruse and make a choice as to your fave. You'll find a link to each …	1 Last	r13 Nov 2015
I'd like to see more traditionnal animation like this... [url]https://vimeo.com/126287950[/url] ...on the big screen. That level of shading and coloring is simply mindblowing. Better than CG.	21 Last	JordanN Nov 2015
Time consuming Hey, guys! It seems like I haven't a clear solid question, but here it is:I'm a freelancer (3d artist) and working for outsourcing company for several years. There is always a different kind of proje…	8 Last	vmrnv Nov 2015
New Microsoft Surface Products Hey, I've not seen a thread on this yet so I'm just wondering what people's opinions are on the new surface devices just revealed?? The surface book looks pretty sweet, but it does have a high pric…	55 Last	StephenVyas Nov 2015
Mudbox Vs Substance Painter for Stylized Wow-esque Textures? Hi, I'm currently evaluating what tool to use for 3d painting of my low poly game models. I'm trying to figure out which would be better for what I need. Looks like Substance has alot of really ni…	57 Last	garcellano Nov 2015
Advice on using a pseudonym / pen name as a game artist? Hello,I'm a student in my senior year as a game artist and am stressing over something really silly (imo). I personally don't feel comfortable using my real last name professionally for a coupl…	20 Last	cryrid Nov 2015
3ds Max 2016 Hey guys Have you seen this already? [url]http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/max/introducing-3ds-max-2016[/url] MCG looks great.	116 Last	spacefrog Nov 2015
Where is a good place to look for internships? So i'm looking to further my knowledge and teach myself more, and i don't know where there are companies that could give me industry experience, i looked at a riot internship but it seems you need to…	6 Last	YellowYeti Nov 2015
Do you try to avoid the Chinese Room? There is a thought experiment done by a philosopher named John Searle to demonstrate the difference between a conscious being and a computer. He places a man in a room and has him follow a long …	18 Last	Deathstick Nov 2015
The problem with The Battle of Five Armies Honest and interesting insight into what happened with the hobbit, and probably a lot of other big budget titles.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQkygZdZ_Vk	3 Last	Blond Nov 2015
Question - where to discuss art fundamentals? With the (relatively) recent additions of the 2D section, I've sort of meandered around the forums wandering if there was a spot where first principles, or just general design can be discussed. Since…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2015
New Image Editor with Native Normal Map Support Hello,I am developing a node based image editor with native support for normal maps and 3D texturing.Some of the normal map features that I have implemented are:- Convert rgb image to normal image.- …	4 Last	pixaeiro Nov 2015
What pc performance programs do you use? What PC performance programs do you use?I would like to visually see how to optimise Windows for better performance. Something simple but looks nice would be great. I have just reformatted my Alienwa…	8 Last	Mark Dygert Nov 2015
Questions regarding meidieval armor; Scale and chain Greetings everyone, i am currently working on a not so historically correct suit of armor and as i was working i became torn while attempting to decide on which to go for the unde…	6 Last	battlecow Nov 2015
Retro Arcade in Oculus Rift by Digital Cyber Cherries Digital Cyber Cherries - NewRetroArcade Gameplay – A Classic 80's Arcade for the Oculus RiftI posted this on the VR thread but feel it needs its own thread as its so cool, takes me back to my childho…	0 Last	littleclaude Nov 2015
Dealing with contracts and clients? Need good advice Hello, as a relatively intermediate freelance artist I feel like there are things that I'm learning as I go. I would like to ask for some advice from other more experienced freelance artists in how t…	3 Last	MMKH Nov 2015
Star Wars Episode VII, The Force Awakens... ...some really bad ideas on lightsaber design. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOVFvcNfvE"]Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Official Teaser Trailer #1 (2015) - J.J. Abrams Movie HD …	284 Last	Fuiosg Nov 2015
How do i delete posts and or account? I would like to know to delete a post and or my account? Thank you	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2015
Embed Sketchfab? I am having problems with the sketch fab option, i paste in the URL but it doesn't load the model at all.	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2015
Good books for Environment inspiration Hey all,What are some good books that have a large variety of realistic inspirational environments (e.g. The Art of Assassin's Creed Unity by Paul Davies)? What are some go…	10 Last	Steve Schulze Nov 2015
Autodesk Stingray game engine [url]http://stingrayengine.com/[/url]	173 Last	JasonLavoie Nov 2015
General Game Pipeline Questions and Possible Career Change Good Day All,I'm a long time lurker - first time poster however. I'm currently 27 years old, and professionally work as a database architect/developer within both the pure and applied science r…	1 Last	Bek Nov 2015
Selling MODO 901 + NPR KIT 2 Hey guysI'm selling my MODO 901 and NPR KIT 2 Licence for $1500 USD and I'll pay the transfer costs of $100If you are interested please contact me at acsvaughan@gmail.com Thanks	1 Last	acsvaughan Nov 2015
teaching painting online? hello is there any place where someone could teach me how to paint in photoshop? and how much would that cost? i'm not aiming for a very high quality, only something like this [IMG]http://i.neose…	23 Last	Chris Krüger Nov 2015
Piranha Bytes FANART COMPETITION, your Artwork in our game! Participate in the Piranha Bytes Fanart Competition till November 30th, for a chance to see your own artwork in our new game ELEX.http://www.pluto13.de/docs/FanartContest1115_EN.pdfGood luck and kind…	4 Last	Prime8 Nov 2015
Blizzard Entertainment student art contest http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/university-relations/contest.htmlKind of surprised that nobody has been posting about this. It's for college and university students. End date is Jan…	0 Last	pigart Nov 2015
Artstation - new site, best replacement for cghub i've seen so far [url]http://www.artstation.com/[/url] Pretty cool and the pages link out like clean portfolios. I have 19 invitations left if anyone wants one. Also if you have one/setup one post the link so I (a…	296 Last	Lorex Nov 2015
How long should it take to make an asset? So wanted to ask how long should I be taking to make an asset? Like a wood crate for example? Even something as basic as that or a table or chair I tend to give up on before even finishing modeling.F…	13 Last	lotet Nov 2015
Using Fiverr to do ''freelance'' work and sell assets https://www.fiverr.com/What's your opinion? I hear people saying sites like this ''cheapen'' the market..I'm quite surprised at how much there's some good quality work here and here.DO you imagine yo…	4 Last	almighty_gir Nov 2015
What is the correct way to hire a 2d artists? Hello to all great artist in this forum. I have for some time follow the amazing works been posted here. Now that I have worked hard on the programming part of my game for the past 5 months…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2015
GTA V - Graphics Study http://www.adriancourreges.com/blog/2015/11/02/gta-v-graphics-study/Stumbled across this, a graphics programmer with his dissection and interpretation of the GTA V rendering pipe. Very neat. Explains…	5 Last	adrxzero Nov 2015
high resolution renders for portfolio.. Hi i have few questions about character presentation for portfolio..-How to make a good presentation in marmoset toolbag 2 and how to take a nice screenshot without pixelating ..-is maya viewport 2.0…	1 Last	EarthQuake Nov 2015
Advice: Process for designing (or hiring someone) for this sort of 2D Graphic: Hi everyone,I'm a programmer, and I'm at the point where I need to start getting some graphics done. I'm considering doing them myself, and on that note, I'd like to ask what the process is for desig…	2 Last	Kalyori Nov 2015
Asking for advice as new artist in the industry Hello everybody! Im very new here in polycount and also new in the cg industry and I would like to ask for advice from those who have been in the industry for a long time that may have gone through t…	7 Last	Bartalon Nov 2015
Article - Developers Hiring People From Unity Asset Store http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/259307/How_2_Torchlight_devs_used_new_tricks_to_build_an_oldschool_space_game.phpRebel Galaxy isn’t actually a Unity game -- it’s built on a heavily modified v…	0 Last	RyanB Nov 2015
Any hangouts near london happening!? Hey guys/girls! Just curious as to if any poly-count hangouts are happening anytime soon in the UK :)?, Would be really cool to meet you guys and have a few beers!	38 Last	almighty_gir Nov 2015
Help needed choosing best looking games for a games course art library Hello thereI am head of games at Escape Studios in London and I have am MA in game art starting this January. I am buying games for our library so we can review art work etc. I thought it …	17 Last	mrnpc Nov 2015
Affordable Windows Tablet to learn painting? Hi there!First of all: Yes, I did a search on this but all I was able to find were old threads and the discussion about the Surface. If there is a thread on this Topic I apologise for doubling up, bu…	9 Last	lefix Nov 2015