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new tech on the horizon to end Wacom monopoly? [URL="http://www.sensel.com/"]http://www.sensel.com/[/URL] demonstration on potential use [URL="http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/25/9201149/sensel-morph-pressure-sensitive-trackpad-kickstarter"]http:/…	17 Last	myclay Sep 2015
modding with DLLs in games Hey guys, first of all I wanna ask if you are allowed to mod games by injecting DLLs, like it's done in GTA 5...Only modding the game, not cracking it! In GTA 5 you inject the DLL with a Trainer, or…	6 Last	GarageBay9 Sep 2015
[Question] List of Cameras for Photo-sourcing Textures I have a couple questions: A) Does anyone know of a good camera/camera list for photo-sourcing textures? B) What should the minimum specs be? C) What should the ideal specs be? (within reason) D) Wou…	37 Last	EarthQuake Sep 2015
Link your Portfolios!! I am currently setting up my portfolio and just wanted to get a rough idea of the content and layout that other people have used for theirs. So it would be appreciated if anyone could comment and l…	66 Last	Michael Knubben Sep 2015
Houdini training, what would you like to see? Hello everybody. I'm preparing my own training site and I'm curious: 1. Would you be interested in some Houdini + Houdini Engine training + Unity/UE4? 2. What would you like to see covered? I do h…	18 Last	[Deleted User] Sep 2015
zbrush license transfers heads up to anyone trying to sell their zbrush license: Effective 27 Aug 2015 it is no longer possible to transfer licenses from one user to another. Pixologic will only transfer license ownership…	5 Last	m4dcow Sep 2015
Art styles like Wind Waker or Journey? Are there other video games that look like Legend of zelda wind waker or Journey? I've been trying to find games with those similar styles of art.	5 Last	NegevPro Sep 2015
Deep Forger - Deep Forger is a procedural generation app currently running as a bot on Twitter. It uses similar tech to the Deep Dreaming generator that went around a little while back. Unlike that app that inexpl…	3 Last	ambershee Sep 2015
Gnomon : Substance Designer Texture Creation Rogelio Olguin [IMG]https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11925997_10153178823993037_5422770546023296596_n.jpg?oh=97e78686a23e7873b1931aebe82b0297&oe=5668BFED[/IMG] Hi everyone, Here is my Gn…	12 Last	rogelio Sep 2015
Bernie Sanders ideas is to make Wall Street pay for free education Bernie Sanders speaks to "NowThis" about how to make college free by making Wall Street pay for it. He says "We bailed out wall street now its wall street's chance to free the middle class" [ame]ht…	137 Last	Fuiosg Sep 2015
Need advice about Digital Painting Hello people of Polycount :)! I was thinking about starting a path about 2D Digital painting. But i've some questions regarding the right way to do it. Starting from the fact that i don't have any ex…	12 Last	KyJ Sep 2015
Paid Art Test? Anyone ever hear of companies paying people to complete an art test? I haven't, but have encountered it recently, which is super cool! It says a lot about the company. Anyone every hear/encounter thi…	20 Last	Tits Sep 2015
Quick question about Maya shelves. I can't seem to add the four view, perspective, split views onto my custom shelf. Any suggestions? Thanks!	1 Last	sprunghunt Sep 2015
Turbosmooth wont smooth. Dearly beloved, something strange has happened inside of 3dsmax. I was using turbosmooth (as I normally do) to created my HP and prepare it for baking. I applied TS and for some odd reason it only…	5 Last	Moltar Sep 2015
Advantages to moving Cities Hey y'all I'm fairly new here but I was wondering if anyone employed in the industry could answer how beneficial it is to move to a different city to find work. I live in Niagara Falls, NY and their …	10 Last	ironbelly Sep 2015
UE4 Beginner Questions ok so I often build my scenes in Maya and then render it within maya aswell to produce my final image of the scene. However whenever I see other peoples work which looks amazing they use 3D modelling…	5 Last	alexk Sep 2015
Games Industry Mentor One of the guys at BioWare started a podcast for those looking to get their foot in the door in the games industry. It's great to listen for anyone that's interested, the first 2 episodes he talks …	256 Last	Rockley Bonner Sep 2015
For Four Years, A Man Has Walked Across Minecraft For Four Years, A Man Has Walked Across Minecraft [url]http://kotaku.com/for-four-years-a-man-has-walked-across-minecraft-1728623017?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook…	0 Last	littleclaude Sep 2015
Programming Question [SIZE="5"][SIZE="6"]Are there any new games made only relying on code like c++ and java etc... rather than using a game engine....?[/SIZE][/SIZE]	9 Last	blankslatejoe Sep 2015
Maya Python tool scripting tutorial, skinning Hi guys, I worked out a little tutorial on how to script a very useful tool in Maya with Python that can transfer/copy skincluster and skinweights from one model to another. Watch and download the s…	1 Last	antweiler Sep 2015
Can DAZ models be imported into Maya? It would be interesting if they could be imported.	2 Last	Steve Schulze Sep 2015
If I want to retopo armor or hardsurface pieces, should I use quad draw? So I have been working on a few armor pieces in Zbrush, I want to retopo it in Maya. However, I'm not too sure how to go about this, is quad draw a good solution? I want to make the armor fairly inor…	2 Last	PyrZern Sep 2015
Markus Persson (aka Notch) Ive never felt more isolated: The man who sold Minecr According to the businessinsider. "Markus Persson (aka Notch) Ive never felt more isolated: The man who sold Minecraft" [url]http://www.businessinsider.co.id/minecraft-founder-feels-isolated-…	74 Last	claydough Sep 2015
Satellite Reign Released! Hey everyone, In my adrenaline addled stupor I forgot to post this here... Satellite Reign, our studio's first indie title has finally been released! [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/eB0FqJg.jpg[/IMG] It's…	16 Last	JasonLavoie Sep 2015
FumeFX (Mental Ray) I haven't gotten a reply from SitniSati on this issue... so I am asking here. How in the hell do you get FumeFX to render in Maya 2014? My settings follow what they said in the help file: [QUOTE]To…	2 Last	Lamont Sep 2015
My big list of portfolios I have been collecting portfolios for the past few years and thought other people might find the list useful. It's a mix of people I know, work I really like, and newer artists with work that caught …	112 Last	littleclaude Sep 2015
Indie Game Con 2015 Hey everyone, Just wondering if anyone from here will be attending Indie Game Con in Eugene Oregon in October? Would be cool to meet some fellow Counters!	0 Last	Doomathon Sep 2015
Selling my Zbrush 4R7 Windows License Have already made contact with Pixologic with regards to license sale and transfer. I will pay the license transfer fee and then Pixologic will make contact with you once payment has been made. I a…	7 Last	Raazsh Sep 2015
3ds Max 2016 Extension1 Brings GameExporter, Geodesic Voxel Skinning They are doing a great job with Max recently, this Extension wasn't an exception either, Max has finally got it's own [COLOR=Silver][B]GameExporter[/B][/COLOR] as well as [COLOR=Silver][B]Geodesic Vo…	7 Last	reanimate Sep 2015
Politics in game storyline I posted this same question in another forum, and I did get interesting constructive response, but I decided to ask the same question here to see what creative minds think about this subject, (origin…	18 Last	SonicBlue Aug 2015
Modern colour theory I've just had a bunch of visitors coming to my site [I][URL="http://www.huevaluechroma.com/"]The Dimensions of Colour [/URL][/I]from Muzz's recent thread here on art terminology. So first off, hello …	33 Last	Wolthera Aug 2015
Shell Modifier - modeling plugin for Maya! I noticed his video about Shell Modifier way back and it seems he is finally decided to release it if there is enough interest! I already contact him to try it out if possible so don't be shy and g…	25 Last	artquest Aug 2015
Good places to learn 3D online? Well first i'm sorry if this gets posted a lot, i probably just haven't seen it on here so forgive me if that's the case. But what i want to know is just where are some good sources online to learn 3…	3 Last	.nL Aug 2015
Professional Rendering Video Cards I hope this is the right forum section for this. I'm in the process of building a new PC and I'm having trouble choosing the video card. I know I should go with a rendering video card instead of …	27 Last	EarthQuake Aug 2015
The Company of Wolves, Conference, University of Hertfordshire OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral "Wolves have long been the archetypa…	0 Last	littleclaude Aug 2015
RIP Wes Craven Wes Craven, the creator of Elm Street and the director of Scream, passed away yesterday :( May he rest in peace. [url]http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wes-craven-horror-maestro-dies-818806[/url]	1 Last	almighty_gir Aug 2015
What softwares does Weta Digital use? As the title says Im wondering what softwares does Weta Digital use? I know they did everything in Maya and ZBrush on The Lord Of The Rings films. But, do they use external tools or in-house tools as…	9 Last	Aasmund1986 Aug 2015
About Facebook Group... Hello guys ! I just finished [url=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/they-took-our-job] my latest project [/url] and as always I want to show it to everybody like a 9 y.o kid who just finished a dr…	1 Last	PyrZern Aug 2015
:Learn Anatomy/Drawing from online courses/tutorials/books Is there a advantage for learning Drawing and Anatomy from online tutorials and books? I don't really like to go to Art college, it is wasting of time and lot of money. On top of that, i will proba…	16 Last	RN Aug 2015
to sculpt or not to sculpt I have been thinking recently of not doing any more zbrush stuff. It's a simple thing really in that most of my work of late, bar 1 project has been subd,no zbrush in sight( except for morph targets)…	26 Last	Ruz Aug 2015
Paul Bonner/Justin Sweet Fantasy Art book on kickstarter! Figured I'd share this since Paul Bonner and Justin Sweet are such an awesome artists. I just found out about this kickstarter tonight and i'm pretty pumped. The world needs more epic art books! [ur…	4 Last	Steve Schulze Aug 2015
Character Art Mentorship Hello, I've been wondering if there are any character artists that offer a mentorship ? Greetings	3 Last	MagicSugar Aug 2015
What is working freelance like? I'm currently managing a restaurant and want my "in" into the video game industry. I was just curious as to what working freelance is like? Preferably environment artists. But feel free to share you…	43 Last	fearian Aug 2015
☆ Toronto Meetup ☆ Friday, August 28th, 7pm ☆ End of summer meetup!! What: Beer night with like minded, polycounting, nerds Where: Scotland Yard ([url]www.scotlandyard.ca[/url]) When: Friday, August 28th, at 7pm [IMG]http://38.media.tumblr.com…	25 Last	CreativeSheep Aug 2015
A request OPEN REQUEST : I am a rigger, and I am putting together a new reel to get work. To reach this goal I need some quality meshes that are rig and animation ready. Beast or bi-ped, I need them to be pret…	2 Last	almighty_gir Aug 2015
Any suggestions on staying in shape? After college i started gaining wait since all i did was work on my portfolio for a year, and now that i am 3 months in on a job at a game studio i still cant find time to exercise. any suggestions o…	6 Last	ArtisticTiger Aug 2015
Just a question. Guys, pls help. I'm using quixel those days and im thinking: to game industry, shoud i paint realisticly or render a skin in Quixel?	2 Last	OlograMan Aug 2015
A Short Lesson in Perspective ...interesting read for creative types [url]http://www.businessinsider.com/its-not-worth-it-linds-reddings-short-lesson-in-perspective-2012-11[/url] the link to the full essay is in the article	7 Last	Joopson Aug 2015
So, I'm looking for studio work, where do I post? I am just some artist, looking for studio work, I'm not looking to hire, I'm not looking for freelance... In these two posts, I'm told I'm shitting on people's carpet by posting in the wrong sub-for…	23 Last	PyrZern Aug 2015
Selling on Shapeways - Anyone find success with this? Hey all, I've been looking into possibly selling 3D prints using Shapeways: [url]http://www.shapeways.com/sell[/url] Sounds like getting started is pretty low-risk. You provide the 3D file, they p…	10 Last	moondog760 Aug 2015