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3D Palace Tutorials I just thought i would share these websites > [url]https://gumroad.com/olblue[/url] and [url]http://www.3d-palace.com[/url] . The guy makes some amazing tutorials (some are old) which I feel a peopl…	3 Last	Gmanx Jul 2015
Are there positions for level designers who aren't artists? I like level designing. I have a degree from a legitimate brick and mortar university in their arts and technology program. (The university is respected, the program is a mess and I honestly would ha…	16 Last	kanga Jul 2015
Photoshop cc 2015 Did anybody find something new and useful ? I guess I found one : Relink layer. Wonder if there are anything else. Sometimes Adobe adds cool stuff silently and you discover it yeas later	19 Last	weee Jul 2015
3D Palace accidental post	0 Last	Moltar Jul 2015
Cartoon Texture With ZBrush Hi, I would like to know if there is a technique/tutorial how to create a cartoon texture with zbrush for non painters. I'm specially interesting on creating the texture on plane. I've tried to crea…	4 Last	Mstankow Jul 2015
Polycount for mobile? I'd like to browse on my smartphone/tablet but the formatting is pretty awful, especially when large images mess up the format further. Just thought it would be pretty cool if it were developed, i'm…	16 Last	oxygencube Jul 2015
Advice on Demoreels and Portfolio's for entry level Video Game Industry Jobs [FONT="]Hi Guys! First time poster here and I apologize if this has been directly answered, I read through a lot of the forum to find specific answers but didn't come up entirely with what I was…	14 Last	kanga Jul 2015
Pen sensitivity So i purchased my Wacom Intous CTL with your help,but i cant setup pen pressure in photoshop,brush is always the same	4 Last	DavidCruz Jul 2015
The Crunch Cast Game developers talking about games You can listen to all of the episodes in a multitude of methods... Official Site: [url]http://crunchstudios.com/[/url] Facebook: [url]http://www.facebook.com/Crun…	401 Last	skankerzero Jul 2015
Best Portfolio Website Builders I'm in the process of reworking/changing my portfolio website and wanted to get opinions and thoughts on what are the "best" websites to use to display your work? I've already used webflow and it was…	31 Last	oxblood Jul 2015
Experience with Graphic Tablets (Huion) Hi guys, I wanted to ask about two Graphic Tablets; can't decide wich to buy. The two tablets are the Wacom Intuos Pen and the Huion 1060 Pro. Now of course i know that if you have the money you ca…	12 Last	Gmanx Jul 2015
CryEngine is Finally Back ! :D HOOOo--LLLly S..T !!! They actually delivered :D ....3.8.1 is here.... [URL]http://docs.cryengine.com/display/SDKDOC1/EaaS+3.8.1[/URL] [B][U]- GameZero[/U][/B] Template: Just like UE4's blan…	54 Last	Matt Fagan Jul 2015
Uncharted 4 rigging tools [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJmHKzUy0m0[/ame] Oh my ! Oh my! Crazy sweet stuff right there.:D The Tech artists who who worked on this have done some fabulous work..	17 Last	Jeremy Mitchell Jun 2015
Normal Map - Smoothing groups / beveling edges Hi polycomnunity, I have couple of questions but first I write what I know for better understanding problems. When we creating normal maps (in this case tangent space) for creating nice transitio…	11 Last	Obscura Jun 2015
Environment Art (Archvis) Contest sponsored by Epic Games. $25k grand prize! Hey All, I'm Wyeth Johnson from Epic Games. Earlier this week, we partnered with Ronen Bekerman to sponsor the biggest cash prize pool in ArchVis history, 100% realtime, 100% in UnrealEngine 4. It's…	24 Last	WyethEpic Jun 2015
Freelancing in the current job market My friend asked me to post this in his stead since he likes his job, and understandably he doesn't want to jeopardize his current position. Anyway, here's what he has to say; hi polycount! i want…	20 Last	Rurouni Strife Jun 2015
Game name Hi, so been trying to find this game. Its set on Island made of ships and floating stuff its the only place humans have left due to water level rise and you have to fight your way up to actually find…	10 Last	HAWK12HT Jun 2015
[UE4 + Substance Designer] Koola's Real-time Beach Koola's at it again. The same guy that made those crazy ue4 archviz renders and that snowy forest is back with another stunning scene. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLGoqqDc0w[/ame] His …	1 Last	mats effect Jun 2015
Where to host portfolio? I know for web / print designers there are so go-to websites where a lot of pro's put up their portfolios and such. Are there equivalents for game artists, or do people mostly create their own wordpr…	7 Last	ZacD Jun 2015
Decent IPS monitor Hey there! Ive had my pair of dell u2410's for about 3/4 years now. They both look perfect, no damage on the outside but the panel is showing signs of age. One has a dark blob on the top right, roug…	90 Last	EarthQuake Jun 2015
Portfolio question for a new job Hey guys, I received an email about a job opening by a recruiter and he ask me to see my portfolio but I had a problem... For two years now, I'm working on a game but I can't show any of my work u…	4 Last	Shrike Jun 2015
Adobe Creative Cloud 2015 released The user and all related content has been deleted.	4 Last	[Deleted User] Jun 2015
Sale notice: High end HP prebuilt desktops and laptops [url]http://slickdeals.net/f/7948357-hp-sitewide-desktop-laptop-rebate-up-to-250-rebate-30-extra-off-hp-phoenix-i7-5930k-more-820-ar-5820k-gtx-980-995-much-more?[/url] There's a deal on Haswell-E pr…	0 Last	ZacD Jun 2015
Good places to learn 3D? First, i didn't know whether to post this here or technical talk so sorry if this would be the wrong spot. But i'm looking for more online courses that i could take to teach me more on 3D modeling or…	5 Last	TaeKim Jun 2015
RPG Maker VX Ace interesting potential but I want to know if a final product is good enough (made with custom assets) would be able to sell on the market? is this viable for say steam? [URL]http://www.rpgmakerweb.co…	7 Last	Hiraether Jun 2015
how do i get into the tattoo industry? im a 3d hobbyist. my drawing skill aren't that great. im looking to make some money on the side and want to know if it would be worth it to get into the tattoo industry, how hard/easy the transitio…	7 Last	littleclaude Jun 2015
Moving to Guildford, UK, anyone know a good roomshare going? Since my little 2 year stint in London is now over I've finally got a job in Guildford but currently living in Portsmouth for the next few weeks isnt making things easy looking for a houseshare in Gu…	14 Last	osman Jun 2015
It's ah me Mario in Unreal 4 It's ah me Mario in Unreal 4 [url]http://kotaku.com/mario-in-unreal-engine-4-just-aint-right-1714401861?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow[/url]…	8 Last	kanga Jun 2015
Hey, weapon designers! [center] Great video, cool SMG Fabulous informative channel Ideal ref for weapon designers/concepters. What's not to like? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRrFWQXl-RE[/ame] [/center]	3 Last	beefaroni Jun 2015
Next gen asset Tutorials? Hi there. Im very new to the pipelines involved with asset creation in 3dsmax/zbrush/xnorms etc etc and was hoping someone here could direct me to a good tutorial that can increase my knowledge. …	5 Last	Moltar Jun 2015
Looking for a mentor Greetings all, this might be a long post, I'll try to watch it though :) When it comes to game art and 3D I was unfortunately very late to the party. It wasn't until about 3 years ago that I discov…	17 Last	Mant1k0re Jun 2015
Pretty games with pretty environments? Hey guys, So I was thinking of following a concept environment for me to start making something with out of practice and I thought to ask you guys what pretty environments have you seen in games tha…	8 Last	Mant1k0re Jun 2015
Can someone please help me find this hair tutorial I saw? I recently stumbled across a hair tutorial and I have no idea where I saw it, I've tried searching for it using key words but it's not coming up. Basically the workflow used planes that had differen…	4 Last	pior Jun 2015
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Preferred Studio Layouts and Designs We've recently been discussing the possibility of updating our workspace here at the studio so I'm looking around for different ideas and inspiration. What kind of layout do you all prefer for a stud…	24 Last	Shrike Jun 2015
A UArtsy Subscription Kickstarter Hey guys, thought I would share this kickstarter I've just launched. [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1612243374/uartsy-subscriptions-affordable-3d-art-education[/url] Its to get our liv…	10 Last	unpixel Jun 2015
How is the concept art, illustration and vis-dev scene in Eastern Europe? Hello! I'm looking into gathering information as to how Eastern Europe is handling their concept art, illustration and visual development scene, especially for juniors. How is the market going? Are…	5 Last	Blaisoid Jun 2015
Graphic tablet Me and my friend are getting into modeling,especially for Dota2,but we dont know what graphic tablet is good below 60-70euros,any suggestions?	21 Last	SonicBlue Jun 2015
3D motive problems? Is anyone here having difficulties getting onto the 3d Motive website? I've been trying to get on for hours. just curious if anyone else is having the same issue?	7 Last	Moltar Jun 2015
Olly's Punch Out [ javascript html5 game ] Hello everyone, I created a game I'm calling Olly's Punch Out. It's super simple and was a simple project for my to learn some new javascript html5 code. This was my first time touching the HTML 5 c…	3 Last	snrch445 Jun 2015
Persona 5 First real trailer just got posted. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y5U8n4Ie3I"]???????????? - YouTube[/ame] Looks like they added PS4 as a target platform as well to prevent alienating those…	68 Last	iadagraca Jun 2015
in Austin? come watch me Rassle! Hey folks in Austin or near Austin. for the last half year I've been working with a local comedy wrestling fed called PWR [url]www.pwr.website[/url] our next show is this Saturday at midway field h…	8 Last	MartinH Jun 2015
Unleash the Artist Episode 1 with Ryan Kingslien [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9utiQRQUDc[/ame]	6 Last	MisterSande Jun 2015
Oli & Spike - Dimension Jumpers Just thought I'd share this, been following the devs for a few years now, they haven't been updating as much though. And i think they're doing a bit of changing etc. Official site:[URL]http://www.oli…	2 Last	DanglinBob Jun 2015
The Talent Gene In an international collaboration, scientists identified a new area in our DNA which is associated with talent. Using a new research tool developed at the University of Michigan, researchers were abl…	8 Last	WilliamVaughan Jun 2015
Online Courses? Hi all! :) I'm looking for online courses, trying to improve my techniques and knowledge. But I'm a little bit lost about schools and places that are really worth it. I'm an environment artist, I …	7 Last	Gallamanji Jun 2015
Can I have your thoughts on Autodesk Sketchbook? Hi Can I have your thoughts on Autodesk Sketchbook? [url]https://www.sketchbook.com/[/url] [IMG]https://cdn.sketchbook.com/assets/samples/CreatureBox2-d58207b5c2457f242bb07d3f0febfc4d.jpg[/IMG] […	7 Last	WarrenM Jun 2015
Half-Priced Mac Single-User Zbrush License I'm trying to offload a Zbrush license, so I'm selling my single-user license (4R7) for OS X. I'm mostly a programmer/designer, so this was just a hobby and I've completely run out of time, so someon…	4 Last	lotet Jun 2015
looking for a stylised harrier jumpjet Hi, I am looking for a 3d model of a stylised harrier jumpjet. I saw it a while back on a redundant facebook group and wondered if its still around. Thanks.	4 Last	lotet Jun 2015
E3 2015 [B][SIZE="6"][URL="www.e3expo.com"]E3 2015[/URL][/SIZE][/B] - June 16-18, LA USA [URL="https://www.e3expo.com/"]www.e3expo.com[/URL] IGN have good coverage [url]http://uk.ign.com/events/e3[/url] [u…	150 Last	littleclaude Jun 2015