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Cost of Sprites Hello, for a University project I am wondering whether someone can inform me of the following: If you were hired as a artist creating sprites, how much money would you expect to earn per hour? If y…	13 Last	Neox Apr 2015
Houdini Engine for UE4 Public Beta Begins [IMG]https://www.sidefx.com/images/stories/products/engine/unreal/staircase_engine_ue4.jpg[/IMG] The Houdini Engine for UE4 public beta is now available for download [Build 14.0.291 or higher]. Thi…	3 Last	iniside Apr 2015
Quick Contracting Question - Regarding Overhead Assuming an "Expenses" Section exists on a Work-For-Hire Agreement: Do most clients assume subscription based software overhead is already factored into a given hourly or flat rate for the Work? -o…	13 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Apr 2015
Solve 2D plane geometry in a 3D mesh How can I add 3D geometry on a 2D mesh in MayaLT? In 3Ds Max it was this "shell-modifier" which thickened the mesh. Is there anything like this on MayaLT? Heres my mesh. It will have problems showi…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2015
Question about shaders I'm really new to 3D Art, but am planning on a career as a game environment artist. So is learning shader languages worth the time? My summer break is coming up and I was thinking that I would spend …	12 Last	angryMonkey Apr 2015
Cutting the Cable Cord? I've been thinking about cutting the cable cord. I don’t watch enough TV to justify $120-200/month that comcast charges and my cable bill keeps going up without anything really changing. Still,…	48 Last	Target_Renegade Apr 2015
Recommended printer/scanners? Anyone have any good recomendations? I don't have any preferences beyond it needing to scan and print. Just wondering what everyone here uses. I don't think it would have any professional use bey…	7 Last	iadagraca Apr 2015
Web Developer to Game Developer? Good morning all (its morning by me) I hope this is in the correct place and board. I have a question if i may, I am currently studying web development and my question is, is this a good stepping st…	5 Last	Kwramm Apr 2015
Polycount Hangout Los Angeles: Nerd Nite LA I have an idea for a Polycount Hangout in Los Angeles. As a group, who would be down to go check out Nerd Nite LA at The Mint? [URL="http://la.nerdnite.com/"]http://la.nerdnite.com/[/URL] It looks…	0 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Apr 2015
Happy Birthday Polycount! You are getting old. 17 Years. Happy Birthday Green One. [CENTER][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Logo_Greentooth.png[/IMG][/CENTER]	31 Last	Norron Apr 2015
Steam Distributes Feature Length Film [URL="http://store.steampowered.com/app/359410/"]http://store.steampowered.com/app/359410/[/URL] Valve's Steam for the first time is carrying a feature length film "Motivational Growth" as of today.…	6 Last	rzthrun Apr 2015
Attempting to produce a student short within Unreal 4; we need your advices ! Hello Polycounters. I need your advices and on opinions on something me and my friend have been talking about for some time now. We are currently progressing through our Bachelor in 3D computer anim…	4 Last	Blond Apr 2015
Just saw PolyCount on TV :O [IMG]http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/009/735/1720-April-Fools-2011-The-Big-List.jpg[/IMG]	4 Last	Habboi Apr 2015
Unity Art Challenge Hey there guys! Just wanted to let you know that I opened a new Art Challenge over on the Unity forum for those interested. Some cool prizes can be won! Check it out here: [url]http://forum.unity3d…	0 Last	Thomas P. Apr 2015
Selling Game art books (Character focused) Hey all, not sure if I am allowed to post this here but have seen other people selling ZBrush licenses, etc. so figured it would be cool. I'm moving soon and selling a bunch of books I've had for age…	0 Last	Torch Apr 2015
How could I, and should I, hold a contest? I am just a member of the lay public, a Star Citizen fanboy and supporter (as in donating money to fund development). I have absolutely no official affiliation with any game company. However I am loo…	4 Last	Meloncov Apr 2015
GDC 2015: Art Direction Bootcamp Ok, the time has finally come to share this. This years GDC is about to see it's biggest and best dedicated Art event yet. After 6 months of very hard work from everyone involved it is my pleasure to…	26 Last	d1ver Mar 2015
Surface Pro 3 ? Hello, iam thinking getting an surface pro 3. Really was between a new Desktop and a Surface. But times change, iam on a desktop all day - i dont think that i want to be on my desk after work (alo…	45 Last	aesir Mar 2015
Why Subdivs surfaces? Why people still use them? Ok i guys i am currently learning maya in my free time and i love cg stuffs when i am learning modeling i mostly use polygons (nurbs 10%) but the mighty "INTERNET" says Subdivs are the great u can do…	43 Last	Count Vertsalot Mar 2015
Don't Die: A Videogame Confessional Forum to Mitigate the Industry's Growing Rifts [URL="http://www.nodontdie.com/"]http://www.nodontdie.com/[/URL] A couple Polycounters have been posting articles from this project from David Wolinsky (killscreen, Motherboard VICE). To me, especi…	16 Last	Wolthera Mar 2015
Best place to get a custom built machine? Hello everyone! Im not really that new to the polycount forums but I havent posted. I plan on changing that as my Wife and I, both game artists, are going to need to expand our horizons in terms of…	12 Last	cookedpeanut Mar 2015
Mechanical rigg in Unity Hi I'm having som problem making this rigg to work in Unity. In Maya I just use IKs to make the hydraulic looking cylinders move into each other when the arm elbow rotates from its joint. But it won'…	4 Last	kanga Mar 2015
3Dmax LT?? ..	31 Last	soulty Mar 2015
New preview of Maya 2016 [IMG]http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2015/13/1427399026-11086501-361179727422650-472078004-o.png[/IMG] Wow, new layout and some new icons..What do you guys think about it? Looks like a major up…	13 Last	Norron Mar 2015
Touch screen laptop for 3D Hey I know there's been a few threads here about this and mainly the surface pro. I was wondering what peoples opinions and recommendations were for touch screen laptops for work mainly in zbrush/pho…	28 Last	Count Vertsalot Mar 2015
Reaching out to the Community Hello I'm a recent College Grad, and currently bulking and building my website. I'm relatively fresh to polycount and would like to show my progress among everyone here. I just created my site and ha…	4 Last	beefaroni Mar 2015
John Carmack to speak about VR tech If you're in or near Dallas on April 9th: [url]http://www.utdallas.edu/ah/events/detail.html?id=1220417125[/url] ...and it's free. :)	0 Last	Gmanx Mar 2015
Substance Education Webinar Substance Education Webinar, thought I would share the love :) I apologies, I did not see any permissions on the video. Edited - [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlE24EQvexA[/ame]	6 Last	littleclaude Mar 2015
How does job relocating affect your personal life? Hey polycounters. As like all noobs I am an aspiring 3d artist with dreams to work in the industry. The thing is, If I get in the industry I know I will have to relocate. Which means leaving family a…	21 Last	Kwramm Mar 2015
warhammer collectors please help: I'm currently modeling a dreadnought from the raven guards and I've been searching like crazy online for a view of this flag from the back and the sides: [IMG]http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp71…	26 Last	seth. Mar 2015
When entering the industry as a Junior Environment Artist Hi all, I have a quick question about a process in the video game industry. In the future when I enter the industry as a Junior Environment Artist/Prop Artist, how does the whole project process func…	5 Last	erroldynamic Mar 2015
Why do so many people seem to hate cgi? I feel like whenever I watch documentaries about special effects, or listen to people like Adam Savage or Ray Harryhausen talk about working in movies, they seem to sort of resent and talk down about…	38 Last	Muzzoid Mar 2015
Pc completely freezing when playing games - advices needed So I'm having this issue. The interesting in this is that it is freezing when I'm playing games, mostly with multi player games (even Quake3 can freeze it lol...), but sometimes with single player ga…	14 Last	pigart Mar 2015
Question About Zbrush Retailers Price I'm looking to bite the bullet on Zbrush and I noticed that the price for a commercial license is about $150 cheaper on a bunch of their listed retailer's [URL="http://pixologic.com/retailers/"]sites…	11 Last	mentalfrog Mar 2015
[Video Game] Outland 17 Hey there fellow Poly Counters, Gonna make this short and sweet. My indie Dev team is about to launch a kickstarter campaign for our game, which is still in Alpha. We have our demo up for download a…	0 Last	GrenadeTree Mar 2015
Laptop recommendations? Hey polycount I trust you guys know [B]All The Tech Stuff [/B] so could you spare some recommendations for a work laptop? Budget ideally is around [B]$1000-1500[/B]. I already have a solid desktop…	18 Last	Sugus Mar 2015
What do you consider a "cliche" model? Hello polycounters. Today i have a question that may of been addressed at some point. What is a "cliche" model? I am in college and for one of my classes we have to create 3 high quality portfolio pe…	76 Last	WarrenM Mar 2015
Street Fist 2 on Greenlight! Hi everybody! We just launched our first Greenlight campaign. Please check it out, let us know your thoughts and if you like it vote!!! Thanks [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetail…	0 Last	mccartm6 Mar 2015
Attempted account hack? So I was browsing through some of the threads, when I received an email from polycount notifying me that someone has tried logging into my account. It provided the IP address and it looks like it was…	6 Last	kanga Mar 2015
Outland 17 #indieGame Hey there fellow Poly Counters, Gonna make this short and sweet. My indie Dev team is about to launch a kickstarter campaign for our game, which is still in Alpha. We have our demo up for download …	0 Last	OMGiFARTED Mar 2015
Why Computer Color is Broken Sorry my bad, please delete post - [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=150550[/url] Why Computer Color is Broken [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKnqECcg6Gw"]www.youtube.c…	1 Last	oglu Mar 2015
Super Troopers 2 [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt0mSRLTEbQ[/ame] Alright meow, any guesses as to what the nervous donkey game is? [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/super-troopers-2[/url] This is def…	3 Last	almighty_gir Mar 2015
My cross platform rendering app - Shadow's Spider - is on Github Shadow's Spider is a cross platform realtime 3d rendering application. It's built around OpenGL 4.5 and Qt. [B]FEATURES[/B] [LIST] []intuitive, fluid interface []multiple page attribute editor wit…	2 Last	aleksdigital Mar 2015
EVOLVE Hey Friends! So I've been working for almost 2 and a half years on this project and we just announced it today through Game Informer. Pretty stoked and wanted to share :). The game in a nutshell: …	106 Last	oglu Mar 2015
Call of Duty statue causes LAPD STAND OFF in a games company. [B][URL="http://alternativemediasyndicate.com/2015/03/24/cops-in-stand-off-with-call-of-duty-statue/"]Call of Duty statue causes LAPD STAND OFF in a games company.[/URL] [/B] [URL]http://alternativem…	5 Last	peanut Mar 2015
Your Brain: Beer vs. Coffee Thought this was pretty neat. Have you guys ever used beer as way to spark up an idea? Because I will openly admit I'm a pretty avid coffee drinker on top of plenty of H20.	32 Last	Joebewon Mar 2015
New name for brand/identity Hi guys, so I've been brainstorming for a day or two on a new name for my brand/identity and I'd like some help. I'm a web designer by day but enjoy creating 3D assets. I use Illustrator allot and I…	26 Last	Muzzoid Mar 2015
Moving countries for a studio job? Experiences and stories pls! Hi all! My specialty is currently hand painted character art. I've been playing a ton of League recently and managed to stumble over to the job board on Riot's website. My eyes got very big and dream…	1 Last	thomasp Mar 2015
Schoolism subscription - Kickstarter Worth checking out if you are interested in learning from the best: [URL]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bobbychiu/schoolism-subscriptions-art-education-made-afforda?ref=nav_search[/URL]	0 Last	Chris Krüger Mar 2015
Problem of bones influence (3DsMax - Babylon.js) Hi Guys, I'm a 3D animation student in France (Sorry for my English x_x), and for school, I'm on a project of a video game (An FPS Bomberman like, in 3D). I'm in front of a problem with my team, an…	2 Last	Naekiah Mar 2015