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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
Renderman Free Non Commercial Renderman is finally free for non commercial use! Anyone looking forward to trying it out? Also what are your thoughts on how this might affect Vray or Arnold? [URL="http://renderman.pixar.com/vie…	18 Last	skyline5gtr Mar 2015
Modo 801 users - intro tutorials? hello all. I just made the switch to Modo 801, I had been working in 3dsMax for a while, but migrated over. I am pretty new to the Modo workflow, and just beginning my tinkering around. I have not f…	6 Last	pangaea Mar 2015
Brainstorm Event: A Creative Industry Insight - April 11 & 12 [URL="http://brainstormschool.com/portfolio/workshops/ctnroadtrip-2015/"][IMG]http://thumbnail.ymlp.com/f31p_Banner_3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [CENTER][SIZE=4][U]BRAINSTORM - A CREATIVE INDUSTRY INSIGHT[/U][/…	2 Last	BrainstormSchool Mar 2015
Starting a portfolio / Finding a job I'm aspiring to become a 3D artist. I've been doing modeling for around 6 months now and i want to find a job that allows me to learn more and become a better artist. I'm doing a video game design a…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2015
will substance become more useful to know than photoshop I am just curious on people's thoughts whether they think substance will eventually beat out Photoshop?	25 Last	sziada Mar 2015
Question for Proko and drawing steps i just brought Proko figure drawing fundamentals videos. I am not sure how to follow this. But he start with the gesture drawing and by following Bean and Structure. Isn't supposed to start wit…	2 Last	Boban Mar 2015
Game Art Style Guides website online! Hi all! My Game Art Style Guides website is now online. So far there are 10 docs with my notes on each. Would love feedback! Please share if you like it. :) [url]http://www.gameartoutsourcing.com/[/…	12 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2015
Zbrush Icon Hello! This is my first (real) post, and I wanted to give back to a community that has been helpful in my own edification of the 3D world. I present an alternative icon for Zbrush. A great applicati…	1 Last	Fuiosg Mar 2015
Splatoon: Nintendo's new unique (Paint) Shooter I am feeling really warm and fuzzy looking at all this game footage. I can only imagine what the "flow" of the game feels like, but Splatoon looks to be shaping up! Anyone else have thoughts, criti…	0 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Mar 2015
A game or movie with African mythology... African as in black sub-saharian Africa. We've had games with Greek mythology, Norse mythology and folklore (this is probably the most popular) and alot of games with Asian folklore (essentially MMOR…	34 Last	Blond Mar 2015
Need pro landscape advice Hello there, My friend is awaiting solutions from me and I'm so desperately lost after doing my researches for the subject. I have a very difficult time with sorting out a landscape for a walking si…	0 Last	Maximum-Dev Mar 2015
FMX 2015 - Who's going? its the 20th anniversary edition! Hi guys Who is going to FMX this year? looks like they are going to put on a good show for the 20th anniversary. [url]http://www.fmx.de/[/url] [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSYhig8UiM0[/ame] [ame]…	3 Last	thomasp Mar 2015
marvelous designer So how many people are using it now and what do you think of it. i am still thinking it's a abit annoying and generic looking, but is might save me some time when trying to get a nice 'volumes' for t…	32 Last	almighty_gir Mar 2015
1930's American Mug Shots: Great Possible Facial Reference [URL="https://www.flickr.com/photos/angusmcdiarmid/sets/72157619402356777"]https://www.flickr.com/photos/angusmcdiarmid/sets/72157619402356777[/URL] Credit to [URL="http://tabor3d.com/"]Jeremy Tabor…	6 Last	dimosM Mar 2015
Choice of area of specialization I am in potentially really harmful dilema for some time now. I don't know in which area of 3D art I should specialize in. I claim that I can create pretty much anything given enough time and resource…	1 Last	low odor Mar 2015
Preventing repetition fatigue? How do you cope with doing repeating patterns for several hours, and keep the same quality all over the asset? What I had in mind is repeating patterns that are too organic to just copy-paste all ov…	2 Last	ikken Mar 2015
Other Awesome CGI forums on the internet with big traffic? Hello, could someone please share links to some other CGI forums for sharing information/tips and tricks (not warez in particular), with big traffic (that means a lot of people who share knowledge ab…	5 Last	LRoy Mar 2015
Textur.us - Photoshop Texture Browser with Cloud Storage [IMG]https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10648597_724498527637558_4973471381450029858_o.png[/IMG] [SIZE="4"]Promo Video Here:[/SIZE] [URL="https://youtu.be/PnSAwEmtHGo"]https://…	9 Last	Pedro Amorim Mar 2015
LF Motion Capture Artists to ask questions Hey Polycount: I'm looking for anyone here who has had professional experience or is doing motion capture for video games or films. I want to ask questions about exactly how relevant my skillset …	0 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Mar 2015
Laptop thinks CTRL key is being held... My computer will often (every few minutes) act as if im pressing the ctrl key. It leads me to zoom in/zoom of web pages while scrolling, undo changes as if i pressed ctrl+z, open multiple windows wit…	3 Last	[Deleted User] Mar 2015
things to do in seoul? so yeah me and the family are off to seoul for 2 weeks soon. anyone recommend stuff to do how many polycounters in seoul anyway:) man, i hate flying and we are having to fly for 13.5 hours aggh I …	18 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Mar 2015
substance designer problem. ( my multi material blend filter is missing labels) I'm having a very weird problem in substance designer for some reason all of the data from my multimaterial filter are gone does anyone know what i need to do to get them back so i can know which slo…	1 Last	Jerc Mar 2015
Bladerunner: 140+ Photos of the Movie Miniatures Inspiration for the environment, vehicle, and prop specilaists here! :D [URL="http://imgur.com/a/mv8qf#56"]http://imgur.com/a/mv8qf#56[/URL]	10 Last	Target_Renegade Mar 2015
baking Wondering how you all do/would do it. Here's the scenario You've got a gun with multiple parts, do you A. Bake the combined hi poly on to the combined low poly? b. Bake the combined Hi poly on to…	3 Last	Dethling Mar 2015
GTX 970 Strix - field report? Hi, today my graphic card signed off and I'm looking for a new one. As I use the PC not only for 3D stuff but also for gaming I'm looking not for an high end render card but a good "normal" graphi…	5 Last	Hayden Zammit Mar 2015
New Job @ Illfonic. Heading out to Denver!! Hey Guys, Super thrilled to announce that I'll be starting up with Illfonic in the next couple of weeks! Finally getting out of this unemployment and Boston snow. Couldn't had done it without th…	15 Last	Deathstick Mar 2015
Industry Work Experience while in Secondary Education? My school has a mandatory work experience scheme for the first year of 6th form. I am studying A Level Maths, History, Graphics Design and Art in 6th form, and I want to eventually work on 2d art in …	4 Last	Add3r Mar 2015
contract() - free game contract generator [url]http://docontract.com/[/url] I came across this the other day, a great resource for quickly generating a contract, if you're a freelancer or another kind of game contractor. I just used it for …	7 Last	Ruz Mar 2015
Living where the jobs are? Hey Polycount, I'm curious if there are any advantages to living in a city with a large amount of game companies. Granted you have a solid portfolio/resume, is it acceptable to go into a company off…	6 Last	RyRyB Mar 2015
portfolio sites what websites does everybody use for their portfolios? I'm looking around and trying to find a good one.	28 Last	Justin Meisse Mar 2015
Business Card Issues.... So, I'm trying to come up with a business card for GDC this year and I've gone through several designs with the "help" of a business design forum and those that have responded, each one of them have …	56 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 2015
First solo game released! Kickball Champion of the World It's finally out! So this is my first game that i have done by myself, It was a hell of a lot of work teaching myself to code. But i feel like it's something i can be proud of and hopefully it will …	44 Last	RN Mar 2015
GDC 2015 UE4 Landscape Demoe Breakdown Just seen this. Really liked it. [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clakekAHQx0[/ame] Man I know some of these people back in their day at Crytek. I am happy to see them still doing high ş…	0 Last	TAN Mar 2015
In the depths (working title) Hey guys, Wanted to share with you a project I'm just about to start, I will be updating this thread with bits n bobs from it throughout the next month or two and will be updating my blog at the same…	0 Last	brojomaan Mar 2015
The Art of Firewatch, GDC 2015 Jane Ng, of Campo Santo and formerly from Doublefine, presents us the Art of Firewatch. What's most interesting to me is her assertion regarding stylized, but still keeping it realistic, which in my…	0 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Mar 2015
The Vive: Valve enters VR Oh crap! This thing has all the sensors that I want! Finally someone has invested money into what can only be called the ultimate VR device (so far). [url]http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/1/8127445/ht…	32 Last	JordanN Mar 2015
Expectations of environment artists Hi I am doing some research for a project on the current industry expectations for an environment artist at a indie games studio compared to a much larger, AAA studio. It will also benefit my own pr…	8 Last	Meloncov Mar 2015
PhD Proposal Suggestion ? Yo mates. Need to ask something serious once in a while :) Writing a PhD proposal for a university abroad. Topic is robotics. Country is Japan. Need to convince the Professor first before official …	2 Last	TAN Mar 2015
Anomaly 2015: A New World (April 25, Vancouver) CGMovement is proud to announce its major event of the year, [URL="http://anomaly.cgmovement.com/"]Anomaly 2015: A New World[/URL], in Vancouver on April 25th, 2015. Please come join us for an eveni…	0 Last	Plasticube Mar 2015
Watch God of War 1, 2, and 3 beaten in less than five hours this Friday [IMG]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7602/16830942901_32ac4a4683_b.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]In 2005 we released God of War on the PlayStation 2. At the time, we would have never predicted that 10 years later …	4 Last	iadagraca Mar 2015
Studio Art Test Question Hey guys, So I applied for a position at a studio and was contacted for an art test. I sent it in and was informed it was received and to be pushed to whoever needed to see it. Two weeks passed and …	7 Last	Shogun3d Mar 2015
Help test my "art guide"? Hey :) If you have nothing special going on right now, maybe you can help me with a school paper I have to write! The paper is about art/style guides and how they can help make the look of a game as…	3 Last	toastwaffle Mar 2015
TressFX 3.0 PureHair - Deus Ex Hair Rendering GDC Slides Wow! Looks like it was actually published: [url]http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2015/03/deus-ex-universe-hair-rendering-slides.html[/url] [url]http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1011736[/ur…	16 Last	JacqueChoi Mar 2015
Anyone tried the new modeling tools from Zbrush? What you can say? he can replace older workflows, like using third party software for modeling and transfer to zbrush?	1 Last	cryrid Mar 2015
Architecture to Level Design Hey guys, I am kinda new to the polycount boards but have found some great insightful information and plan on sticking around. I have seen a few similar posts on this topic but was looking for some …	12 Last	easterislandnick Mar 2015