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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
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