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ZBRUSH Weekend Workshop Featuring Kurt Papstein - Seattle, WA [URL="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zbrush-weekend-workshop-featuring-kurt-papstein-creature-design-and-3d-sculpting-tickets-15878423793"][img]http://i.imgur.com/UJjEv40.jpg[/img][/URL] Details and T…	7 Last	jStins Mar 2015
3D Concept Artist Question Hi guys, I just have a few questions about 3D Concept artists. How does a 3D Concept Artist differ from a 2D Concept Artist? How would you define a 3D Concept Artist? Thanks in advance.	8 Last	pior Mar 2015
Closed Is It Not Politically Correct to Have an Opinion on Software? Hi polycount. I'll get right to the point. It seems to me that when a poster comes to the forum and asks for advice on which piece of software does the forum think is best, whether it be game engines…	38 Last	RubberDuck Mar 2015
Dropbox alternative - "Copy", 20 gigs free hey guys, not sure if anyone posted this yet, but I came across another cloud storage solution that's pretty new but has some neat features, mainly the fact that when you do a lot of shared files, it…	31 Last	SideEffect Mar 2015
Bachelor Thesis help needed. Looking for books and interviews. Hello polycounters! My name is Mateusz and I'm Game Design student. Currently I'm working on my bachelor thesis with my group. We are creating a retro futuristic game based on exploration. Second pa…	1 Last	Kwramm Mar 2015
The University of Hertfordshire on the lookout for guest speakers Hi The University of Hertfordshire is always on the lookout for guest speakers on any Wednesday and we can pay £200 for your efforts. Feel free to email me - Neil Gallagher - [email]n.gallagher@her…	0 Last	littleclaude Mar 2015
Monster Hunter 4 [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDZznlD-PL8&"]N3DS????????????????????? - YouTube[/ame] Not a fan myself, but I hear there's one or two people that think it's ok on these boards. ;) Perso…	90 Last	moose Mar 2015
Starting Character Art Over the past year or so I've been looking at both environment and character art, trying a bit of both here and there. However I'm think now's a good time to start focusing on one and i'm choosing ch…	17 Last	DrunkShaman Mar 2015
Location Relevant for Hiring? Question about hiring: How important is location on an application? I've always assumed that its not super relevant, but an opportunity has come up for me to live somewhat affordably in SF for about …	9 Last	Rurouni Strife Mar 2015
Groups or communities? I feel like I'm asking this out of a wee bit of desperation. Mainly because I feel awfully abandonded at times and constantly have to rely on myself because I'm not really close with anyone who does…	7 Last	Neox Mar 2015
Creative Market 3D Asset Store Hey Polycounters, I would like to invite you to be among the first artists to list your 3d assets for sale on Creative Market. It's our mission to help 3D artists to earn a living, so we: 1) Give y…	11 Last	OutOfMyMind Mar 2015
HTPC software help My PS3 died a few weeks back and I've always had the urge to build a mini-itx computer for about 14 years so I made the leap and built a mini-itx Home Theater PC. I got Kodi (formerly XBMC) set up…	0 Last	Justin Meisse Mar 2015
Kazuyuki Ikumori: Final Fantasy Cinematic Legacy @ USC, Los Angeles California [B]LOCATION:[/B] University of Southern California, SCI Room 106 What does that look like?: [IMG]http://globalgamejam.org/sites/default/files/styles/feature_image__normal/public/site/interactive-me…	5 Last	UltraLrod Mar 2015
Zbrush Weekend Workshop in Seattle, ft Kurt Papstein [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/44GVazb.jpg[/IMG] Hey All I am hosting this amazing weekend workshop in Seattle Wa, featuring Kurt Papstein, creature artist from Evolve, coming up in April. This is a huge …	0 Last	CaptainRoku Mar 2015
Split decision, UE4 or Unity I've been doing some initial research into which engine to start R&D'ing here at work and I'm at almost a 60 Unity / 40 UE4 split. So I was wondering about getting some opinions. I work in an archite…	32 Last	DrunkShaman Mar 2015
Brainstorm School: Fantasy Concept Design Workshop w/ Kekai Kotaki - Mar. 15 [URL="http://brainstormschool.com/portfolio/workshops/workshop-v/"][IMG]http://img.ymlp.com/f31p_KekaiNewsletterBanner.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [SIZE=4] [U][B] Brainstorm School - Fantasy Concept Design Work…	1 Last	BrainstormSchool Mar 2015
Polycount Meetup GDC 2015 [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/499159/meetup01.jpg[/IMG] We are very excited to announce that Polycount has teamed up with Marmoset to host the annual Polycount Meetup. Weve booked an awe…	75 Last	Joost Mar 2015
Uncharted 4 delayed to Spring 2016 A note by Neil Druckmann [quote]Since we showed you our first gameplay reveal of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, more of the game and story have come together, and it’s become clear to us th…	5 Last	Jonathan_AV Mar 2015
Strange Anatomy I'm confused by a number of oddities when comparing photographs and anatomical drawings. First up are the pecs. The insertion point looks like it's on the arm by the deltoid. The drawing shows tha…	14 Last	FourtyNights Mar 2015
Need Advice Foreign student OPT and freelance Hello polycounters! This time I would like to seek some wisdom in this great community, but not related to the arts, I am looking for other artists that have come to the US to either study or work…	0 Last	LReisis Mar 2015
Zbrush 4R7 quick question, when is 4R7 coming out? Because I really want to try it :)	172 Last	AdrianST Mar 2015
simple question RIGHT HERE If someone told you "im free after tues until fri." What days is this person off?	5 Last	mentalfrog Mar 2015
Unity 5 Metallic Standard Shader Texture Reference Guide [URL="http://imgur.com/gallery/NvcU2"]Click Here for Reference Guide Album[/URL] There seems to be a lot of material explaining the science behind PBR shaders but not much in the way of application …	13 Last	stabbington Mar 2015
geometry detail What kind of geometry detail goes into detailing of city environemnt (read: polygon coount limits) for stuff like city scape objects ranging from park benches, trash cans to buildings? That is if the…	5 Last	Autocon Mar 2015
Too much time on 3D app? I have a symptom of expecting real life to have auto-symmetry when interact with human e.g. when I give a massage to someone(non-sexual one:poly136:). when I massge her left leg I think the right le…	33 Last	DoctorSprocket Mar 2015
[NUREN] The New Renaissance [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/916717037/nuren-the-new-renaissance[/url] The Kickstarter page says NUREN is a VR rock opera. It's being made by virt AKA Jake Kaufman AKA the composer of S…	0 Last	Shadowstep Mar 2015
London Polycount meet! March 8th, 2015 u wot m8 London Polycounter's! Lee and I have decided to move the next London Polycount meet from the [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2200006#post2200006"]old approximate date of Jan/Ea…	108 Last	littleclaude Mar 2015
The 2015 CG Student Awards Issues Call for Entries [IMG]http://www.cgstudentawards.com/images/cgsa14_logo.png[/IMG] Hey, this is a shout out to all those students and recent graduates that are looking to kick-start their careers. Sponsored by Autod…	1 Last	RobeOmega Mar 2015
Need advice for what direction to go in (UK) Hey guys, having an artdentity crisis I posted a portfolio critique thread and the replies were really helpful to me so I thought Id also post about this more general topic. I feel indecisive as th…	5 Last	The Rizzler Mar 2015
Need some advice from experienced freelancer Hi everyone, my name LEO ,i'm freelancer 3d art I tried to learn how to use the software on the internet Zbrush ,maya ,photoshop ... I have to stick with them during the past 2 years My portfolio :…	11 Last	BagelHero Mar 2015
UE4 goes free [URL="https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/ue4-is-free"]https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/ue4-is-free[/URL] Pretty big move. Wonder how much longer before engines like Unity will go the same way its st…	151 Last	ZacD Mar 2015
Game Developers Conference 2015 [CENTER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vBLZjio.png[/IMG][/CENTER] It's that time of year, bitches! The conference runs March 2-6, 2015 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, with most of the real fun st…	169 Last	jfitch Mar 2015
Anatomy books Hey guys, i really need some good books for anatomy. I have bunch of body about drawing the human body and the human anatomy, but they are making me a bit confused. The text and pictures are very no…	4 Last	RyanB Mar 2015
[AK]Looking for references Hella, looking for references of AK47 know there is a tons of refs on that iconic piece but i need your help to find references that actually show how different pieces are fitting together , please :…	9 Last	WaYWO Mar 2015
Finding freelance and charging the right rates is hard. I might be leaning into a more controversial topic here but here it goes. I know I'm average at game art. I know that I should be charging less than what's been linked in the [URL="http://wiki.polyco…	15 Last	Noren Mar 2015
6 years of experience with little to show, help! I've worked for roughly six years at a four-man animation studio as a 3D generalist and now I'm out of a job. Granted, I'm out of said job because I moved to the other side of the country (Seattle) …	18 Last	gnoop Mar 2015
Question to 3D artist I'm interested in becoming a game designer and looking for the right college/university that will help me achieve my goals, so I was wondering if anyone know any good college/university I should look…	6 Last	SpaceRogue Mar 2015
sketch books Alright guys I know this may have been asked many times before but I am looking for specific medium for sketchbooks. Anything that is relevant to [URL="http://www.montana-cans.com/products/Sketchboo…	7 Last	DrunkShaman Mar 2015
Unwrapping and texturing large buildings/interiors. I have been an amateur 3d artist for a little over 3 years now, my modeling and texturing skills have improved greatly and i am happy with where they are for now. A friend and i started to develop a …	1 Last	Meloncov Mar 2015
Annie Awards 2015 The Annie Award is an American award for accomplishments in animation. You have categories such as "Best Animated Feature," "Best Animated Videogame" etc. The 2015 edition was published on YouTube, y…	3 Last	RN Mar 2015
Web designer needed HI folks made a post here a few days ago thought I'd make a new one to get better response. Basically I'm looking for a sci-fi artist to help make a moc web design for my games design work. I'm shoot…	2 Last	JVZombie1990 Mar 2015
Looking for a website like this... I found a site that looks like a convenient way to practice figure drawing. Does anyone know of a similar site that has non-figure ref instead? [URL="http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/fig…	1 Last	DEElekgolo Mar 2015
Marmoset Viewer [url]http://www.marmoset.co/viewer[/url] [vv]120704661[/vv] Holy guacamole! This year just keeps getting better and better.	36 Last	almighty_gir Mar 2015
Guidance on the right path So I'm not totally new to 3D modeling, but I need a bit of advice as to going in the right direction. Recently I've discovered 3D sculpting and I'm liking it much more than the traditional polygon mo…	4 Last	PyrZern Mar 2015
Tor Frick Interview Tor Frick Interview: [URL="http://community.thefoundry.co.uk/modcast/audio.aspx?id=300"]http://community.thefoundry.co.uk/modcast/audio.aspx?id=300[/URL]	1 Last	dzibarik Mar 2015
What would be the exact list of things I need to know to get a job as a 3D modeller? Hey guys! I'm a full time self-taught since a little more than a year now and I would like to know what are exactly the things I need to be able to do to get a job as a 3D modeller? What is the lis…	10 Last	pangaea Mar 2015
What texel ratio / pixel density should I use for a PS4 game ??? Hello everybody, my question is simple (or not >	10 Last	Deathstick Mar 2015
3d Printing Miniatures Hey guys, It been a little while so just thought I would post an update with some of the recent 3d prints we have been up to. Been doing allot of miniature work! As you can see the printer is…	2 Last	RandomEyes Mar 2015
RIP Maxis, 1987-2015 Maxis finally lost that final game of rock-paper-scissors with the Grim Reaper after trying to repair a busted computer. I know it isn't still the Maxis of Sim City 2000, SimCopter, SimEarth, and Th…	25 Last	HandSandwich Mar 2015
Source 2 Engine FREE!!! Lets pump up the volume even more. Because you know, UE4 and Unity5 FREE news are not enough :) [URL="http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/3/8145273/valve-source-2-announcement-free-developers"]http://www.…	27 Last	Muzzoid Mar 2015