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Winter styled Characters Not sure if this is the right place to post this, anyway. I'm working on some character art recently and have hit a brick wall, I'm completly stuck on what approach to take. The character in questi…	6 Last	Deathstick Dec 2014
Free PSN Games (EA) EA is currently giving away some free games on PSN for this weekend. If you add them to your account you can keep them forever, so you might as well grab them even if you don't currently own the cons…	0 Last	NegevPro Dec 2014
How much it will cost me a 3D character / rigged Hey folks, I'm really behind in the art marketing, but I'll need in the future a 3D character body & eventually facial rig? How are the prices going? It should be somehow impressive work(lol?) high…	15 Last	onera Dec 2014
Assasson's Creed Victory Wow. Here we go for the sixth installement of the series set in industrial revolution London. [IMG]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--37fPXtJw--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/uau…	47 Last	ErichWK Dec 2014
Dawn Engine The [URL="http://community.eidosmontreal.com/blogs/dawn-engine"]Dawn Engine[/URL] looks awesome, thoughts? [IMG]http://cdn.eidosinteractive.com/mtl/marketing/Community/Blog/DAWN/DAWN_ENGINE_inengine…	18 Last	ambershee Dec 2014
[Riot Art Contest] Shyvana the half dragon " new skin design " hello everyone today i'll share the steps of making the new skin of [COLOR=Orange][B]Shyvana the - half dragon[/B][/COLOR] .. the concept came from playing with flames as the dragon breath fire so i …	5 Last	inflict3d Dec 2014
Is this a new idea? (cool PBR workflow trick). While gathering texture references for my environment, I was reminded of something related to PBR. When taking photos for your albedo, you want no light information like shadows or specular in it. S…	9 Last	gsokol Dec 2014
Majora's Mask 3D coming in Spring. Sorry, I couldn't contain myself.	19 Last	NegevPro Dec 2014
Urgent! Looking for Help. Reader, [INDENT][/INDENT]Hello, I am a college senior enrolled in International Academy of Design and Tech(IADT TROY) located in Michigan. I'm coming close to graduation, and it's required that I fi…	2 Last	Ida_Jay Dec 2014
Interested in traditional sculpting,want help! Hey guys! My name is Nikos i'm a high school student. I'm messing around with Zbrush for about a year or so...and i can definitely say i have improved my self by far but,there's still really long way…	15 Last	nikos667 Dec 2014
Questions about starting out as an Environment Artist Hi all, I'm an aspiring Environment Artist who wants to enter the video game industry. I have some questions about when Environment Artists first start out and after they have been an artist in the i…	11 Last	CrackRockSteady Dec 2014
Whats some great 3DS hotkeys you've set up? Switching back to Max and unfortunately have to set up everything back to how I've had it.. With this I've been wondering what are some hotkeys that have been really helpful for you in Max?	1 Last	mike670 Dec 2014
Problems with learning at home Hi everyone So here's the thing. I've been learning 3D at home for almost a year. I read through some of the threads on education and a lot of you feel like sometimes it's better to learn with DVD's…	10 Last	Baj Singh Dec 2014
Orion Soars on First Flight Test just researching @ first but between daydreaming and the slow sublime view leaving earth 80 miles up... I found that I unexpectably started welling up with some pretty serious nerd tears of joy! I t…	3 Last	LMP Dec 2014
London polycount meetup, late jan - early feb. Hey guys, Looking to start arranging the next london polycount meetup. I'm thinking of hiring a small conference room at a hotel somewhere, so that we're guaranteed a meeting place and drinking hole…	4 Last	Sugus Dec 2014
Terminator Genisys [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62E4FJTwSuc"]Terminator Genisys Movie - Official Trailer - YouTube[/ame] T2 is my fav all-time movie (shotgun scenes ftw). I couldn't watch T4 cuz the terminator…	19 Last	inflict3d Dec 2014
Supreme Court upholds Eminent Domain Dont know whom heard or not. Its been awhile since we had a political discussion. However I don't know anyone from both sides of the spectrum who support this. [ QUOTE ] WASHINGTON - Cities may bu…	26 Last	QueenBee Dec 2014
Plugins you can't live without? I was looking at expanding my Maya arsenal and speeding up my workflow. Is there any plugins you can't live without?	27 Last	CreativeHD Dec 2014
Autodesk software now free to students Autodesk are now giving their products away for free to teachers, secondary, college, and university students: [url]http://news.autodesk.com/press-release/autodesk-consumer-group-and-education/autod…	14 Last	Lamont Dec 2014
Dissertation survey - Pipeline questions Hello all you lovely people! Below I've linked a survey that is for my dissertation project at University. I'm hoping to get as many people to answer it as possible. If there are questions you are no…	0 Last	crowdome Dec 2014
What do you think crates will look like in the future of reality? Heh, just thought I'd make a bit of a light-hearted post after browsing through a lot of artwork on the forums. (This is not about what looks cool but what is probably going to be the future) Do you…	39 Last	dfacto Dec 2014
Thoughts on job recruiters and job search techniques? What thoughts are their on job recruiters and methods of job searching for game artists? There are a few LinkedIn groups, There's a "Jobs in Games" ([url]http://www.jobsingames.net[/url]), websites s…	14 Last	StephenVyas Dec 2014
Bioshock Infinite I just finished Bioshock Infinite and I gotta say only 'wow' Great game , great story and the ending is a mindfuck. Of course I couldn't stop and look at all the models and characters , and one thin…	33 Last	Darth Tomi Dec 2014
3DS Max Rifle Tut Hey guys, iam searching for a high quality Rifle tutorial made in 3ds max. i only found handguns and stuff like this. if you know one i would be really happy if you can tell me where. the best would…	5 Last	BradleyWascher Dec 2014
A quick survey Hello! Could you help me by filling out this quick survey? [URL="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K5LTXHN"]https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K5LTXHN[/URL] The survey is for a university research project…	0 Last	rosu.kristof Dec 2014
Game Art Tricks, Courtesy of Simon Schreibt So I stumbled on this post on 3dmotive.com and instantly thought that everybody on polycount had to see this. Its a collection of a whole bunch of interesting shader/game engine tricks that were done…	4 Last	SimonT Dec 2014
Black Friday Hey just saw this - [url]http://quixel.se/[/url] - Everything on Quixel is 50% off today ! Has anyone else spotted any deals ?	31 Last	NegevPro Dec 2014
Brainstorm School - Concept Art & Design Workshop II - Fausto de Martini [LEFT][URL="http://brainstormschool.com"][IMG]http://img.ymlp.com/f31p_image01.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [SIZE=3][B][URL="http://brainstormschool.storenvy.com/products/10769505-concept-art-design-workshop-2-f…	0 Last	BrainstormSchool Dec 2014
Using/Utilizing others' concept art for my portfolio! I'm want to start working on my reel starting this month! Could anyone point me out to ethics and rules while using other artists' concept art! I mean I know it's a really wide topic, but something w…	5 Last	Add3r Dec 2014
Steps for modeling for games or/and movies Is there a course/workshops/tutorials in depth where is shown entire process for creating hard surface or characters for games or movies? I want to know all the steps. Because i don't really underst…	7 Last	Add3r Dec 2014
Using Apple Mac's for 3D Artwork Hey all. I'm looking at getting myself a new laptop. I'm wondering what peoples experiences are using a MacBook for creating 3D. Mainly 3Ds Max i know it cant run on OSX so you have to use a dua…	15 Last	beefaroni Dec 2014
3D photographed anatomy ref [CENTER][vv]111761295[/vv] [/CENTER] [quote]No more working from photographs or studying poor quality hand made 3D models This is 3D photography these are not sculptures or interpretations they are r…	10 Last	Steve Schulze Dec 2014
Environment Art Packages for Sharing So, assuming we already know there ARE such packages on asset stores like Unity Store or UE Marketplace, are there any locations where I might be able to directly contact environment artists for or d…	1 Last	sprunghunt Dec 2014
Russian Translation check To anyone who knows Russian, I'm trying to translate the word "Tracer" (a stage name of a person, noun). Is вспышка an appropriate translation? Or how do y…	14 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Dec 2014
anyone has tried 'The Tomorrow Children' alpha? quite a bit of fuss regarding the graphic and gameplay, so how was it?	3 Last	chrisradsby Dec 2014
Laptops for Modeling Hey guys! To the point: I'm not much of a hardware wiz and need some recommendations on what to look for in a laptop that I will probably end up using as my main workhorse. I do a lot of Max/Zbrush …	13 Last	RabidRabit Dec 2014
Would it still be possible to release Gameboy Color games? Hey there! Is it still possible to make gameboy color games and sell it? I really mean it: printing the cartridge and all. Old school stuff, yknow. Thanks. [IMG]http://www.web-emulation.com/imag…	7 Last	willy-wilson Dec 2014
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hayao miyazaki i know, i came late to the party, everybody knows his work, but just... wow. watched spirited away, howl's moving castle and the wind rises. all the three of them, superb works... spirited away had m…	12 Last	Zocky Nov 2014
Ultimate UV Tutorials? Hi I've been trying to find the best approach or "best practices" for the UVing stage in a production pipeline. Please provide links. There's a million amazing well-documented tutorials for everyt…	6 Last	passerby Nov 2014
T Pose Just curious on what some of the T poses you guy's use for your basemesh. As we have been going over what might be best for a relaxed pose and for animation purposes. At the moment the character i…	48 Last	antweiler Nov 2014
No more game trials on Xbox one?? Just hooked mine up and wanted to try outlast before I bought it. To my surprise theres no trial. Dame goes for the other games I looked at. Am I missing something?	0 Last	Chase Nov 2014
"AAA" launches Not a single thread about how COD, Halo MCC, Assassins Creed Untiy shipping with broken features ? Maybe this is an art forum, but what does it say when ever major Fall release launches with broke g…	115 Last	almighty_gir Nov 2014
New Star Wars "ball" Droid Love Gotta say I'm liking the look of the new droid, seems like a pretty energetic hunk of metal. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/utQiRWS.png[/IMG]	4 Last	vargatom Nov 2014
Zbrush 4r7 Discussion Since this community is relevant to this subject and many of us use Zbrush. Here is (according to them,) is a heat of what the actual update would be. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v3714_DrC…	55 Last	DrunkShaman Nov 2014
Unity shader, need help! Hi! As a character artist I was suggested to learn Unity3d as a game engine. I searched, studied it but I can't really find a way to have a material with at least diffuse, alpha, specular and normal…	7 Last	Dantert Nov 2014
WrapX 1.0 is Released [IMG]http://russian3dscanner.com/images/WrapX/WrapXLogo.jpg[/IMG] Today we are excited to announce the release of [B]WrapX 1.0[/B] [IMG]http://www.russian3dscanner.com/images/WrapXBanner.jpg[/IMG] …	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2014
Games with Hand Painted Textures Hey guys, the question popped up at work - which game had our favorite hand-painted textures. We started listing them, but think we're barely scratching the surface of the good stuff out there. Hopef…	43 Last	willy-wilson Nov 2014
Testers for my texturing app Polycount staff, please remove this thread if this is not the place to post such a request. I have been working on a texturing app since the start of the semester for my third year computer science …	9 Last	Jean-Pascal Nov 2014
Where Is My Hammer and Shootmephrenia Just wanted to share this 2 small free UE4 games I made that you might enjoy. First of is a game I made for the 7DFPS game jam which is called Shootmephrenia. In it you have to kill no one but yours…	2 Last	Davision3D Nov 2014