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Shortcut list-3Dsmax and some tips Hello folks. First of all I'm most likely not a member with a big name on here but i wanna change that and most of all i wanna help newbies to learn 3Dsmax since i know how hard it was for me-so i ma…	4 Last	Goeddy Nov 2014
Far Cry 4 First reviews from [URL="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-14-far-cry-4-review"]Eurogamer[/URL] and [URL="http://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/14/far-cry-4-review-home-despot/"]Joystiq[/URL] looks …	45 Last	BeardyDan Nov 2014
Double Fine layoffs: 12 people from Unannounced Project. Whoever you guys and gals are, Godspeed and praying for expedience ya'll land on your feet soon. [URL="http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/21/7265561/double-fine-lays-off-staff-as-unannounced-project-fal…	3 Last	Neox Nov 2014
Contest at 3D Concept Art Ladies and gentleman. Sometimes there is time when an artist has to flex his creative muscles. Not only against eachother but to test oneself. There are many contests out there for sure, but there ar…	0 Last	lightbird Nov 2014
How do you classify hundreds of saved images? Hello everyone. I'm doing some cleanup on my computer. To say that reference folder is completely trashed and devoid of any order would be an understatement. I understand that a lot of artist save in…	16 Last	SonicBlue Nov 2014
The journey. I can't find the post about my friend (a programmer). He set out to learn art four years ago, then began to take it more seriously. Daily sketches, studies... taking his notepad everywhere. He's shar…	1 Last	Fogbrain Nov 2014
Terrain Editing Software ?????? PLZ HELP I am really hoping that one of you guys/gals will know something about this, So at work I am having to edit some terrain based on an outdated DEM (digital elevation model)/height map and make it look…	9 Last	dystopianghost Nov 2014
Color Guardians Beta! Hello everyone! Some time ago, I asked for your help on naming the game. I posted the poll on various sites (polycount, teamliquid, reddit, 89decibeles, etc) and waited patiently for the overall win…	1 Last	notman Nov 2014
Do you like the Unreal Engine look? Sometimes when I'm reading through other forums or news sites, I notice there's a distinct hate for any game that uses the Unreal Engine. The usual complaints I see from people is that any game made …	36 Last	Leinad Nov 2014
FREE LESSON on Design. Print. Sell - 3D Printing For Artists! Hey Guys Joseph Drust and Tomas Wittelsbach have joined forces to bring you an incredible, fully loaded 3D printing program with Uartsy. We just wrapped up an awesome webinar with Joseph Drust & Tho…	0 Last	ZBrushWorkshops Nov 2014
Question about recruiters Hi Polycount, I have a quick question about recruiters that I havent been able to find an answer for through researching online. When a recruiter applies for an artist to a job, is the potential emp…	7 Last	MephistonX Nov 2014
Twiddler 3 - One Handed Keyboard for Tablets [url]http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/threads/twiddler-3-a-one-handed-keyboard-for-tablets-and-amazing-for-artists.64565/[/url] I think this is the best solution out there right now if you want to do…	0 Last	Count Vertsalot Nov 2014
How much time do you take prepping before modeling? I'm slowly starting to realize that I spend a LOT of time prepping before I tackle modeling a prop. Big or small, I spend a lot of time looking at multiple references, average or standard dimensions,…	16 Last	Jeff Parrott Nov 2014
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars Is anyone else feeling the awesomeness from this? :D Been dancing a LOT to this [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPf0YbXqDm0[/URL]	0 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Nov 2014
Taking A Break from Art ? I just wanted to ask if you really feel sometimes want to take a break from doing what you are doing everyday. It could be 2D, 3D, music, design, performing etc. Especially towards the end of the yea…	46 Last	sziada Nov 2014
Greentooth in Marijuana Cells? WTF! No comments. [IMG]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tdMXLWNe2_U/VF7Qncgno5I/AAAAAAABEvc/iFmwER_E3-M/w604-h390-no/PdMc3VJ97LI%2B%281%29.jpg[/IMG] It looks cool for a game :)	9 Last	sziada Nov 2014
Swivel Angle Issue Hello Everyone, this is my second thread today, seems I got no idea how to describe my problem for solution when googling over 30 minutes and I have no clue what kind of problem it's called. I p…	3 Last	Zzam_W Nov 2014
Hey all! New to game art Hello everyone, My name is Don, or Donnie, Im pretty new to game art forums and game art in general. I just wanted to know if starting a career in game art at age 29 is too late or something, I s…	21 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2014
An idea: Video games should target black and white. I was thinking about how advance games (as well as CG in general) has gotten. But even with these advances, games still aren't close to photorealism. Look at any old black and white photo and it st…	15 Last	Deathstick Nov 2014
Disney's Cinderella Trailer. Seems they finally got a remake right. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20DF6U1HcGQ[/url]	5 Last	almighty_gir Nov 2014
Should I Go Back To College? I went to a very shotty college. They screwed me over and no I am in debt. I have been busting my ass for over a year teaching myself. I feel like I am at a dead end. All I get is either a no or be i…	26 Last	RobeOmega Nov 2014
The Peanuts Movie trailer. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XmV3zGifOE#t=106[/url] I think the designs are good, but I don't know about translating it into 3D.	7 Last	ErichWK Nov 2014
strange caustics Hello, was trying out some caustics last night as part of my course work and got a little confused when I got strange reflections on the models and coloured lines. I thought it my be the refractions …	2 Last	Moltar Nov 2014
cant find a proper Painters Wheel for photoshop So i formatted my harddrive, and lost a plugin for photoshop, a painters wheel thingy that i dowloaded some time ago. I searched for a while, but cant find it, all that i get is one by len white, and…	45 Last	stickadtroja Nov 2014
Games sales figures, what website do you use? Hi Guys What website do you use for Games sales figures, maybe some news on markets and future trends would also be good to look at. Also finding it hard to find IPad games sales figures. [url]htt…	0 Last	littleclaude Nov 2014
i need help,want to learn to draw but ?? have acer r7 laptop/tablet and want to learn to draw digital way i'm very bad in drawing so i need some tutorial for complete beginner and from all of these good tutorials i just don't have clue ho…	13 Last	RN Nov 2014
This War of Mine I saw This War of Mine on my Steam list today. So great to see a game from this perspective. Definitely getting this. [url]http://www.11bitstudios.com/games/16/this-war-of-mine[/url] [ame]www.youtu…	10 Last	Wells Nov 2014
how can i make a micromesh alpha texture? Can anyone tell me how to get my micromesh out as a texture alpha in zbrush?...... the object is already uved... and all completed i just need to get the texture out thx in advance!	1 Last	Mask_Salesman Nov 2014
yobi3D: 3D model search engine Hello all, we launched a 3D model search engine, which finds 3D models on the Internet with simple keyword search. The models can be previewed right on your browser without any plugins! (Chrome and F…	17 Last	kat Nov 2014
3D art and high school Over the years i feel like I've kinda been drifting out and in of 3D art. Slowly however I've been developing and passion for it and it's something i definitely want to pursue. I'd love a job in the …	13 Last	sziada Nov 2014
Global Illumination in real life is just reflection right? Hey people, I just need some clearance there. In CG rendering, there are different methods to simluate real-life light rays behaviour and etc. I have a question regarding specularity, global illumin…	12 Last	Fingus Nov 2014
What's your sketching routine? If you regularly keep a sketchbook, how do you normally sit down for a sketching session? Do you use reference images? Just sketch whatever is in your head? Both? Do you have an agenda, such as, "…	15 Last	Dataday Nov 2014
New Digital Asset Library \| texturefab.com Hello Polycount! I wanted to share a project a that a group of us has been working on for the past few months. We’d love to hear what the community thinks. We offer PBR / Game ready textures a…	1 Last	gamedesign Nov 2014
going back to school So I'm almost 30 and thinking about heading back to school for game art. The program I was in doesn't seem to fit my needs I'm looking at RISD, Becker College, northeastern and new England institute …	5 Last	beefaroni Nov 2014
vote UNION: yes Been thinking lately about lay-offs and members with new children and the ones hopful enough to buy a new home. But mostly about how inspiring the talented members are around the world. And as much h…	120 Last	battlecow Nov 2014
What is your dream studio/job? Mine would probably be Facepunch	119 Last	Snefer Nov 2014
Technical question : 3DsMax Smoothing at the end of process Hello, I didn't find any technical forum about 3dMax at the main page, I wish my thread do not bother the General Discussion I have a question about smoothing, my mentor always said that smooth as…	2 Last	Zzam_W Nov 2014
Autodesk supports the out of work professional! Just in case, anyone didn't realize they did not need to be in school for the free eligible Autodesk software, Or how easy it was to get accepted. Autodesk has an assistance program for educational…	5 Last	NegevPro Nov 2014
Best South park ever: grounded vindaloop [IMG]http://4.images.southparkstudios.com/images/shows/south-park/clip-thumbnails/season-18/1807/south-park-s18e07c01-its-all-so-reallll_16x9.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s1…	16 Last	bounchfx Nov 2014
Bitmap2Material for hand-painted textures I got a copy of B2M with my Substance Indie Pack a while ago, but I've never really used it.u The thing is, while I can see how massively useful it is for the photo-realistic approach, I mostly focus…	3 Last	Dataday Nov 2014
Game ideas and concepts Quite often I get weird and interesting ideas for games, I am sure many of you do too. So this thread is dedicated to all those ideas and concepts :) Ill start if off with an idea I was thinking abo…	5 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Nov 2014
Bayonetta Has anyone else gotten the demo? Or at least seen some video of this? I think this game is above what DMC could have ever hoped to be. You can make a Live/PSN account that's just for Japan. (there's…	172 Last	Lamont Nov 2014
upgrade or new PC? I am sitting on the3 fence here, thinking it would be easy to buy a new pc, but maybe just upgrading the RAM and video card might be ok I do mainly zbrush with a bit of rendering and tbh zbrush is f…	23 Last	ZacD Nov 2014
Selling tutorials thru CmiVFX, Digital Tutors etc. Hello. I'v been thinking about making couple tutorials and selling them thru CmiVFX, Digital Tutors, Vimeo On Demand or some other provier. Now, I heard some not cool things about CmiVFX, that you…	0 Last	[Deleted User] Nov 2014
MFA degree for teaching? I'm thinking about getting back into teaching art again. (I taught game art last year, [URL="http://www.mountida.edu/academics/undergraduate-majors/game-art-and-animation/"]here[/URL]) Curious if an…	21 Last	Kwramm Nov 2014
Degree and College Advice Hey, I am currently enrolled in a private college and I can go for free since my mom works here. I am majoring in Graphic Design, but I don't really like the program and the people here. I have bee…	28 Last	jcamp Nov 2014
Kudos from Kotaku Just seen this. Tought of leaving it here. Why not ? :D [url]http://kotaku.com/video-game-art-could-do-with-a-little-more-respect-1658046952[/url]	21 Last	Ged Nov 2014
The most astounding fact [MISLEADING TITLE -mods] We can land a probe on a comet: [IMG]http://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2013/12/philae_on_the_comet_front_view/13467155-1-eng-GB/Philae_on_the_comet_Front_view.jpg[/IMG]…	46 Last	yodude87 Nov 2014
News: No Richard Huddy at PDXLAN: DX-12 for Win 7 and AMD-MAntle for everyone just thought to share this with you guys since this has some relevance for the community (i think). AMD's Richard Hubby spoke at the PDXLAN on current tech and on DX-12, Mantle and Freesync. Core poi…	2 Last	Anchang-Style Nov 2014
What is the most used 3d software? I saw a old post from 2010 that revealing this [IMG]http://foomandoonian.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/media_httpcgeniecomim_jxamm-scaled500.png[/IMG] in this page [URL="http://halfblog.net/2010/02/2…	14 Last	Neox Nov 2014