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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
Lost Ark Trailer [url]http://youtu.be/lV0wWzDAwJU[/url] This is epic. Just, so freakin epic. Diablo 3 wishes it looked like that. I love the giant set pieces.	14 Last	Shiniku Nov 2014
Advice on modeling urban street environments with Blender Hi there! I'm looking to get back into 3D modeling. In the past I used 3DS Max, but I'm looking at using Blender now. Does anyone have any advice when it comes to creating urban street environments?…	5 Last	ImSlightlyBored Nov 2014
Is there a position for level designers that don't model? I like putting together layouts/levels and scripting events. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I'm just not very good at actually making the art. My degree is in art and technology, but I'…	8 Last	Autocon Nov 2014
League of Legends If I may, I wanted to talk about gameplay instead of art. (What!? I know!) So, League of Legends. I love the game. I play it every night with my friends here in Toronto on Skype. It's a great way to…	56 Last	artquest Nov 2014
Facial Reference Images (web filter is killing me) I'm trying to get good facial reference images here at work, but our filter is blocking just about everything. I'm working on getting myself more relaxed permissions but until then, does anyone have …	12 Last	Waterbear Nov 2014
Prepare for a Nerdgasam. The Avengers Infinity War Teaser [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv2NRpG76Pg[/url] Shivers.......enjoy it while it lasts..	0 Last	JO420 Nov 2014
It led me to a site called "Polycount" [Josh Singh Origin Story] [url]http://joshsinghblog.blogspot.ca/2014/11/my-origin-story.html?m=1[/url] [QUOTE]I found an artist around my area who worked at one of the local game studios. His art was amazing. I reached out a…	7 Last	Torch Nov 2014
Syncing files between desktop and laptop I'm having some trouble keeping my desktop and laptop files in sync, especially for large projects, or just large files. I like to keep a lot of undo levels in zbrush, which balloons the file size. …	34 Last	barrywin Nov 2014
Grand Theft Auto V [url]http://joystiq.com/2011/10/25/grand-theft-auto-5-announced-includes-guide-to-roman-numerals/[/url] Please be San Andreas. Please be San Andreas.	940 Last	adam Nov 2014
SALEM holy crap, just watched the first episode, fr5eaking ace, what do you guys think of it? some nice setting, and freaking mood going on	2 Last	yodude87 Nov 2014
how do you help yourself finish projects? I have started quite a few projects, but I never seem to finish them. I always get half way through a project and then start thinking of new ideas and wanting to start working on those. What are the …	4 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Nov 2014
FREE WEBINAR ON CUTTING-EDGE JEWELRY DESIGN AND 3D PRINTING Join us [B]Tomorrow (Nov. 13th) at 1pm PST[/B] for a FREE webinar with [URL="http://info.uartsy.com/wittelsbach-webinar-nov2014.html"][B]Thomas Wittelsbach[/B][/URL], an amazing artist who is right o…	0 Last	UArtsy Nov 2014
Stylized Character Development With Mike Defeo Presented by UArtsy Developing stylized characters for animation is not as easy as you might think, and infusing those characters with timeless appeal is even harder. In this 10-week long course, Michael Defeo will show…	0 Last	UArtsy Nov 2014
Need help with University/ College Dissertation! Hey all! Im studying Computer Animation at University in the UK. At the moment I'm in my final year of graduating and I'm having a problem coming up with ideas on what I could essentially write my '…	2 Last	iconoplast Nov 2014
Nvidia released their VXGI Apollo 11 moon landing demo, only runs on GTX 970 or 980 [url]http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/11/11/maxwell-apollo-demo/[/url] The demo uses a version of Unreal Engine 4. I always like seeing new tech, and hope we eventually get some sort of voxel globa…	6 Last	RobeOmega Nov 2014
Simple Programming Flow I've been searching for a video of one guy, that as far as I remembered, his life goal was to make programming easier or something. He shows an example of animating a butterfly while the movie is sti…	4 Last	Ben Apuna Nov 2014
Graphical parity in multiplatform games Topic inspired by this article [url]http://www.gamespot.com/articles/batman-arkham-knight-aiming-for-graphics-parity-ac/1100-6423481/[/url] and infamous interview with Ubisoft about the graphical par…	32 Last	almighty_gir Nov 2014
Montreal International Gaming Summit Hi fellow polycounters, Does anyone of you have planned to go to the MIGS on monday or tuesday? Could be a good opportunity to meet. [url]http://www.migs14.com/[/url] Cheers	3 Last	JacqueChoi Nov 2014
How long did it take before you got a industry job.. .. that helped you grow as an artist? Title was too long.	24 Last	Kwramm Nov 2014
"Game dev attempts to claim revenue from the Youtubers" Greetings; Allow me to share this old news for good discussion I came across. [url]http://www.gamespot.com/articles/fez-creator-phil-fish-youtubers-should-pay-game-devs-huge-portion-of-revenue/1100…	35 Last	oXYnary Nov 2014
Big Hero 6 Hmm, I thought there was a thread on this, but searching found nothing. Anyway, who anyone else went to see it? I thought it was another win for Pixar. Visually amazing, and great story. My family l…	13 Last	lotet Nov 2014
Blackwake - Mutiplayer Pirate FPS Kickstarter .	5 Last	tynew Nov 2014
Hey guys, check out the adventure game I'm working on for Billygoat! Hey guys, for the past 2 years or so, I've been working for a local Northern Irish studio called Billygoat, working mostly on a game called "Her Majesty's Spiffing." The game is a fully 3d unity base…	12 Last	Damian Nachman Nov 2014