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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
CoD: AW Supply Drop code for Xbox One giveaway [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/M2tJDEL.jpg[/IMG] First come, first served. [B]PM7D6-7FKXW-VYDVJ-2YJK3-MY6TZ[/B]	0 Last	SuperFranky Nov 2014
Over the Garden Wall I don't know how many of you guys/gals caught it, but Cartoon Network had a 5 day mini-series this past week called Over the Garden Wall. In my opinion, it is fantastic work of art. Definitely goin…	9 Last	Lamont Nov 2014
How does a dev seeking to contract artist(s) explain what he needs? Not a recruiting thread I'm an indie game dev; a one-man show. I have only basic 3D modeling skills so I want the production art (3D and UI) to be done properly by someone who calls themselves an …	10 Last	Krypto Nov 2014
Greetings! New course i started on shading and rendering! Check it out! Hey fellas! I've been a long time lurker of the forums but this is my first time posting! just want to first say hello to ya'll I've come across this new course on Shading and rendering. It's by Ch…	4 Last	Two Listen Nov 2014
Expectations when working for free Given that I work for like 2 years for free, on a very slow moving game project (given that team is consisting of 5 guys), as a Lead Artist on the project I could find additional help/man power for t…	18 Last	oXYnary Nov 2014
Looking for a companion Hello, After releasing a couple of simple 2D adventure games, by working on my own I really want to move on and work on something more advance. I am pretty skilled in working on UDK, got a degree in…	12 Last	[Deleted User] Nov 2014
Owning the rights to a model as a freelancer? I have a question about freelancing. Let's say you did a 3d model for a client... an AK-47, photorealistic. I've heard of freelancers still owning the rights to part of the model. For example, I w…	18 Last	passerby Nov 2014
Polycount YORKSHIRE (UK) MEETUP!! Date TBD Sorry to those who weren't able to make it, it was a blast.... This sums up most of the night :) [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/g5AFQYy.jpg[/IMG]	62 Last	martinszeme Nov 2014
Graphic Tablet indecision Hi all! I'm a dude from Italy and i started with CG one month ago.This is my first post here( excluding the one in the "new members") and i hope i'll stay well here on Polycount :). Let's get back to…	20 Last	Joost Nov 2014
Texturing for film rather than games I wanted to start a new project and would like to jump into modeling/texturing for film instead of games for the first time. In the past I have toyed with rendering using mental ray and things but wo…	4 Last	Clark Coots Nov 2014
Ancient egypt Hey everyone, At the moment I am looking at Ancient Egyptian as part of my art coursework, and it made me wonder why I have never seen Ancient Egypt in a game environment. Its such as an interestin…	13 Last	ErichWK Nov 2014
Gaint Retop He guys, im courrently working on a giant/orc character which will go into a games engine, and im in the process of retop, wondering if what i got so far is going in the right direction[IMG]http://i.…	8 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Nov 2014
CG Nerdy T-Shirt Ideas--VOTE PLEASE I am trying to get a good idea for what you guys want. Please vote on your favorite. [url]http://strawpoll.me/2887820[/url]	54 Last	[Deleted User] Nov 2014
Cannon Busters I don't usually like posting links to kickstarter, but i thought this was of particular note. [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/473463284/cannon-busters-the-animated-series-pilot[/url] Thi…	5 Last	Muzzoid Nov 2014
Overwatch - Blizzard's New Era? [URL="http://kotaku.com/blizzard-announces-overwatch-1656048978"]http://kotaku.com/blizzard-announces-overwatch-1656048978[/URL] Sign me up! I have a possible new reason to really actually try to j…	0 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Nov 2014
GDC Portfolio Review Wrap Up Hey guys, As some of you know - I reviewed a ton of portfolios at GDC. I'm estimating around 75 (Character, Environment, and Concept) - within about 10 hours spread over 3 days. There were lots of…	35 Last	Gav Nov 2014