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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
Closed 3D Anatomy Tool (Student Project)	0 Last	markholland Nov 2014
Autodesk Dreamcatcher I hadn't heard of this until today: [url]http://m.technologyreview.com/news/532126/software-designs-products-by-simulating-evolution/[/url] It doesn't make useable geometry, but that is an interest…	0 Last	kary Nov 2014
PhoenixFD effect not showing up with MR-renderer. Hey! New guy here :) We just got Phoenix licenses at my school, and I'm trying to learn it. So I've been following some tutorials by Svetlin Nikolov, on how to make some sweet explosions. He's usin…	0 Last	DanielWatergarden Nov 2014
Retro Arcade The NewRetroArcade. Designed for use with the OculusRift. Built with magic buttons, Substance Designer, and UE4. Free and available to download on our site in x64 & x86. Enjoy! [URL="http://digi…	9 Last	digitalcybercherries Nov 2014
Grav, Bitmonster's new game Hey yall! Some awesome friends at Bitmonster put up their new game on Greenlight and you should go support it! [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=309594438[/url] [ame="http…	12 Last	ae. Nov 2014
Environment Art Blog - Tutorials and more :) [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Edt:/ I posted in technical but not too sure if people saw it so I posted here now. now stops my spam of this blog :) Hope you all like. Hi everyone we just opened up the Envir…	11 Last	rogelio Nov 2014
Feedback Requested for Engine Development I warned my programmer that I would post it here, he was OK, so you can be critical as all out. The Open Source Torque 3D engine has some dedicated developers who want to make the engine easier to u…	0 Last	oXYnary Nov 2014
How much is a character for a feature film? I was asked for my rate as a freelance artist but I really don't have an idea how much to charge. I know my rates for game models, not for feature film characters. They will be cartoony with semi re…	1 Last	Clark Coots Nov 2014
Games and 60 FPS : It's not all that good... OK ok, risky thread here but a very interesting one if you think about it. 60 frame per second! Ha! The famous 60 frame per second that most PC gamers acknowledge daily in their games. The same thin…	83 Last	Ace-Angel Nov 2014
Getting into Zbrush Hello all o/ I've been modelling with 3ds max for the moment but i'm really interested in trying out Zbrush and i was wondering how long it took to get a hold on the interface and the tools and als…	4 Last	HashBrownHamish Nov 2014
EA Shuts down Dawngate [url]http://kotaku.com/ea-gives-up-on-dawngate-their-take-on-league-of-legend-1654611218[/url] Saw some really amazing art pop up here and there. Sadly, never got a chance to play it. :( Sorry and …	4 Last	Jeff Parrott Nov 2014