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School-mandated "mentorships"? So, I recently got a request from a student asking me to mentor him in handpainted texturing. I was ready to do so, but I decided against it after learning it was actually a requirement for his capst…	17 Last	Amsterdam Hilton Hotel Oct 2014
Looking for an old video game name With a guy looking like a mirmillon gladiator climbing on buildings and activating levers. I think i played it one time like 23 years ago, so around 1991. AFAIR it was on pc, but maybe was it on mast…	8 Last	kodde Oct 2014
Render issues? HI there, I tried to render a ball with a Arch&design material and a dent map connected to the bump map. When I apply the material and hit render it looks nothing like the preview. Also I have see…	2 Last	Moltar Oct 2014
Best technique for illuminating a large indoor enviroment? Hi there, As a newbie to lighting in Maya, I’m trying my best to illuminate a large indoor environment, which in this case is planned to be a subway station. My first thoughts was to place ou…	4 Last	3Dimensions Oct 2014
Need help remembering a classic movie Need help remembering a movie's name: -It is not Jason and the Argonauts -Main character fought an evil version of himself at the end, over some lava -Skeletons came out of the sand on a beach to …	1 Last	JohnnyRaptor Oct 2014
Lets talk One Plus One So I am not sure if anyone of you have heard of this but these guys have a unique way of marketing their product. Its a phone. [url]oneplus.net[/url]	0 Last	DrunkShaman Oct 2014
Wingbin - Web Based RAM Player Greetings Earthlings! JokerMartini and I developed a [URL="http://www.wingbin.com"]browser-based RAM player called WingBin[/URL]. Since it is JavaScript-based it does have some limitations (like hig…	1 Last	JonathanLambert Oct 2014
I am building textures archive! Hello there, I was taking some photos in the countryside last weekend and thought I will take some texture photos and share it for art related purposes. So I made a blog for that and put them there.…	0 Last	groch Oct 2014
behind on the times Hey all, long time listener first time caller. I used to do a lot of low poly work back in '04-'07 with 3dsmax when I was a teenager. I was mostly making character models and environment props for q…	9 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Oct 2014
Marvel Phase 3 [IMG]http://media.giphy.com/media/gSaJpxmoUZrB6/giphy.gif[/IMG] Looks like some good shit got announced today! [url]http://io9.com/marvel-debuts-their-new-phase-3-movies-including-capta-1651832265[…	0 Last	JohnnyRaptor Oct 2014
Steam Workshop on Mac OSX Yosemite? Hello, Im not sure if this is the correct place for this, apologies if it isn't. I was just wondering if anyone has been able to run the Steam Workshop on their mac successfully? I've managed to get…	0 Last	Tamorin Oct 2014
Looking for the name of an old game It was a paintball game either on Windows 95, 98, or 2000. I think it came with the computer, but I'm not sure. If I remember right there were either 2 or 4 teams: red, yellow, blue, and green. It r…	3 Last	MattQ86 Oct 2014
3ds max Render to Texture artefacts Hey, guys. I've been trying to bake diffuse map and I get these weird swirly artefacts on my map for some reason. I tried everything, vray,mental ray, scanline; redoing basemesh, re-uving, all that s…	3 Last	Ahoburg Oct 2014
What are some good models to get started? Hey everyone, I am fairly competent at 3d, I can make fairly basic objects and shapes but I want to get better at it. I have tried making weapons before but I always seem to get to a point where I ge…	9 Last	Joost Oct 2014
Transpose Master , and it's myriad issues. I'm trying to pose some models, using transpose master, and every time I do, there's some error or another. Either I get the "no matching data" error, followed by my model turning into a star, or mo…	10 Last	thomasp Oct 2014
UV Map + baked texture looks good but.. doesn't work? Hello everyone. I'm extremely new to 3ds max so I plead that you just bear with me. :) My object originally was made up of 19 separate editable meshes and had a multi/sub object material applied lik…	3 Last	swizzlewizzle Oct 2014
Tiling textures and unique normal maps I am new to environment art and just had an idea for reusing tiling textures for furniture and other environment pieces. Why not generate a unique normal map for the piece of furniture or environment…	3 Last	Joost Oct 2014
do you ever feel like you wont catch up? Hey all, do any of you 3d artists ever feel like you wont "catch up" to the skill level other artists have? I have been modeling for almost 4 years and I feel as if my skills have only grown so/so. …	73 Last	Avvi Oct 2014
Polycounters from Brazil Hey, I was just wondering... is anyone here from Brasil? I'm relatively new on Polycount and I saw just one or two brazilian members. If you are from Brasil, post here!:)	31 Last	bugo Oct 2014
Twitch - Ryan Hawkins - Make Art Room [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11694165/leowip2.png[/IMG] I will be streaming again soon more texture work on L	0 Last	Ryan Hawkins Oct 2014
Closed Environment map pipeline.	0 Last	RezNik Oct 2014
Ddo or Substance designer Hi I am new in this and I have been watching videos about both programs. but I can't understand the difference between both and which is best to start learning.	129 Last	xtrm3d Oct 2014
Degenesis I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet. A Berlin based studio , Sixmorevodka , has been working on a pen and paper roleplay game and apparently they've made some ripples outside of the art commu…	2 Last	AA3D Oct 2014
Mouse-click finger joint pain - any other sufferers? I've been getting pain in the small knuckle (the one just by the nail) of my index finger. I can't fully curl the finger without substantial pain. It feels like toghtening in the tendons - specifical…	29 Last	healthystuff Oct 2014
Texture Loopable (Seamless) High Quality Repeat Problem Hello guys I have high quality textures, which are perfectly loopable (seamless), but the problem is that when they are applied on the mesh, and looping, it looks that this texture is looped, it does…	8 Last	pior Oct 2014
Is automatic 3D sofware anything to worry about? Hey everyone, I have seen more and more automatic 3D software popping up? At the moment it is fairly early stages but is this anything to worry about in terms of replacing jobs? I underst…	35 Last	brianmac90 Oct 2014
Looking for concept art Hey everyone, I am looking for some concept art so that I can practice hand painted and cartoon modelling. Does anyone have any concept art for objects similar to: [IMG]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs…	0 Last	Youngy798 Oct 2014
[Wallpaper] Polycount edition Was in need of a new desktop wallpaper so I made a few. One of them just happened to be Polycount inspired so I thought i'd just share it here :) [B][COLOR="DarkOrange"]WITH TEXT[/COLOR][/B] [IMG]…	9 Last	CreativeHD Oct 2014
Book recommendations/Question for illustrators! I'm mainly a 3D artist, but I've done a lot of 2d concept art as well. I'm looking to learn more about illustrating. Think movie posters, design principles, graphic design, books on color theory etc.…	7 Last	healthystuff Oct 2014
Guns You Own Anyone like guns? Own guns? Post what you got! Also feel free to take reference pictures of your guns and bundle them up so other artists can have some refs. I just finished refinishing the wood on m…	214 Last	repete Oct 2014
HATRED: has senseless violence in video game gone too far? (Yes)... I've seen no thread reporting on the new ''super dark'' edgy controversive game Hatred: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrX7G-1xPLs[/url] I generally don't care but this is the kind of thing th…	240 Last	yodude87 Oct 2014
Help me build my workstation system. Next week I am going to upgrade from a 2 years old laptop to a desktop. My budget is about 800 max 900 euros. I am mainly doing this because my i5 2.8 , 8gb , 2gb video laptop can't keep up, it's t…	12 Last	.Wiki Oct 2014
Disney Job App: Loading the Portfolio So I'm applying for a Disney position through their system, and I'm at the portfolio materials section. What do you guys do if you can't just post your portfolio link somewhere? I'm thinking dumpin…	5 Last	Makkon Oct 2014
recommend maya tutorial please Hi guys, Can somebody please recommend good Maya introduction tutorial for those who aren't familiar with Maya but know quiet good other 3d apps(3dsMax,XSI,etc) Mostly I'm interested in all stuff …	4 Last	JohnsonDev Oct 2014
Maybe wrong forum, but Bungie is advertising for helpdesk I'm not sure if this belongs in the paid positions, but I was just looking through the Seattle Craigslist and found this [URL]http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/tch/3478512143.html[/URL] If your tech …	5 Last	Meloncov Oct 2014
How to become a VFX artist Hi, I hope this is the right thread for this question. I want to learn vfx for games and would like a few suggestions for what I should be learning it in, I've done some research and decided to ta…	2 Last	tharle Oct 2014
Single Page Portfolio v. Multiple Page Portfolio Question about formatting for a portfolio website: do you prefer a single page, with the images in a list and contact info very visible, or do you prefer to have a "main page" with links to different…	18 Last	atomander Oct 2014
Gauging interest - Construction Details Blog/Book for CG Artists I've been considering a project for a while now and I'm not sure if there is enough interest in the subject. I've seen a lot of games and cg environments that lack details in the construction. Arti…	12 Last	RyanB Oct 2014
Evil Within A friend send me a link to these. Shinji Mikami under Bethesda developing this title. I think it looks way disturbing and creepy. I mix of RE4 gameplay, meets silent hill and Condemned. Win win, and …	69 Last	NegevPro Oct 2014
Unity wants to know Metal vs Spec PBR workflow [URL="http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/official-specular-vs-metallic-workflow.274612/"]http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/official-specular-vs-metallic-workflow.274612/[/URL]	57 Last	Froyok Oct 2014
Tools for game character creation Hello you lovely people. I'm currently doing a research project into tools for character creation in game development. I've been pointed software such as Marvelous Designer, Substance Designer, Quixe…	5 Last	Mask_Salesman Oct 2014
Concept Artist Statement Video [CENTER][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3QgyfSN3Fw&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3QgyfSN3Fw[/URL] [/CENTER]	17 Last	Aeoncraft Oct 2014
140 Close-up shots of vehicles and models from the original Star Wars Trilogy. Saw this today, thought you guys might like this: [url]http://imgur.com/a/Zt9Y4?gallery[/url]	15 Last	Mask_Salesman Oct 2014
Game Design Bundle A friend just sent me this link, some of you might be interested in it, can't beat the prices on this one. A whole bunch of game design books. [url]https://stacksocial.com/sales/the-name-your-own-pr…	0 Last	throttlekitty Oct 2014
Any chance for Concept Artist (me) to move? Hey folks. What it is your thoughts about my chances to move from Ukraine and work as concept artist somewhere else? Atm moment I work at Blur as contractor and looking for any opportunity [COLOR=…	25 Last	beefaroni Oct 2014
Do your friends nag you to apply for everything ? So my RL friends know I do 3D stuff and such. And they keep telling me to apply for just about everything. (I do 3D characters) VFX Artist, Technical Artist, Web Developer O o', Lead/Senior role, Ar…	26 Last	claydough Oct 2014
Book of Life Looked up for a thread with info on this movie but i could not find one, and this movie deserves its praise for art, cute story, likable characters, a great ost by Santaolalla, and one of the few mov…	5 Last	iconoplast Oct 2014
What do you think about ArtStation? Here it is: [url]http://www.artstation.com/[/url] Personally, I hope it will replace CGHubs in some time.	19 Last	leonardteo Oct 2014
recommend me a laptop! Hey all, I am in the market for a laptop. I have a pretty decent rig at home so I would be doing all of my hardcore rendering and modelling there. I just want something where I can do some photoshop…	4 Last	tonyd927 Oct 2014
Freelance Studios working for Japanese Companies ? So I was starting to look around for freelance work but then something popped up in my mind. Do you mates know any freelance studios working for Japanese game/animation companies ? Being the ota…	21 Last	Jonas Ronnegard Oct 2014