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Responsibility of an artist If a artist makes a painting, is he then responsible for the influence it has on other people or are the people themselves responsible for the influence it has on them. I couldn't find a well argumen…	17 Last	Hazardous Nov 2014
Polycount October Costumes 2014 You know the drill, what you wearing girlfriend? [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/p843x403/10714462_10152547644143227_2685665643122046348_o.jpg[/IMG]	7 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Oct 2014
Photoshop for students? Hey guys, I was looking at buying the Quixel suite, I was surprised at how cheap it was for students, for Photoshop.. the complete opposite. Is there any way to get Photoshop cheaply or for free (le…	20 Last	JedTheKrampus Oct 2014
Closed Anyone else still use MS Paint? I still use photoshop, but I also like sketching in Paint. I'm aware how other digital art programs are superior to it, but I like Paint boots instantly. I also like using the 1 pixel pencil and…	23 Last	skankerzero Oct 2014
I'm a sketchbook artist, what about you? Rant incoming. I just had a curious thought, whilst musing over what actually separates a good artist and a GREAT artist and what the fuck i'm doing with my art I had an epiphany, i'm a sketchbook a…	11 Last	Fwap Oct 2014
New portfolio website Hi guys! My name is Evan Pascal and I've been studying 3D for a little over a year now, and I just recently made my portfolio and was hoping to get some constructive criticism from people with experi…	7 Last	Aravell Oct 2014
Humble Indie Bundle 13 !!! Hey, fellow polycounters! The new Humble Indie Bundle is up--and it's awesome looking. I'm not just saying that because Tower of Guns (that silly indie game I made) is in it either! Ok, maybe I am. B…	5 Last	YBourykina Oct 2014
Sunset Overdrive Hey guys, Did a search for this, but couldn't find anything - sad. The new game that I am working on here at Insomniac Games has had it's press embargo lifted, and now you can finally read (and see…	66 Last	lotet Oct 2014
Wolfenstein: The New Order looks like MachineGames is working on a new Wolfenstein. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0bw8bdqP8s"]Wolfenstein: The New Order - Debut-Trailer zum Ego-Shooter von Bethesda (Exklusiv) - YouTu…	118 Last	oglu Oct 2014
2015 3dsmax Layer System Does anyone know how to set the layer system back to the old way. I really hate the new system, especially now being able to simply click the add button to add objects to a new layer, drag and droppi…	6 Last	Stromberg90 Oct 2014
HELP! I can't talk to people in the industry!!! So, I've recently got my first job in the game industry as a games tester and I'm trying to get into the art side of things. What I am asking all you esteemed polycount posters is this. Say you hav…	33 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2014
looking for an image I am looking for a specific image that was posted on polycount a while back, it was either a .gif or a really large image of a parody on "how to make a cube" I cant find it anywhere, but it was hilar…	3 Last	tonyd927 Oct 2014
Turtle SImulator 2014 Donwload NOW! [IMG]http://tryimg.com/5/clsl.png[/IMG] "UE3 have GS, now CE3 got own TS2014 10/10" -PGCamer "What lol" -modsuki "This is amaze" -Cry-Adam "Can you please do a youtube video??" -DGrimProductions …	20 Last	Ace-Angel Oct 2014
How to start to study to create characters? I am trying to find a way to learn and to create characters. Either for games,film, tv, or cinematic. i was thinking, is good way to start with stylized characters, before i dive into hyper realis…	14 Last	SuperFranky Oct 2014
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="https://www.wingbin.com"]browser-based RAM player called WingBin[/URL]. Since it is JavaScript-based it does have some limitations (like hi…	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. …	72 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!:)	30 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…	213 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…	239 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