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Learning modeling alone - Hard background path - Need guidance Hi Everyone! First thing first, I want to mention that I originally post this message on CGsociety but because of no answer after several days and still feeling very lost, I've decided to post it he…	16 Last	Paquette_e Jul 2014
What to charge for freelance work? Pretty simple and to the point, working on a deal And wondering how much I should charge for my work? This is for an indie project. Making 3d models of buildings and assets for a video game high qua…	2 Last	Torch Jul 2014
Best current laptop for 3D work? I'm planning on buying a new laptop to replace the current Macbook pro 17 inch as just can't handle newer engines such as Unreal 4. What's currently the best laptop to have for 3d work and working wi…	26 Last	tremulant Jul 2014
suggestions for a workstation laptop hi guys, Im in the market for a new laptop (Workstation really), going to be using a lot of GPU intensive software UE4, Substance, modelling packages etc. So far iv'e been using a dell XPS L502x, bu…	2 Last	DeepSpaceBanana Jul 2014
Krita Kickstarter Krita is my favorite digital painting app, and on top of that, it's open source! They're running a kickstarter to fund two devs full time to work on the 2.9 release. Check it out! [URL]https://www.k…	37 Last	Ponk Jul 2014
U.S. Can Force For-Profit Colleges Out of Business US government is taking action against for-profit colleges, including the corporation that controls Art Institutes. Too much debt, not enough jobs. [QUOTE]The agency had demanded documents related …	30 Last	Isaiah Sherman Jul 2014
Face Anatomy Tutorials? I have a hard time finding good face anatomy/sculpting tutorials. There is a lot of ressources for the body but weirdly enough, for the face, not that much. I stumbled upon some Ryan Kingslien tutori…	9 Last	Suba Jul 2014
Life choices : crappy job + art at side or any other job + art on the back burner I actually don't know where to begin but I since I need some serious advice about this I need to just get done with it. Do keep in mind that this is not a rant, this is not me acting like a kid, I tr…	33 Last	sillymoop Jul 2014
How much to charge client ? Hello, I'm working on 3d visualisations for an interior designer. So i model and render. I made a free project for him , not a client, a test, and he was satisfied. I helped him on a table, mo…	34 Last	Meloncov Jul 2014
Procedural Animation The programmer for Overgrowth gave a great talk on creating procedural animation, and the way he does it, it's a remarkably simple way of doing it that gives you a huge amount of control. [url]http:…	39 Last	ZacD Jul 2014
Computer Build Review for 3D rendering/animation Hi guys, I just received the parts of all my orders for a new computer build: i7 4770k intel processor 16 gigs Ram g.skill sniper (will upgrade to 32 gigs later on) gigabyte gtx 780 3gb GPU 250 gb …	8 Last	belissimo Jul 2014
Tribeat - The stylish, endless platformer. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/P9Aa074.png[/IMG] For the last 3 months or so myself and a friend have been working on Tribeat in our spare time. We just released this morning and I figured I'd post here t…	5 Last	A-N-P Jul 2014
Podcasts? I've been hooked on podcasts lately and I'm wondering what game (indie or "big production")/3D podcasts are out there. News or interviews with artists/devs, anything interesting. Basically anything t…	19 Last	Wahlgren Jul 2014
Asking a customer about employment opportunities Hello I just had a quick question, To sum up, I'm in the service industry I recently found out one of my regular customers is a producer at a studio downtown where I work, I recently found him on li…	3 Last	chilemang Jul 2014
CG Master Academy - Character art Hey all, didn't see a thread up for this so thought I would ask - have any of you guys checked out the 3D academy of CGMA yet? I wasn't sure if it was very well advertised, (only received an email ab…	0 Last	Torch Jul 2014
Rebellion Studios sues Ironclad over name " Rebellion: Sniper Elite studio Rebellion Developments filed a lawsuit against Ironclad Games in 2012 over Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, claiming that the title infringed on Rebellion's trademark. A judge d…	20 Last	VelvetElvis Jul 2014
New comptuer $2000 budget Here are the parts: [url]http://www.amazon.com/lm/R1CZYBH8BISQC9/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&lm_bb=&tag=topgc13-20[/url] Is this the best computer I can get for around $20…	24 Last	EarthQuake Jul 2014
How sexy is TOO sexy So I am making armor. I make guy armor then have to usually convert it for females. Sometimes feminizing it means making it "sexier" meaning less clothing. Now the troublesome part is some people are…	174 Last	Makkon Jul 2014
Selling STREET FIGHTER AKUMA shirts!! Hey everybody I'm selling street fighter Akuma shirts. Get one before the campaign ends. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sQNUwk1.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://teespring.com/akuma_shirt#pid=6&cid=639"]http://teesp…	33 Last	Racer445 Jul 2014
How do you get motivated/inspired? I'm new to 3D stuff. I've been dribbling around with programs like 3Ds Max and PS, but nothing impressive has really come of my projects. I have a lot of ideas for models/animations that I'd like to …	20 Last	Suba Jul 2014
Cintiq Companion pricing So I'm looking into maybe getting a Cintiq Companion and when I look at the Wacom EU store (I'm in the EU), I can see the Companion 256gb for 1800 Euro. But on the US store, the same device is listed…	30 Last	pior Jul 2014
4th of July Dreams? For those of us who celebrated 4th of July I want to know whether you also had strange dreams last night from the food that you ate, the way that I did. Basically, I moved my car away from another g…	0 Last	Pancakes Jul 2014
Cinema 4D in industry Hello, I'm seeing that some time trying to play the users autodesk 3ds max to maya, I saw in this forum that the company XSI'ng 3d max, and also after discontinuation of XSI, allowed free autodesk 3d…	8 Last	Teteu1234510 Jul 2014
Is this a good idea for a videogame? A short introduction: When I was younger I was addicted to a virtual world called Second Life, that everyone heard about on the news, years back. I was hooked into some form of game that was going on…	3 Last	ExcessiveZero Jul 2014
What do you want in light or freelance editions of software? We have a bunch of indie/freelance/hobbyist editions, Modo, Quxiel, Autodesk, Allegorithmic, etc. What do you think the limits should be? What would make them appealing? My suggestions Student/hobb…	24 Last	igi Jul 2014
Free Masters / MSc from G+VERL possible sponsorship from LEP to CA to offset expense Welcome to the new [URL="http://www.herts.ac.uk/cerc/projects/verl-visual-effects-research-lab"]Games and Visual Effects Research Laboratory (G+VERL)[/URL] based at the University of Hertfordshire W…	0 Last	littleclaude Jul 2014
UT Master Challenge // Conceptart and UT business model? So i`ve seen the announcement being passed around on fb and saw the issue being raised of this being a "free labour" challenge. Instead of keeping it rumors and rants on social media maybe we could …	37 Last	reverendK Jul 2014
Concepting Mechs in Photoshop :Tutorial Sooo I created a really fast and simple tutorial on painting some sweet mechs inside of Photoshop. Note "I am not a concept artist by trade" and don't claim to be an awesome 2d artist, but I do like …	2 Last	GarageBay9 Jul 2014
How to display HP Objects Hey all, I've been having a hard time displaying HP Objects. Now in the view port i just use a standard shader grayish with blue specular and jack up the values [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RS4JuaC.png[/…	9 Last	skyline5gtr Jul 2014
UPlay problem (I was thinking this should go in Technical...? General... so I chose General.) Does anyone else have this problem with UPlay? I searched and can`t find a solution. Start the app. Attempt to start …	0 Last	Lamont Jul 2014
Nice online courses to take on 2D and 3D subjects Hi gents! So I got some money from the family, birthday and stuff, and I wanted to spend it wisely. I can purchase roughly 2 courses from mainstreams schools, like CGMA or CGworkshops. I'm still no…	3 Last	ivanzu Jul 2014
CryEngine or Unity? It's something I've been interested in and have wanted to know, I wouldn't say one would be necessarily better than the other, although I have never used CE. But what engine is best for creating MMOs…	44 Last	Dashiva Jul 2014
LA Beat / Electro Hip-Hop Inspired by the Dubstep thread, I thought I'd start one based on one of my favourite genre's to share some artists and discover others that you might have heard. Not entirely sure what the genre is…	26 Last	woot Jul 2014
Rebellion Sniper Elite 3 Bans 7050 Keys Interesting story developing, rebellion "claims" To clarify, one of our PC retail distributors informed us that some of their allotted Steam keys were stolen. We believe these keys were then resold …	16 Last	Blaizer Jul 2014
Emerging Myself in Sci-Fi Influences I was mostly into swords and magic stuff when I was a kid. However I want to make more sci-fi related models. So of course there is google, and robotech, and star trek and stuff like that. But was wo…	5 Last	GarageBay9 Jul 2014
Closed Looking for an environment artist	0 Last	JVZombie1990 Jul 2014
A blog that analyses art in games I'm so sorry about this crappy thread. I'm looking for a blog. The guy who writes it finds interesting art stuff in games and tries to work out how it's made, he then breaks it down on his blog wit…	5 Last	tadpole3159 Jul 2014
Battleship 3D Modelling Challenge Id like to invite you to take part in 3D Squirrels latest 3D Modelling Challenge. This is a really exciting way to create 3D Models that you can sell in our Marketplace. More details available here…	2 Last	3D Squirrel Jul 2014
iPad - PDF and Video? I'm looking to do a presentation on an iPad (just a pdf and a few videos). I've never used an iPad, so I wanted to know if there are any issues doing this? I ask because AFAIK you can't save files t…	13 Last	moose Jul 2014
Hello I'm new and seeking help. Im not sure if this is the right thread for this post or the audience im looking for to read this thread but ill continue anyway. A little background about me that relates to my question before I ask…	7 Last	Tobbo Jul 2014
Online talk: Personal Branding Tips for Game Artists I gave this talk a while back at when I was still teaching/freelancing. It talks about creating an online portfolio and having a presence online. I was talking with some people starting out last nigh…	19 Last	deohboeh Jul 2014
Closed Blender Vertex Alpha Hack	0 Last	Tamarin Jul 2014
question: character dioramas for production? game character artists / art directors, within a studio production environment, during pre and mid production, i've thought for some time that creating and maintaining a diorama for groups of charac…	1 Last	deohboeh Jul 2014
Vehicles for Games Hello, I am pretty new to this site, but I have been modeling for over 4 years now. I am new to this site posting wise but not knowing about it wise. Anyways, I am doing my first vehicle for a gam…	5 Last	Shivner_E Jun 2014
Game Art Portfolio Wall I started this project a few months back but now I have built it up a bit, felt it was worth sharing on here too. [URL="http://gameartportfoliowall.com/"]http://gameartportfoliowall.com/[/URL] Its…	54 Last	mats effect Jun 2014
Canadian studios using Unreal Engine 4? I helped someone a while ago find Unreal Engine 4 developers in Europe. Now I need something similar. Are there any game studios currently or planning to use Unreal Engine 4 in the great white north…	0 Last	JordanN Jun 2014
Vote for improve maya style navigation in 3ds Max. Hello guys, I need your help to get my shout to autodesk. I'm Maya user, and I like maya navigation. But for hard surface models I prefer using Max. Maya style navigation in Max is not complete - it…	9 Last	Anchang-Style Jun 2014
And the wallets started to bleed.... STEAM SALE! Another round of summer joy and pain, Steam summer sales are back. Everyone ready to waste money just to get that last bloody collection card? :)	48 Last	Anchang-Style Jun 2014
Modo Steam Edition On Sale For 90 Bucks! Hey everyone, Just wanted to point out that the Steam Summer Sale has arrived and that Modo SE, our Steam edition of Modo is 40% off right now bringing the price down from 150 USD to 90. It's a pre…	27 Last	Farfarer Jun 2014
Mirror's edge 2 focussing on combat. [url]http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/24/mirrors-edge-2-will-be-focussing-on-first-person-combat-says-dice-general-manager/#null[/url] So you are taking the worst element of a great game, and making i…	36 Last	Suba Jun 2014