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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
San Francisco Bay Area Meetup - Late June 2014 UPDATE: FINAL TIME: Thursday at 7:00pm At Lefty's: [url]https://www.facebook.com/events/300713893430298/[/url] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's that ti…	25 Last	James Ordner Jun 2014
Unable to access freelance Job postings Forum? I am not sure if this is some sort of bug or mistake. But it seems like I am not able to access the Freelance forum. Here is an image to illustrate it, notice where it says "Never" that I circled wit…	3 Last	Leinad Jun 2014
Dungeon Keeper Mobile I dont want to jump in on the ongoing shitstorm of the new dungeon keeper mobile game. Wich is in my opinion a brashness. Here a good article to read - [URL="http://www.baekdal.com/opinion/how-inap…	35 Last	Blaisoid Jun 2014
Photo Editing Software Recommendations? I realize this would probably be a better question asked on a photo forum, but there's enough photographers here to answer this :P Anyway, I have Photoshop CS4 (had to upgrade from CS3 because CS3 d…	19 Last	patrickjohnson Jun 2014
Lack of drawing skills, what should I do? Hey Polycount, Im a long time lurker of these forums as Im always interested in seeing what everyone is working on. But its only until recently that I decided to get involved in game art & design …	7 Last	katana Jun 2014
Pseudo-NURBS for MODO A modo user (Cristobal Vila) came up with this, very nice :poly121: [URL="https://vimeo.com/82132162"][vv]82132162[/vv][/URL] Have fun ! [URL]http://www.etereaestudios.com/modoshare/eterea_pseudo…	4 Last	dzibarik Jun 2014
Closed Texture Creation Advice	0 Last	Raptor_Arts Jun 2014
TitanFall [url]http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=578141[/url] whos hyped?	236 Last	inflict3d Jun 2014
Art test question so i applied to this studio and they asked me to do this art test ... then i replied their email asking few question regarding this art test .... long story short its been 3 days and they haven't rep…	24 Last	Spoon Jun 2014
Autodesk Game engine Just announced: [url]http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/bitsquid[/url] More than just games This is going to be BIG With the acquisition of Bitsquid, Autodesk is bringing expertise in 3D game dev…	33 Last	claydough Jun 2014
Dell U2413 problem I got this dell to replace my old Dell 2410, it worked great at the time until one one day it failed to turn on :( So now i have this new dell u2413 that has great reviews on Amazon and loads of ot…	4 Last	chrisradsby Jun 2014
Mentioning interview with another company? Hello Polycount, I have a couple of interviews lined up, but haven't set the dates yet. Do you think it's a good or bad thing to mention that I also have an interview with another company? I guess…	9 Last	Richard Kain Jun 2014
Typography I'm lost So I'm creating a portfolio on Cargo and I'd like to create a header image that incorporates my name. It'd be nice to have a logo version as well that I could use on my images, however I can't think …	23 Last	shotgun Jun 2014
My first indie game's beta is out today on PC! What have I learned so far? Self-promotion: My first game that I plan on publishing is starting an open beta today: access the game here: [[url]www.grandmastergame.com[/url]) I would love to have you try it out and get feedb…	7 Last	Kemlore Jun 2014
Where would i make rooms for my scene? Im just not sure where to make it i mean i use blender for my assets but would i make the actual rooms in unity ? please help	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2014
Make shabby walls out of two objects with separate tiled texture Hi, everybody Could you please take a look at the pictures and tell me if anybody is aware of a valid workflow of making this kind of walls out of two (or 3) pieces where each peace is a separate til…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2014
Advice on what to do with my life Some backstory: I dropped out of high school due to various reasons. It was stupid and I really fucked things up for myself. I'm 20 now and since then I've had an internship at a local 3d studio. My…	28 Last	Joost Jun 2014
Relationship issues caused by 3d? Okay maybe this is not the best place here for this topic, but I get back to this case from time to time, and it looks like there won't be end of this , so now I decided to ask you guys what to do, m…	154 Last	Kitty\|Owl Jun 2014
Heroes of the Storm [url]http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/games/heroes/[/url] Or at least I think it's a DOTA game. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eThSo670cas"]The Game Formerly Known as "Blizzard All-Stars&qu…	38 Last	praetus Jun 2014
Looking for a super-simple 3D Viewer I have a model that I need to send to a client who doesn't have any technical skills. I'm looking for a very simple model viewer with a reasonably intuitive UI that I can get him to download. It does…	5 Last	maximumsproductions Jun 2014
Peer Review on Website/Resume/Portfolio/Cover Letter Hey guys! It's me. I know I could be posting here more often. I'm writing here because I'm asking for feedback and advice. I've been out of college for 3 years now. And within that time have applied …	13 Last	Justin Meisse Jun 2014
Black Sails Anyone else think that this show is pretty good? Here's the opening title. Love those sculpts. Maybe someone knows who worked on them? [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTcA4QLHw0&index=5&list…	7 Last	SnowInChina Jun 2014
Maya SSS Fast Skin Shader This is probably a terrible question, but i've googled it a dozen times and can't get my question answered. I'm working on using the Maya fast skin shader, but what i'm after are definitions/exampl…	9 Last	kinshuk Jun 2014
Female Anatomy Model Hello everyone i'm Arnald23 and I need some help. I'm currently modeling a female character and I have the general blocking part for the character done but I need help to figure out the female anatom…	4 Last	Torch Jun 2014
Rendering Normal Map hello i was reading a lot of stuff abount normal maps i understand them quite a lot, but i have this model [IMG]http://puu.sh/9HRpH/04b4f30cc5.jpg[/IMG] Here is WireFrame [IMG]http://puu.sh/9HRs4…	1 Last	SuperFranky Jun 2014