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Dota 2 Internationals Do anyone of you follow up on this? [URL="http://www.dota2.com/international/compendium/%22?l=english"]Dota 2 International[/URL]	1 Last	lotet May 2014
Substance Contest - Battle of the Titans - over $45 000 in prizes [url=http://www.allegorithmic.com/contest/battle-titans#contest][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Kuj2WYw.png[/IMG][/url] We are thrilled to announce our first big Substance Contest! The goal is to have fun, …	33 Last	Jerc May 2014
Hand injuries/Wrist support? after being roped into helping out some family and having to mix concrete in a bucket with a broken shovel which was rather tough on my wrist and hand i've been left with some hand pain which feels l…	11 Last	foreverendering May 2014
Creation without Reference images Hi Guys, This is my first post on PC... Thanks for viewing my post. I was just wondering that do you HAVE TO have a reference image to model and create an character? Or can you model with out any r…	3 Last	Iki789 May 2014
BoolTool-Mesh Fusion for Blender? Saw this earlier. Still WIP though, and I think I need to see more action to have an opinion about the tool flexibility. [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVP_3Yc6pJo[/URL] Nuke this thread if o…	11 Last	Pancakes May 2014
Amazon wins patent for taking photos against a white background? Amazon wins patent for taking photos against a white background? Errr...okay?? [url]http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/amazon-awarded-questionable-studio-lighting-patent/#!NAPYs[/url] [IMG]h…	10 Last	Di$array May 2014
is Wacom Cintiq 13hd any good? Hi I'm seriously considering getting a Cintiq, but can't really afford going with a bigger one, the 13HD is still within my budget and it supports full HD, compare to its big brothers, is it still go…	1 Last	Zack Maxwell May 2014
Mostly about Maps Hi everyone! I recently finished the LP for a mesh and baked for it the normal map. My problem is that the head looks to low res (you can see the triangles). My question is how can I repair this thi…	6 Last	JellyMen May 2014
Job "On Hold" Status Hi guys, I really need help now regarding job application. Few months ago I did apply to a studio for a 3D artist position and lucky enough to proceed for an art test phase. Few weeks without any re…	7 Last	wteng May 2014
Help a beginner in 3D game art Hey guys, I'm new in 3D art in general and I want to focus on games, I really don't know what to learn first with all the "maps", so can you guys help me on that and what program should I learn?(Bes…	17 Last	Isaiah Sherman May 2014
E3 is right around the corner! So with E3 being right around the corner, what games and tech are you guys most looking forward to? Every year is full of surprises so we don't know everything that will be shown, but what's on your …	46 Last	ErichWK May 2014
I made a keyboard shortcuts mapper for Photoshop, Lightroom and Blender Here's how it looks: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/toiPd3W.gif[/IMG] it's completely open source, and it's hosted on github. It supports multiple applications, versions, operating systems and different ke…	6 Last	wbronchart May 2014
Delete threads Hey people ..quick question, is there a way to delete threads? I may need to...:shifty:	4 Last	Muzzoid May 2014
Portfolio help Ive spent the last couple of weeks working on a HTML file and I've finally gotten to the point where I want to throw it online. I have no idea how to go about doing this I used to have MattG3d.com …	12 Last	Spiffy May 2014
average screen size ? Hey guys, iam thinking about resize my folio and go more for big pictures. Iam at 990 page width and image with around 880 or so. As i build everything up - i read, that 1024 isnt the basic resolu…	3 Last	Alphavader May 2014
Need advice about my modeling program Hey guys. So I'm been developing my own 3D editor program and I'm really torn about who my potential customers are going to be after my next release. Essentially, my program has the ability to do b…	4 Last	passerby May 2014
Batman-Superman Movie So I was excited about this, but now I think it'll take a miracle. [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/08/22/ben-affleck-to-play-batman/2690301/?fark"] Because Ben Affleck is Batman.…	110 Last	moose May 2014
Game Magazine? Hey PC just wanting to know what are some good game informing magazines to look into for subscription. Looking for tips and techniques and new development stuff from the industry. any suggestion woul…	4 Last	passerby May 2014
Altergaze: Mobile Virtual Reality for Your Smartphone Altergaze: Mobile Virtual Reality for Your Smartphone Looks like a great idea. [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/278203173/altergaze-mobile-virtual-reality-for-your-smartpho[/url] [vv]8277…	7 Last	Justin Meisse May 2014
Finally got a job as a character artist! After 8 long months of portfolio work and job searching I finally got a job in the video game industry, character artist at Asobo studio! I made this thread to thank the Polycount community. I don'…	27 Last	heboltz3 May 2014
To learn Zbrush first then Maya or vice versa Okey.... i think i am starting to losing my mind. And sometime i am not sure what to do. I want to become character modeler. So for that, i want to use Zbrush sickly for character and creatures, or …	24 Last	Lonny May 2014
Maya: Connect edges without bridge tool? Hey everyone, I was wondering whether there was a tool for Maya that lets you select a line of verts and have them snap to the first vertices they encounter along an axis. I'm looking for a quick al…	2 Last	oglu May 2014
Help find a competition I saw I found a competition yesterday to create a female space/sci-fi character, and use a particular software. The deadline was this month I think. Has anyone seen this around? I didn't make a note of…	2 Last	alecchalmers May 2014
$10/mo for Mudbox 2015 Just find Mudbox 2015 desktop subscription is $10/mo. Perpetual license is $495. I remember Mudbox used to be more expensive than ZBrush. Did Autodesk reduce the price recently?	26 Last	Klaudio2U May 2014
Advice on Hand Painted Texture (Please Help) Hey Guys! :) My first post here on Polycount and its about hand painted textures. I'd really like to get into hand painted textures so I can get on with creating some scenes within UDK for my portf…	5 Last	Raptor_Arts May 2014
mouse recommendations for a glass desk Hey everyone, so i'm looking for a new mouse and i'm curious if anyone has any recommendations as its been a while since i've updated and i'm not too hip to whats new. i've got a logitech m-r0007 an…	16 Last	Equanim May 2014
Australian 3D Artist Community on Facebook [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zhGeqQZ.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.facebook.com/groups/Aus3D/[/URL] Hey guys, I want to use this awesome forum to shamelessly give a shout out to my new Facebook group tha…	0 Last	_tzeshi May 2014
Machinima documentary: The Art of the Game [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aiBSNumx0A[/URL] [quote] The Art of the Game documents a cultural shift in the entertainment people enjoy by following a group of college students as they comp…	2 Last	genwu May 2014
NVIDIA DirectStylus technology (Tegra NOTE 7) Just seen this on NVIDIAs channel ([url]https://www.youtube.com/user/nvidia[/url]) [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfC9yVnEKhg[/ame] [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ1XjSYKJmg[/ame] Using the Tegra NOTE…	10 Last	Lamont May 2014
Wacom drawing area starting to wear out. Replacement advice. So I use my intuos for everything. It's been a few years now and the drawing area is starting to wear out a bit. I saw that Wacom sells covers that you can buy, but they're like $40 which seemed pret…	11 Last	Ben Apuna May 2014
Why 3D modelers get more known in CG world than animators I would like to ask something. I have seen that , there is more chances for 3D modeler/character artist to get known in CG world than animators. There get more attention than animators. I am not je…	22 Last	slipsius May 2014
Anyone else excited the next Unreal Tournament will involve UE4 developer community? [url]https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/the-future-of-unreal-tournament-begins-today[/url] I'm going to practice on characters for this game until the market goes live and my work is good enough to b…	3 Last	ambershee May 2014
Quixel license question Hi I searched through their website but couldn't find anything since its quite popular here, i'll just ask away, so the question is whats the real difference among 3 different license tyep which are …	1 Last	JordanLeigh May 2014
End of the Line, made entirely in Source Film Maker Don't know if it's been posted yet, but it's made entirely in Source Film Maker. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmVsOl9qAhs[/url] [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68dAr4NSf_o[/url]	4 Last	Steve Schulze May 2014
Free Game #2:: Watch Dogs Hey guys, When i bought a new GTX card, I received [COLOR="lightBlue"]1[/COLOR] extra Coupon Code for Watch Dogs [PC version]. [COLOR="DimGray"]Electronic Download NVIDIA Promo Only (a $60 value!)[…	6 Last	VESIUS May 2014
O1 Visa Hey guys, I was hoping this would be a happy "i`m hired" topic i`d create on here one day but it turns out theres the US visa holding me back. So i was wondering if anyone had any experience with t…	30 Last	weedude May 2014
Update on the Polycount Poster Pricing We have managed to reach a point on the poster orders that we can lower the price [to 30 USD] for all pre-orders and still cover our costs. So with 5 days left, the price has been dropped to hopefull…	11 Last	r13 May 2014
[Text Books] V.S. [Video Tutorials] ?? Hello, which kind of medium do you prefer to learn a topic? Books or video tutorials ? My Votes [I]For Programming i Prefer Books[/I] [I]For Graphics i Prefer Video Tutorials[/I]	4 Last	CheeseOnToast May 2014
cghub down? Is it down for anyone else? says its been parked oO	332 Last	mazz423 May 2014
STREET FIGHTER THE FILM STREET FIGHTER THE FILM [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99XiMYKsHl8[/url] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/Assassins_Fist_first_official_poster_Ken_and_Ryu.jpeg[/IMG] [IMG]h…	10 Last	almighty_gir May 2014
How fast can you learn a new software package? So like the title says, how fast can you learn a new software package? When are you somewhat comfortable with the program where you actually feel comfortable making stuff ? When are you actually prof…	12 Last	ISmokeRodeo May 2014
Looking for someone working in Game industry to do mini interview Hey o/ I'm looking for someone who work's in the video game industry to do a mini interview with for a university report. It's just a couple of questions about what it is like working on 3D in the v…	3 Last	HashBrownHamish May 2014
Free Game :: Total WAR- Rome II Hey guys, I have an extra Coupon Code for Total WAR: Rome II If you want the game, reply to this thread & I'll PM the code to ya. I have only 1 code available - So, it's first-come first-served	5 Last	AtticusMars May 2014
Programming book recommendations Hi guys, I've taken introductory courses on Java at the local community college about a year ago. I didn't finish because the final projects were kind of boring to me and the focus of the class stra…	8 Last	SideEffect May 2014
Game industry recruitment agencies Can someone recommend some good recruitment agency in game industry. Thanks in advance.	29 Last	Fingus May 2014
CGHub is Down? Anyone know why? Anyways I used to always go there for references and stuff. What other sites have professional artists posting their stuff? I mean other than here of course =p	9 Last	JamesArk May 2014
highly addictive James Pond was the last game I ever played on my amiga. [URL]http://game-oldies.com/play-online/james-pond-2-codename-robocod-sega-genesis#[/URL] Enjoy :D	2 Last	repete May 2014
i can has jerb?! I'm very proud, and happy, to say that i'm now working as a tech artist for Marmoset.co. I'd like to thank everyone at polycount who's helped push me to become the artist i am, and i'd like to speci…	60 Last	Makkon May 2014
Plan A: Indie game documentary Hey Polycount! My brother just launched his kickstarter that just went live. It's a documentary that follows a group of students (Me included) trying to create a game and trying to make careers out o…	0 Last	Synyster May 2014
From Zpshere to Dynamesh workflow I am trying to learn proportions in Zbrush with zsphere. So before i start to go into in depth anatomy sculpting, i want to have good proportions. But, i am not sure the workflow from zspheres to …	6 Last	EricHall May 2014