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Weekly Recap Another week, another collection of inspiring art. What Are You Working On? Checko Dado Almeida Dan! Felixenfeu jramauri kyle.rau Maph papagersi Ravenslayer…	11 Last	JR Dec 2011
FZD Video Tutorials FZD School of Design has their own Youtube channel filled with free tutorials. Feng Zhu, a well known and talented concept artist, has been uploading dozens of tutorials, free of charge, to the FZD…	5 Last	Stinger88 Dec 2011
Prototype Fund Abertay University in the UK is handing out grants of up to £25,000 to Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs) based in the UK who wish to prototype their own IP "We support games projects and other fo…	4 Last	pixeldamage Dec 2011
VGA 2011 Summary A short summary of the awards and announcements from this year's Video Game Awards. Awards Game of the Year – The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimStudio of the Year – Bethesda Game Studios, The Elde…	13 Last	walreu Dec 2011
Weekly Recap We have some refreshing styles, and mediums, in this week's recap. What Are You Working On? [SF]Three9 Blubberblase Funky Bunnies Impala88 itismario Kleber1983 …	9 Last	Mr_Drayton Dec 2011
Weekly Recap I'm out of my turkey coma and back with another recap. What Are You Working On? CodeFather danitchu Drav dummyyou duncan Fewes Fingus Gav iConstruct Inkfish jmiles ka…	8 Last	VidGameDude Dec 2011
November 2011 UDK Beta Epic Games has released the latest version of UDK for November 2011. This month's beta includes a big update to Scaleform, which, among other improvements, has added support for Action Script 3. La…	1 Last	Pola Dec 2011
Eat 3D - CryENGINE 3 Bundle Eat 3D has recently released a comprehensive look into CryENGINE 3. With fellow Polycounter Hélder Pinto as your instructor, this 3 DVD set provides over 17 hours of content, covering everything yo…	1 Last	chrisavigni Dec 2011
3dmotive - Complete Bipedal Rigging Course, Part 1 3dmotive's newest release starts off an in-depth series on bipedal rigging in Maya. With Justin Harrison as your guide, part 1 of this video series will give an overview of everything that will be …	0 Last	Sean VanGorder Dec 2011
Polycount at Magfest 2012 It's about a month and a half away before the start of Magfest, the gaming and music festival, in Washington DC, which I will be attending to give a Polycount themed talk. It will surely be a geeky …	2 Last	kiril0t Nov 2011
CryEngine3 Glass Tutorial Simon "ixenoni" Fuchs wrote up a great tutorial about creating glass in CryENGINE3. For those that like moving pictures, there is also a video tutorial Check out either the written tutoria…	3 Last	Mio Nov 2011
Eat 3D - Floating Geo and Smoke Particles Eat 3D has yet another pair of great video tutorials available free to the public. Fellow polycounter Andy Davies (metalliandy) gives an overview of Floating Geometry baking techniques usin…	8 Last	haiddasalami Nov 2011
l'Ecorche- Classical Anatomy for Artists: Anatomy App An interactive anatomy app designed to be used by artists. Zbrush masters Michael Defeo and Scott Eaton are working together to create a whole new way for artists to learn anatomy. Look for the ap…	18 Last	SoulWind Nov 2011
Weekly Recap Pull yourself away from slaying dragons long enough to check out this week's treasure. What Are You Working On? af3d airage benclark dannedadon duncan FirstKeeper gilesruscoe…	6 Last	ScudzAlmighty Nov 2011
Weekly Recap We've got a quite a mix of styles in this week's recap. What Are You Working On? breakneck dii Ferg Funky Bunnies Guedin Makkon makoa MightyPea Mio Mrandk on…	8 Last	Kaneth Nov 2011
MIGS Live Streams Autodesk and Epic have teamed up to put together some presentations at MIGS on tools and general workflow. It will be streaming Nov 1st and 2nd which is NOW! Unreal University at MIGS Live on AREA …	9 Last	Froyok Nov 2011
G.I.M. Episode 20 Game Industry Mentor has posted Episode 20. Breaking into and working in Q.A. "This episode we dive into the world of a QA annalist, or sometimes referred to as "testers". This has been one of the…	5 Last	3DLam Nov 2011
3dMotive - Baking Normal Maps 3dMotive and Alec Moody have just released another training video. Our friends over at 3dMotive, along with tutorial machine Alec Moody, have just released yet another gem of a tutorial, this time …	9 Last	lordsme Nov 2011
Weekly Recap This weeks recap has a little bit of everything. What Are You Working On? cox Damytria dannedadon daphz felipefrango itismario luke Nick Carver onelunglewis PogoP…	5 Last	Veizer Nov 2011
NGHS Battlefield 3 Gaming Event A weekend of Battlefield 3 with fellow game artists. The guys over at Next-Gen Hard Surface are putting together a entire weekend of friendly Battlefield 3 playing between game art communities. Cl…	8 Last	MaVCArt Nov 2011
Off Topic: A little bit of water A little eyecandy tech toy for the Sunday viewers A WebGL tech demo of a pool of water by Evan Wallace. Surf around his site, he's got a handful of fun little experiments and projects in there.	16 Last	pinkbox Nov 2011
Weekly Recap Looks like the resident character artists have been having a busy week. What Are You Working On? onelunglewis Autocon Chai Dan! Fuse JeremyRM Neox Nick Carver Robat Slip…	6 Last	mennekke Oct 2011
October 2011 UDK Beta Epic Games has released the latest version of UDK for October 2011. This month's update includes new features such as god ray and shadows support on iOS, as well various additions to the landscape …	3 Last	Habboi Oct 2011
Fraps Gets An Update Fraps, the popular screen capture software, has just received a big update. Added features include the ability to specify a custom length for the buffer, and to record at high resolutions such as 1…	2 Last	Cordell Felix Oct 2011
Post Highlight Duncan Fraser took some time to write up a great post about his workflow you should check it out "My sole aim as an artist is to continually improve myself and inspire others (if possible)" Mission…	7 Last	Vitrux Oct 2011
3dMotive - Hand Painted Weapon Texturing Our friends over at 3dMotive have just released a new tutorial put together by fellow Polycounter Tyson Murphy. Over the course of the tutorial, Tyson demonstrates the entire process of creating a …	4 Last	CerisierEnFleur Oct 2011
New Master Classes at Gnomon The Gnomon School has announced their master classes for this upcoming December. If you aren't familiar with their Master Classes, they are a bit more than a tutorial DVD; in content and price. It's…	9 Last	UltraLrod Oct 2011
Unreal Engine 3 Now Supports Adobe Flash Epic Games' Tim Sweeney presented the company’s Unreal Engine 3 technology running inside an Adobe Flash-based environment during a keynote at Adobe MAX 2011. This is big news for game developers,…	9 Last	greevar Oct 2011
City building on the cheap Gamr7 is running a pretty good discount of sorts on their procedural city creation tool, Ürban PAD The deal is that if they sell a set number of copies of the tool at a really low price, 29 USD inst…	3 Last	Froyok Oct 2011
Eat3D \| Mudbox - A Comprehensive Introduction Eat3D has just released a new training DVD that covers all the basics of Autodesk's powerful sculpting program, Mudbox. In the DVD, the founder of Eat3D, Riki Babington, covers everything from the …	1 Last	aajohnny Sep 2011
New Cintiq 24HD New Cintiq 24HD photos and tech specs It looks like the new Wacom Cintiq24HD is coming soon... It will probably break a few hearts, wallets and desks... http://cintiq24hd.com/news/news/recent-news…	15 Last	Robbyh Sep 2011
September UDK Update The latest monthly UDK from Epic has been been released with a showcase focused on our recent Brawl contest. The showcase/shoutout is focused on the Bathhouse entry from the environment winner; Jor…	6 Last	mr.craft Sep 2011
nDo2 BETA A year after blowing our minds with nDo, teddybergsman and crew are back with the next big thing. nDo2 has officially been announced, along with an open Beta and a brand new website. Official W…	29 Last	lilstarfish Sep 2011
Mateusz Interviews Simon Fuchs Mateusz from LevelDesign.org interviews Simon Fuchs, a Senior Environment Artist who worked on Crysis2 "Mateusz: Crysis 2® is one of the first games using Direct X 11 and its features like tessalat…	2 Last	Alberto Rdrgz Sep 2011
Pineapple Smash Crew Rich "Rooster" Edwards has been busy putting the finishing touches on his latest game, PINEAPPLE SMASH CREW! Take your crew of grenade wielding fighters through randomly generated ships levels wher…	9 Last	konstruct Sep 2011
XoliulShader 2 Now Available I know most of have you been anxiously waiting for the new version of the XoliulShader. But your wait is finally over. XoliulShader 2 has finally gone live and is available to download from…	24 Last	ebagg Sep 2011
The Inkling In case you missed it, Wacom has a new doodling tool for you. It's name is Inkling and its a traditional pen that writes on paper, but has some magical technology inside that also records your movem…	8 Last	d2king10 Sep 2011
Take your UDK on the go Eat3D has got another UDK DVD for your perusal, however the focus is not the typical UDK, but the mobile version. It's a 5 hour video by Sjoerd "Hourences" De Jong covering game d…	1 Last	achmedthesnake Sep 2011
Deus Ex HR Production Focus Paul Hellard from CGSociety sat down with Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, the Art Director at Eidos Montreal "As opposed to many North American games, the series never aimed for photorealism, but some…	4 Last	rambooze Sep 2011
A deep lecture on surfaces by crtl+Paint I got a note that ctrl+Paint has got some new offerings on their store that might help you with your surfaces. The newest offering explores making realistic surfaces for your objects and environment…	4 Last	Avanthera Sep 2011
UDK - August 2011 Update Epic has just released the August 2011 version of UDK, loaded with shiny new features, along with a video to show them off. View the complete list of updates here - http://www.udk.com/news-beta-au…	7 Last	Timmywithag Aug 2011
Blender 2.59 has been released Blender continues it's march of updates through tiny little version number updates. This one is only one hundredth of a unit forward; 2.59. But luckily they still manage to get quite a bit in there…	9 Last	artsymptom Aug 2011
A Look Into Frostbite 2 DICE's Kenny Magnusson gives an in depth look into all the technical details that make up the beautiful Frostbite 2 engine.	12 Last	kYo Aug 2011
Battlefield 3 - Caspian Border Gameplay The guys at DICE just released a new gameplay trailer for Battlefield 3. Check it out while I pick my jaw up off the floor.	17 Last	poopipe Aug 2011
Next-Gen Hard Surface - Modular Challenge Next-Gen Hard Surface is hosting another challenge, this time based on modular environments. http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/showthread.php?825-NGHS-community-contest-2073-A-Modular-Future Head …	12 Last	biofrost Aug 2011
Updating a God of War Sony has posted a short article on the trials of remastering their God of War PSP games into proper HD games. It sounds like it was a ton of fun for the lucky developers that got slated with the tas…	5 Last	STRIKER Aug 2011
CryENGINE3 SDK Free HP dropped us a line to let us know that Crytek Released CryENGINE®3 SDK Free-of-Charge "Crytek is excited to announce that they will release their latest all-in-one game development solution Cry…	16 Last	Kaneth Aug 2011
Chris Kay Interview Mateusz over at LevelDesign.org, interviewed Chris Kay a Senior Level Designer that works at Crytek on Crysis2 "The key to successfully working with artists is to give them creative freedom, this…	2 Last	toxic_h2o Aug 2011
3dmotive 2.0 The guys over at 3dmotive have been quiet for a while, but now they're back and better than ever The site has been revamped to include more features and even more content. 3dmotive now off…	7 Last	haiddasalami Aug 2011
"Punching Above Your Weight" Splash Damage has released the slides MoP and spacemokey used for their talk at GDC about the development of Brink Paul "MoP" Greveson (Technical Artist) and Tim "spacemonkey" Appleby (Lead Charac…	22 Last	Pangahas Aug 2011