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Re: Substance Designer 3 - 99$ Non-commercial use Licence
Starting today, there is a new game oriented CGChallenge over at CGSociety with a FREAKING HUGE prize pool. Those interested can use Substance Designer for free for 90 days. About the CE3 integration, we are wiiling to, go bug Crytek :) -
THRONE ROOM Indian Temple ThePowFIN
Final render of the throne; EDIT; Latest progress Hello, I am taking part in this little challenge here. I plan to challenge myself with UE4. I have been thinking of this challenge for a week now and now is the time to post my first ever challenge topic here on Polycount. I plan on doing an Indian temple environment. It's… -
Looking to hire a 3D Environment Artist for my VR Anime Narrative Game!
Are you interested in joining a small passionate team working to create the future of VR anime games? We’re looking for an experienced 3D Environment Prop Artist to help bring PROJECT MIX to life. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Create high-quality, 3D assets in an anime art style * Model and hand-paint textures for objects like… -
Re: The Polycount Art Project (ATTENTION: Lurkers, Professionals and Students)
I like the idea. There can't ever be said bad things about pro's sharing their knowledge. But, I like the challenges aswell. The mistakes and challenges that amateurs artists face are more down to my level. I tend to learn more from those threads then the pro ones since that feels like black magic most of the time. :) The… -
Re: Road To Vostok: no specular, no roughness, no gloss
if it plays well and doesn't feel too "samey" the only ones who'll notice the lack of pbr will be other game artists ;) it's quite the challenge he's taken on... I guess the promotion is to aid funding with a view to getting some help. -
Re: Game Industry Layoffs - WTF?
Maybe the indies or AA studios which emerge from the layoffs will follow this model. As I see it, the reason we are in this mess is because formerly lean and passion driven studios sold out to mega corporations that liquidate their value systems. Monolith should have always remained independent. Challenging to turn away… -
Re: In desparate need of words of encouragement and advice
Yeah it took me about 4 or 5 years before I landed my first job. It was mentally tough, but I just stuck with it. If you want advice... These worked wonders for me; - Embed yourself in a community of artists. Best to do so on Discord or Slack. Create friends among these artists, who can guide you and give you advice. - If… -
Re: Ideas for gamificaiton of educaiton
In the US we have a grade system (at least when I was a student) of A-F A being 100% and F being less than 60%. The levels I'm talking about are skill levels they reach as a matter of mastery (Reading skill level, language, math, etc. like attributes in a game character). By "materials" I mean new lessons or learning… -
Re: Who's getting psyched about dom war 3?
evil non-cyborg general wasn't open enough last time? seriously if your first thought when you read the theme is something completely different then maybe you should rethink your concept instead of trying to get the rules changed to fit your concept. this happens a lot in our own Challenge forum too. just like a couple… -
Re: Low poly baking issues (NEW)
Thank you all so much for your insightful input. I'm still very much at the beginning of learning how to texture, so all this is such appreciated advice. I'm gonna keep the mesh as is for now, but I really do think the trimsheet method you mentioned would be a better option in future. I have briefly looked into it and it…
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