Finished Short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMUEMDkPSzQ Hello everyone! We are a team of 4 Animation & Game Students and 2 Sound Students and are working on an animated short about Blood Diamonds. Currently we are 4 weeks into the project and almost finished pre-production - the final deadline for the short will be 2nd…
I've realized as i do more poly modeling how tedious some of the tasks are. So I'm trying to figure out a way to speed my poly modeling, I know some basic things I need to improve, like how I need to work out a new hotkey map. But I've been looking into poly/subdiv modeling extension scripts and plugins, which look like…
I went to School Of Visual Arts at NYC. Ill tell the story of a close friend of mine since he entered school with very little knowledge of 3D but a good traditional art background. Chris entered SVA with a great traditional portfolio that he worked on tirelessly in his high school years before I even met him. When he was…
Industry Giants Conference is coming . Get your Early bird tickets today. http://industrygiants.org/ Dallas, Texas annual Industry Giants conference presented by the nonprofit guild, A Bunch of Short Guys, offers one full day of master classes, discussions and networking. Industry Giants features a distinctive lineup of…
I agree with Jonas, I doubt someone would give you a loan just to work on your portfolio in hopes of getting a job unless you had some great collateral. The main way people get into debt to enter this industry is via student loans, which is different for a few reasons: 1. you're going for an accredited degree, meaning some…
for paid ones.. maybe akeytsu will be in the near future there as a lowcost alternative !? when you would choose Max or Maya then keep in mind one of those tools will be the next to get the EOL death. EOL= end of life like Softimage recently got officially killed besides the fact it was an Industry tool. Blender has of…
Quite a few new additions to polycount lately, it's kind of exciting :) and welcome to the states! I'm going to say it straight out, your portfolio doesn't have anywhere near what it takes to make it in the industry, you'll learn why when you keep at it. But you're on the right path posting on polycount. You show some raw…
Hi Everyone! I've been a lurker on Polycount forever and love this community but now it's time to participate in discussion and add to this wonderful site. Im a graduate student at SCAD studying Animation. I am beginning work on my masters thesis this quarter and I wanted to include you all in my research because I am…
better late than never: here a few older projects that evolved during my university time (some actually in my sparetime) orthographic portfolio build (flash prototype) [ame] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAfC8CGV54[/ame] flash 5 / MX old stuff, one of my previous fancy portfolio attempts, a very old 2004 version can be…