okay this might seem a bit disjointed copy/pasting from IRC but i hope you get what's happened.. [02:38am] snemmy: me and two friends were kicked out of the fuckin art building by security(campus or local im not sure) [02:39am] snemmy: i am the fucking Graduate Assistant with keys to the building and this was my weekend to…
Yes, it's alive and well, but not so many people use it - lack of GUI and complicated (but powerful) SDL are the main reasons. Despite that, serious specialists still using it in their works: https://paulbourke.net/stereoscopy/pov_odsp/ I was a student when discovered POV-Ray in 90x, then came back about four years ago.…
'Registration for the Student pass is only available on-site on Friday, March 9, 2007 at GDC 2007 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. You must be at least 18 years old and provide proof of current enrollment (i.e. a valid student ID) to be eligible for this pass. This pass is good for students who are interested in…
Fuuuuu.. Are you serious? I just bought 2 licenses. T_T I need to get one more though, thanks! Edit: It says "Students will be provided a special student version of the popular Unity 3D Tool - PlayMaker!" What's the difference? Edit2: (note: student version not for commercial use) I should probably just read shit, huh? :P
Hi All! We are Team Oneouts - game art students Cynthia (Cynthimon) and Ash (ashman80), and for our throne room entry we have settled on a school-themed throne room. It will be a trashed classroom in which delinquent students have taken over as their throne room, with the throne created on top of the old teacher's desk. We…
Hi Ana, Well done for sharing your work on Polycount — it looks like you’ve been in great hands there, and the progress you’ve made is fantastic. Keep me posted on how things develop! We start next week with the new students, and I just wanted to say it’s been great having you this year. Thank you for all your hard work —…
Speaking of Games Industry Mentoring, would anybody be willing to participate a mentor thread/program in Polycount for students or independent amateurs? For each mentor there would be assigned 1 student, or however many the professional thinks they can handle. As a student working on modelling and texturing it would be…
To add on what Ravanna has mentioned, make sure you pick a particular path as in environment art, characters, props, weapons, etc. You can even take that a step further and focus on fantasy or scifi. There are plenty of triple A studios that focus in one of these categories. As a student myself I have decided to really…
ill have a dig around for it, but I think it boils down to the fact that you cannot used student software for commercial work, period. And making work in a student licence then buying a licence still involves using student software. nvm found the thread i was echoing, the OPs post in this thread.…
Hi Polycount, I've been lurking for a year or so as I tried to teach myself a little about modeling, I'm not a student -not a 3d student anyway- but more of a hobbyist. Hopefully posting some work and getting feed back will help motivate me as I've never actually finished any digital work. Anyway I've been fooling around…