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anyone tried armor paint? any good? I was wondering if this was worth getting in to?	10 Last	myclay Dec 2023
Social media networking for game artists and other creatives... Hi, my name is Will and I thought I would start a thread where polycounters, game artists and other creatives can swap their portfolio websites, social media contacts and grow their networks. I…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2023
THE GAME AWARDS 2023: Official 4K Livestream (Monster Hunter, Blade, Baldur's Gate GOTY) THE GAME AWARDS 2023: Official 4K Livestream (Monster Hunter, Blade, Baldur's Gate GOTY)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu2z5M4gmnoWinners0:00 - Best Family Game 0:21 - Innovation in Accessibility …	4 Last	zetheros Dec 2023
Death of Softimage founder https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/softimage-founder-daniel-langlois-1235715129/sad to hear, seems he had an ongoing dispute with a neighbour over access. I was never a huge user of …	4 Last	ZacD Dec 2023
No Artrstation forum so Should we discuss this at all? let me know.Discussion: has anyone looked at the Blogs section at all, ever? it has been for a while now here and there FLOODED with what looks like bot spam posts as "…	5 Last	Ruz Dec 2023
Metahuman - Games pipeline - What is your experience? Is anyone using Metahuman as a basis for creating characters?We have been playing around with Metahuman for a month, but we don't want to use the out of box characters that you can create with t…	3 Last	another caveman Dec 2023
Unity to charge developers $0.20 each time a user installs (not buys) their game So apparently now if you make a game that sells over a certain amount, every time a user installs (not purchases) your game you will be charged $0.20.Some articles: gamedeveloper.co…	43 Last	thomasp Dec 2023
blocking level to concept art AI paint over Hi all!I'm looking to generate concept-arts from a level design block out capture.. using that text to pic AI we see everywhere. is that possible? how so? thanks	4 Last	another caveman Nov 2023
3D modelers replaced by A.I. Hey there guys... Is it true that soon 3d modelers will be replaced by A.I.??Peace	71 Last	zetheros Nov 2023
Do you agree or disagree with hot takes from gaming communities? Hello fellow artists!If you frequent social media or reddit, you know there will always be some graphical comparison between latest releases, console wars, IP wars, old fans calling new games of a se…	5 Last	iam717 Nov 2023
Assassin's Creed II - Narrative Analysis - Writing Fans of the game may enjoy taking a read. Assignment for school, feedback appreciated. Ready to revise.	4 Last	cBucsa Oct 2023
CG TRADER - Payments problem So I finally sold my first model pack on CG Trader and that was back in july.( I don't really check it too much) They still haven't paid meSince I am based in the Uk and am a sole trader, i can't pro…	8 Last	Ruz Oct 2023
3D artist with chronic illness (new community proposition) Hey! I know people generally don't want to listen about subjects like illness and all the things that go along with it. Being healthy is almost synonymous with energetic and potent, and everyone know…	5 Last	JustOrdinaryUser Oct 2023
Tim Sweeney says Unreal might move to a "seat based software model" in 2024 Unreal looks like its going to move to a "seat based software model" like Maya/Photoshop in 2024If you skip to around six minutes Tim Sweeney explains the role out.https://twitter.com/i/status/170921…	8 Last	marks Oct 2023
Why Ambient Occlusion vs Baking Into Diffuse? Hello, apologies for the potentially "google-able" question.I'm struggling to understand why AO needs to be it's own map in modern renderers. Is it only relevant for baked lighting in Unity/UE? I kno…	27 Last	poopipe Oct 2023
I cannot find this Vector Drawing Software forever now... Hello everyone ,Can you please help me find this Software in the video below?I don't have a name for it. no official link. nothing.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DupX95tSCpw	5 Last	sacboi Oct 2023
blender character design hello, I am pretty new here and try to find my way through blender. are there people focussing on characters design or texture surface. Actually I want to establish a portfolio in 3d Fashion. any ple…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2023
Western Digital External Hard Drives SUCK It appears I have just lost all of my 3D work I'd done in the past 4 years. Went online, and apparently it is a common problem with Western Digital external Hard Drives, particularly the MyBook. :…	72 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2023
Need help, how to add GIFS to Polycount? Similar posts were posted way back in 2011 to 2017. I tried to use imgur but it just shares a link. I also tried to attach a gif, but it only shows on preview and not in the uploaded post. How do you…	6 Last	nuree Sep 2023
clo3D and blender for fashion Hello Community, I am totally new here and very excited that I found this page here. I am a very traditionally skilled fashion designer and want to enter more into 3D fashion now. I am learning…	9 Last	iam717 Sep 2023
Polycount and Patreon Hello all, We've set up a Patreon page for Polycount last night. We have posted a long post there on the reasons. I'm going to include it below as it says everything about this already: ===…	34 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2023
Star Citizen Thread, what an amazing game. Roberts Space Industries forum - https://robertsspaceindustries.com I got to say I am really looking forward to playing this game when its finished. Flying around all the super expens…	47 Last	littleclaude Sep 2023
Windows 10 Video Playback Very Dark Anyone come across this issue? Tried several players and checked monitor/gpu/windows settings & drivers but all videos playback dark. Below is comparison between editing software screengrab and a…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2023
Forum colour scheme/theme. Too low contrast. Is there any way to change the colour theme for the forum to a higher contrast option?I'm finding the dark green on dark grey far too low contrast to read easily on my mobile. Its ok inside at night,…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2023
Polycount Ranks (Moderator Note: if your rank is missing, solution is here: http://polycount.com/discussion/171709/polycount-ranks-enabled/p1)I just noticed that I've now apparently achieved the rank of Spline,…	140 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2023
A list of the "pwnisher" Top 100 challenges This guy on Youtube called “pwnisher” runs these challenges and I thought it would suit the Polycount community.Top 100 Boss Fight 3D Montagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgiRK8_iKdgTop 100 Vehicle…	1 Last	littleclaude Sep 2023
Blue Dot: A 3Lateral Showcase of MetaHuman Animator Blue Dot: A 3Lateral Showcase of MetaHuman AnimatorThat bar just keeps getting higher! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIGnx2jvrbghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vnuxzne6ic	18 Last	pior Sep 2023
How to communicate with art contractors? Just looking for any tips or opinions here. In past when working with other artist, I usually try to just explain goals for the milestone, guiding principles, and then leave the artist alone so that …	8 Last	Alex_J Aug 2023
Adobe Firefly - AI tools [{"insert":"This was announced yesterday, Beta for AI-assisted creative tools.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/firefly.adobe.com\/"},"insert":"https:\/\/firefly.adobe.com\/"},{"insert":" \nAppar…	15 Last	Michael Knubben Aug 2023
Need help finding the best polycount thread of all time Does anyone remember the best thread of all time?The Vietnamese guy presenting his golden god character over 40 pages? There even was a youtube video.Sadly I cannot find the link again any any search…	11 Last	Alex_J Aug 2023
What made you feel crap today? What little thing has pissed you off/made you sad today? I feel so dirty after creating the "what made you feel good" thread, all those mopey and happy people covered in Disney love :) so I t…	657 Last	wirrexx Aug 2023
Polycount to Professors: Ngons Are Useful! Today I tried to chat with some professors about how I've seen a lot of industry pros use Ngons in their hardsurface workflows. To my surprise, they blew up on me about it. I was told that no amount …	86 Last	cookepuss Aug 2023
And we are done gentlemen :-)... New text-to-3D AI... ...our 3d careers i mean :-):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrhubB4GQU4https://github.com/thu-ml/prolificdreamerhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2305.16213I thought we still had few years... but it appears...n…	64 Last	zetheros Aug 2023
A contractor is telling me these renderings will take weeks. Should they? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F0EGB9Z367O5nxtOnR1PhrkZmJSuDcGd?usp=drive_link Please see the link above.I'm a video producer for a marketing company. There is a contractor 3D CAD guy who di…	5 Last	Shrike Aug 2023
Scriptspot dead? Hi I was wondering if anyone is encountering the Access Denied message on all the the pages on scriptspot. Do you need an account to access the pages properly or it is access denied in that case…	3 Last	iam717 Aug 2023
re - rejoining the army so yeah I was in the military police back in 1989 and they are now asking for 'rejoiners' up to the age of 57. I was thinking of giving it a go :) I am 55 nowI really doubt they will give me a go tho…	8 Last	sacboi Aug 2023
The Autodesk Vision Series - Modeling (The future of Maya @ 7min onward mark) :thumbup::poly124: [URL]https://youtu.be/kdSx4a0tDQw[/URL] This will make me ask for my refund at the foundry for my modo license. :/	29 Last	SarahGadondeestas Aug 2023
Where's a good place to find references for guns? I really don't know much about guns at all, like really at all. I want to find a good place to find references for them so I can model some, like with many pictures of the same gun. When I tried…	3 Last	poopipe Jul 2023
How does one get an .fbx's textures to appear in Microsoft 3D Viewer? Hey! Just curious, how do people get their .fbx files to display with texture in Microsoft 3D Viewer? I've downloaded a couple of .fbx files (and these are .fbx files, not .glb or .gltf files) from s…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2023
Anyone know where I can find an old 3d kit called Recon3d? I found a portion of a modular architecture kit, it is pretty old and appears to have originally been distributed on CDs. I think it was original for 3ds max only. Looks like the name was Recon3d:edi…	2 Last	Alex_J Jul 2023
Polycount is 25 years old today! [{"insert":"Polycount "},{"attributes":{"link":"http:\/\/wiki.polycount.com\/wiki\/Polycount:About#History"},"insert":"was birthed"},{"insert":" April 1 1998. So we usually do something funky on Apri…	36 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2023
Custom trained image model based on own weapon art Hey, we were playing around with doing custom models based on our own art as a test.This has very mixed results based on the subject, but I want to share the approach for any artist wanting to try th…	8 Last	pior Jul 2023
"Alien" caught on camera in La Junta I would like anyone whose a leading or akin to industry professional, or someone with considerable skills to confidently ascertain if this is fake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFy6LVlNc6c i…	12 Last	poopipe Jul 2023
No News is Good News? Well it looks like our forum host Vanilla has accidentally removed the News/Home page haha. We should have a Best Of, showing recent posts with 3+ likes. Also a Front Page tab with curated stuff…	8 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2023
public domain game art? are there some iconic game art in the public domain yet?when will de_dust2 get there? hundred years?	3 Last	iam717 Jun 2023
The Atari VCS 800 [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"body":"Discover classic consoles and cartridges, modern titles and never-before-seen art and gameplay from Atari.","photoUrl":"http:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/file…	2 Last	PolyHertz Jun 2023
How do you make a good pre-production for a 3D environment personal project? Hi, everyone!While I was searching for references for my new spare time 3D environment project, a question arose. As an artist, I value thorough preparation before diving into the creative process. I…	5 Last	poopipe Jun 2023
My thoughts on AI generated content. Yes, I know it's been talked to death, but I will give my thoughts anyway for those who care. And no: I don't like AI-generated 'creative' content :-). But I welcome AI automating repetitive tasks.&n…	3 Last	FourtyNights Jun 2023
Will AI make 3d characters in the near future? [{"insert":"Hi,\ni can se some 2d images created by AI, waht dfo you think about 3d ?\n\n"}]	22 Last	poopipe Jun 2023
Playing devils advocate, what stops artists from using AI art someone else made to create work from? I thought about adding this to the other thread going on about AI art, but I think a separate topic is more appropriate since that one looks to focus general opinions.Note - This is my interpretation…	12 Last	poopipe May 2023