The BRAWL² Tournament Challenge has been announced!
It starts May 12, and ends Oct 17. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
It starts May 12, and ends Oct 17. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
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Re: Polycount Wiki Broken?
Well that's indicative of an issue with the website certificate then, as the user shouldn't have to do disable this. And indeed, the wiki domain is labelled as not secure atm :
Now of course as mentionned above by Eric the website doesn't perform anything dangerous, but, it being flagged as not-secure could definitely prevent it from being displayed altogether on some strict browsers ...
Now of course as mentionned above by Eric the website doesn't perform anything dangerous, but, it being flagged as not-secure could definitely prevent it from being displayed altogether on some strict browsers ...
pior
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Re: Feeling lost and hopeless out of education as a games artist
This is all good advice, but there is one thing that should be corrected is that there is good and bad art and it's not at all subjective when it comes to being a career artist. There are minimum standards that will and will not get someone hired and foundational basics in art that should always be learned and then later on bent for personal style. This is almost universally considered the best approach. So I agree with everything stated here except that art is subjective it's subjective to the layman perhaps but not the professional or hiring mangers and artist directors in someone career.sacboi said:Hey there , I've only a couple of further thoughts that might be useful cos looks like just about everything one can suggest as constructive feedback has already been shared.Anyhow art in my humble opinion amongst other things is highly subjective, where one man's/woman's trash can be another's treasure....etc, etc for instance, recall seeing an idea roughly sketched on the back of a drinks coaster during an extended lunch, just scribbled bunch of lines but how the artistic intent was conveyed articulatly was really something to behold so I believe aside from accrud experience fairly crucial to develop is also soft skills i.e. effective ability too breifly communicate! which while reviewing your work for me read potential promise, if that is you're prepared to put in copious amounts of necessary time and effort?! getting there...Secondly search around your local niegbourhood for art life drawing classes, because nothing like laying bare our ego for others to critique FACE TOO FACE lolSincerely enjoy the journey : )
bayonetricochet
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Re: Feeling lost and hopeless out of education as a games artist
Banning was the right call.
AND this all transpired AFTER we already had some sparring of words that were a bit harsh. The irony here is that many of us are career professionals, who have taught many people.
If somebody is going to get a fire under their ass to get good, the first step is to seek out external opinions and advice. It hurts to see people sticking their head out and then getting bashed immediate. Posting here could have been the first step for them to go down the path of intense effort and study.
AND this all transpired AFTER we already had some sparring of words that were a bit harsh. The irony here is that many of us are career professionals, who have taught many people.
If somebody is going to get a fire under their ass to get good, the first step is to seek out external opinions and advice. It hurts to see people sticking their head out and then getting bashed immediate. Posting here could have been the first step for them to go down the path of intense effort and study.
Muzzoid
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Re: Feeling lost and hopeless out of education as a games artist
Eric Chadwick said:Who are you, and why are you such an asshole?
It’s certainly ok to offer incisive feedback, but please consider the audience before firing both barrels.An experienced artist would be able to take the kick, and improve. A new artist will not, especially not from some forum person they don’t know.
I get it, this is Polycount, notorious for the hot take. Just consider who you’re talking with, and how it’s likely to land. We all want to help, after all.
I consider you the one with an extremely off putting. You're being frivolous with the guys career and money. He either needs to step up or go home. Honestly I find this coddling your displaying extremely selfish so you feel better about yourself. And ultimately abhorrent behaviour given you're taking this guys dreams and giving him false hope. He really really really needs to improve not hear fake false platitudes that make you feel better about yourself. This kid needs a kick in the pants. Who are you to deny the guy honest critique and helpful information that will actually lead to improvement rather than selfish garbage so you feel better about yourself. This is why we do not Coddle artists
In the 1950's there's a story about All Williamson and Wally wood that is particularly relevant to this discussion.
Wally Wood a titan of EC comics, in a fit of frustration, verbally dismantled Williamson’s pages—calling them sloppy, amateurish, and lacking in structure, physically marked up or trashed a piece Williamson had poured his heart into. This wasn’t a polite “here’s how to improve” it was a harsh critique bordering on cruelty. Williamson, devastated, reportedly felt his work was destroyed not just critiqued but rendered worthless in his own eyes by someone he admired. Rather than being crumpling under this, Williamson took it as a challenge. He studied Wood’s techniques obsessively, honing his line work and storytelling to match the master’s level. By the late 1950s, Williamson was turning heads with his own EC stories, and his career soared through the 1960s and beyond—winning him accolades for titles like Flash Gordon and Star Wars comics. The harsh critique from Wood didn’t literally end his art but shattered his confidence long enough to force a reckoning, which he turned into fuel for a Hall of Fame career.
bayonetricochet
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Re: Polycount Wiki Broken?
I went ahead and fixed the broken images
https://polycount.com/discussion/107196/making-sense-of-hard-edges-uvs-normal-maps-and-vertex-counts/p1
https://polycount.com/discussion/107196/making-sense-of-hard-edges-uvs-normal-maps-and-vertex-counts/p1
Eric Chadwick
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Re: Making sense of hard edges, uvs, normal maps and vertex counts
Lo and behold it's 2025. Fixed the broken images, and updated the link for the mel script.
Eric Chadwick
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Re: Making sense of hard edges, uvs, normal maps and vertex counts
Yup, Marmoset has a tool where you can paint where you fix projections, and people have in Substance setup workflows to blend between 2 projections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVPJwMivw5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGC2X6Qazvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVPJwMivw5Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGC2X6Qazvs
ZacD
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Re: Building a GPU powered painting program.
I am genuinely wondering if high performance can have an impact on some of the (somewhat) unconscious choices one can make when working digitally - the most obvious one being canvas size ...
pior
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Re: Polycount Wiki Broken?
Thanks for the sleuthing. I'll see what we can do.
On a related note, the forum software we use has made a change to their underlying system, now it will not show any image embeds if they use http: URLs.
Some of our older threads now have missing images
For example, the images here are all missing: https://polycount.com/discussion/107196/making-sense-of-hard-edges-uvs-normal-maps-and-vertex-counts/p1
I asked them for a way to disable this, but they won't do it. This means we have to manually update old images, by making new embeds.
On a related note, the forum software we use has made a change to their underlying system, now it will not show any image embeds if they use http: URLs.
Some of our older threads now have missing images
For example, the images here are all missing: https://polycount.com/discussion/107196/making-sense-of-hard-edges-uvs-normal-maps-and-vertex-counts/p1I asked them for a way to disable this, but they won't do it. This means we have to manually update old images, by making new embeds.
Eric Chadwick
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Stylized Forest Environment Scene
Hey everyone. I just finished a small stylized scene in UE5. It was a fun project to assemble using my own assets and materials. A great way to practice environment creation and refine my workflow. Let me know what you think.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/0l56yK?notification_id=6988907178
2met7cen
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