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3D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 3D video game artwork, ask/give critique, and share techniques.	53.7K	602.3K	Advice with secondary forms Muzzoid • 4:42AM in 3D Art Showcase & Critiques
2D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 2D game artwork, share techniques, and ask/give critiques.	2K	22.3K	Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone Eric Matyas • Apr 6 2025 in 2D Art Showcase & Critiques
Animation Showcase & Critiques Share your animation projects for discussion, education, and feedback.	1.5K	7.6K	Excited to Join! Beginner Seeking Concept Art Journey Elise • Mar 27 2025 in Animation Showcase & Critiques
Digital Sketchbooks Each artist can post any artwork they choose, personal projects, art progressions, etc	4.2K	59.9K	Sketchbook: Rukasu Rukasu • Apr 6 2025 in Digital Sketchbooks
Featured Artwork Artwork featured in the Polycount header, created by talented artists of the Polycount Community.	388	14.5K	Sting [UE4] zetheros • Jan 2 2025 in Featured Artwork

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Technical Talk Ask technical questions about 2D/3D software & techniques & hardware, share shaders, scripts, and new software.	38.2K	271.2K	modeling TV cturbo • Apr 8 2025 in Technical Talk
Adobe Substance PBR texturing and material authoring tools	2.5K	14.5K	How can I make these textures read as more realistic? Chelle21 • Mar 6 2025 in Adobe Substance
Coding, Scripting, Shaders Coders Unite! Share coding techniques, shader dev, scripting, tool making. Development only please; finished work goes in Technical Talk.	362	4.3K	Building a GPU powered painting program. Muzzoid • 3:33AM in Coding, Scripting, Shaders
Marmoset Realtime rendering and art tools	1.4K	6.6K	The low poly is baked into the texture ttrsk • Apr 5 2025 in Marmoset
Quixel Megascans The world's largest PBR texture library with free material authoring tools.	1.9K	13.4K	when to use megascans as an environment artist? gnoop • Jan 20 2025 in Quixel Megascans
Unity 2D and 3D game development platform.	842	3.7K	Greeble Generator rfarencibia • Feb 16 2025 in Unity
Unreal Engine Suite of integrated tools for game developers.	4.2K	23K	UE5 Render Queue White/Flickering Lights issue vali • Mar 29 2025 in Unreal Engine

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General Discussion News, announcements, game discussions, etc. New members see the Information sticky.	23.7K	548.3K	Thread of Awesomeness, Hilariousness, Off-topic, Youtube iam717 • Apr 7 2025 in General Discussion
Career & Education Getting into game development, education for game artists, working in a studio vs. freelancing, life/work balance, managing your career.	2.1K	18.3K	Game Industry Layoffs - WTF? sacboi • 5:03AM in Career & Education
Polyfraggers Gather with your fellow polycounters for online gaming!	86	551	Anyone playing Warframe? zetheros • Oct 2024 in Polyfraggers
The Q-Branch Quote game! This is the place to have a little trivia fun. Please abide by the rules of the game.	1.5K	9.4K	"Who am I?" wirrexx • Apr 2023 in The Q-Branch Quote game!

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Artists Looking For Work Individual artists looking for compensated work, whether full-time, part-time, or freelance.	6.2K	9.4K	[FOR HIRE] 3D Prop Artist and Generalist Mhd • Apr 8 2025 in Artists Looking For Work
Outsource Studios Looking For Work Groups of artists looking for work can post examples of their artwork here, for potential employers to view & evaluate.	236	1.2K	[Quarantine Interactive] - Full-Service Game Art & Dev Studio \| Concept \| 3D \| Rig \| Anim \| Hir… DiegoBAQ • Mar 26 2025 in Outsource Studios Looking For Work
Freelance Job Postings Companies or individuals looking to hire game artists for compensated freelance work.	3.5K	1.9K	[PAID] 3D Character & Environment Modeler for Arabic-Style Mobile Fighting Game (Unity) codeknight94 • Mar 28 2025 in Freelance Job Postings
Full time/Part time work Established companies looking to hire staff for a full/part time employment with benefits.	5.2K	3.8K	3D Game Fashion Artists - We're looking for you! trotswithbugs • Mar 31 2025 in Full time/Part time work
Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work Project compensation is based on future royalties or post-launch payment.	1.5K	1K	Seeking an Artist Partner for a Survival RPG – Own Your Work, Share the Success! Ironarm • Mar 30 2025 in Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work
Collaboration & Unpaid Work Mod teams looking for artists, unpaid requests, or free models/textures/contributions.	3.6K	5.8K	Environmental Artist (Mobile VR) – Colors of Our Memories HappySisyphus • Apr 4 2025 in Collaboration & Unpaid Work

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Counter-Strike: GO	457	1K	M4A4 \| Blue Dragon SenjiRyakketsu • Mar 2024 in Counter-Strike: GO
Dota 2	1.7K	54.7K	Dota 2 - Workshop Thread mueblesbogota • Dec 2023 in Dota 2
Unity Store For artists who are creating content for the Unity Store. https://store.unity3d.com/	222	1.4K	Cartoon City RGPolyy • Mar 25 2025 in Unity Store
Unreal Marketplace For artists who are creating content for the Unreal Marketplace . https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace	196	185	NEW Release Vol-03 Man Cave sankalp • Mar 31 2025 in Unreal Marketplace

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Stickies Long-running threads & sections we want to keep around for easy access.	75	129.1K	What Are You Working On? (3D) 2024 Ruz • Dec 2024 in Stickies
Contests & Challenges Archives All non-active Contest & Challenge threads will be moved to this forum.	14.1K	204.9K	RGAC - Khenton's Curse: Recourse animagical • Feb 8 2025 in Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest
Articles	18	203	The Environment Art of Halo 4 FuzzYspo0N • Jan 2013 in Articles
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Interview	11	167	Kevin Johnstone of Epic Games NikhilR • Nov 2024 in Interview
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Tutorial	23	47	Blender Story: Complete 3D Modeling Course (Full 6.5-Hour Beginner Guide) MiM_Repository • Dec 2024 in Tutorial
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