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Sticky Information About Polycount & New Member Introductions Information You Should Know About the Polycount Forum Here are some things you should know about the Polycount Forum. New Members Welcome to Polycount! Please reply to this thre…	29.7K Last	StefanMogren Mar 22 2019
Sticky Bugs! We got 'em! Please post all your bug reports here. Anything wrong with the forums, we want to know about it. We think you want to be informed about what's going on with the forums. In that spirit, here's a …	255 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2018
Sticky Polycount Discord and Slack We've set up a Polycount chat room[s] on the Discord service. Click the link here and you'll be taken there. This is a no-time limit invite.Check out more here for the service's info and stand a…	37 Last	carmyss Oct 2018
Sticky How to Post on the Internet I want to talk about the common questions and misconceptions inexperienced artists have, either when they start working towards becoming an artists or when they join Polycount. This is a culmination …	176 Last	Rnz May 2018
London Polycount meet: 6th April, 2019 - The Parcel Yard, King's Cross - 4pm-11pm! London/UK/EU Polycounters!It's been almost a year since we last had a meet, so I thought I had better get off my ass and get one booked! I thought it would be best to book it for the same weeken…	19 Last	DexterityArt 12:00PM
[Private messages] ~ How much should I trust people messaging me and asking for e-mail exchanges? I've received a message from an unknown person here on PolyCount, nobody I know.This person asked me to contact them on their personal e-mail address.I've encountered this kind of events on other for…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick 12:00PM
PS5, XBox2, Google, Next Gen, lets get on down to specifics As the PS5 and XBox2 are now widely talked about being in development at particular studios with what might be a 2019 or more likely 2020 release date, I was wondering if we could start ge…	55 Last	littleclaude 8:43AM
Moved: Policount of a Kart Game This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick 6:54AM
Moved: Announcement: Game Environment Art Challenge This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 24 2019
Is theFoundry sold again? Is this real?http://www.ropertech.com/roper-technologies-acquire-foundry-leading-provider-complex-visualization-software-solutions	3 Last	CreativeSheep Mar 24 2019
Building 3D Printable Pistol Collection - Need HELP Greetings,I am building out a collection of 3d printable 'history of the pistol' models. I have 34 so far (see list at the bottom). I am looking for a few more.S&W Model 1 or Model 2R…	0 Last	danlovy Mar 24 2019
What's the phrase for when you can't see the errors in your own animation? Hello everyone! Me and a friend come from Sweden and we're writing an University paper where we investigate how repeatedly seeing the same animation within games will affect how it's perceived. Like …	4 Last	sacboi Mar 24 2019
love death & robots Thoughts? I loved every episode tbh	11 Last	Taylor Brown Mar 23 2019
What about bringing back the Brawl Contest? One of my favourite contest on Polycount that i did not participate in (did not know how to modell or texture) Was the Brawl Contest. Is there a possibility any time soon that we will see this coming…	13 Last	Ashervisalis Mar 23 2019
Zbrush 2019 New Features Dunno if there's a thread about this so I decided to create one.So, what do you guys think of Zbrush 2019 new features?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rmrq2xt7P8http://pixologic.com/features/Basical…	51 Last	pior Mar 23 2019
Google Stadia With all the failed attempts and defunct/discontinued products for game streaming, I thought Cloud Gaming was gone for a while...Google thinks otherwise..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SOS-a4ks7sAs…	19 Last	Udjani Mar 23 2019
GDC 2019 Highlights GDC 2019 HighlightsIts been a good one, Unreal 4 were smashing it out of the park. The Google Stadia was good but I would have liked the cost and publishing details.Enjoy :)https://www.youtube.com/wa…	0 Last	littleclaude Mar 22 2019
What you post on ArtStation. A few weeks ago, there was a popular post on an Artstation blog (and followup) detailing how it should probably just be for professional level work and experienced artists to host their portfolios.ht…	41 Last	zachagreg Mar 21 2019
Polycount Meetup GDC 2019 Marmoset is hosting the Polycount GDC Meetup for the 5th year running! Join us for donuts, drinks, awesome artwork, free swag, and great conversation with some of the industry’s best artists.Venue: H…	13 Last	Barbarian Mar 21 2019
Troll This is really impressive! https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/troll-showcases-unreal-engine-4-22-ray-tracing-with-unprecedented-cinematic-quality-lighting	1 Last	sacboi Mar 21 2019
What made you feel good today? What made you feel good today? Tell us what us what made you feel happy today. Sister thread,[URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116211"]What made you feel crap today?[/URL] I s…	937 Last	PixelMasher Mar 20 2019
CRYENGINE 5 Real-Time Ray Traced reflections without RTX Pointless to buy RTX for the ray tracing feature i guess?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nqhkDm2_Tw	2 Last	Andreicus Mar 16 2019
Sketchfab Embedder not working!? Hello, I am trying to add a sketchfab model into a post but it is impossible. I paste the URL but when I press Continue nothing happens. If I press Enter a dialog shows. Invalid URL. Am I copy a…	7 Last	Davision3D Mar 15 2019
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…	600 Last	Udjani Mar 14 2019
🏆 The 2018 Greentooth Awards Winners! 🏆 The Greentooth Awards: Winners! The votes have been counted and we’re absolutely thrilled to announce the winners of the 2018 Greentooth awards. The Greentooth awards seek to honor the best of…	17 Last	Jonas Ronnegard Mar 13 2019
Battle Angel Alita movie Been waiting for this movie for quite a few years now, was starting to think it would never come out.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj8mN_7ApcwNot really a fan of what they've shown so far. The orig…	39 Last	Ryusaki Mar 10 2019
London Blender Day, June 22, 2019 https://blenderlondon.org/	7 Last	Torch Mar 9 2019
London Polycount Meetup, Saturday 14th April! Come one! Come all! It's another London Polycount meetup!Same weekend as EGX Rezzed, so if you were planning to attend that, then it's a perfect opportunity to meet some fellow polycounters and have …	34 Last	oraeles77 Mar 9 2019
3dmotive news and updates! [SIZE="3"][COLOR="White"]Hi everyone! We've got sweet stuff cooking over at 3dmotive, and wanted to spread the good word. We'll post up our latest news and going-ons here, and to kick things off we …	84 Last	Ott Mar 8 2019
3ds Max User Group Night @ GDC 2019 "3ds Max User Group Night during GDC 2019!Come by ThirstyBear Organic Brewery to share a glass with 3ds Max users who build incredible games from all around the world and connect with product manager…	2 Last	laurentgib Mar 4 2019
Looking for a GDC roommate to split costs hey everyone,I’m a student trying to not break the bank with going to GDC expo and career seminar. As most probably know the most expensive part of the whole thing is lodging by far. I’m planning on …	1 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Mar 2 2019
Video game History timeline hay!today as I was looking for a good timeline creation tool, I discovered this :smile: Thought of sharing with pc.https://time.graphics/updates/new/886And about the timeline creation itself, it's no…	3 Last	another caveman Feb 26 2019
DreamHack Dallas Jam is March 29th - April 6th! Check out the prizes! Prizes:First place winner will win $1,000 USD, 3-day event passes and a showcasing spot for the winning game!5 chosen games will have a showcasing spot at DreamHack Dallas with 3-day event passes!Dre…	0 Last	GameJolt Feb 24 2019
Editing Posts ? What happened to editing your Posts ?	30 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 23 2019
Any of you use HUION brand Screen Tablet instead of Wacom CINTIQ? Thoughts? Hey guys, I'm about to do some big purchase here. I've been saving months for this and have a budget ranging from 1000$ to 2000$.I'm buying a Screen Tablet...And thank god, Wacom doesn't hold complet…	19 Last	Sage Feb 22 2019
What are you listening to? Artist: Blind Guardian Song: Mordred's Song Genre: Metal/Folk/Acoustic You might like this if: You like any melodic metal or bard melodies. One of my favorite Blind Guardian songs. good working musi…	2.5K Last	Spag_Eddy Feb 20 2019
Single Greatest 3D asset youve seen in a game? for me its the god of war cabin	13 Last	musashidan Feb 19 2019
Thread of Awesomeness, Hilariousness, Off-topic, Youtube I thought I would start a thread where whenever you find an awesome link or picture, go ahead and post it here for others to enjoy... I saw this on digg videos... really sweet stop animation hand il…	14.5K Last	Mailan2021 Feb 18 2019
[Service/Volunteer] Gamers For Good: L.A./OC Area Events (For those in Los Angeles and Orange County)Gamers For Good's gonna be at Griffith Park this Saturday (August 19) to learn how to better serve the local homeless communities in LA, and help solv…	19 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Feb 16 2019
Is "PBR" a useful art style direction term? I've heard my AD and other artists use 'Physically Based Rendering' as feedback term, or style term.Is it just me or does it not at all denote a precise art style direction in the same way …	35 Last	xChris Feb 13 2019
Looking for a post or blog about game environment construction notes by a studio Google is letting me down, and I don't have this in my bookmarks, so I hope I can ask the community for help.Some racing game studio (Forza??) had a write-up on their production workflow, and they di…	0 Last	gonzo_3d Feb 13 2019
Is Yobi3d closed? Who knows what happened to Yobi3d? Is it closed? Now there are only two normal 3d search engines yeggi.com and _____ as I know	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 12 2019
Extra-hard charcoal pencils? Looking for extra-hard charcoal pencils. Anyone have a favorite they like?I used to love General's 2H, but they discontinued making them. I found a box of 2Hs on an art store site. But they're not as…	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 9 2019
Cascadeur, physics based animation This could be interesting...Teaser:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl1-J45vOJwSome of the workflow:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj_Dtj7c0LcThe Site: https://cascadeur.com/	2 Last	Blond Feb 7 2019
New game project needs efficient and interesting art style Hi allAs I start a new game project as a solo developer the choice of art style is particularly important. I'm experienced enough to pull off a realistic model with decent character animation, but I'…	11 Last	diegzumillo Feb 7 2019
Anyone up for a pre-Brexit meet up in London? sometime in mid-march maybe?	7 Last	ambershee Feb 5 2019
New site for Handpainted Gameart Resources! https://handpaintersguild.com/The Handpainter's Guild presents a hub site where you can find:A collection of tutorials that is focused around handpainted textures & gameart.A collection of articl…	0 Last	Azaraen Feb 5 2019
For hard surface art i am studying machinery Hello everyone,,I'd like to increase my skills as a hard surface artist by improving my knowledge of machinery in general.But I'm wondering what a good area of study would be to focus on for this pur…	5 Last	sacboi Feb 4 2019
Found an awesome site for artists looking to get into "Stylized" art. Thought I'd share! https://stylizedbay.com/Just found it this morning. It contains tons of references and tutorials on creating stylized art.	8 Last	analogous Feb 2 2019
Quixel Mixer is Free! Looks like Quixel has some big plans, and now they're offering Mixer for free during the beta period! :)Plus loads of new Free assets to download.https://quixel.com/mixer	1 Last	Burpee Jan 30 2019
Closed Fucked up my sister computer AKA we need a Hardware/Software Help sub forum. So I install Windows 2000 on the Second hard drive I put in my sisters computer so we can lan them and it turns out the both have the WINNT directory …	21 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 29 2019
Horse anatomy models... Not sure if my search foo is weak but does anyone know where to buy horse anatomy models, I looked on a tonne of sites and these were the only two I could really find...https://3dexport.com/3dmodel-h…	0 Last	rFranks Jan 29 2019
Global Game Jam Thread, post your links below HiGlobal Game Jam is upon us. Who's taking part this year? Post your links belowhttps://globalgamejam.org/	17 Last	littleclaude Jan 25 2019