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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…	29.8K Last	Jomperr Nov 25 2022
Sticky How to Embed Youtube [{"insert":"If you post a Youtube link directly into your edit, usually you'll see this, a boring link: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U93RImC-by4"},"insert":"https:\/\/…	1 Last	PolyHertz Sep 18 2022
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 …	177 Last	killnpc Aug 20 2022
Sticky How to Embed Sketchfab [{"insert":"It's possible to embed your Sketchfab model on Polycount. There are two ways to show your model:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1. Thumbnail style"},{"attributes":{"header":{"l…	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 18 2022
Sticky Greentooth Sightings in Videogames If you spot a surreptitiously placed Greentooth in a videogame, take a screen shot and share it here.Please only post legit videogame screenshots.Please only post legit Greentooth's. Similar or …	62 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 8 2022
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 …	313 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 17 2022
Sticky Polycount Discord/Slack/Skype/Hangout/etc. 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…	40 Last	R3D Aug 2021
Sticky ⛔ You need to reset your password. This is most likely because... Vanilla Forums Status:On Friday, November 15th at 5pm our devs were made aware that full user records in BCRYPT Hash Format were being outputted to browsers when users were quoted. Our team immediate…	21 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2021
Do 3D Art communities alive (3d, substance designer, etc.)? [{"insert":"Hello guys, \nI' am working on the project 3 years already. But I feel that just lagged behind the industry a bit. May be I getting old, but 3 years ago there are was more different discu…	11 Last	gnoop Nov 28 2022
Use of the original logo [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/9BTTTTV095JT\/111-png.png","name":"111.PNG","type":"image\/png","size":374702,"width":940,"height":476,"displayS…	25 Last	poopipe Nov 25 2022
Unreal 5 Today is the Day! https://youtu.be/d1ZnM7CH-v4	105 Last	Artisan Nov 24 2022
Closed Term for upper lips being raised, revealing teeth, when in a neutral expression? So this has been bugging me. A lot of concepts I see lately of women, and some notable actresses and models, have this one physical trait where their upper lip is set higher, thus when that person's…	64 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 22 2022
Dream Fusion 3D models. Is the end close for 3D artists? [{"insert":"So almost every week, without even looking for it, I see advancements of AI in my feed. It feels like it's getting exponentially better and that the people working on it are drinking coff…	33 Last	Shrike Nov 20 2022
How Being a 3D Artist Helped Survive Wartime by Ilya Cherkasov [{"insert":"Well worth a read, even if you're not an artist.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/how-being-a-3d-artist-helped-survive-wartime\/"},"insert":"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles…	0 Last	sacboi Nov 19 2022
Who is this artist? [{"insert":"Hello,\nI am looking for a 3D visual from an Asian (maybe Chinese) artist. He had shared his visual, I think on Arstation. It shows a little girl waiting for a train to arrive on the righ…	2 Last	Mir76 Nov 15 2022
I love and hate midjourney [{"insert":"Hi polys,\nI wanted to share my concern with you. You all have heard about midjourney, which is extremly hyped. The discord server is insanely crowed and the results of people using the A…	53 Last	killnpc Nov 13 2022
ZBRUSH - All new updates to require Maxon subscription [{"insert":"So it finally happened, no more free updates. Version 2022.0.5 will be the last release for perpetual license holders.\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"statusID":"154940149664251…	54 Last	DrunkShaman Nov 12 2022
Post your instagrams Hey guys I want my instagram feed to be a bit more of an inspiration board. can you post your instagrams where your post art and stuff so I can wake up to more Art!here is mine:https://www.insta…	75 Last	DrunkShaman Nov 11 2022
Looking to study game assets so I can improve my stuff! [{"insert":"Title pretty much says everything. I'm looking for actual game assets that I could study in order to gain a better idea of what kinda topology I should be doing in my own personal work. I…	7 Last	JacqueChoi Nov 8 2022
Nevercenter Silo, new version just released... Anyone remember Nevercenter Silo? That 3D modeling app that everyone liked (other then all the crashes) but then was abruptly killed by the developer for no good reason like 10 years ago? Well appare…	12 Last	matsbtegner Oct 30 2022
Photoshop: Why the brushes have this shape? [{"insert":"I apologize if I disturb such a fool. It is a doubt that I cannot resolve.\n\nBy necessity I am using 2d software, PScs6.\nNow, I've downloaded a lot of brushes, and they all seem to have…	7 Last	Gikkio Oct 30 2022
3ds Max USD 0.3 Beta Release with USD Stage Support [{"insert":"We released 3ds Max USD 0.3 Beta with USD Stage Support and a new Max USD SDK. The USD Stage Object allows you to load USD files directly into Max without importing. The SDK allows you to…	0 Last	shawnolson Oct 29 2022
Question about being a Senior [{"insert":"I recently got promoted to Senior Character Artist and I had some questions about what that actually entails.\nOur company structure currently is rather flat and I am the only one creatin…	7 Last	Francois_K Oct 28 2022
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…	1.1K Last	iam717 Oct 25 2022
General cost of character retargeting + cleanup vs keyframe animation [{"insert":"So I've been considering buying a rokoko suit for animating sequences of exercises for an app I’m building. The animations are short and some of them loop so I suppose animations are typi…	4 Last	ninjz Oct 21 2022
How much of a sinner am I? I have no idea what I'm doing. [{"insert":"I'm proving to be a bad student that is bad at paying attention and following guides, so I'm just doing stuff that doesn't work while trying to model a car body for practice. I JRemeshed …	9 Last	zetheros Oct 20 2022
Free or cheep software for students & cost or alternatives for FreeLancers [{"insert":"Free software for students and cost for graduates (freelance), here is the list, what do you think? please add any software you think needs to be added.\nWhile the course will obviously p…	7 Last	Cibo Oct 19 2022
What advice would you give a new animation student? [{"insert":"Hello\nI started school for animation. I'm an extreme newbie. I have mild experience with digital art in general.\nThe school I'm going to is providing the equipment and software for the …	4 Last	jessicansalinas Oct 18 2022
How often do you disagree with your peers/superiors? [{"insert":"Not necessarily openly, just in general, regardless of whether you voice it out or not. \nI mean disagree "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"artistically "},{"insert":"of course - o…	10 Last	zetheros Oct 18 2022
Artstation.com funny business practices. [{"insert":"so i was being quick and posting, kools, cool, neat, then thumbs up's and some strange blocking happened here are scrnshots.\nAny reasonings behind this, i am just curious, and how long w…	5 Last	iam717 Oct 16 2022
Can i ask the artist to change the "visual" style of their concept? (anime to comic/realistic style) [{"insert":"firstly i am a beginner at sculpting, but i have previous drawing knowledge like anatomy, shape appeal, composition etc... i am learning to be an sculptor for collectibles, so i am follow…	9 Last	kanga Oct 11 2022
DIscussions about Hard Surface Designs [{"insert":"Do you know of any place to discuss design topics? Like a forum, discord-server etc.\n\nI am struggeling quite a bit with design\/function stuff in HSM, and it's quite strange that there …	2 Last	Klaus Hustle Oct 9 2022
Web 3.0 & the Metaverses [{"insert":"Since we are in the Web 3.0 era, and we can already see many Metaverses launching and many players are adapting already. Would you as a 3D artist consider working in this space and get pa…	8 Last	pior Oct 7 2022
3d model search engine [{"insert":"I have been working on a 3d model search engine for sometime.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.meshplorer.com\/"},"insert":"www.meshplorer.com"},{"insert":"\nIt is indexing 3d mod…	1 Last	okidoki Oct 5 2022
Woodworking and other real world projects I know we have at least a few woodworkers on the boards, so let's see what you're working on or have made! Woodworking, home improvement projects, 3D printing, really anything you're making in the re…	71 Last	Ashervisalis Sep 28 2022
Crowd funding project: Marking menus for Photoshop and other software Recently I was telling a buddy of mine about how I hate digging through the standard menus in some software like Photoshop. In Maya or Zbrush I am used to creating either marking menus or custom pale…	11 Last	DonHopkins Sep 23 2022
Dream Textures - Stable Diffusion built-in to the Blender shader editor [{"insert":"Stumbled upon this earlier. I realize AI generated images is quite a hot topic right now but this seemed really cool!\nGithub Link: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/github.com\/carson-…	0 Last	XenoKratios Sep 19 2022
Are high quality "ugly" heads easier to sculpt than high quality "handsome/beautiful" heads? [{"insert":"When practicing fast sculpting exercises, I find that is easier for me to make a good quality head if it is \"Ugly\" than trying to make a beautiful\/handsome head. Of course with an \"ug…	5 Last	killnpc Sep 18 2022
Any interest in doing a studygroup? [{"insert":" Hello!\nI'm trying to get a study group going for really any skill level, beginner, intermediate to full on advanced pro to help each other getting to where we want to be. Primarily it's…	0 Last	Alchemical Sep 16 2022
i enjoy Protonmail [{"insert":"i still use and enjoy my gmail account and read it every morning. thanks to whomever from the community here that gave me the initial invite years ago.\ni've been using "},{"attributes":{…	7 Last	Finnn Sep 12 2022
How about MidJourney or other AI art [{"insert":"Did not found any current post about this: \nTesting MidJourney for the last two days and it is really mindblowing. \nAnyone testing it too?\n\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"ur…	9 Last	Finnn Sep 12 2022
Help me remember this old awesome game! Hey guys, I recently felt the urge to play this old game I always used to play, but I couldn't even come up with the name... :\. So it's a shooting game, 2d, viewed from the side. You could upgrade…	23 Last	Ruz Sep 9 2022
Art test question. Props for unreal engine. [{"insert":"Hello, I have questions about my art test for a studio that develops VR\/AR applications.\n\nNow I don’t understand a little how my model should look in the final.\n\n1.Should I texture t…	4 Last	Vedro Sep 5 2022
What's with all these NFT proposals? [{"insert":"I've gotten at least 5 people emailing me about doing the \"next big\" NFT project over the last 4 weeks. I don't really care much about NFTs. The only reason why I mint my artwork as NFT…	22 Last	Alex_J Aug 25 2022
Digic Pictures - UE 4.27 Another Home Proof of Concept Teaser [{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/TheDigicPictures"},"insert":"Digic Pictures"},{"insert":" - UE 4.27 Another Home Proof of Concept Teaser\n"},{"insert":{"embed-ex…	1 Last	oglu Aug 11 2022
After months of thinking, not thinking and modeling, my Spacemouse kit is finished. [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/GCVDRFZZ6Z6W\/image.png","name":"image.png","type":"image\/png","size":2971733,"width":2388,"height":1343,"displ…	12 Last	poopipe Aug 4 2022
Maya Bifrost Bifrost is now an open graph.For now more a Fx tool but there is more in the pipe. https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/introducing-bifrost-for-maya/	36 Last	oglu Aug 3 2022
Call for submissions: Art Future festival in AR [{"insert":"\nHello!\nIf you are a 3D modeler+animator, we'd like to invite you to participate in the digital art festival named Art Future we are organizing in location-based augmented reality in th…	0 Last	ivoras Aug 2 2022
looking for service which uses ai to do a/b testing for ads, art, etc. [{"insert":"doing a\/b tests with humans is too expensive.\n"}]	3 Last	Alex_J Aug 1 2022
this weird refresh icon thing is drawing on basically every window [{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/VXV5TMI94ZJJ\/image.png","name":"image.png","type":"image\/png","size":4451,"width":58,"height":…	4 Last	poopipe Aug 1 2022
HALF LIFE 3! 3D Artist purposely leaked reference picture of russia in metaverse of half life (3) [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/TS4X1EE88W2D\/image.png","name":"image.png","type":"image\/png","size":2999203,"width":1625,"height":1080,"displ…	5 Last	napelazam Aug 1 2022
Is it necessary to learn substance designer? [{"insert":"Im currently studying 3d character art but i also found environment art interesting.\nso i was doing some research and i found out most of environment artist’s portfolio includes material…	18 Last	sprunghunt Jul 31 2022
looking for opinions on choosing art design/perspective [{"insert":"Hello everybody. I am looking for any opinions - just got one of those decisions to make without any clear answer and some extra opinions may be nice. \nI am brainstorming lots of ideas f…	8 Last	Alex_J Jul 29 2022
wet/dirty clothes [{"insert":"What is the commonest procedure to make a cloth wet\/dirty?\n"}]	9 Last	sympatik Jul 22 2022
Unity to merge with app monetisation firm ironSource [{"insert":"Unity to merge with app monetisation firm ironSource\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"body":"Game engine developer expects the $4.4 billion share-only deal to 'transform' its own…	6 Last	Lt_Commander Jul 21 2022