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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	Nasty Jan 17 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
PS5 and XBox2, 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…	23 Last	littleclaude 4:09PM
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 …	34 Last	sacboi Jan 17 2019
Poll Polycount Store is open! Polycount hoodies: what's the highest cost you would be willing to pay?You only get one choice, and it's anonymous.We're trying to get a handle on what a price would be, relative to raw costs. This i…	145 Last	sacboi Jan 16 2019
✅ The 2018 Greentooth Awards: Voting is OPEN! ✅ The 2018 Greentooth Awards!We here at Polycount are pleased to kick off the voting for this year's year-end community awards...We want to take a moment and celebrate the people, studios, tools, and g…	0 Last	System Jan 15 2019
Can't find recent thread post to 3D Art Showcase & Critiques forum Hello, I've recently tried to post a thread that took some time to collate but isn't appearing, I am having trouble trying to track where the thread draft went as well, it seems to have vanished upon…	2 Last	Clarencezer Jan 12 2019
The 2018 Greentooth Awards Announcement and Call for Nominations The Greentooth AwardsAfter a brief 20 years of being a community, we here at Polycount are pleased to kick off this year's year-end community awards.We last awarded trophies for 2016, but then we ski…	25 Last	littleclaude Jan 11 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 Jan 11 2019
Last day for Awards nominations! Vote Here!And send nudes, errr cat gifs.	1 Last	Ashervisalis Jan 11 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.	5 Last	Thomas_Smith Jan 10 2019
Extended! 2018 Greentooth Awards Nominations Extended nominations! We need your feedback.What was the best looking game of 2018?Which dev studio was the most awesome, sought-after place to work??Who in the Polycount community was really awesome…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 10 2019
Posting in polycount Hi, sorry for the newby question. I have just posted my last charcter in the 3d showcase section but is the only one that appears on grey while the rest are all bold green, is it ok or is there somet…	3 Last	Taylor Brown Jan 8 2019
Bandersnatch (Netflix) Any other old farts on here might be interested in Bandersnatch on Netflix.It's a branching narrative (like the Steve Jackson books) in live action video and features a game designer in the mid eight…	5 Last	Francois_K Jan 8 2019
HAPPY NEW YEAR POLYCOUNT! (2019) Happy New Years Polycounters. I wish the best for all you for 2019!Luck, Success and Glory to all of your projects! Let's have a good one!	4 Last	garcellano Jan 4 2019
Epic Games Store - A game changer? Hey peopz,would really like to hear your opinion about the upcoming Epic Games Store and the shifts in the Game Store world. I think Steam is under alot of pressure. When comparing numbers the amount…	32 Last	defragger Jan 4 2019
The different styles of sci fi? I'm about to begin working on a sci fi project, and I was curious what all the different types of sci fi were. I want to put together some mood boards for it before I present the ideas to my team. I …	8 Last	Alemja Jan 2 2019
Music You've Made I'd like to mention that I created an cinematic ambient track. It's released under the basic attribution creative commons license so you're free to use it however you wish in whatever commercial or …	245 Last	Justin Meisse Jan 2 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…	569 Last	Finnn Dec 2018
Congratulate everyone on 3D-ecember 2018 ! I wish you creativity and success in your work! Congratulate everyone on 3D-ecember 2018 ! I wish you creativity and success in your work!	1 Last	Ruz Dec 2018
Where did Chivlary post-mortem gone? Recently here was a topic about early developement of Chivlary game. But the topic seems to desappear, or I just can't find it?	4 Last	sacboi Dec 2018
First game ever played? Hello guys! Today i ran across one of the first games i played and had alot of emotions coming back to me.... It was Krush kill 'N Destroy... Lol i loved those mutant scorpion-tanks, i just built tho…	89 Last	pming Dec 2018
Workflow - Manual vs Preset I built a new computer two weeks ago after my old one failed in mid-2016, it was all good until I realized that I'm a bit lost without my old custom shelfs, render presets, material presets…	3 Last	throttlekitty Dec 2018
Your take on Battlefield's V History Revisionism Issue I've never looked at video games for accurate depictions of history/reality or else, I would have probably not enjoyed the Ass Creeds franchise but what EA/Dice did to their latest Battlefield title …	69 Last	sacboi Dec 2018
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…	924 Last	CreativeSheep Dec 2018
Beginner("Bad")_Medium_Good_3D Hi all,So after looking for inspirational 3D via google image search. I often find images where i instantly see the difference between bad to good 3D models.Part of me know why some look better then …	9 Last	BIGTIMEMASTER Dec 2018
[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…	16 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Dec 2018
Red Dead Redemption 2 Over 8 years of development. R* Games first's actual next-gen title. One week after it's realease it's being critically acclaimed for it's intricate sense of details, solid game play as well as one o…	10 Last	wirrexx Dec 2018
Star Citizen Offering A $27,000 Add-On Pack Star Citizen Offering A $27,000 Add-On Pack. I am really looking forward to playing this and flying around all the super expensive real estate. It will be like when I go window shopping in Bond …	24 Last	renocrade Dec 2018
Blender's new Grease Pencil features are making me thrilled!! As some of you probably already know, Blender 2.8 is finally approaching it's final stage of developement and iterations. The BETA officially got released last week and people can already grab on and…	9 Last	renocrade Dec 2018
GOD OF WAR (Art, Impressions, Thoughts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7IX5RTPPA&t=48sMust be a good time for this guy. He's the director of the game and here is he, reacting to the critical acclaim the game is currently receiving.L…	32 Last	Clark Coots Dec 2018
London Polycount Meetup nov. 24th Hey PC,I'm planning on taking a vaction in England (and I thiiink Amsterdam depending on where I'm feeling). Nov 20th to December 2ndAny PCers there who are down to [email protected]_gir Also will…	39 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Dec 2018
Can u give a specific name of this thing. heat vent ?	6 Last	reshuter Dec 2018
Makersplace Emails Hey all, just wanted to know if anyone else is getting these emails from Makersplace? It comes with an "exclusive" code for joining the site and essentially it looks as if their trying to make a bloc…	0 Last	zachagreg Nov 2018
Choosing gift for 3D artist Hello artists! I am trying to find a gift for my friend, who is a digital (and traditional) artist that is now learning 3D animation. He is mostly interested in drawing animations. Budget $250.&…	24 Last	sacboi Nov 2018
Promethean AI announcement trailer https://youtu.be/N5O-PDad2TsSeems pretty damn cool to me. What are your thoughts?	12 Last	Kwramm Nov 2018
Can't login with Twitter anymore Hello,For some reason, I can't log in to my main account anymore with Twitter. As soon as I authorize Polycount to my Twitter, a new page loads and after 1 or 2 seconds it sends me back to the p…	4 Last	Bram_Z Nov 2018
ART WAR 3 Hey all, ART WAR is back!!Join this year's biggest character art competition with over $18,000 in epic prizes 🏆 Check out all the details and enter here, GLHF! http://artwar3.comTheme: Heroes&nb…	0 Last	Bluefley Nov 2018
Stan Lee dead at the age of 95 I just read the news that Stan Lee left us today at the age of 95: https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/12/stan-lee-dead-at-95He was the best and his cameos were always funny in every Marvel mov…	5 Last	HardDeckow23 Nov 2018
The Shapeways Dota 2 Contest Winners Announcement! We are very pleased to be able to finally announce the winners of the Shapeways Dota 2 Contest!Winner of the Sculpture Section: Bilal Majeed KhanEntry Name: URSA VS RIKI sculpture Link to S…	5 Last	lockey25 Nov 2018
Oculus Quest Anyone excited to develop for Oculus Quest? I tried the Superhot game on it and it was amazing. I was able to walk around without wires tethered to me and the tracking was great! As for pipeline…	6 Last	serriffe Nov 2018
ZBrush license for sell [EU residents only] Hello guys! I want to sell my ZBrush license because I don't use it already for long time. It's fully legitimate BUT OFFER IS VALID ONLY FOR EU RESIDENTS. Pixologic help desk will take from me licens…	3 Last	AsicsoN Nov 2018
Turn based games suggestions.. I haven't played games in a long time so I am wondering if anyone here can suggest some good turn based rpgs preferably can play offline (no online gaming) for android or Pc.Also has anyone tried&nbs…	25 Last	throttlekitty Nov 2018
Tandent Lightbrush Do somebody know what happened with [url]http://www.fxguide.com/featured/tandent-lightbrush-engineering-an-image/[/url] It was a cool soft , although pretty slow and crashy from what I saw with dem…	4 Last	Kwramm Nov 2018
Forum Notifications Is it somehow possible to keep notifications BUT deactivate notification for one certain topic?I posted once in the What are you working on? 2018,and since than i always get notifications for it…	5 Last	goekbenjamin Nov 2018
-- Toronto Polycount Meetup! -- Hey everyone!Its been a while since we've done this, but we're planning a Polycount meetup for next Friday the 14th!We are going to meet at our usual spot, The Scottland Yard at 7:00pm, but feel…	9 Last	TCarneiro Oct 2018
Poll Whats your IQ score...? Hello, have your ever taken an IQ test? At least some internet longer one that might have looked like it might have some information and value in it?What score did you got?Only "Graphic people" need …	140 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2018
Shadow of the Tomb Raider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuemrb_ur2w	38 Last	Obscura Oct 2018
Capcom Shuts Down Vancouver Studio Resulting In Over 150 Layoffs A shame. Hopefully, most of the artists will succesfully relocate themselves in no time. And by the article, it seems a variety of artists are looking their way into another studios.There's a va…	13 Last	sacboi Oct 2018
Favorite Minimal Art (indie) games? I've been researching various indie games with notable minimalist art styles, but it's usually either 2d side scroller-ish (Limbo, Monument Valley) or 3d but feel lacking in the art department (…	8 Last	Ruflse Oct 2018
Poll Programming Sub-Forum? Should we add a new sub-forum in the Technical Forums section?We are generally hesitant to add new forum sections, as they tend to dilute discussion, and they require more moderation overhead. But ma…	34 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2018