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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…	65 Last	ScopeDragon Nov 2019
r13, bearkub,mrd and betlog omg,gwot ,evil bastard,wrath, and maybe ror really wtf	236 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2019
A Plague Tale: Innocence Anyone playing this and are their any artists that worked on it around here? I am really impressed at the graphical fidelity, especially from a small studio that seems to be using their own engine as…	15 Last	Dash-POWER Oct 2019
Can I host high-resolution 3D models on my own websites without using embedding from Sketchfab or Can I host high-resolution 3D models on my own websites without using embedding from Sketchfab or another 3D hosting service?	3 Last	EarthQuake Oct 2019
Polycount Jitsi (Hangout Replacement) The service is a bit early/buggy.You are invited to join a meeting. Join the meeting: https://meet.jit.si/PolycountHangout To join by phone instead, tap this: +1.512.402.2718,,1011387454# Loo…	1 Last	pmiller001 Oct 2019
You have to go outside sometimes just sharing this article here. maybe helps somebody. TL:DR go outside (like mother nature outside), don't sit in front of screen all the time.https://www.outsideonline.com/2403017/video-games-outdoo…	30 Last	poopipe Oct 2019
Polycount Meetup in NY (Albany? or NYC?) Anyone in NY want to meetup? I'm over at Albany, NY. I'm still fairly new to the area, but just had a thought of setting up a meetup here. NYC is like a few hours down from where I am, but not that f…	2 Last	garcellano Oct 2019
How to post images I looked in different areas to see how to post attachments in a thread. I have some 3D art i would like to post and I am restricted. What can i do? Why is there no free profile gallery, am I asking…	3 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Oct 2019
Future new features in zbrush Will we ever have rendering directly in zbrush like its vray,arnold,corona etc. ?Also i think zbrush need clothing simulation and sewing, and some better and quick way to UV/unwrap models.What do you…	17 Last	zachagreg Oct 2019
New banner artists! Please join us in congratulating the artists/teams who are responsible for the Polycount banners this month! If you see something that's banner worthy, use the Flag > Report button and let us…	6 Last	Minyi Oct 2019
GDC Party idea: Need Comedians Just putting a feeler out for this:Is anyone on Polycount who plans or has gone to GDC, at all interested in joining and performing on a "comedy night" for an evening during GDC?Think open mic, or pr…	1 Last	garcellano Oct 2019
Playstation 5 officially Announced for Holiday 2020 https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1181544095950368768PlayStation 5's new controller will feature haptic technology and will allow developers to adjust the resistance of its L2 and R2 triggers.To…	4 Last	JohannesAg Oct 2019
Looking for more examples of "cutout" 3d water still life scenes Hi guys,I'm looking to gather information on scenes like these below.Basically a water scene which is limited to a volume.It doesn't have to be 3d, but most of them are anyways. So yeah, if you …	3 Last	cptSwing Oct 2019
Discord for Stylized Art enthusiasts Hello Polycount!I've recently created a Discord channel for all of those among you with an interest in Stylized art.The purpose of the channel was to create a more centralized place for people to sha…	3 Last	arnov Sep 2019
Playstation State of Play Im ready. https://youtu.be/FekB7shVUC8	6 Last	notman Sep 2019
Planning for next GDC (A few necessary questions) So I have never been to GDC before but I need to attend next year and network the best I can. I'm going to start planning and reserving now so it's nice and easy. What are some tips you would have fo…	10 Last	PixelMasher Sep 2019
"Your comment will appear after it is approved" -- What ? What is this exactly ?? Is this anti-spamming ? Is this to ensure the forums is free of penls joke ? I usually get this posting in the Monthly Challenges thread. And, so far none of them …	102 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2019
3ds Max Montreal User Group Night - Ubisoft Presents: RainbowSix project - September 19th 6pm https://www.meetup.com/3ds-Max-User-Group-Night/events/264344228/?fbclid=IwAR2LN3DgA9upkcSlqo7AHlJc0IqoNFCJB15f15e593TmHA7ndCH3r3RI7zc	1 Last	zachagreg Sep 2019
Racing game suggestions? I forgot how much I loved racing games. I've been playing GTA online on PC and all I do is race and checkout my sweet cars.I loved the shit out of almost every F-Zero game, Mario Kart, Extreme-G, Wip…	20 Last	oraeles77 Sep 2019
Drawing tablet or mouse for digital sculpting of the character? Hello,I was thinking about this lately...How much is important to use tablet for digital sculpting of 3d characters? what about mouse?Could you share your best work or the work of other 3d artists th…	9 Last	Alemja Sep 2019
Polycount Store/ Stickers? Hey I just saw a luggage on Twitter with a greentooth sticker ... and I want to have one too!It seems like the shop is gone, or is it? Couldn't find it, only old posts about it.	44 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2019
Weird artstation posts happening today Anyone know what these posts are about?https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KadKPWhttps://www.artstation.com/artwork/N5eDmPhttps://www.artstation.com/artwork/xzrEzOI've seen several pop up today. Comme…	26 Last	musashidan Sep 2019
Posture? Once upon a time, there was a guy who sat in this comfy living room working tirelessly away on his computer. And everyday, he'd spend entirely too much of his time in just this one position. Until on…	21 Last	Skinpop Aug 2019
Polycount Spam E-Mails STAWP IT yo, something broke just nowi am getting spammed with polycount notifications and i didn't do nuffin !did anyone change the notification settings, because i sure didn't	7 Last	RN Aug 2019
Does anyone know how this actually looks like in real life? XM25 I'm working on a model of the XM25 CDTE airburst grenade launcher. Right now I am working on the fire control (scope) and I was looking for hours but I could not find any detailed picture where the b…	3 Last	SamIndeed Aug 2019
Looking for an easy cyberpunk city kitbash I need to make a big city scene, and I'm not interested in modeling a city for 4 months. I'd much rather find a kitbash set, and I don't really know where to look. Cube brush and Gumroad offer a bunc…	2 Last	defragger Aug 2019
New Guilty Gear planned for 2020 After Xrd and Fighterz, as well as the recently released Kill La Kill, ArcSys have become complete masters at Anime Looking 3D game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVd6vhFhYiMStill remember how…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 2019
3ds Max Indie ~ (limited to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK or the US) https://area.autodesk.com/3ds-max-indie/	26 Last	zachagreg Aug 2019
3DSMAX perpetual license -> softsking? Hey folkz!Has somebody of you experience with softsking?https://www.softsking.com/3ds-max-2016-p-211.htmlThey´re selling perpetual 3DSMAX licenses for only 350 Bugs.I found some reviews on the intern…	19 Last	Gazu Aug 2019
How do you feel about Autodesks recent decisions? I know many of you have seen that Autodesk is trying to kill the existing perpetual licenses by not providing activation codes and linking a perpetual to the X life of your workstation>converting …	5 Last	majic12 Aug 2019
Siggraph 2019 There is some exciting stuff coming.UDIM support for Painter is my favourite beside materialX.https://youtu.be/aVlfgl32eOk	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2019
Innovative use of low poly modeling. Not sure if this is top tier, but I found the approach of making craft using low poly modelling as a guide pretty interesting.https://mymodernmet.com/anubis-costume-martina-hugentobler/	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2019
Ubisoft joins Blender Development Fund Today Ubisoft announced that they will join the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund as a corporate Gold member. Not only will Ubisoft help funding online support for Blender developers, Ubisof…	18 Last	xrg Jul 2019
Where do all the cool kids hangout and screenshare since the google plus group is now dead I am lost without being able to mindlessly chat while modeling. Where do people go to now?	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2019
Artstation missing thumbnails/images etc Looking at my Artstation profile, I noticed half the thumbnails are missing.And looking in the content, half of the images are too. Have reloaded several times, and the same ones are just blank. Has …	2 Last	kanga Jul 2019
what do you thnk of dust channel (you tube) been watching these for a while now, some pretty cool stuff, but a lot of short stories with miserable endings.overall though quite fun - this was cool, but depressinghttps://www.youtube.com/wa…	3 Last	kanga Jul 2019
First vs Recent Hi Polycount!I dug up a very old version of the same character I'm working on now, and compared the two. It was quite invigorating to see the drastic improvement from 4 years ago, and I was wondering…	66 Last	apollo580 Jul 2019
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Alternatives to Polycount? Does anyone know any good sites for receiving critique on developing your game art skills that aren't polycount?Every time I try to post there I either get ignored, or just receive baseless rude comm…	17 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2019
Character Upgrade systems in games? I'm looking into Character Systems in games, but I feel my slight lack of current-gen gaming knowledge is doing me a disservice! The 3 types of character system I've been looking at are: "WoW S…	9 Last	FAT_CAP Jul 2019
petition / windows restart This might be pointless, though, I started a petition to stop windows 10 from automatic restarting. https://www.change.org/p/microsoft-stop-windows-10-from-automatic-restarting/dashboard?source_locat…	12 Last	KurtR Jun 2019
Funny "Moved" Messages Just noticed these funny moved messages. Are they random or does the mod moving a topic come up with them on the spot?Fuck I hope this is posted in the right section =)	7 Last	Mark Dygert Jun 2019
We've been found out - Greentooth in the Wild Good job guys. We're not a secret anymore. Pack it up, we're done!https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/18/18683651/polycount-logo-overwatch-spider-man-easter-egg	16 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2019
Let's see some of your art from when you first started!	16 Last	SnowInChina Jun 2019
E3 2019 \| June 11 – 13 \| Los Angeles Convention Center ^_^ <('-'<) ^('-')^ (>'-')> (^-^) E3 2019 starts tomorrow, so what you are looking forward to?https://www.e3expo.com/Personally I can not wait to see what the new Microsoft studios have been up to.	15 Last	littleclaude Jun 2019
New smileys are not an improvement IMHO Personally I vastly prefer the old smileys, the new ones are a lot harder to "read".:smile: for reference, and my favourite "smiley" is gone :C	6 Last	CybranM Jun 2019
PSA: Forum Tricks The following is a short public service announcement. Forum Tricks The Polycount Forums run on the Vanilla platform. Here are some handy tools you might not know about:You can drag images f…	63 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2019
How does everyone feel about this? (Commander Keen E3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lOOh0RtIJ4So far the online response has been savage. I didn't really mind the artstyle, but what is up with the gameplay?Feels a bit like the mobile diablo showing a…	2 Last	NikhilR Jun 2019
Any Polycounters in Wellington NZ? Hey, I've just landed in Welly (looking for a place to live!) and this is probably a long shot, but I hardly know anyone in NZ so just a general inquiry to see if there are any locals on here that wa…	0 Last	JunkieKong Jun 2019
Baldo by Naps Team Baldo by Naps TeamThis game looks amazing. http://www.napsteam.com/#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1C4sX8hhVs	6 Last	Lord McMutton Jun 2019