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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…
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garcellano

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…
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JohannesAg

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 …
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cptSwing

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…
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arnov

Playstation State of Play

Im ready. https://youtu.be/FekB7shVUC8
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notman

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…
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PixelMasher

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
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zachagreg

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…
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oraeles77

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…
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Alemja

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.
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Eric Chadwick

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…
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musashidan

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…
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Skinpop

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
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RN

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…
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SamIndeed

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…
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defragger

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…
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Eric Chadwick

3ds Max Indie ~ (limited to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK or the US)

https://area.autodesk.com/3ds-max-indie/
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zachagreg

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…
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Gazu

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 …
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majic12

Siggraph 2019

There is some exciting stuff coming.UDIM support for Painter is my favourite beside materialX.https://youtu.be/aVlfgl32eOk
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Eric Chadwick

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/
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Eric Chadwick

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…
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xrg

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?
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Eric Chadwick

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 …
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kanga

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…
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kanga

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thomasp

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…
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Eric Chadwick

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…
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FAT_CAP

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…
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KurtR

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  =)
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Mark Dygert

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
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Eric Chadwick

Let's see some of your art from when you first started!

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SnowInChina

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.
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littleclaude

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
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CybranM

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…
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Eric Chadwick

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…
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NikhilR

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…
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JunkieKong

Baldo by Naps Team

Baldo by Naps TeamThis game looks amazing. http://www.napsteam.com/#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1C4sX8hhVs
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Lord McMutton

Epic acquires 'Shave and a Haircut'

Interesting move from Epic to acquire Shave.I hope this will lead into some progress on xGen.https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/programs/shave-and-a-haircut/shave-and-a-haircut-v9-6-for-maya[mod…
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melviso

Looking for Old artist work/game work

Hey PC, long time.I'm looking for a post or set of posts that a polycounter had put up, probably a long time ago (years). Basically, it was one person who was making an RPG-type game and most of the …
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Lord McMutton

Looking for video: students showing AI project to Nintendo

Hi!I am looking for this video I think I saw on this forum a while ago.It's about students showing off their project to some Nintendo employees (Maybe even the CEO?), which is about an artificial int…
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another caveman

What Low Polygon Art Styles do you Enjoy?

Hi What low polygon games or artists work do you enjoy? Basically anything with stylistic choices or that use very small polygon counts but still have a lot of panache in the final artefact.Exam…
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lefix

Yamaha R1 2008

I don't suppose anyone has access to a sub'd Yamaha R1 2008 motorbike model? I have seen some good ones for sale, however I just want it to test some colour schemes out so can't justify paying around…
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sacboi

Calling all TAs!

Thirsty for more interaction with other tech people? Or maybe just thirsty for some beer? Come join us for a Tech Art Round table in London on May 30th, including open bar, courtesy of Big Pixel Stud…
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MaVCArt

Single Greatest 3D asset youve seen in a game?

for me its the god of war cabin
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BlueberryHigh

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 …
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Ruz

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…
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littleclaude

Are you a developer/artist in Northern Nevada?

this isn't a call for work, just saying hi! 
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jinglesjosh

Any games like Titan Quest around?

Remember that game? I had a blast playing that.. might try and reinstall it... on my Surface pro.. wish there were more games like that around..
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Spag_Eddy

Posting issues

Can't seem to add images to posts... maybe it's my old browser... maybe notimage upload check:
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CurtisRb

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