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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 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 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 2019
DreamHack Dallas Jam is March 29th - April 6th! Check out the prizes! Prizes:First place winner will win $1,000 USD, 3-day event passes and a showcasing spot for the winning game!5 chosen games will have a showcasing spot at DreamHack Dallas with 3-day event passes!Dre…	0 Last	GameJolt Feb 2019
Editing Posts ? What happened to editing your Posts ?	30 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 2019
Any of you use HUION brand Screen Tablet instead of Wacom CINTIQ? Thoughts? Hey guys, I'm about to do some big purchase here. I've been saving months for this and have a budget ranging from 1000$ to 2000$.I'm buying a Screen Tablet...And thank god, Wacom doesn't hold complet…	19 Last	Sage Feb 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2019
Closed Adobe acquires Allegorithmic makers of Substance Painter & Designer Can't say I am a fan of these news: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/23/adobe-acquires-allegorithmic-makers-of-the-substance-texture-tools/	39 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2019
Closed Allegorithmic + Adobe Well, all I can say is, "there goes the neighborhood".Wouldn't it have made more sense for Adobe to buy Quixel since it uses Photoshop directly?https://www.allegorithmic.com/blog/allegorithmic-joinin…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 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 …	11 Last	Alex_J Jan 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…	4 Last	Bilfrok Jan 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 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 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 2019
Last day for Awards nominations! Vote Here!And send nudes, errr cat gifs.	1 Last	Ashervisalis Jan 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 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 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 2019
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…	87 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 …	68 Last	sacboi 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	Alex_J 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
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.&…	22 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	Bramski 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 …	139 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2018