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Has anyone been contacted online for photos of your feet to draw for charity? Hi all,Has anyone been contacted by an art student on artstation for photos of your feet to draw for charity? The art project is called 'Feat around the world' and his school is collaborating wi…	21 Last	YellowSub Jun 2018
Mothergunship Demo Hey Polycounter friends:It's been waaaayy too long since I've posted here...I'm one of those polycounters that has "gone indie" over the last few years. I figured I should plug something I've been wo…	5 Last	lotet Jun 2018
E3 2018 June 12th - 14th - Boom here we go! E3 2018 what you are looking forward to?https://www.e3expo.com/https://vimeo.com/225159738I will kick of with wanting to know more about Sky by The Game Company - https://www.youtube.…	29 Last	littleclaude Jun 2018
E3 2018 Group Dinner thing: June 11th @ Won Kok @ 9 pm If anyone is in town for E3 in downtown Los Angeles and is down for late night Chinatown family-style dinner with other developers and artists, come on by tonight! It's originally for GDC COnfe…	0 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Jun 2018
Concept art is dead? A friend sent me this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbYvImd7BwInteresting video. Would like artists and devs opinion/debate on this.	6 Last	sacboi Jun 2018
Need help finding a thread (its killing me) Hey,Some time ago (probably 1 month) I saw a thread here or on 80vl about not that well known tools/free software for artists.All i remember was that one of them was Pure Ref, but i[m more interested…	2 Last	Nars Jun 2018
Boss Key Games Shuts Down Radical Heights Developer Boss Key Games Shuts Downhttp://www.kotaku.co.uk/2018/05/14/radical-heights-developer-boss-key-games-shuts-downI am really sorry to hear the news. It could not have been eas…	33 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2018
Modo Indie 11.2v3 Release Steam says:Modo indie 11.2v3 is now available!MODO indie - modomationWe are pleased to announce that the long-awaited update to Modo indie is here! The Modo 11 Series has delivered value across …	11 Last	WilliamVaughan Jun 2018
DreamHack Austin Jam is this weekend! May 4 - May 13 DreamHack and Game Jolt will showcase 10 games from this jam at the Game Jolt booth June 1-3, during DreamHack Austin!DreamHack is the world’s largest digital festival, bringing esports tournaments, …	1 Last	TravisMcCallum May 2018
Next-gen rendering trends With the inception of PBR being the norm these days (and doing a pretty good job at mimicking reality I might add) I want to know, what's next?For example, I've seen more and more that VR is starting…	127 Last	Ged May 2018
Uncharted 4 Hi, being a great fan of the series, I just watched the E3 trailer of 4th chapter: [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Rx-Bbht5E[/URL] But will that really be the graphic quality?!?! They say they…	255 Last	danr May 2018
LF 2d Sombra realistic portrait Hi guys, today I saw a 2d realistic portrait of Sombra. This is a long shot, but I'd really like to see the piece again. In the off chance you came across it, please let me know :)Its floating s…	4 Last	bkost May 2018
Your favourite Prop Concept Artist? Hey everyone,I am an aspiring 3D artist and I always look for good concept art for some smaller prop projects.These smaller prop concepts are rare ... So I ask you, what is your favourite prop concep…	5 Last	timmy_0391 May 2018
Digital Exposé, free event, May 23rd 2018, Live link - Rare, Rebellion, ILM, Oliver Twins and more HiThis years Digital Exposé will take place on May 23rd 2018 in Hatfield, UK. Talks by Rare - Blue-Zoo - Slurpy - Industrial Light and Magic and Rebe…	1 Last	littleclaude May 2018
Anatomically accurate 3D models where to buy what to buy? I am searching something like this: https://shop.3dtotal.com/anatomy-figure.htmlmale and female. Also trying to find face ones. Where i can see face muscles eye muscles etc close up.	3 Last	ISUther May 2018
VXGI 2.0 is out!!!!!! (dynamic ray tracing) Remember all those dynamic ray tracers that were on display at GDC?One of the lesser known plugins is now one of the first to come out!VXGI 2.0 is now out with a bunch of upgrades.VXAL, or Voxel Area…	21 Last	EarthQuake May 2018
Beer Night/Get-together in Seattle, Saturday 5/12 ~	0 Last	garcellano May 2018
chinese 3d printing services? anyone have a list of 3d printing companies that deal with stl files( or obj). The work i need printing is polygon basedoutput from zbrush, 'NOT' printing CAD type stuffCost is an issue f…	3 Last	welbot May 2018
Celebration post Hello polycounters. I am not much of a forum person, but this time I felt it was time to craft couple lines (first post btw) to tank everyone for your incredible guides and comments that led me to ba…	11 Last	mikewitk May 2018
The art that has no source I've found something disturbing.So I was searching for reference images of Tracer from Overwatch so I could throw together a practice sculpt, and found this image on Pinterest. As usual though, Pinte…	5 Last	danr May 2018
King Game Jam in Barcelona, London and Stockholm On the 9th and 10th of June, we at King will host a public Game Jam at our offices in Barcelona, London and Stockholm!Over 2.5 years ago I attended this myself as a participant in Stockholm and I had…	0 Last	Deadly Nightshade May 2018
Steam Link App: Will Allow you to stream your Steam Library to your mobile devices. Press Release: https://steamdb.info/blog/steam-link-and-video-mobile-apps/The Steam Link app, slated to launch the week of May 21st, allows gamers to experience their Steam library of games on t…	0 Last	R3D May 2018
How do Publishers/Developers deal with this? I never realized something like this before.You know when games come out and there are always region differences? Like using a real example, I saw a game where one set of DLC costumes was only availa…	4 Last	Marshkin May 2018
Sketchbook Pro massive price increase Note: Over the course of this thread, it was discovered that Sketchbook had actually gone free, and an official announcement was made later. The more expensive version discovered on the Autodesk site…	39 Last	Zack Maxwell May 2018
Game Access 2018 http://game-access.com/Is anybody going to this event?	0 Last	Dash-POWER May 2018
Polycount: 20 Years of counting polys	65 Last	adam May 2018
GDC like event in Europe I know that there's a lot of talking about GDC right now, but this made me wonder. Is there anything like GDC happening in europe? I know that there are gaming events like Gamescom happening but that…	2 Last	Aydhe May 2018
Hero Props. How many to include in a space? Hey everyone. Random thought I had about hero props and how many I should include in an environment? I know that in production, not every single prop can be a hero prop as its dictated by the players…	4 Last	zachagreg May 2018
ever notice stuff irl that makes you feel like you're in a game? "glitches in the matrix" a couple days ago I was walking down the street and i noticed a molded concrete wall that was meant to look like stones, but the mold had been tiled a bunch of times like a texture and it was super n…	5 Last	Toku Apr 2018
Gaming dreams? Is it just me, or does anyone else have any game or tv based dreams? For a couple of years now, I've actually have dreamt I was watching full thirty minute animated shows that don't exist either th…	77 Last	sacboi Apr 2018
Where do developers get reference for Environments set in History? Hello Polycounters, I've been playing through the Assassin's Creed games for the first time the last few weeks; making my way through them chronologically (Playing Unity currently) and som…	8 Last	Auldbenkenobi Apr 2018
Virtus Learning Hub Game Jam Virtus Learning Hub Game JamWhat is the #VirtusJam?The Virtus Jam is a relaxed competition in which you make a game based on the theme (which will be announced at 6pm on 20th April) and submit it bef…	0 Last	Virtus_Learning_Hub Apr 2018
'Hero' Blender open animation released! https://youtu.be/pKmSdY56VtY?t=2m35sI've played with the Grease Pencil a few time and while it can get finnicky, it holds great potential. This short film just confirms every optimism I had for …	8 Last	Shiv0r Apr 2018
Any way to change the color scheme of this forum? In pc is ok, in a tablet is really hard to read because grey letters over dark grey. And I'm using a 12.9 ipad...	2 Last	Altea Apr 2018
Soft or page to sketch with friends? Hi, could anyone recommend a plugin, software or even a web page to paint on the same doc with connected friends? (a plugin to Photoshop could be sick!)I just tried aggie.io but it doesn't work with …	2 Last	another caveman Apr 2018
Is M-16 Identical to AR-15? Sorry if this might be the wrong forum to post this but from what I understand M-16 is the same as AR-15 except it has the option to shoot on Auto mode which AR-15 doesn't have.I am really a novice w…	7 Last	Alex_J Apr 2018
Shaders.xyz site ? What happened to the site shaders.xyz it's been offline for days ?	1 Last	Domslice Apr 2018
ZBrush 2018: An actual feature-filled update http://https//youtu.be/FZYeHlwMCCM http://pixologic.com/features/Anyone else slightly hyped for the new Dynamic Tesselation? (comeon Autodesk, get your stuff together meng)	53 Last	Joopson Apr 2018
Topogun Support/ lack there of Hey polycount,Decided to create this thread as part question and potential warning for anyone planning on picking up a copy of Topogun.I've had my version of Topogun since 2012 and recently ran into …	7 Last	mazz423 Apr 2018
Closed How do you see the future of 3D Artists in a world of AI? Hello fellow PolycountersWith all the great technology coming out I was wondering, how we as artists find our place in the industry (especially in the future)?Having access to so many material-scans …	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2018
Delay Delivery Let me tell you how much I want to hug the man who created “delay delivery” in outlook. At my job, I am very responsive in email – too responsive. If I see a quick question I like to answer it rig…	5 Last	Torch Mar 2018
Backup syncing software alternatives to Google Drive? I've been using google drive recently. But my normal maps and reference images display on my pixel phone...	14 Last	m4dcow Mar 2018
New CPU, I7 8700K, Ryzen 1800X or Threadripper? I am going to need to upgrade my PC soon, I am running a 4.5Ghz I5 6600K, 32Gb 3200Mhz RAM, AMD Fury, 1300 watt PSU.I am getting into photoscanning a little bit more and I read that faster speeds ben…	11 Last	PolyHertz Mar 2018
HEY THERE WHATS WITH (Tide Pod) and how can i view models offline through browser It's time to admit ,ladies and gentlemen my name is ahmed mohamed i was here be4 , but for some reason my account get token down Eric knows how much i love this website but he was`nt as awesome as wi…	12 Last	ahmedcutestudio Mar 2018
Paul Pepera. Gone from us. This is really hard to write - I've been a major, major fan of his works for a long time. Per Ardua Ad Astra, Paul.https://blog.astroneer.space/system-era/goodebyepaul/	142 Last	garcellano Mar 2018
Polycount Meetup GDC 2018 Polycount and Marmoset have teamed up to host the annual GDC Meetup for the fourth year running. Join us for cool artwork, free swag, cocktails and conversation with the industry’s most talented arti…	50 Last	Isaiah Sherman Mar 2018
Is this Idea can be Done?? Hi guys, my team and i are planning on creating an online 3D mall app on a mobile phone and we are using unity to do this project.By the way, we can buy realtime products in the 3D mall, such as clot…	2 Last	danr Mar 2018
GDC 2018 Panel, Breaking In: How to Deal with Limbo and Proactively Wait Last reminder that this Wed. 2pm at the career theater, Renoz Haradia, Tina Kallinger, Lindsey Peck, Rosstin Murphy, and I will discuss getting past an extended period of breaking in. Any …	2 Last	Ace Mar 2018
CGTrader news + announcements CGtrader has just launched a new contest for the Sci-Fi theme lovers and ethusiasts. The prize pool sounds impressive! Check this out: http://www.cgtrader.com/challenges/3d-sci-fi-challenge	11 Last	cgtrader Mar 2018
Looking For Friends ^_^ Hello Guys!! I'm an advanced 3D game environment artist and I would like to get some friends from this amazing forum I'm friendly and I love to make friends and discuss with them and share …	10 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Mar 2018