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8 bit songs that aren't only 8 bit? Does anyone know of any songs that have 8 bit elements in it, but are not just 8 bit songs? An example of what I mean:https://m.soundcloud.com/planned_obsolescence/bit-rate-variations-in-b-flatThank …	4 Last	Millenia Sep 2017
Vertex Magazine Print I am looking for people who have printed the vertex magazines out. There are 2 editions to date and I would like to print both of them, until the end of the month [url]http://blurb.com[/url] has a 30…	15 Last	thomasp Sep 2017
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Aight, Ninja Theory. Dis some HAWT STUFF.I MEAN LOOK AT THAT (screenshot I took)LOOK AT THATLOOOOOOK.It's $30 people, I highly encourage a buy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBJ0ifVtK5c …	11 Last	swann Aug 2017
FOR SALE Octane Render 3 Licence + Octane 3 For Maya Hey colleagues! I'm selling my Octane Render Licence + Octane Render for Maya since I'm not working in the field anymore.The price in Otoy website is $619 I want for it $500 + PayPal fee(gl…	0 Last	Igorrogov Aug 2017
Maya 2018 Opinions Just tried the new release, and I'm happily surprised. Comparing it to this year 3ds Max, I now think I'm gonna make the switch for good. Single click extrusions were something I missed from Blender …	23 Last	throttlekitty Aug 2017
Toronto Canada: IRL meetup for anyone that wants to be a part of a scifi series or ... IRL meetup for anyone that wants to be a part of a scifi series or start their own. We are kicking off Sept 12 at the firkin pub. I am doing a little presentation then it becomes a hangout/pints'n so…	0 Last	hackwave Aug 2017
Making art for games kicks ass I find myself posting on Polycount a decent amount these days. I often end up posting about the difficulty in getting jobs due to over-supply of artists, and similar negative (but realistic, I think)…	15 Last	Pandan Aug 2017
SONIC MOTHERFUCKING MANIA I waited so long for a game like this. Who is playing and what are your impressions ? the art , the sound , the music , godamnit i have so much work to do and this game comes out. WELP THERE GOES SLE…	4 Last	aryarie Aug 2017
INDUSTRY GIANTS 2017 CONFERENCE The Dallas, Texas annual Industry Giants conference presented by the nonprofit animators' group, A Bunch of Short Guys, will be a one day event that features a distinctive lineup of industr…	0 Last	ABOSG Aug 2017
[EU - Sell] Samsung XE700 - Portable zbrush Hi guys, I'm selling my almost impossible-to-find Samsung XE700 which has been reviewed by many 2d and 3d artist as a "portable mini cintiq".It's the most powerful version with 128 gb SSD, i5 cpu. RA…	0 Last	rodpv Aug 2017
SIGGRAPH 2017 Boom. Who else is going? Would be great to hang out with some other polycounters, maybe grab a beer one night	26 Last	0xffff Aug 2017
workflow problems So I have been kind of researching about workflow issues in zbrush/scupting in general and the main sticking point for me is thatsay you 'finish' a sculpt and are relatively pleased with it, that's o…	28 Last	sprunghunt Aug 2017
For sale: Trojan Horse Was a Unicorn 2017 ticket SOLD	1 Last	Magihat Aug 2017
HTTPS Hi All,Any chance of us getting HTTPs here on PolyCount, I know there was a discussion of it before and that it was held off for a while but I've just had a not-so-friendly reminder of one of my acco…	4 Last	Axi5 Aug 2017
Moar > Upvotes Added this to the Moar menu. Shows a list of the recent posts with a added to them. Kind of an alternate Front Page if you will, voted by you the members.It's a feature that's always been…	8 Last	musashidan Aug 2017
Group Purchase - Animation Course So, I am interested in buying this course by [removed by moderator, we forbid advocation of piracy] but its quite pricey for me (150$) and thought it would be a good idea to buy it together with peop…	7 Last	Nerono Aug 2017
Faster workflow using voice-activated macros So I found an awesome piece of software today called VoiceMacro.I've been using it with Houdini to instantly drop down nodes just by saying their name, and I'm already working way faster. I'm sure I …	27 Last	Prime8 Aug 2017
New Wacom Tablets in 2018 - 24" Pro and 32" Pro http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/its-time-for-growth-300485802.html?tc=portal_CAPJust wanted to share something I saw online, apparently Wacom is introducing 2 new tablets in early 2018. Still…	19 Last	claydough Aug 2017
Manga studio 5, anyone else using/used this? its not even listed in the polycount software wiki of tools used for concepting but its really blown me away. what I love most about it is the line stabilizing feature, I have the worst line control…	25 Last	ambelamba Aug 2017
artwork used in youtube videos I was just wondering. I've seen alot of Mike Nash art work used in youtube videos but where are the credits? I don't see Mike Nash credits anywhere in the description bar. https://www.youtube.co…	6 Last	kanga Aug 2017
Is there a Comic- con challenge this year? Is Poly count having one since Comicon is upon us?...If so I would love a link since I can't seem to find it here.	9 Last	STRIKER Aug 2017
Cinema 4D Release 19 https://www.maxon.net/en/products/new-in-release-19/overview/Main features being a new open GL viewport with pretty good preview quality and GPU rendering A really good update after R18 was pret…	0 Last	Shrike Aug 2017
[Giving away SIGGRAPH Select Conference Pass] I have a Select Conference pass to give away for SIGGRAPH. Email me jadeeyepanda117 at gmail.com Subject line must say: TED TURNER	3 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Aug 2017
Genital Jousting Fan Art [Competition] Hey polycount!Sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to post this, but I just wanted to let you know know that we're running a fan art competition for our game Genital Jousting! You can see t…	6 Last	Jay_Son_Hall Jul 2017
What's the best process for releasing PDF tutorials? Hey guys,I'm currently writing up a PDF tutorial for a shoes asset I made a while ago. What is best practice when releasing such a thing.Would I house it on Gumroad as a free downloadable PDF? Then l…	6 Last	PyrZern Jul 2017
Poll What content do you want to see on the front page?	29 Last	Obscura Jul 2017
Images won't display. Hey everyone, for some reason all images appear broken...http://imgur.com/a/6O1ae I've tried deleting my cache, trying another browser, aswell as searching it up here.Any ideas?	20 Last	DesignByKivi Jul 2017
Closed How does front paging work? Im wondering since this thread http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2561978#Comment_2561978 got to the frontpage. even if its entertaining to some, most people here seems to feel that its no…	55 Last	Michael Knubben Jul 2017
Dallas Society of Play Summer Party! Hey guys, theres a meetup being done by Dallas Society of Play...All ths info is copied from the meetup pageIF anyone is in Dallas, You should come, its always fun hangin with Dsop. https://www.…	0 Last	pmiller001 Jul 2017
Vancouver Meetup, July 31st - Full Indie I went to this meetup last month and it turned out pretty great! You get to meet lots of indie developers and other artists. Anybody else here on Polycount go to this? We could grab some beers at the…	3 Last	Ashervisalis Jul 2017
Game Development adopting Hollywood Culture Hey ya'll,Living in SoCal, the presence of Hollywood becomes admittedly a slow and steady reality. Rag mag and hijinks on TMZ get pretty regular. Celebrity sightings included. To th…	14 Last	jonpolygon Jul 2017
Save Net Neutrality Day https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/how-title-ii-goes-beyond-net-neutrality-to-protect-internet-users-from-isps/I know you all don't like political threads, but this decision effects all of u…	7 Last	FULGORE Jul 2017
Join us on twiter Joit us at twiter @3dmdb	0 Last	Alex Birdman Jul 2017
When do you decide to post for help on forums? Hello. What is your personal rule for asking help? Being from an area that does not have a super large game art community, I do most of my work alone. I try not to abuse people's time, but the a…	20 Last	sacboi Jul 2017
google deep mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn4nRCC9TwQit has begunthats totally how i would look doing parcour	5 Last	lotet Jul 2017
How do i get in touch with a Moderator? How do i get in touch with a Moderator?Id like to speak with a moderator ,not sure to get hold of them .	8 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Jul 2017
I almost got arrsted for this model Been playing with 3d scanning the last few days. I think I finally got it down. only 2k texture :Dwhile taking pictures of this rock people called the cops on me. The police pulled up on me asking a …	45 Last	Aerial_Knight Jul 2017
Making use of a second computer A while ago I got a Mac mini for uploading iOS apps to iTunes, but I don't feel like I'm getting nearly as much use out of it as I could.The piece of crap only has netbook-grade hardware, but I'm sur…	14 Last	Zack Maxwell Jul 2017
Amazon Lumberyard... Free game engine - http://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/So did they just kill off Crytek? i mean... this is cryengine with free source access, and Crytek are charging $9.99 p/m for their indie license.	60 Last	ThatOtherGuy Jul 2017
A communal Spyder 5 Pro monitor calibration device Hi, I recently bought a Spyder 5 pro advanced monitor calibration device, i now have both my monitors calibrated and its made a world of difference i would certainly suggest other artists to do …	6 Last	jaker3278 Jul 2017
R13 happy birthday! Happy Birthday Drew a.k.a. r13 a.k.a. Mr. Polycount!We believe in.you!	4 Last	R3D Jun 2017
Filter Recent Topics Search I would love to be able to customize the 'Recent' search to ignore specific forums. Is there an easy way to do this?	7 Last	RN Jun 2017
Audio Books!!! Ive never been one for audio books but i feel in love with "ready player one" and "enders game" a few years ago and I listen to them while i work I just came across a newish one that I think is …	19 Last	mats effect Jun 2017
Trying to remember the name of a 3d artist Hey guys I am working on a project atm and am looking for work I saw in the last week as a reference. Its this awesome Maya render of a black cat in a medical cone and I think there was a bit of tiss…	2 Last	Stu2Prof Jun 2017
Looking for Vitaly Bulgarov 3D prints I know some exist but I cant find anywhere I can buy them from. Is there anyone that can enlighten me?	2 Last	RossHildick3D Jun 2017
Summer Sales - Marvelous Designer, Painter Essentials 5 and more Some good deals out thereSteam - Marvelous Designer on Sale http://store.steampowered.com/tag/en/Animation%20%26%20Modeling/#p=0&tab=Discounts Humble Bundle - Painter Essentials 5 + two plugins +…	1 Last	EarthQuake Jun 2017
Sketchfab implements Temporal Anti-Aliasing Hey Polycounters, just a quick note to let you know that as part of our continued work to improve the quality of our real-time renderer we have just added temporal anti-aliasing to reduce crawl and s…	0 Last	Sketchfab Jun 2017
E3 2017 Who's going to be in town? We should do a casual Polycount meetup.	50 Last	Obscura Jun 2017
An Environment Artist reading list (actual books (made from trees)) I put this on my blog site. But I wanted to post it here. Since all of you have books I'm leaving off the list. I'd love to hear what other Artists read, reading, or use for inspiration. Please post …	33 Last	TheGabmeister Jun 2017
Let's connect on facebook! Hello beautiful community of Polycount!I've been studying 3D Art in the last year and begun getting involved with the community.I always love getting to know people who have the same passion as me bu…	63 Last	TheGabmeister Jun 2017