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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
Just got Hacked!! Hi guys,I can't access my email account and skype. I am from Nigeria and unfortunately google did not give us the 2 step verification feature. So to everyone out there be careful. My recovery email a…	5 Last	melviso Jun 2017
Looking for friends :) Hey guys :)I was reading this article today that was saying how influential friends are - if you have a friend who drinks heavily (for example), you are 50% more likely to become a heavy drinker your…	20 Last	chubbycat Jun 2017
The 2016 Greentooth Awards: Winners! The Greentooth Awards: Winners!The votes have been counted and we’re absolutely thrilled to announce the winners of the first annual Greentooth awards. The Greentooth awards seek to honor the best of…	41 Last	Sk0LLiE Jun 2017
I am now ranked Triangle. How many more ranks until Admin? I received a notification yesterday that said I was promoted to triangle rank. I don't want to the power to get to my head, but I feel like I'm now ready for another bump up to something like site ad…	19 Last	MisterWolfen Jun 2017
Updated the Information sticky Sticky: Information About Polycount & New Member IntroductionsWe added new sections for "Avoid Necro Posts", "Self Promotion", "Flags: Spam, Abuse, Report", "Points and Ranks and Badges", and "Te…	4 Last	RN May 2017
Looking For Polycounters in Spain for romping around Hey PC,I think I will be in Spain for around a week come July, and I was wondering if anyone here who lived there might be down to help show me around and hangout.The itinerary is Madrid>Barcelona…	5 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi May 2017
A question on filtering feedback. So let me preface this by saying i'm on the opposite end of the spectrum - usually people always advise "Learn to take critiques and listen to them!". I've always been good about posting for feedback…	13 Last	Mark Dygert May 2017
Animation Expose , watch live today 10AM GMT, Frontier Games, MPC, Outpost VFX and more Animation Expose 2017Its now sold out but you can watch live today 10AM GMT.Frontier Games, Moving picture Company (MPC), Outpost VFX, Karrot Animation, Milk VFX, Rewind VRSchedul…	0 Last	littleclaude May 2017
tablets vs cintiq ( or similar) so yeah finally got around to trying my missus' ugee for sculpting( in zbrush) and i now realize that I don't really like working directly on the screen.My brain is so attuned to working on a tablet/…	27 Last	Caiterade May 2017
Recent Topics What happened to the recent topics tab? It was called 'Moar' before?	3 Last	radiancef0rge May 2017
Here's another Blender short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN0zPOpADL4Still as convincing and charming as the last one. Just thought of sharing!Cheers everyone	10 Last	Mark Dygert May 2017
Polycount Meet up Tokyo? Hi everyone, I've been thinking about this for a bit of time now,I live in Tokyo and most of the people I know doesn't have any interest in 3D :/ .I've seen many Polycount meet ups around the world …	38 Last	RyoClick May 2017
Horizon: Zero Dawn Haven't seen anything here regarding this gem. Reviews are coming out and apparently, it's fun to play. Though, let's focus on the visuals here for a bit.We're talking about the prettiest open-world …	58 Last	AGoodFella May 2017
Popularity of Game Engines: What happened to CryEngine? TL;DR: Why don't more people use CryEngine when compared to UE4 or Unity. Documentation? Or did they simply miss the ball when Unreal Engine and Unity came around?---You don't hear much from Crytek t…	36 Last	seth. May 2017
Game Dev Drink Up Los Angeles - May 11th Super casual, no drink minimum or anything. Just a bunch of people hanging out. Info below. https://www.facebook.com/events/274646016333870/	3 Last	beefaroni May 2017
What Translation services do you use? What services have you used for translation? I need to translate in several languages and I'm wondering what platforms people used and recommend.	8 Last	Mant1k0re May 2017
What's Polycount's rules on separating issues to different threads? I come from a programming background, so I am more used to the One Issue One Thread model.But I understand in a forum this leads to me creating multiple threads, which is not nice to other members.Wh…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2017
Toronto Meetup - Friday May 5th, 7pm So, this is much sooner than usual, but one of our regulars is leaving us. @"Dylan Brady" is venturing off from Toronto, and moving to Seattle. So let's have a proper send off for him! What? &n…	5 Last	slipsius May 2017
New Game Engine Xenko by Silicon Studio Xenko is an open-source C# game engine developed by Silicon Studio. It is free for personal use and small indie (<200k)http://xenko.com/features/	8 Last	Chimp May 2017
PUBG Modding Community #PUBGMODS Hello and welcome to PUBG MODS the PUBG Modding Community. I'm HEYDAE founder of Warlords Clique a modding team currently working on some SQUAD prototypes in anticipation of modding in PUBG. As …	0 Last	DarkAlleyEthics May 2017
Masters of Pixel Art Book Klas 'Prowler' Benjaminsson Interview Revision 2017 Klas Benjaminsson, who also goes as Prowler from BRS is a well known Pixel Artist who compiled by now two books of contemporary Pixel Art from scene artists and even artists from outside the demo sce…	0 Last	VisioRetron May 2017
zbrush 4r8? Haven't heard any news for a long time, anyone know when it is coming out?	17 Last	Justin Meisse May 2017
Why realistic graphics matters to games So I wrote a blog post as to why realistic graphics are important to games. Pick it apart and let me know what you think.https://elicitedresponse.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/games-and-graphics/	35 Last	Bruno Afonseca Apr 2017