General Discussion

Topic	Replies	Latest Post
Art Asset Management feels broken, so I built a tool to fix it. [{"insert":"Hi, I’m Pierre. I built a tool for indies to store, version, sync, and organize art assets in the cloud.\nAs an indie, it was hard for me to organize and version art assets before they we…	17 Last	gnoop Feb 2023
Crowd funding project: Marking menus for Photoshop and other software Recently I was telling a buddy of mine about how I hate digging through the standard menus in some software like Photoshop. In Maya or Zbrush I am used to creating either marking menus or custom pale…	12 Last	Michael Knubben Feb 2023
Multiplayer Blender all in the Browser! [{"insert":"Yo, I’m Pierre. I built a platform that allows you to use Blender, with multiple users, in real-time, all in the browser.\nHere’s a demo: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DFy…	0 Last	pierrehaou Feb 2023
Mocap SW “Submit your dance moves” Challenge [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/9LG8468YFNMQ\/screen-shot-2023-02-02-at-11-57-57-am.png","name":"Screen Shot 2023-02-02 at 11.57.57 AM.png","typ…	2 Last	iam717 Feb 2023
Artists just simply doing their thing. [{"insert":"In my opinion, well worth a peek\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/how-being-a-3d-artist-helped-survive-wartime\/"},"insert":"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/how-being-a-3d…	1 Last	sacboi Jan 2023
Selling my MoI 3D v4 license for 250 $ [{"insert":"not on sale anymore\n"}]	0 Last	Andreicus Jan 2023
Saint Denis in Red Dead Redemption 2 [{"insert":"One day I was doing an image search for \"old french market\" and found this black-n-white photo (see below).\nWhen I saw it, I thought to myself, \"Wait, I've seen this before!\"\nI pull…	3 Last	okidoki Jan 2023
Happy New Year Polycount! [{"insert":"Hope you all had a productive and exciting year. We here at Polycount are wishing you all the best in the coming year!\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.n…	9 Last	Iwazaruk7 Jan 2023
Is there a protest going on right now at Artstation? [{"insert":"Is there some type of organized protest going on at Artstation right now? The site is slow to load, and seems to getting bombarded with this \"no to ai\" image:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-ex…	72 Last	Alex_J Jan 2023
OccultArt: My take on the AI situation and protests [{"insert":"My open letters to Artstation: \nPart 1: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/r9qDqJ"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/r9qDqJ"},{"insert":"\nP…	3 Last	Joopson Jan 2023
Have I Been Trained? AI database search tool [{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/haveibeentrained.com\/"},"insert":"https:\/\/haveibeentrained.com\/"},{"insert":" \nA tool where \"artists can search these databases for links to their work and fla…	5 Last	myclay Jan 2023
How to Embed Youtube [{"insert":"If you post a Youtube link directly into your edit, usually you'll see this, a boring link: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U93RImC-by4"},"insert":"https:\/\/…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2022
From my peers and the Internet Consumer side, I'm seeing happy and feverishly positive reactions... [{"insert":"...and this has made me question our relation to how people consumes ''content''.\n\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/VQ96C78YCTO3…	3 Last	gnoop Dec 2022
Rokoko a motion capture - New AI tool [{"insert":"Rokoko a motion capture company have just released Rokoko Video an AI tool allowing you to extract mocap data from just a video. It works pretty great!\nHere’s an example Alberto and I do…	3 Last	pior Dec 2022
Communal speaking patterns [{"insert":"I've noticed that reading comments from users online is a slightly different experience then what it was in the past. Which should come as no surprise, things change, and the internet has…	7 Last	iam717 Dec 2022
xgen render or real time hair for portfolio? whats better? [{"insert":"Hi,\nif someone wants to be grooming artist, what is better to have on a portfolio , a real time hair(haircards) or rendered xgen ?\nby better i mean what is more valuable to the industry…	6 Last	thomasp Dec 2022
Post your instagrams Hey guys I want my instagram feed to be a bit more of an inspiration board. can you post your instagrams where your post art and stuff so I can wake up to more Art!here is mine:https://www.insta…	76 Last	Schultzie Dec 2022
Most influential games [{"insert":"I am sure most of people that work or want to work in the game industry at some point had played a game that made such huge impression to make them want to be part of game industry How a …	3 Last	iam717 Dec 2022
Do 3D Art communities alive (3d, substance designer, etc.)? [{"insert":"Hello guys, \nI' am working on the project 3 years already. But I feel that just lagged behind the industry a bit. May be I getting old, but 3 years ago there are was more different discu…	12 Last	Iwazaruk7 Dec 2022
Coffee table art book ideas & Digital Downloads [{"insert":"Hello\nI am looking for coffee table books please, can be on indie games, colour theory, game art, concept art, key art you name it I would like to know about it. \nAlso if anyone has any…	1 Last	Firebert Nov 2022
Use of the original logo [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/9BTTTTV095JT\/111-png.png","name":"111.PNG","type":"image\/png","size":374702,"width":940,"height":476,"displayS…	26 Last	emilywaatson Nov 2022
Unreal 5 Today is the Day! https://youtu.be/d1ZnM7CH-v4	105 Last	Artisan Nov 2022
Closed Term for upper lips being raised, revealing teeth, when in a neutral expression? So this has been bugging me. A lot of concepts I see lately of women, and some notable actresses and models, have this one physical trait where their upper lip is set higher, thus when that person's…	64 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2022
Dream Fusion 3D models. Is the end close for 3D artists? [{"insert":"So almost every week, without even looking for it, I see advancements of AI in my feed. It feels like it's getting exponentially better and that the people working on it are drinking coff…	33 Last	Shrike Nov 2022
Who is this artist? [{"insert":"Hello,\nI am looking for a 3D visual from an Asian (maybe Chinese) artist. He had shared his visual, I think on Arstation. It shows a little girl waiting for a train to arrive on the righ…	2 Last	Mir76 Nov 2022
Looking to study game assets so I can improve my stuff! [{"insert":"Title pretty much says everything. I'm looking for actual game assets that I could study in order to gain a better idea of what kinda topology I should be doing in my own personal work. I…	7 Last	JacqueChoi Nov 2022
Photoshop: Why the brushes have this shape? [{"insert":"I apologize if I disturb such a fool. It is a doubt that I cannot resolve.\n\nBy necessity I am using 2d software, PScs6.\nNow, I've downloaded a lot of brushes, and they all seem to have…	7 Last	Gikkio Oct 2022
3ds Max USD 0.3 Beta Release with USD Stage Support [{"insert":"We released 3ds Max USD 0.3 Beta with USD Stage Support and a new Max USD SDK. The USD Stage Object allows you to load USD files directly into Max without importing. The SDK allows you to…	0 Last	shawnolson Oct 2022
General cost of character retargeting + cleanup vs keyframe animation [{"insert":"So I've been considering buying a rokoko suit for animating sequences of exercises for an app I’m building. The animations are short and some of them loop so I suppose animations are typi…	4 Last	ninjz Oct 2022
How much of a sinner am I? I have no idea what I'm doing. [{"insert":"I'm proving to be a bad student that is bad at paying attention and following guides, so I'm just doing stuff that doesn't work while trying to model a car body for practice. I JRemeshed …	9 Last	zetheros Oct 2022
Free or cheep software for students & cost or alternatives for FreeLancers [{"insert":"Free software for students and cost for graduates (freelance), here is the list, what do you think? please add any software you think needs to be added.\nWhile the course will obviously p…	7 Last	Cibo Oct 2022
How often do you disagree with your peers/superiors? [{"insert":"Not necessarily openly, just in general, regardless of whether you voice it out or not. \nI mean disagree "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"artistically "},{"insert":"of course - o…	10 Last	zetheros Oct 2022
Artstation.com funny business practices. [{"insert":"so i was being quick and posting, kools, cool, neat, then thumbs up's and some strange blocking happened here are scrnshots.\nAny reasonings behind this, i am just curious, and how long w…	5 Last	iam717 Oct 2022
Can i ask the artist to change the "visual" style of their concept? (anime to comic/realistic style) [{"insert":"firstly i am a beginner at sculpting, but i have previous drawing knowledge like anatomy, shape appeal, composition etc... i am learning to be an sculptor for collectibles, so i am follow…	9 Last	kanga Oct 2022
DIscussions about Hard Surface Designs [{"insert":"Do you know of any place to discuss design topics? Like a forum, discord-server etc.\n\nI am struggeling quite a bit with design\/function stuff in HSM, and it's quite strange that there …	2 Last	Klaus Hustle Oct 2022
Web 3.0 & the Metaverses [{"insert":"Since we are in the Web 3.0 era, and we can already see many Metaverses launching and many players are adapting already. Would you as a 3D artist consider working in this space and get pa…	8 Last	pior Oct 2022
3d model search engine [{"insert":"I have been working on a 3d model search engine for sometime.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.meshplorer.com\/"},"insert":"www.meshplorer.com"},{"insert":"\nIt is indexing 3d mod…	1 Last	okidoki Oct 2022
Woodworking and other real world projects I know we have at least a few woodworkers on the boards, so let's see what you're working on or have made! Woodworking, home improvement projects, 3D printing, really anything you're making in the re…	70 Last	Ashervisalis Sep 2022
Dream Textures - Stable Diffusion built-in to the Blender shader editor [{"insert":"Stumbled upon this earlier. I realize AI generated images is quite a hot topic right now but this seemed really cool!\nGithub Link: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/github.com\/carson-…	0 Last	XenoKratios Sep 2022
Are high quality "ugly" heads easier to sculpt than high quality "handsome/beautiful" heads? [{"insert":"When practicing fast sculpting exercises, I find that is easier for me to make a good quality head if it is \"Ugly\" than trying to make a beautiful\/handsome head. Of course with an \"ug…	5 Last	killnpc Sep 2022
Any interest in doing a studygroup? [{"insert":" Hello!\nI'm trying to get a study group going for really any skill level, beginner, intermediate to full on advanced pro to help each other getting to where we want to be. Primarily it's…	0 Last	Alchemical Sep 2022
i enjoy Protonmail [{"insert":"i still use and enjoy my gmail account and read it every morning. thanks to whomever from the community here that gave me the initial invite years ago.\ni've been using "},{"attributes":{…	7 Last	Finnn Sep 2022
Help me remember this old awesome game! Hey guys, I recently felt the urge to play this old game I always used to play, but I couldn't even come up with the name... :\. So it's a shooting game, 2d, viewed from the side. You could upgrade…	23 Last	Ruz Sep 2022
Art test question. Props for unreal engine. [{"insert":"Hello, I have questions about my art test for a studio that develops VR\/AR applications.\n\nNow I don’t understand a little how my model should look in the final.\n\n1.Should I texture t…	4 Last	Vedro Sep 2022
What's with all these NFT proposals? [{"insert":"I've gotten at least 5 people emailing me about doing the \"next big\" NFT project over the last 4 weeks. I don't really care much about NFTs. The only reason why I mint my artwork as NFT…	22 Last	Alex_J Aug 2022
Digic Pictures - UE 4.27 Another Home Proof of Concept Teaser [{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/TheDigicPictures"},"insert":"Digic Pictures"},{"insert":" - UE 4.27 Another Home Proof of Concept Teaser\n"},{"insert":{"embed-ex…	1 Last	oglu Aug 2022
After months of thinking, not thinking and modeling, my Spacemouse kit is finished. [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/GCVDRFZZ6Z6W\/image.png","name":"image.png","type":"image\/png","size":2971733,"width":2388,"height":1343,"displ…	12 Last	poopipe Aug 2022
Maya Bifrost Bifrost is now an open graph.For now more a Fx tool but there is more in the pipe. https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/introducing-bifrost-for-maya/	36 Last	oglu Aug 2022
Call for submissions: Art Future festival in AR [{"insert":"\nHello!\nIf you are a 3D modeler+animator, we'd like to invite you to participate in the digital art festival named Art Future we are organizing in location-based augmented reality in th…	0 Last	ivoras Aug 2022
looking for service which uses ai to do a/b testing for ads, art, etc. [{"insert":"doing a\/b tests with humans is too expensive.\n"}]	3 Last	Alex_J Aug 2022