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"Hidden" creative side of big names? Phenomena or obvious order of things?

[{"insert":"Sorry once again for weird discussion topic, but it's something that was bothering me for a long time.\nBrowsing \"PRO-heavy\" resources like ArtStation, Behance etc. I sometimes notice o…
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Iwazaruk7

How much can i sell a .STL file ?

[{"insert":"Hi guys i wanna ask you how you decide the price of a .stl file of one yours sculpt? How you calculate? \nThank you\n\n"}]
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Neox

Working on personal computer for a company with strict rules regarding connection security.

[{"insert":"Hello, the company I work for is now getting more secure. So its no longer possible to work on my personal computer.\nHow is this solved with freelance work etc. for big companies ? Every…
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oglu

How to handle Artist and developer collaboration in game projects?

[{"insert":"Collaboration in a team can be difficult. Everyone has their own tasks and priorities and this causes friction, especially if you're depending on someone else to prepare test builds and n…
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Neox

AI Based Normal Map Generation

[{"insert":"Posting for visibility if anyone wanted an alternative to single image - AI normal map generation. ArtEngine just released this to the public (2022.7.1). I was happy to be part of this pr…
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morepolys

Interaction with customers

[{"insert":"Hello everyone and have a nice day!\nI wanted to know how you discuss\/show work with customers? How is the interaction going?\nDo you protect your works with watermarks before payment or…
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unreal_ir

Vertical Mouse? any tips for painful hands

[{"insert":"Hi\nI am going to invest in a Vertical Mouse as I am getting forearm pain, can you offer any advice? Also I was wondering if I should go Wireless?\nI've been looking through this lot - "}…
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Udjani

How do you guys approach concept art?

[{"insert":"I have a question and it would be great if some senior artists in the industry could show me how they work and their opinion on this subject.\nFor example, if you get a concept art of a c…
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Ruz

Has anyone here ever 3D print car parts to life scale?

[{"insert":"Thank you in advance my talented fellow polycounters. \nI'm trying to design personal parts for my vehicle....anyone here ever tried to print to life scale. I have a dimensionally accurat…
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Eric Chadwick

Moved: How to become a Game Tester

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Eric Chadwick

can you share a file which contains assets from external sources ?

[{"insert":"So I'm thinking of delivering a UE compiled exe file to clients in future in which people can walk around in interior\/exterior of a House but I wonder if I can share the exe file if I've…
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EarthQuake

[2D Art] When do you know it's time to, you know, give up?

[{"insert":"Hello, let me introduce myself briefly.\nI have always liked digital art and had a graphic tablet and drawing programs since I was in my teens. I couldn't afford art school, so I ended up…
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Tiles

Google Chrome strangely cant load polycount forums

[{"insert":"Google Chrome strangely cant load polycount forums but on other web browsers Polycount forums is loading fine \ngetting a wierd error all of suddent in google chrome about privacy issue \…
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Eric Chadwick

A general question for the forum

[{"insert":"Hello everyone, quick market question if possible, I am a marketing director for a design team that is looking to enter into selling 3D models, and was curious when you do have to outsour…
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Eric Chadwick

Forum features wishlist

Any features you wish Polycount had? Let us know and we'll see if we can grant them.This is for wishes only, new things to add, not bugs. If you find bugs please see Bugs! We got 'em!Here's our …
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Ruz

GDC 2022 Slava Ukraini Charity Comedy Show for the Ukrainian Humanitarian Fund

[{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/slava-ukraini-charity-comedy-show-tickets-300877220867?aff=ebdssbdestsearch"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/sla…
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Brian "Panda" Choi

Substance 3D Modeler beta launch!

[{"insert":"Hi everyone, we just launched our first beta for "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Substance 3D Modeler"},{"insert":"!\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.…
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Jerc

half life alyx on steam VR

[{"insert":"I have been trying to buy this for 2 weeks now. If I go to steampowered.com it hangs on the purchase where its says 'working'\ni have tried purchasing it from within steam VR on my oculus…
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Ruz

Will games ever look like real life?

[{"insert":"I was watching some videos of people playing mods on an"},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"RTX 3090 and it looked kind of trippy. It looked like a film but something…
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kanga

Adobe Substance 3D Modeler

[{"insert":"Has anyone heard of this: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/sg\/products\/substance3d-modeler.html"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/sg\/products\/substance3d-modeler.…
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poopipe

introduce me some discord community

[{"insert":"hello friends ,i was interested in join some cg community in discord\nif u can plz inform me\n"}]
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Eric Chadwick

Moved: UE5 - How to move Water Body Ocean up on the Z axis???

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Eric Chadwick

Toronto Meetup?

[{"insert":"Any plans for a Toronto meetup soon?\n"}]
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DrunkShaman

Any online communities that meetup to casually sculpt weekly?

[{"insert":"I was curious if there were any online communities that regularly meetup to share their sculpting on maybe discord or something like that. Kinda like a drawpile session or, just casual cr…
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ELIXA

GTA+ is now available.

[{"insert":"GTA+ is now available. \nIt will give you the opportunity to claim properties in and around Los Santos that unlock gameplay updates you may have missed out on.\n"},{"insert":{"embed-exter…
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thomasp

🤍⬛◾ Happy Birthday Polycount!! ◾⬛🤍

[{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"http:\/\/wiki.polycount.com\/wiki\/Polycount:About#History"},"insert":"Happy 24th birthday Polycount !"},{"attributes":{"header":{"level":2,"ref":""}},"insert":"\n…
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AdrienTriangles

New Unity Realtime Demo: Enemies

[{"insert":"For most of the time i thought they used a real actress and let her do her craft so that it looks \"uncanny valley\"'ish and i think the deliberately made it look ( lighting wise ) like i…
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knacki

Does anyone have a copy of Squirrely Jones's feather's tutorial?

[{"insert":"The Wiki gives the link to "},{"attributes":{"link":"http:\/\/www.squirrelyjones.com\/public\/feathers.pdf"},"insert":"http:\/\/www.squirrelyjones.com\/public\/feathers.pdf"},{"insert":" …
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Joopson

Wizart - New 3D Software

[{"insert":"Wizart - New 3D Software - "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/wizartsoft.com\/"},"insert":"Wizartsoft"},{"insert":"\nIt will be interesting to see where this goes?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-…
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littleclaude

Why do you enjoy your work?

[{"insert":"I know this is a bit of a nonsensical question but after I heard that someone said he enjoys the highpoly over the lowpoly it made me wonder from which different sources ppl. might derive…
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Leinad

What website can be used to create a library of all artworks, including older ones?

[{"insert":"TLDR: \nWhat would you be using to make a personal library and timeline with all of your art, including the really old stuff?\n----------------------------------------------\nI'm a 3D Art…
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Tiles

How much to charge for NFT

[{"insert":"I recently Received a offer to work on NFT Project in which they have made\/generated 2D cartoon dog with multiple Layers of things like clothing, background, Accessories etc, it totals t…
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YashP

changin careers

[{"insert":"made you look - I seem to have transmogrified in to an environment artist these days :)\ni started off an an enviroment guy back in 2002 and now have come full circle. quite enjoy, though…
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Ruz

Is there a software like old NDO2 where you can DRAW normal maps - more specific for sci-fi trims.

[{"insert":"Hey everyone. So is there a software like old NDO2 where you can DRAW normal or\/and Height maps - more specific for sci-fi trims\/atlases needs? I just start to think that I can save som…
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poopipe

Windows 11 worth it?

[{"insert":"I see constant suggestions to upgrade to w11. Should I? Blender, Adobe and Autodesk soft work ok on it ? Wacom drivers? \nJust wonder. My previous experience tells never upgrade …
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welbot

Which software do you hate the most to work with (for whatever reason)?

I'm not asking which software is objectively the worst, or how do they compare, but which one you, personally, hate - but must - use. 3D or 3D-related software, of course.
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david_arel

Question, does anyone know if artstation available in China?

[{"insert":"Question, does anyone know if "},{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/?sort_by=trending&dimension=3d"},"insert":"ArtStation "},{"insert":"available in China or…
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sacboi

[Help] Post not visible after edit

[{"insert":"Hi, I edited my last post and suddenly after saving its not visible anymore. If I go to my draft page its linked there, but I cant repost it because it has to be checked first ( I guess b…
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Eric Chadwick

Is hobbyist / amateur 3d in classic form (not actually) dying?

[{"insert":"Do you have impression that hobbyist \/ amateur 3d in classic form kinda dies? When taking a look around, now it always feels like \"everyone\" is doing portfolios, preparing to getting h…
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Tiles

Anybody have experience with epic megagrants?

[{"insert":"I wonder if it's worth taking some time to pursue or not in my specific case. \nI have a vertical slice of a game that is decently put together, but it's very niche and would be a shock t…
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Firebert

Google Stadia

With all the failed attempts and defunct/discontinued products for game streaming, I thought Cloud Gaming was gone for a while...Google thinks otherwise..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SOS-a4ks7sAs…
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littleclaude

Automatic save draft re-enabled

[{"insert":"Vanilla fixed the bug with the \"draft saved\" popups. The \"Save Draft\" feature is automatic once again. It saves every few seconds or so. \nLMK if you run into any trouble: "},{"attrib…
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Eric Chadwick

Its hard to get hold of a PS5

What's going on with the cost of a PS5? totally crazy or am I just getting old? My Son asked for one and I almost choked at over £700 ($960) I may as well get him a PC! Won't this will kill the …
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sacboi

TV as a monitor?

how many of you guys are using a 1080p tv as a primary monitor? Best buy is offering a no interest credit on TVs over 1000$ until 2012... so I figure if it's a good enough picture, I might pick up a …
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oglu

Maxon Zbrush

Sounds wrong to me.https://pixologic.com/announcement/
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Ronnie_Barter

HALO TV SERIES, OFFICIAL TRAILER LAUNCHED

[{"insert":"Paramount have just unveiled the epic first official trailer for their highly anticipated Halo TV Series! \nFeaturing a look at Covenant Elites, Dropships and Forerunner technology this f…
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littleclaude

How to do research and development for a new art style

[{"insert":"Suppose you want to figure out a new art style for a game project. The big questions are how to develop an appealing style that fits a certain theme, and also provides a reasonable produc…
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perprerp

Selling perpetual Zbrush license

[{"insert":"Good morning,\nI hope this is allowed on here (I didn't notice any rules not allowing). If there is any issue please let me know\nI have a perpetual single usr Zbrush license 2018-current…
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Joao Sapiro

Unity acquired Weta

Im confused. https://blog.unity.com/news/welcome-weta-digital
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oglu

Digital Design & Visual Communication Communities

[{"insert":"Hello, this is sort of tangential to the game & 3D art world, but I expect there is at least some overlap that can be of use. \nI am looking for communities like polycount but geared towa…
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Neox

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