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It's all about the old school. Today but comes only once a year and on this special day we'd like to share some news with you. Rare update their logo New Mortal Kombat video Short film (Phillips advertisement) - Carousel Wha…	5 Last	raul Jun 2010
TF2: Polycount Pack, Week 2 check-in There's a lot of great ideas coming out for the TF2: Polycount Pack contest and its only been TWO weeks. With the deadline 22 days away its going to a lot of fun and very inspiring to witne…	10 Last	Gerre Jun 2010
Pretty pictures and a contest There have been some cool things happening around the Community lately that we'd like to share with you. Polycount's own Alden "3dflasher" Filion's WIP environment in UDK 2D illustrations by Dani…	0 Last	Emil Mujanovic Jun 2010
Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer launches (UPDATED) The team @ Eidos Montreal put out a trailer today for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. After teasing the release for some time, be happy its finally here. With the original title being one of my favourit…	13 Last	Skamberin Jun 2010
Punks, Winners and Buzz What do a punk, a contest winner and a ranger from the Intergalactic Alliance have in common? They're kicking off Friday's community round-up - after the jump! vikramvr's Punk Character Game-Arti…	2 Last	adam Jun 2010
The Witcher 2 What happens when you take a really pretty and successful RPG and then make it prettier? Well you get The Witcher 2, of course! Here we will explore some of the stunning characters, environments, co…	11 Last	teaandcigarettes Jun 2010
Tutes, interviews and pretty pictures Having a slow afternoon? Check out some of the happenings througout the community. Cel shading tutorial in Maya with Cristophe Desse Pixologic Interviews the Mass Effect 2 art team Some crazy Gi…	1 Last	haiddasalami Jun 2010
The Art of Dante's Inferno, Rendering Tutorials and... UV Texture Grids? I didn't believe it myself, but seeing a huge collection of UV texture grids is pretty neat! We'll also shoot you over to CGChannel and 3Dexport for some other goodies we know you'll dig. …	2 Last	Jay Evans Jun 2010
Deus Ex 3 trailer sneak peak and more Excited about Deus Ex 3? Well we have some gorgeous sneak peak screenshots of the trailer scheduled for release on Friday 4th June and more goodies within. Deus Ex 3 It's been many years sin…	2 Last	rolfness Jun 2010
mental ray, Batman's Tumbler, WAYWO goodness! Hey folks, here's a quick round-up of stuff that's been going on in the CG communities over the weekend! mental ray 3.8 at CGSociety Alex Zapata's Batman Tumbler Polycount WAYWO thread highlight…	4 Last	butt_sahib Jun 2010
Damian Pannell, Paul Pepera expands Afternoon eye-candy?! DELICIOUS. This time around we're focusing on 2 amazing videogame artists, Damian Pannell and Paul Pepera. What are you waiting for? Get in here and check them out! […	8 Last	Emil Mujanovic May 2010
Technically speaking... The Technical Talk forum is expanding here at Polycount. We're adding 2 new sub-forums based around our 2 most popular engines of topic: The Unreal Development Kit and Crytek Sandbox. Click on throu…	10 Last	Emil Mujanovic May 2010
Mini Iron Man, Beast Dude and Batman! Here's a quick look at what's being shown off in other 3D communities... Olivier Couston & Christophe Desse's Mini Iron Man Alex Huguet's Beast Dude Juan Elias' Batman Redesign Full info an…	10 Last	carlo_c May 2010
An interview and lots of pretty pictures Don't have time to trawl through every art community on the Internet for stunning artwork, well look no further! Follow through to check out some amazing work from four different artists throughout …	2 Last	Emil Mujanovic May 2010
Artist 'hydzior' rocks Youtube for updates Images are one thing - but showcasing your artwork in a video is another thing completely! If you haven't seen what hydzior's been up to lately then now is your chance. Click on through to see some …	5 Last	Divine Rage May 2010
Cody Kenworthy, Space Shuttles, Flightpattern Another day another 'bunch-of-stuff-thats-not-exactly-game-art-related-but-we-think-you'll-love-it' post. Enjoy! Cody Wentworth Time lapse video Discovery Flightpattern After the jump! …	1 Last	Purplepaint May 2010
Mari texture painting article at CGSociety CGSociety have just put up an interesting article about Mari, the 3D texture painting application that was used on Avatar, and is currently being pushed towards Beta form. Well worth a read, this co…	5 Last	ralusek May 2010
UDK May beta update, brings Steam Big updates today for UDK: Steam Colour grading Updated heightfog much more Click through to see the entire list of updates for the May UDK. One of the more noteable releases is a showcase o…	13 Last	Axios May 2010
Stefan Morrell updates, Coolvibe, Eat3D Streams Check out this dish of afternoon eye-candy. YUM! Stefan Morrell with another fine example in environment creation. Coolvibe, for only the coolest. Eat3D expands, and brings streaming content. …	5 Last	Ark May 2010
A boy uncertain of his sister's fate... Enters LIMBO In 2006 a concept trailer created by Arnt Jensen surfaced with it's haunting monochromatic visuals, strong silhouettes, fluid animation and climactic ending. Several years later, this concept has be…	2 Last	Purplepaint May 2010
Jacob Charles Dietz, Shields A couple of great things happening in the digital world we thought you would dig! Jacob Charles Dietz breaks it down for us. A gem of a bookmark for environment artist. Click on through for ful…	2 Last	Nostradamus May 2010
Drawing on the Apple iPad Whether you're a fan or not, I am sure you've been wondering if you could use the iPad as a tablet. After seeing this video, it looks like the answer is a 'Yes'! Well, sort of. Using a Pogo…	7 Last	DInusty May 2010
The Team-Fortress 2 'Polycount Pack' CONTEST That's right! We're kicking the doors open on the massive Polycount update with a brand new contest with none-other than Valve Software. Oh did that get your attention? Then maybe you should read on…	15 Last	haiddasalami May 2010
We're being Spy-sapped from the TF2 blog! Oi! Valve's announcement on the TF2 blog is bringing in a larger-than-anticipated amount of traffic! And while we're hard at work opening the pipes, you... ...should check out either the TF2 Contes…	7 Last	haiddasalami May 2010
The Polycount Update We are proud to finally get to say this: Welcome to the Polycount Update! It's been a long time coming and its finally here. Click on through to find out more about the update! The two biggest ques…	11 Last	Skamberin May 2010
Human Topology, MatCaps into Blender A couple of great things happening in the 3D game art community today! GameArtisan's has a great thread on male/female topology. Eat3D has a great, FREE, video for ZBrush to Blender shennanigans.…	0 Last	adam May 2010