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[Finished] New Earth - a space habitat interior room in UE4 Finished Work:Original Post:I found this captivating concept art by Tom Schreurs and instantly wanted to recreate it in UE4. I feel like the concept captures this idea where Earth has become overpopu…	13 Last	TheGabmeister Aug 2019
Sprites/Level Design for Unity : Photoshop vs illustrator Hello,I'm creating this post to gather information on 2D Mobile development. I'm in the process of creating my first mobile app game and I wanted to see if there are any differences …	0 Last	DatsJustB Jul 2019
2D Character Design Procedure - CRITIQUES WANTED!!! Hello! This is a small project i been working on for my portfolio, I have 3d skills so once i have a character idea I can 3d Model it in Maya or sculpt in on Zbrush. I want to get into the design asp…	0 Last	ShoxZzBladeZz Jul 2019
Working on an indie game for free. Hello everyone, I wanted to post my situation and some questions to see what people in the industry think.I have been working for an indie studio remotely from home for about a year and a half now. A…	5 Last	Meloncov Jun 2019
New smileys are not an improvement IMHO Personally I vastly prefer the old smileys, the new ones are a lot harder to "read".:smile: for reference, and my favourite "smiley" is gone :C	6 Last	CybranM Jun 2019
MINI-GOLF contest winners! Phew - that was quick! Hot off the press are the results from the judges at Havok on their Top 9 entries to the MINI-GOLF contest! For those who don't know, the MINI-GOLF! contest hosted by Polycou…	22 Last	wojtekfedunik Apr 2019
Ti-Rex Artbook Hi Everyone!Welcome to my new thread. I'm a 2d artist. Currently working on concepts for Dota 2. If you like my concept Art you can join me as a modeler or a texture artist to work together.To s…	6 Last	Ti-Rex May 2016
Mrfido's Improvement journey Hey everyone its been a long time since I have posted on this site but I need to get back into the swing of thing. I have been seeing a lot of people do this improvement forum. So I decided to g…	5 Last	Mrfido Feb 2016
Demo Reel Critique! hey everyone, I was wondering if you guys could take a couple of minutes and watch my reel and comment what you think! Any feedback would be awesome!https://vimeo.com/130180380	2 Last	cainy Nov 2015
O_oMaDo_O Dota 2 Workshop O_oMaDo_O Dota 2 WorkshopHello everyone B) I'm new in this business, so I hope for understanding and support, and also will be very glad of feedback and criticism. In the course of the work wil…	18 Last	tatikah_163 Nov 2015
Clay Temple Hey guys, I made a tutorial on how I made this if you are interested. Thanks!http://gameschoolonline.com/brandonpham-1	2 Last	brandonpham Nov 2015
Professional team recruiting 3D Artists. INTRODUCTIONWe're a small indie studio, currently developing an interesting multiplayer-rpg project Magenda that is going to be similar to LOTRO but smaller.There's currently 3 programmers,…	2 Last	Noshrac Nov 2015
Introducing the Polycount Tower We are extremely happy to announce a brand new project for all of us here at Polycount: The Polycount Tower. Powered by Sketchfab, this tower will be an on-going art project where any artist can pa…	26 Last	fdfxd May 2015
the THRONE ROOM Allegorithmic - the folks responsible for Substance Designer and Substance Painter - are pleased to bring to you an environment art contest: the THRONE ROOM. Some of the biggest prizes to be offere…	18 Last	IgorKlints Jan 2015
Riot Games 2014 Art Contest Today, we are pleased to put out a contest call for artists of the following flavors: Character artists, Environment artists, Illustrators, Animators, and Visual FX artists. That is more than we've…	20 Last	dshin1 Nov 2014
Petrol/Blood - Top 3 Winners Quixel, Marmoset, and Polycount are pleased to be announcing the winners of our Petrol/Blood contest. This contest asked artists to create a depiction between a rider/pilot and their mount/vehicle …	7 Last	Crazy_pixel Oct 2014
Arms & Armor contest for Chivalry's Steam Workshop We are extremely happy to announce our latest contest - the Arms & Armor Contest for Chivalry: Medieval Warfare! If you've been itching to become a paid content creator for a Steam Workshop, bu…	6 Last	Nocturn Aug 2014
UT Master Challenge: Concept Art Polycount and Epic Games are teaming up to bring you our first ever 2D concept art contest: the Unreal Tournament Master Challenge: Concept Art Head on over to the contest page for full contest det…	3 Last	naptownhero Jul 2014
PETROL/BLOOD Polycount is proud to announce our latest video game art contest PETROL/BLOOD, sponsored by Quixel and Marmoset! This contest is a "next-gen, PBR" focused contest to get the community familiar with…	18 Last	lightbird Jun 2014
MINI-GOLF! Voting has begun! We are very happy to announce that you can note vote on your 3 favourite entries to MINI-GOLF: A Polycount Contest powered by Havok. Head on over to the voting page to cast your votes! As a reminde…	15 Last	ufo.mesh Mar 2014
MINI-GOLF deadline extended Havok has asked that we extend the deadline of the MINI-GOLF contest so that all the wonderful entries in development can be completely finished when submitted. As always, if you have any questions …	5 Last	JamesR Feb 2014
MINI-GOLF: A Polycount Contest We are please to announce a brand new 4-week contest, brought to you by the fine folks at Havok: MINI-GOLF: A Polycount Contest! For this contest, participants will have 4 weeks to create a mini-go…	7 Last	Preston Jan 2014
IGDA Austin Microtalks Jesse Sosa talked at one of the IGDA Austin 'Micro Talks', about his modular characters that won the Polycount Mutant League Challenge Check out the other videos in the IGDA Austin channel, there …	8 Last	cupsster Oct 2013
the VG Remix Top 20! On July 22nd, 2013 we launched a 3 week contest, the VG Remix.The Polycount Community was tasked with creating lowpoly 3D dioramas of their favorite videogames while using Sketchfab as a means to di…	27 Last	justDUKE Sep 2013
VG Remix voting begins! We're happy to announce that you can now vote on your Top 3 favourite entries to the VG Remix - a Polycount Contest. When you are casting your votes for your Top 3 entries (in no particular order),…	15 Last	justDUKE Aug 2013
Steam Workshop Revenue Allocation Steam introduces revenue allocation... "Starting today, item creators in Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 Workshops may choose from a selection of toolmakers, communities, and mentors and allocate a perc…	3 Last	Isaiah Sherman Jul 2013
the Escape: 3rd Place Winner! We are SO happy today to be announcing the 3rd place winning entry for the Escape: A Polycount Challenge -- Wild Hunt, by Team Oldschool! For their entry, Ryan, Kelvin, Jessica, Tamara and Adam ca…	39 Last	Spug Jun 2013
Small update to the Escape contest rules We've made a small update to the Escape contest page regarding the use of logos. The changes are as follows: In addition to your name/team name, the title of your entry and the Escape logo we are …	2 Last	uk-stryder Apr 2013
the Escape: A Polycount Challenge We are EXTREMELY happy to announce today our next 10-week-long epic event: the Escape: A Polycount Challenge. This challenge is completely unlike anything we've ever attempted before at Polycount a…	26 Last	suyunpark Mar 2013
Updates to the Polycount forums We've just completed some much needed updating to the forums at Polycount. Click through for the full list of changes. We have added a brand new subset of forums called 'Steam Workshops'. This is…	6 Last	littleclaude Mar 2013
Monthly Noob Challenge #4! AlexCatMasterSupreme, besides having a killer user name, is at it again with another 'noob' challenge! Polycount user AlexCatMasterSupreme is back with the 4th monthly Noob Challenge for the Polyco…	9 Last	tkfxity Feb 2013
Dota 2 Polycount Contest - Overall Winner Valve has released the Overall Winner for the Dota 2 Polycount Contest. Congratulations goes out to all 11 winners, as well as all that participants who completed their entries. Thank you for helpi…	29 Last	dirigible Dec 2012
Dota 2 Polycount Contest Winners - Day 3 Right on schedule record scratch Valve has released the Day 3 Winners for the Dota 2 Polycount Contest -- this time announcing four winners instead of three. We now know 10 of the 11 contest winn…	26 Last	Kalknaro Dec 2012
Dota 2 Polycount Contest Winners - Day 2 Valve has released the names of the next 3 winners of the Dota 2 Polycount Contest. That now makes 6 of the 11 winners known, with the final grand winner being announced on Friday. Check back tomor…	25 Last	Anuxinamoon Dec 2012
Dota 2 Polycount Contest Winners - Day 1 Valve has announced the first 3 winners of the Dota 2 Polycount Contest. Head on over to their blog post for full details, or visit the threads for the 3 winners in our forum. The first 3 winners a…	37 Last	TheQiwiMan Dec 2012
Dota 2 Polycount Contest: revenue sharing With the deadline for the Dota 2 Polycount Contest coming up (December 3rd!) Valve asked that we remind everyone has to finalize the revenue sharing option on their submission. "Each user involved i…	0 Last	adam Nov 2012
Dota 2 'Polycount Contest' extension Valve has contacted us and asked if we could extend the contest for an addition two weeks because, "we're really impressed and excited by the work coming out of the contest." We said, "Pfft.. yeah, …	10 Last	LuCh! Nov 2012
Dota 2 Polycount Contest We are extremely happy to finally announce to you the Dota 2 Polycount Contest. Just as we did when we first launched the update to Polycount we are pleased to be working with Valve yet aga…	22 Last	zenarion Oct 2012
Official Polycount Facebook Page Another way to stay up to date with Polycount news. We've recently created an official Polycount facebook page that will be used as another way to keep you all informed of all the great stuff going…	7 Last	Stinger88 Sep 2012
+20,000 Polycount members All of us here at Polycount were amazed with the positive community response to the launching of the new site and the amount of press it has received throughout many reputable sources on the Interne…	26 Last	MeintevdS Sep 2012
Shacknews Spotlights Polycount Shacknews took some time to spotlight Polycount and to chat with Adam "Polycount has been home to a large number of video game artists, both professional and amateur, since 1998. Like Shacknews, …	1 Last	VictorSantos Aug 2012
Darksiders II Contest Mace Winner The second winner for the Darksiders II Contest has been announced. Congratulations to Max Davenport for winning first place for his mace entry. His entry received almost double the votes o…	10 Last	Daven Apr 2012
Friday Recap Another week down and some amazing art as usual. Also don't forget to vote for the Darksiders II Contest Axe Entries. Now... ART! Pimping & Previews art by ShootandRun art by PAnick art …	16 Last	deutschbag Apr 2012
Darksiders II Contest Axe Winner The winner for the Darksiders II Contest Axe category has just been announced! Congratulations to Hristo Rusanov for his amazing Axe entry. Big props to Michael Vicente and Joel Tansley fo…	18 Last	TaylorMouse Apr 2012
Darksiders II Mace Vote is up The top 3 Macee entries have now been uploaded to the Darksiders Facebook Page and are ready for your vote. The next round of voting has begun on the Darksiders Facebook Page. Head over and…	10 Last	Isaiah Sherman Apr 2012
Darksiders II Contest Axe Vote is up The top 3 Axe entries have now been uploaded to the Darksiders Facebook Page and are ready for your vote. A little over an hour ago the voting page for the Darksiders II Contest Axe Entries…	11 Last	AimBiZ Apr 2012
Happy Birthday! Today is the traditional day of fools and yet somehow it's also our birthday. Our fourteenth birthday. We opened the door on April 1st, 1998. Congratulations to all both current and past polycounter…	28 Last	Cocophony Apr 2012
One Meeellion Posts Polycount hit another major milestone today as we surpassed the 1,000,000th post. A huge thanks from all of us here at Polycount to all our dedicated members, new and old, for making this happen an…	21 Last	mdeforge Feb 2012
Toronto IGDA Talk by Adam Bromell As some of you may know, Adam Bromell recently did a talk at the IGDA Toronto meeting about what it is to be a Video Game Artist, titled "More Than Pushing Polys". On October 20th, 2011, Pr…	33 Last	MadnessImport Feb 2012
Post Highlight Duncan Fraser took some time to write up a great post about his workflow you should check it out "My sole aim as an artist is to continually improve myself and inspire others (if possible)" Mission…	7 Last	Vitrux Oct 2011