Polycount Forum

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3D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 3D video game artwork, ask/give critique, and share techniques.	44.9K	572.5K	What are you working on? 2018 Eric_Bitch_02 • 5:34AM in 3D Art Showcase & Critiques
2D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 2D game artwork, share techniques, and ask/give critiques.	1.6K	20.9K	Do you guys like 2D sex ? Eric_Bitch_02 • 5:36AM in 2D Art Showcase & Critiques
Animation Showcase & Critiques Share your animation projects for discussion, education, and feedback.	1.1K	6.9K	#Animtober _adamturnbull • Nov 14 2018 in Animation Showcase & Critiques
Digital Sketchbooks Each artist can post any artwork they choose, personal projects, art progressions, etc	3.6K	50.8K	Sketchbook: DeepSpaceBanana chriszuko • 4:13AM in Digital Sketchbooks
Featured Artwork Artwork featured in the Polycount header, created by talented artists of the Polycount Community.	298	13.1K	Sketchbook: Esbjörn Esbjörn Nord • Nov 12 2018 in Featured Artwork

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Technical Talk Ask technical questions about 2D/3D software & techniques & hardware, share shaders, scripts, and new software.	33.5K	248.4K	How to poop correctly Navoda • 6:02AM in Technical Talk
Allegorithmic Substance PBR texturing and material authoring tools	1.5K	10.8K	I always combine meshes in Maya first when I want a shared texture set. Am I doing this right? poopipe • Nov 14 2018 in Allegorithmic Substance
Coding, Scripting, Shaders Coders Unite! Share coding techniques, shader dev, scripting, tool making.	14	2.6K	(MEL) question about condition statement onionhead_o • 3:23AM in Coding, Scripting, Shaders
Marmoset Realtime rendering and art tools	620	4.2K	Marmoset 3.05 Imported versus Internal Cage. EarthQuake • Nov 12 2018 in Marmoset
Quixel SUITE - Megascans Scan based PBR texturing. In Photoshop.	1.9K	13.2K	Answered: NDO Photoshop update ? Synaesthesia • Nov 14 2018 in Quixel SUITE - Megascans
Unity 2D and 3D game development platform.	672	3.2K	Unity Master Thread! AmplifyCreations • Nov 14 2018 in Unity
Unreal Engine Suite of integrated tools for game developers.	3.5K	20.3K	can we get access to the velocity gbuffer? poopipe • Nov 14 2018 in Unreal Engine

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General Discussion News, announcements, game discussions, etc. New members see the Information sticky.	24K	556.4K	Information About Polycount & New Member Introductions Eric Chadwick • 3:23AM in General Discussion
Career & Education Getting into game development, education for game artists, working in a studio vs. freelancing, life/work balance, managing your career.	1.1K	10.2K	Quick 'how to' guide for a wannabe environmental artist Taylor Brown • Nov 14 2018 in Career & Education
Polyfraggers Gather with your fellow polycounters for online gaming!	79	538	Anyone playing Hunt Showdown? jlvwm • Nov 14 2018 in Polyfraggers
The Q-Branch Quote game! This is the place to have a little trivia fun. Please abide by the rules of the game.	1.5K	9.4K	You've always been the caretaker R3D • Nov 14 2018 in The Q-Branch Quote game!

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The Polycount Newsfeed	67	675	Polycount Recap \| October 2018 Bill Lumbergh • Nov 13 2018 in The Polycount Newsfeed
Archives Long-running threads & sections we want to keep around for easy access.	1.3K	150.8K	Google+ Hangouts Chris Bruin • Sep 13 2018 in Archives

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Shapeways Dota 2 3D Printing Contest Bring a Dota themed object to life in Shapeways 3d printing contest!	71	235	Announcing the Shapeways Dota 2 3D Printing Contest! slocik • Aug 10 2018 in Toys
3Daily 2017 Make one 3D object per day for the year of 2017	76	958	3Daily 2017: analogous analogous • Nov 13 2018 in 3Daily 2017
Riot Creative Contest 2017	1.6K	12.5K	[Riot Creative Contest 2017] Lary Kummer Arasharefue4 • Sep 4 2018 in Environment Art
Handplane Contest Contest Forum for the 3d baking tool; Handplane	75	365	Joopson - Stanley No. 9 1/4 (and maybe more) yanpes • Jun 15 2018 in Handplane Contest
XMD Contest	91	599	Character Inna • Feb 14 2018 in XMD Contest
Contests & Challenges Archives All non-active Contest & Challenge threads will be moved to this forum.	12K	171.9K	Adobe Stock Contest Eric Chadwick • Nov 13 2018 in Contest Planning

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Counter-Strike: GO	449	998	M4A1-S \| Sector 0 acidax • Nov 14 2018 in Counter-Strike: GO
Dota 2	1.6K	54.8K	Help with windlace and when to use bhajipav • Oct 30 2018 in Dota 2
Unity Store For artists who are creating content for the Unity Store. https://store.unity3d.com/	184	1.4K	[Best Tool Asset Store Award] Amplify Shader Editor - Node-based Shader Creation Tool AmplifyCreations • Nov 13 2018 in Unity Store
Unreal Marketplace For artists who are creating content for the Unreal Marketplace . https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace	102	157	Detective story pack markkorneev • Nov 10 2018 in Unreal Marketplace

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Artists Looking For Work Individual artists looking for compensated work, whether full-time, part-time, or freelance.	4.6K	6.6K	3D Environment And Props Artist Klawd • Nov 14 2018 in Artists Looking For Work
Outsource Studios Looking For Work Groups of artists looking for work can post examples of their artwork here, for potential employers to view & evaluate.	67	463	Worldwide Experienced \| 2D/3D Graphic outsourcing Studio \| Look for work dslevel_en • Nov 14 2018 in Outsource Studios Looking For Work
Freelance Job Postings Companies or individuals looking to hire game artists for compensated freelance work.	1.7K	1.8K	[Paid] looking for a concept artist to create concept art for interactive 3D website genesys • 12:37AM in Freelance Job Postings
Full time/Part time work Established companies looking to hire staff for a full/part time employment with benefits.	4.4K	3.8K	Los Angeles game studio hiring 3D Environment Artist! eddietree • Nov 13 2018 in Full time/Part time work
Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work Project compensation is based on future royalties or post-launch payment.	1.1K	858	1985: Dystopia Simulator needs environment artist. NewAmsterdam • Nov 14 2018 in Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work
Collaboration & Unpaid Work Mod teams looking for artists, unpaid requests, or free models/textures/contributions.	3.2K	5.4K	[Internship][Remote]looking for Low-poly 3D artist rtos • Nov 14 2018 in Collaboration & Unpaid Work

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Terms of Service	2	0	Privacy Policy System • Nov 2017 in Terms of Service