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3D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 3D video game artwork, ask/give critique, and share techniques.	45.5K	572.6K	[WIP] My take on a stylised Luna Lovegood. Lucospade • 8:15AM in 3D Art Showcase & Critiques
2D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 2D game artwork, share techniques, and ask/give critiques.	1.7K	21.1K	Building a Library of Images for Everyone Eric Matyas • Jan 20 2019 in 2D Art Showcase & Critiques
Animation Showcase & Critiques Share your animation projects for discussion, education, and feedback.	1.2K	7K	dodge tyree • Jan 19 2019 in Animation Showcase & Critiques
Digital Sketchbooks Each artist can post any artwork they choose, personal projects, art progressions, etc	3.7K	51.3K	Sketchbook: EverShroud alinabeska • 7:37AM in Digital Sketchbooks
Featured Artwork Artwork featured in the Polycount header, created by talented artists of the Polycount Community.	308	13.2K	Sketchbook: Bobby Rebholz BobbyRebholz • Jan 20 2019 in Featured Artwork

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Technical Talk Ask technical questions about 2D/3D software & techniques & hardware, share shaders, scripts, and new software.	33.8K	250.5K	Maya XGen -> actual tubes in render goekbenjamin • 8:10AM in Technical Talk
Allegorithmic Substance PBR texturing and material authoring tools	1.6K	11K	ID Maps + Substance Painter Multi-Part Object Baking?? poopipe • Jan 20 2019 in Allegorithmic Substance
Coding, Scripting, Shaders Coders Unite! Share coding techniques, shader dev, scripting, tool making.	35	2.6K	Tech Artist - What are you working on: FOREVER Edition! DEElekgolo • 12:48AM in Coding, Scripting, Shaders
Marmoset Realtime rendering and art tools	663	4.3K	Marmoset cannot bake models with multiple uv sets/materials ? Peksio • Jan 20 2019 in Marmoset
Quixel Megascans Scan based PBR texturing. In Photoshop.	1.9K	13.2K	Trying to create a fertile soil material BlackNiboWOlf • Jan 17 2019 in Quixel Megascans
Unity 2D and 3D game development platform.	690	3.3K	Animated sprites - in Unity or 3rd party? Panupat • 7:39AM in Unity
Unreal Engine Suite of integrated tools for game developers.	3.5K	20.4K	I'm looking to start a 2D mobile Game Project in UE 4 DatsJustB • 4:50AM in Unreal Engine

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General Discussion News, announcements, game discussions, etc. New members see the Information sticky.	24K	556.7K	Posting in polycount Bilfrok • Jan 19 2019 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.	1.2K	10.6K	Vent: Art Contract rates in forum are getting ridiculous oglu • 7:49AM in Career & Education
Polyfraggers Gather with your fellow polycounters for online gaming!	79	538	Anyone playing Hunt Showdown? jlvwm • Nov 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	40 to 0 Optimus • Dec 2018 in The Q-Branch Quote game!

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The Polycount Newsfeed	69	677	Sketchfab Spotlight \| January 2019 Sean VanGorder • Jan 19 2019 in The Polycount Newsfeed

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Archive Long-running threads & sections we want to keep around for easy access.	2	3.3K	What are you working on? 2018 Eric Chadwick • Jan 13 2019 in Stickies
Contests And Challenges	13.9K	186.9K	[Riot Art Contest 2017] Forest Guardians : Elderwood Rakan and Xayah (FINAL) Harlock • Jan 5 2019 in Riot Creative Contest 2017 - Illustration

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Counter-Strike: GO	450	998	Remove accept window after accepting briangomes • Dec 2018 in Counter-Strike: GO
Dota 2	1.7K	54.8K	What ever happened to those websites that simulated Captain's Draft? briangomes • Dec 2018 in Dota 2
Unity Store For artists who are creating content for the Unity Store. https://store.unity3d.com/	188	1.4K	[WIP] Editable 2d SKILL ICONS ShawnnL • Jan 14 2019 in Unity Store
Unreal Marketplace For artists who are creating content for the Unreal Marketplace . https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace	105	160	[RELEASED] Modular Arctic Alien Base Klecris • Dec 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.	4.7K	6.7K	Experienced 3D Game Artist (Art Direction, Character Models, Rigging, Animation) PurpleAvatar • Jan 20 2019 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.	68	498	Limited Slip Studios, USA : 3D, UI, VFX, Animation services LimitedSlipStudios • Jan 20 2019 in Outsource Studios Looking For Work
Freelance Job Postings Companies or individuals looking to hire game artists for compensated freelance work.	1.8K	1.9K	PAID Work - 3D Modelling, texturing and rigging (AAA Quality) Outsourcing • 5:22AM in Freelance Job Postings
Full time/Part time work Established companies looking to hire staff for a full/part time employment with benefits.	4.5K	3.8K	Tuque Games (Montreal) is Hiring - Env Art, Tech Art, Concept, Animator, LD etc PixelMasher • Jan 17 2019 in Full time/Part time work
Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work Project compensation is based on future royalties or post-launch payment.	1.2K	877	Medieval 3D Open World Game Now Recruiting ChewBaz • Jan 20 2019 in Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work
Collaboration & Unpaid Work Mod teams looking for artists, unpaid requests, or free models/textures/contributions.	3.2K	5.5K	Looking for artists for game Kudatskiy • Jan 19 2019 in Collaboration & Unpaid Work

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