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3D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 3D video game artwork, ask/give critique, and share techniques.	50.7K	596.1K	[WIP] Stylized Hulk labeeb • 3:48PM in 3D Art Showcase & Critiques
2D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 2D game artwork, share techniques, and ask/give critiques.	1.9K	22K	David's Improvement Thread : CC Welcomed! Sage • Feb 24 2021 in 2D Art Showcase & Critiques
Animation Showcase & Critiques Share your animation projects for discussion, education, and feedback.	1.4K	7.4K	Peacecraft's Reviving pixel 40k project PeaceCraft • 5:10AM in Animation Showcase & Critiques
Digital Sketchbooks Each artist can post any artwork they choose, personal projects, art progressions, etc	4K	57.3K	Sketchbook: birb birb • 6:06AM in Digital Sketchbooks
Featured Artwork Artwork featured in the Polycount header, created by talented artists of the Polycount Community.	246	13.7K	Sketchbook: ID-LL idli • Feb 1 2021 in Featured Artwork

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Technical Talk Ask technical questions about 2D/3D software & techniques & hardware, share shaders, scripts, and new software.	36.5K	265.7K	mirror UV parts Ghogiel • 3:32PM in Technical Talk
Adobe Substance PBR texturing and material authoring tools	2.1K	12.9K	Substance Painter and Visible Seams... Taylor Brown • 7:02AM in Adobe Substance
Coding, Scripting, Shaders Coders Unite! Share coding techniques, shader dev, scripting, tool making. Development only please; finished work goes in Technical Talk.	239	3.6K	ResampleSpline for 3ds Max Klunk • Feb 23 2021 in Coding, Scripting, Shaders
Marmoset Realtime rendering and art tools	1K	5.5K	Marmoset Viewer Shininess Issue and Lighting EarthQuake • Feb 24 2021 in Marmoset
Quixel Megascans The world's largest PBR texture library with free material authoring tools.	1.9K	13.4K	Answered: Can Quixel Bridge Export to a directory OTHER than the Project Content folder in UE4? StefanVasilev • Feb 23 2021 in Quixel Megascans
Unity 2D and 3D game development platform.	794	3.6K	[WIP] Low poly car game I'm making in Unity Altervision • Feb 19 2021 in Unity
Unreal Engine Suite of integrated tools for game developers.	3.9K	22K	Noise functions with exposed parameters (download) the_chip • 8:25AM in Unreal Engine

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General Discussion News, announcements, game discussions, etc. New members see the Information sticky.	23.5K	553.4K	Meshmolder Professional 2021 Released!! kybio • 4:56AM 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.	1.7K	15.9K	Mid-Poly anatomy learning resources. carvuliero • Feb 24 2021 in Career & Education
Polyfraggers Gather with your fellow polycounters for online gaming!	77	543	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare garcellano • Dec 2020 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	The best Android game op now polycm • Jul 2020 in The Q-Branch Quote game!

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Artists Looking For Work Individual artists looking for compensated work, whether full-time, part-time, or freelance.	5.4K	8K	Free Music / SFX Resource for Your Games - Over 1900 Tracks Eric Matyas • 11:54AM 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.	159	850	Scorpion3D - 3D services for Games, Products, Visualization CursedMonk • 5:40AM in Outsource Studios Looking For Work
Freelance Job Postings Companies or individuals looking to hire game artists for compensated freelance work.	2.7K	2K	3D Environment Artist needed on early stage team that has experiences at Google, Facebook, Uber bat9998 • 1:15AM in Freelance Job Postings
Full time/Part time work Established companies looking to hire staff for a full/part time employment with benefits.	4.8K	3.9K	Lead Character Artist brentdempsey • Feb 23 2021 in Full time/Part time work
Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work Project compensation is based on future royalties or post-launch payment.	1.4K	964	[Hobby / Rev-Share] Unreal Engine Level Designer, Substance Texture Artist, 3D Character Artist Skjolnir • Feb 19 2021 in Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work
Collaboration & Unpaid Work Mod teams looking for artists, unpaid requests, or free models/textures/contributions.	3.5K	5.7K	3d character modeling artist needed who can create character 3d model for our game roberto_dev • Feb 21 2021 in Collaboration & Unpaid Work

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The Polycount Newsfeed	94	695	Sketchfab Spotlight \| February 2021 Sean VanGorder • Feb 22 2021 in The Polycount Newsfeed

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Counter-Strike: GO	457	1K	Ecosystem roberto_dev • Feb 16 2021 in Counter-Strike: GO
Dota 2	1.7K	54.8K	Dota 2 - Workshop Thread Kramolnick • Sep 2020 in Dota 2
Unity Store For artists who are creating content for the Unity Store. https://store.unity3d.com/	207	1.4K	[RELEASED] Ancient Temple Ruins - 3D Models MantisGames • Jan 26 2021 in Unity Store
Unreal Marketplace For artists who are creating content for the Unreal Marketplace . https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace	144	172	US Street props GTARandom • Feb 9 2021 in Unreal Marketplace

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Stickies Long-running threads & sections we want to keep around for easy access.	61	119.2K	What are you working on Animators? 2020! Eric Chadwick • Feb 6 2021 in Stickies
Contests & Challenges Archives All non-active Contest & Challenge threads will be moved to this forum.	6.7K	122.5K	LPC #05 - MoP - Hell Knight KaiserZandrich • Jan 21 2021 in Contests & Challenges Archives
Allegorithmic's the Beast	448	5.9K	The Beast - The Cursed Queen daizyp • May 2020 in Allegorithmic's the Beast
Allegorithmic's 'the THRONE ROOM' http://www.polycount.com/the-throne-room-challenge/	499	4.6K	The Beast -- Feral children Sophia_Williams • May 2020 in Allegorithmic's 'the THRONE ROOM'
Arms & Armor, Chivalry: Medieval Workshop	166	2.8K	[Chivalry] - Mason Vanguard - Great Horned Helmet herbertvwright • Aug 2019 in Arms & Armor, Chivalry: Medieval Workshop
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare	61	591	Chivalry UGC General Discussion SofiaMiglani55 • Jun 2016 in
Company of Heroes 2: WAR PAINT contest	51	870	WAR PAINT WINNERS! skankerzero • Jan 2019 in Company of Heroes 2: WAR PAINT contest
CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest	1.1K	3.7K	PC-CSGO \|Space Invaders Playonce • Oct 2019 in CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest
CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest Winners	8	210	PP-Bizon / Biomechanical [ Shipping in a Weapon Case ] G99Factory • Jun 2016 in
Enlighten Contest	36	335	The Courtyard – An Enlighten Lighting Contest ratubola303 • Jul 2020 in Enlighten Contest
Game Art Workshops Hands-on Community Learning since 1967.	155	1.3K	2D - 3D Game Development Services at 3D Animation Studio Oak Hill, West Virginia, USA gameyanstudio001 • Feb 22 2021 in Game Art Workshops
GDC T-Shirt Contest	23	132	Q&A Thread r13 • Feb 2015 in
Hexels Contest Forum The Hexels Contest Forum!	4	226	Marmoset Presents: Cubed - Final Submissions GhostDetector • Jul 2016 in
Killing Floor 2	7	38	Killing Floor 2 Workshop General ThiefofBreath • May 2016 in
Killing Floor 2 - Guns 'n Gear - CONTEST HAS ENDED	194	912	[kf2] - Item - Plague Mask SenayAmanuel • Jan 2016 in
Low Poly Challenge Oh sure, you can throw as many triangles as you want at a mesh to make something pretty! But what happens when you're limited to how many triangles you can use? Think you're up for the Challenge? Then this forum is for you!	70	1.9K	Low Ploy Weapon Challenge FelixOwO • May 2019 in Low Poly Challenge
Petrol/Blood	231	2.8K	PETROL/BLOOD - Elk Ranger pongstah • Jan 2015 in
the Polycount Tower A collaborative project for an endlessly-climbing tower of 3d models	47	368	TOWER - Mothership GeneWiz • Jan 2018 in the Polycount Tower
Reallusion's 3D Character Design Contest 2016	110	1.1K	3D Rigged Character TriGon_ • Jan 5 2021 in Reallusion's 3D Character Design Contest 2016
Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest	72	1.1K	RGCA - The Legend of a Forest Heroine - ghidghid tubica • Sep 2015 in
Riot Art Contest	2	408	Dark Star Xerath OneEyeKing • Oct 2018 in Riot Art Contest - Character Art
Riot Art Contest - Animation	165	1.5K	[Riot Art Contest] - Kevin Collinet Beeltrat96 • Oct 2019 in Riot Art Contest - Animation
Riot Art Contest - Character Art	819	10.3K	Help Baking normals elle_art • Feb 9 2021 in Riot Art Contest - Character Art
Riot Art Contest - Environment Art	155	1.1K	[Riot Art Contest] - Owl leandrojsj • Apr 2016 in Riot Art Contest - Environment Art
Riot Art Contest - Illustration	836	6K	Diana Dianaismywife • Mar 2018 in Riot Art Contest - Illustration
Riot Art Contest - VFX	61	1.1K	[Riot Art Contest] - Russell Bakewell SimonT • Nov 2017 in Riot Art Contest - VFX
Team Fortress 2	144	17.5K	Halloween Sentry Lunaaaaaaaaa • Oct 2020 in Team Fortress 2
UT Master Challenge: Concept Art	141	1.1K	UTMC - Old space Rabro • Jun 2015 in
Warframe	135	1.1K	[Weapon Swap] – Skana – Infested Skana Meyaka • Aug 2016 in
Articles	19	204	The Environment Art of Halo 4 FuzzYspo0N • Aug 2019 in Articles
Big News	223	3.8K	MINI-GOLF contest winners! wojtekfedunik • Jun 2019 in Big News
Interview	11	166	WildStar, Behind the Scenes Desperad0 • Jun 2013 in
News	576	4.4K	Looking for Junior Producer jyammagames • Dec 2020 in News
Pages	37	2	Contact Us Lucie666 • Jun 2019 in Pages
Tutorial	12	38	Starting a blog with tips and tricks (free golden rule shapes fbx) Larry • Jan 12 2021 in Tutorial
Video	12	102	More food for your 3D lobes ahmedcutestudio • Jul 2020 in Video