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3D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 3D video game artwork, ask/give critique, and share techniques.	53.6K	602K	LOW-POLY ART redmond_david • Dec 22 2024 in 3D Art Showcase & Critiques
2D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 2D game artwork, share techniques, and ask/give critiques.	2K	22.3K	Feeling lost and hopeless out of education as a games artist Ruz • Dec 22 2024 in 2D Art Showcase & Critiques
Animation Showcase & Critiques Share your animation projects for discussion, education, and feedback.	1.5K	7.5K	Pixelhammer: A Star Soldier Saga PeaceCraft • Nov 23 2024 in Animation Showcase & Critiques
Digital Sketchbooks Each artist can post any artwork they choose, personal projects, art progressions, etc	4.2K	59.9K	Sketchbook: erebus9 erebus9 • Dec 20 2024 in Digital Sketchbooks
Featured Artwork Artwork featured in the Polycount header, created by talented artists of the Polycount Community.	369	14.3K	Sketchbook: ID-LL idli • Jan 8 2024 in Featured Artwork

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Technical Talk Ask technical questions about 2D/3D software & techniques & hardware, share shaders, scripts, and new software.	38.2K	270.7K	Maya2025: With image planes, how to snap its pivot to the base? Ralf_Reddings • Dec 22 2024 in Technical Talk
Adobe Substance PBR texturing and material authoring tools	2.5K	14.4K	Substance Painter - Master Thread MetaDrought • Dec 21 2024 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.	354	4.2K	Maxscript Save selected Nels • 8:17AM in Coding, Scripting, Shaders
Marmoset Realtime rendering and art tools	1.4K	6.5K	BAKING COMPLETE LIGHTING ISSUE verakalli • Dec 14 2024 in Marmoset
Quixel Megascans The world's largest PBR texture library with free material authoring tools.	1.9K	13.4K	White textures after Redshift rendering (Need help) joeyyyy • Nov 26 2024 in Quixel Megascans
Unity 2D and 3D game development platform.	844	3.7K	Best approach for adding dirt to this large object? Eric Chadwick • Dec 15 2024 in Unity
Unreal Engine Suite of integrated tools for game developers.	4.2K	23K	Vertex Paint with fake height between 2 materials? How? Eric Chadwick • Dec 16 2024 in Unreal Engine

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General Discussion News, announcements, game discussions, etc. New members see the Information sticky.	23.6K	548K	Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems. zetheros • 1:32AM 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.	2.1K	18.2K	Looking for info about 3d Model Commissions NikhilR • Dec 21 2024 in Career & Education
Polyfraggers Gather with your fellow polycounters for online gaming!	86	551	Anyone playing Warframe? zetheros • Oct 5 2024 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	"Who am I?" wirrexx • Apr 2023 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.	6.1K	9.3K	Commission Open For VRchat Avatar denzophagee • Dec 22 2024 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.	231	1.2K	Peacox Studio - multimedia and game development cost-efficient company dmpeacox • Dec 17 2024 in Outsource Studios Looking For Work
Freelance Job Postings Companies or individuals looking to hire game artists for compensated freelance work.	3.5K	1.9K	[PAID] 2D World Map / Level Select Map Tileset saintflow • Dec 11 2024 in Freelance Job Postings
Full time/Part time work Established companies looking to hire staff for a full/part time employment with benefits.	5.2K	3.8K	Full Time Set Dress / Level Designer JamesUnityDev • Oct 15 2024 in Full time/Part time work
Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work Project compensation is based on future royalties or post-launch payment.	1.5K	1K	Doom meets Disney RPG/FPS/MOBA looking for teammates... Jymany • Nov 23 2024 in Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work
Collaboration & Unpaid Work Mod teams looking for artists, unpaid requests, or free models/textures/contributions.	3.6K	5.8K	Need a concept artist for my gbc game pixelanonimjooj • Dec 4 2024 in Collaboration & Unpaid Work

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Counter-Strike: GO	457	1K	M4A4 \| Blue Dragon SenjiRyakketsu • Mar 31 2024 in Counter-Strike: GO
Dota 2	1.7K	54.7K	Dota 2 - Workshop Thread mueblesbogota • Dec 2023 in Dota 2
Unity Store For artists who are creating content for the Unity Store. https://store.unity3d.com/	217	1.4K	Vagon and Unity Announces Collaboration to Make Immersive Experiences for Everyone berkzob • Aug 27 2024 in Unity Store
Unreal Marketplace For artists who are creating content for the Unreal Marketplace . https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace	192	185	New plugin annuncement! Cinematic ToolBox for Unreal Engine! Join the whishlist! Zoharvan12 • Nov 9 2024 in Unreal Marketplace

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Stickies Long-running threads & sections we want to keep around for easy access.	71	128.8K	Speed Model Thread TIMELESS AND DATELESS FOR UNTIL THE END OF TIME sacboi • Feb 15 2024 in Stickies
Contests & Challenges Archives All non-active Contest & Challenge threads will be moved to this forum.	14.1K	204.9K	The Secrets of the Luminara Challenge (Kitbash 3D/Cargo) littleclaude • Nov 16 2024 in Contests & Challenges Archives
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Big News	226	3.8K	Create game assets in MINUTES 3D_AI • May 7 2024 in Big News
Interview	11	167	Kevin Johnstone of Epic Games NikhilR • Nov 26 2024 in Interview
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Tutorial	23	47	Blender Story: Complete 3D Modeling Course (Full 6.5-Hour Beginner Guide) MiM_Repository • Dec 13 2024 in Tutorial
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