Welcome to the 2D Noob challenge! Apologies for this being one day late! This thread is for those of you who wish to improve your skills in conception / 2D in general. This is a once every 2 weeks (ish) challenge on the first of each month and on the 16th of each month. On the beginning of each new challenge I will post…
Finally! We are extremely happy to announce to you our next video game art challenge here at Polycount: the Escape In many ways this challenge will be an experiment for us; Usually we have very tight-knit rules & specifications for our contests and a very specific theme. This time around we wanted to offer you guys a…
Working within spec limits is good. It makes people consider the work they are doing while letting them work without shackles. But I think its time we introduce some shackles to really challenge you guys as creative thinkers. How would you guys feel if we did a contest, for example, where you had to create a scifi hallway.…
Welcome to the 2D Noob challenge! This thread is for those of you who wish to improve your skills in concepting / 2D in general. This is a once every 2 weeks (ish) challenge on the first of each month and on the 16th of each month. On the beginning of each new challenge I will post two entries, the most creative idea and…
What is all this non-sense about not having practiced sculpting and such? This is a challenge more than it is a contest, and the point of a challenge is to be challenged. If you haven't had much practice with sculpting, then here is your chance to do so. It's a short challenge, so you can be nice and loose with it and who…
Welcome to the Bi-Monthly Character Art Challenge! Challenge will run until the end of January Previous Challenge Thread How it works * Every new challenge, 3 Character Concepts will be provided * Pick one concept to work on for the duration of the challenge and post your progress here! * Complete a 3D game res model of…
Happy New Year everyone! It's been so wonderful seeing all the excellent work coming out of this challenge spread across all the different concepts. It's been great to see the progress shots and how everyone approaches each challenge in their own way. With the new year upon us the time has arrived for a new challenge to…
Welcome to the voting thread for our next bi-monthly environment art challenge for July and August 2021! I want to start out by thanking @alytlebird for hosting the challenge for the past year and a half! Watching the wonderful work come out of each challenge has been a great motivator and participating has definitely…
Welcome to the Concept Thread for the next Monthly Environment / Prop Challenge! Believe it or not, it's been nearly two months since we kicked off our last Challenge, and it's that time again - for voting! It seems our new two-month format is a success - this past Challenge had far more participants and finished pieces.…
This thread will serve as a place for Game Art & Design students from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh to post and receive feedback for their results of our weekly speed art challenges. Each week, we will make something based on the given topic (usually a single word or short phrase) in order to improve at our chosen…