Hey everyone! Welcome to the 91st edition of the Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge for the months of July and August! This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists to test their skills and create a piece of work based on concepts provided. It's open to those of all skill levels and we do our best to provide…
My intention is not simply to criticize the game industry or to repeat the structural problems that all of us already know and struggle with. I don't want to be misunderstood. In fact, it is not even a sector that I am deeply involved in or closely follow.However, there is something I have noticed. More and more people…
Hold on to your butts! We're kicking off another Challenge here at Polycount - the MUTANT LEAGUE Challenge. This challenge is for both CHARACTER and ENVIRONMENT artists* and can be a single or collaborative effort. It's also not a "AAA" focused Challenge! This one is for all mobile, browser based or "arcade" focused…
@dlver Fantastic question lol. One of my biggest challenges with this project is focus. I am a little all over the place. Honestly this should be broken into 2 different posts cause I do like where the forest exterior stuff is going. But yes the original idea with the tree cave is still the goal. So i understand the…
Polycount University Challenge #1 - Opposing Genres About Polycount University: A few months back, a Polycount University was set up on Skype between contributing members of Polycount. We started to use Skype as a Global Chat for members who wanted to be apart of this. Essentially, the idea behind it is that members from…
I'm attempting another modelling challenge run by the folks over at 3dmodels, This time I'm doing a vehicle inspired by Syd Mead's sentinel 400. I'll admit I'm running short on time with this challenge, as life keeps getting in the way. But I'll see how far I can get before the Dec 4th deadline. I'm still blocking out the…
Whoa, Whoa, Whoa ladies and gents. let's get HYPED - Choo-choo mfers ! Hype Train's coming Beeotch ! Are you Ready spaghetti? Push everything aside its time to get into the ring again. What else could you want? What time will you arrive? Post C&c below about availability times so we can sort this shiznit out, yo!…
Are you a bad enough dude? The Brief For this challenge you will be creating an environment for a side-scroller beat-em-up! This will be a 3D environment created for today’s console, PC or arcade market. Since this is a challenge, you will not be creating an environment from pre-existing ‘beat-em-up’ but rather you are…
Some thoughts about learning, problem solving, and feedback. Answer this question honestly when it feels like you're falling behind on a project or stuck on a particular problem: how much are you learning and how much are you getting done? Each project has it's own unique challenges. Sometimes it takes more time to learn…
Just thought I'd share my entry for Comicon Challenge 2014 over on Gameartisans. I chose to do Batman as an older version with a new scifi suit. This was tons of fun to work on and I love all the critique I got from the amazing artists participating over there. [IMG]http://www.satoshi-art.com//images/Comicon Challenge…