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3D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 3D video game artwork, ask/give critique, and share techniques.	54K	603.6K	3D Artist Portfolio Critique Noren • Mar 17 2026 in 3D Art Showcase & Critiques
2D Art Showcase & Critiques Share your 2D game artwork, share techniques, and ask/give critiques.	2K	22.4K	Ghaku - Horn of Ruin okidoki • Mar 15 2026 in 2D Art Showcase & Critiques
Animation Showcase & Critiques Share your animation projects for discussion, education, and feedback.	1.5K	7.6K	Sci-fi Cinematic: Icy Moon (2025) \| Unreal Engine, Teya Conceptor, Blender, DaVinci Resolve arsDraw • Mar 11 2026 in Animation Showcase & Critiques
Digital Sketchbooks Each artist can post any artwork they choose, personal projects, art progressions, etc	4.2K	60.4K	Sketchbook: Francois Francois_K • Mar 16 2026 in Digital Sketchbooks
Featured Artwork Artwork featured in the Polycount header, created by talented artists of the Polycount Community.	388	14.4K	Sketchbook: ID-LL sacboi • Feb 1 2026 in Featured Artwork
Brawl2 Tournament Brawl² Tournament Challenge	26	341	BRAWL2 [Character] Electric Monk, kanga kanga • Feb 25 2026 in Brawl2 Tournament
vanilla-testing	1	0	Vanilla Testing Please Disregard System • May 2025 in vanilla-testing

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Technical Talk Ask technical questions about 2D/3D software & techniques & hardware, share shaders, scripts, and new software.	38.4K	272.4K	[Zbrush] Sometimes changes scale of the tool and all the subobjects problem. sebsal-2 • Mar 16 2026 in Technical Talk
Adobe Substance PBR texturing and material authoring tools	2.5K	14.6K	How do people get so much resolution in their textures on low poly models? SeanWink • Mar 16 2026 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.	368	4.3K	Tech Artist - What are you working on: FOREVER Edition! poopipe • Feb 7 2026 in Coding, Scripting, Shaders
Marmoset Realtime rendering and art tools	1.4K	6.5K	Strange crash when reloading textures [Solved] AtomicArmy • Mar 10 2026 in Marmoset
Quixel Megascans The world's largest PBR texture library with free material authoring tools.	1.9K	13.4K	Quixel mixer - layer loading error when project open martaynofar • Feb 18 2026 in Quixel Megascans
Unity 2D and 3D game development platform.	846	3.8K	Artefacts after bake iam717 • Mar 7 2026 in Unity
Unreal Engine Suite of integrated tools for game developers.	4.2K	23K	Photogrammetry alignment issue adamrice117 • Mar 11 2026 in Unreal Engine

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General Discussion News, announcements, game discussions, etc. New members see the Information sticky.	23.7K	548.3K	AI Art, Good or Bad? A (hopefully) nuanced take on the subject. Melomad • Mar 17 2026 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	18.4K	Game Industry Layoffs - WTF? zetheros • Mar 16 2026 in Career & Education
Polyfraggers Gather with your fellow polycounters for online gaming!	84	545	Which one is the best game for you? Ruz • Jan 20 2026 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	9.3K	"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.	6.4K	9.6K	Freelance Character Artist \| Retopo, UV, Game-Ready Topology altforest • Mar 17 2026 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.	261	1.2K	OXYMOXIEMOOSE ® LTD - OUTSOURCING - RIGGING SERVICE OMM • Feb 15 2026 in Outsource Studios Looking For Work
Freelance Job Postings Companies or individuals looking to hire game artists for compensated freelance work.	3.6K	1.9K	3D Animator for Multiplayer Animal Game hexnestgames • Mar 15 2026 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	[PAID] We’re hiring a super talented VFX & UI animator (Unity) FeelFreeGames • Mar 15 2026 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	[REV-SHARE] Business Lead seeking 3D Environment Artist for Modular Asset Pack XantrailStudio • Mar 15 2026 in Royalties or Post-Launch Compensation Work
Collaboration & Unpaid Work Mod teams looking for artists, unpaid requests, or free models/textures/contributions.	3.7K	5.8K	[CONCEPT ARTIST NEEDED] Atmospheric Sci-Fi Exploration Game YevgenShablia • Mar 17 2026 in Collaboration & Unpaid Work

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The Polycount Newsfeed	117	688	Sketchfab Spotlight \| September 2023 Sean VanGorder • Sep 2023 in The Polycount Newsfeed

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Counter-Strike: GO	460	1K	THUNDER-STRUCK \| DESERT EAGLE stay_frostie • Jun 2025 in Counter-Strike: GO
Dota 2	1.7K	53.8K	cs2 deagle skins stay_frostie • May 2025 in Dota 2
Unity Store For artists who are creating content for the Unity Store. https://store.unity3d.com/	225	1.4K	Plexus - Unity Procedural Node Editor bugo • Mar 7 2026 in Unity Store
Unreal Marketplace For artists who are creating content for the Unreal Marketplace . https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace	200	187	Documentation: String Lights for Unreal Engine tobyvirtualfilmer • Dec 2025 in Unreal Marketplace

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Stickies Long-running threads & sections we want to keep around for easy access.	76	129.3K	Speed Model Thread TIMELESS AND DATELESS FOR UNTIL THE END OF TIME sacboi • Mar 4 2026 in Stickies
Contests & Challenges Archives All non-active Contest & Challenge threads will be moved to this forum.	14.1K	204.5K	3D Art Outsourcing & Animation Game outsourcing at 3D Game Art Studio Charles Town, West Virgin… lucyhughes • Oct 2025 in Game Art Workshops
Articles	17	200	The Environment Art of Halo 4 FuzzYspo0N • Jan 2013 in Articles
Big News	223	3.8K	Sketchfab Integration Eric Chadwick • May 2022 in Big News
Interview	11	166	Kevin Johnstone of Epic Games NikhilR • Nov 2024 in Interview
News	577	4.3K	AI-powered Digital Asset Management Platform YukizoraMIki • Mar 2025 in News
Pages	37	2	Contact Us Vanilla Testing • Sep 2024 in Pages
Tutorial	23	47	Blender Story: Complete 3D Modeling Course (Full 6.5-Hour Beginner Guide) MiM_Repository • Dec 2024 in Tutorial
Video	13	96	HelixEdit Available today ALucardKira • Feb 2025 in Video

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