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[3DS Max/Vray] Problem with alpha opacity PNG [{"insert":"Hello! i would like to have some help please, i'm having an issue with a bitmap i made to only show the black text on it.\nI don't know why it's showing a dark background during the rende…	6 Last	zippper4 Sep 2022
[FULL TIME / PART TIME] [PAID] [REMOTE] Looking for 3D Character Animator [{"insert":"Hi, we're looking for a 3D Character Animator for our next project.\nRequirements:\nMaya (preferable)"},{"attributes":{"list":{"depth":0,"type":"bullet"}},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Adv. S…	0 Last	Troglobytes Sep 2022
Retopology and baking help (Blender, ZBrush) [{"insert":"I'm fairly new to doing retopology so I'm not sure if the way I'm going about it is right. I would usually bake the normal map in ZBrush, using the low subdivision model as the low poly.\…	4 Last	kanga Sep 2022
Brick arch texturing issue. I have a model for which I need to make brick arch. But I can’t do it because I don’t understand how. Please, give me any information and/or tutorials. Screenshots from 3dsMax this is what I did(I th…	5 Last	Vedro Sep 2022
Expose blending modes Hi!I wonder is there any good way to expose all blending modes to Substance Painter?It seams that some of the generators have blending modes inside like for example "mask editor"So I made something s…	7 Last	iivietal Sep 2022
Weird Shading [{"insert":"Hi\nI swear I already started a thread about this, but I can't seem to find it in my post history. Not sure if I used a different account...\nBasically, after mirroring a symmetrical char…	9 Last	DustyShinigami Sep 2022
in 3ds max make Shader Graph file default or load it with maxscript [{"insert":"I want to have a default directx material with specific shader graph file in my 3ds max. How to do that?\nWith 3ds max 2016 I was trying to load "},{"attributes":{"code":true},"insert":"s…	6 Last	poopipe Sep 2022
CLOSED [{"insert":"I'm looking for a Hard Surface Artist \nWho can create weapon ,vehicles , Warships and Tanks \nspecially low-res model with specific tris amount\n** Must provide related Work sample and…	0 Last	RoxasBeniwal Sep 2022
[WIP] Nadja [{"insert":"Hello!\nI recently picked up an old character again. This 3D character is based on the concept of Fabio Cacciola: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/L94gK"},…	3 Last	kanga Sep 2022
Trimsheet Help [{"insert":"Hi,\n\nI'm making a trimsheet and I want to include textures for the parts that I marked in the image.\nHowever, I'm not really sure if I can just lay the texture down in a long rectangle…	2 Last	ZacD Sep 2022
[PAID] Name your Rate/Price --- Unreal5 Groom artist wanted for animal fur grooming (realistic) [{"insert":"As part of an actively developed indie video game - we are looking for people with existing experience in hair cards \/ dynamic grooming - of furry creatures.\nThis work would be used on …	0 Last	hux Sep 2022
Cryptomatte instead of matID in Substance Designer? Have anyone ever managed to do cryptomatte AOV reader in SD?Is it at all possible ? If I understand it right Cryptomatter writes/stores som…	8 Last	ALiepins Sep 2022
[FINISHED!] Harry Potter Wizards Chess Hi everyone!I've been learning Blender in my spare evenings, and I wanted to try something new. When I was a kid I enjoyed different interactive storybooks where you could read the story but also int…	4 Last	beis Sep 2022
[Blender] Node Kit - Add-on to manager nodes tree Did you ever want to share your nodes across all blender files, and feel it is messy to do this in a right way, here is why Node Kit coming in.Node Kit is a convenient way to man…	65 Last	rkt Sep 2022
First environment piece completed [{"insert":"Hello Polycounters! \n6 months back I left the IT industry and wanted to attempt to break into the game industry as an environment artist. So I spent this time off to fully devote my time…	0 Last	so_sselkcer Sep 2022
Seeking artists for 3D Indie team. [{"insert":"X\n"}]	1 Last	kaykay406 Sep 2022
3D model artist for NFT battle royal game,(shared royalties and post work compensation [{"insert":"Hello, my name GRey myself and my team looking for a learned 3D model artist for our soon to lunch NFT battle royal game in CArdano, interested hands shld reach out on Tesla@pangaeagames.…	1 Last	kaykay406 Sep 2022
Need 2x 3D artists / 2D mobile game (buildings, maps, units) leading to approx £20k full time salary I've just launched a brand new game studio. We are Invuse, where innovation meets purpose. We believe that too many games these days are focused on generating income, at significant expense to the pl…	5 Last	kaykay406 Sep 2022
Yakovlev Yak-9 ; Thoughts ? [{"insert":"Hey everyone, all's in the title. Do you think this piece is good enough to be considered industry ready quality ? Thanks !\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artw…	0 Last	Raphael_Bouch Sep 2022
ESV (Exploratory Satellite Vehicle) [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/JG76R7WCK2FV\/01-1.png","name":"01-1.png","type":"image\/png","size":1438819,"width":1920,"height":1080,"display…	0 Last	dkovalenko Sep 2022
Carl Zeiss Binocular – Game Ready [{"insert":"Game ready model of a Carl Zeiss binocular. Done as a side project to practice modeling, texturing and rendering.\n4.484 Tris, 1 Texture Set, 128 px\/cm at 4k\n\nPretty happy how it turne…	0 Last	pyxelbit Sep 2022
How to drop fbx object to 3dmax with keeping actual xyz position/transforms? [{"insert":"I hate open file dialog in max , It's ancient from around windows NT with always wrong files sorting and extra headache . So I usually just drop an object to viewport. Is there…	4 Last	gnoop Sep 2022
Is there a way to instantly turn lowpoly model to rough highpoly model? [{"insert":"I really want to find a way to turn a rough lowpoly model done by using ton of boolean operation in 3ds max (with propperly set smooth groups but crappy topology) into good looking (but n…	14 Last	roznick Sep 2022
A way to make procedural details continue through uv seams ? [{"insert":"Like this kind of procedural dents\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/23TEA69CGFF0\/dents.jpg","name":"dents.jpg","type":"image\/jpe…	5 Last	poopipe Sep 2022
UV Shell Too Large To Fit In UV Map! [{"insert":"I'm making a simple modular road asset that will be used with the UE5 spline tool to make a highway in my scene. However it is giving me some problems when it comes to UV mapping. I'm try…	28 Last	poopipe Sep 2022
Tileable Normal Map Causing Incorrect Hard Shadows After Light Map Bake [{"insert":"Hi,\nI've been having an issue with a tileable normal map in UE4. Whenever I bake the lighting, I end up with this result:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-c…	1 Last	Fennec_Raptor Sep 2022
Beretta M9 pistol and Hitman's Bedroom diorama. [{"insert":"\nIn the past three months, I completed two projects, and for those two things, I made a game-ready realistic Beretta M9 pistol, a magazine and 9mm bullet and some realistic game-ready pr…	2 Last	killnpc Sep 2022
Second /detailed normal map blending to provide seamless look over hard edges/uv splits ? [{"insert":"Is there a proper normal map blending for \"detailed\" second normal map that could preserve rounded look oh hard\/split edges . \n \n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url"…	9 Last	gnoop Sep 2022
Sketchbook: Robert Nally So I've been working on my concept art skills for environments for the last couple of months and I feel like I've +1 'd those skills a bit thanks to http://www.fengzhudesign.com/tutorials.htm a…	136 Last	robert.nally Sep 2022
I ask for your feedback for my first attempt at weapon design [{"insert":"Hello! \nThis is my first big finished work in a long time, in which I tried to show my skill of work with shapes and textures. I also liked working on a model that would later animate. I…	2 Last	Fabi_G Sep 2022
[FINISHED] Onion Knight - Handpainted Character [{"insert":"Hey guys, for some time now I've been working on and off on this character and now I decided to take it to completion. I created this thread in order to document a bit of the process, and…	4 Last	be3d Aug 2022
ZBrush Texture from Polypaint Distorts [{"insert":"Hi, I am fairly new to ZBrush been using for about 6 months. I created a 3D model using photogrammetry and Agisoft Metashape. I then exported the model and imported it into ZBrush then du…	5 Last	pior Aug 2022
Advice on where to take my portfolio/ which pieces to focus on. [{"insert":"Looking for Portfolio advice\/critique! Thank you in advance!\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/ypielet\/albums\/8017853"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/y…	5 Last	ypielet Aug 2022
how available are remote positions for environment artist [{"insert":"i am learning environment art and trying to get a good portfolio but i am based in Egypt where we don't have that many studios, so can i get an entry level remote position as an environme…	4 Last	Meloncov Aug 2022
Creating a texture project turns the albedo map in some black and white stripes mess along UV seams [{"insert":"Yes. You've heard right. I am mad about this. I am desperated. I need help\nTell me what's wrong\n\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads…	1 Last	EarthQuake Aug 2022
Export Animation GLB file [{"insert":"Can you export model and animation for that model in WebGL\/gITF file format?\n"}]	1 Last	EarthQuake Aug 2022
marmoset to substance error [{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/8272DNNFASMB\/untitled-1.png","name":"Untitled-1.png","type":"image\/png","size":3180788,"width":1871,"height":5…	1 Last	EarthQuake Aug 2022
Career Path from a 3rd world country [{"insert":"Hello. I've I'm a self-taught 3d game environment and props artist and I would consider myself still learning but in two years or so I would want to start Searching for jobs. Unfortunate…	17 Last	poopipe Aug 2022
3d artists to make pirate ships for our game [{"insert":"Hello, i'm a ui artist amateur with a developer makimg a 2d game pirate game ,sailig a ship and farming ressources, fighting ennemies ,taking islands ext, and we are looking for 3d artis…	2 Last	SeaWar Aug 2022
[UE5] Temple for the God of Life [{"insert":"Heyo! Popping on here to share my recent project, Temple for the God of Life! I had a great time working on this and got to try out a bunch of new workflows and techniques, while focusing…	0 Last	ThisisVictoriaZ Aug 2022
[WIP][UE5] Jungle Temple Environment [{"insert":"Hi! Been working on this jungle and wanting to push this more in the right direction, questions and feedback welcome!\nThere's some breakdowns on my artstation blog as well.\n\n"},{"attri…	3 Last	Rhoutermans Aug 2022
Do not film ED-209! (Animation) [{"insert":"Hi, I'm new to this forum and I want to share my latest work. I created a video compositing with the ED-209 from the Robocop movies.\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"height":113,…	1 Last	RANInk Aug 2022
I really need some critiques for my works. [{"insert":"So I have been applying jobs for years and constantly getting rejection. My target place to work is Riot and Blizzard. I am also considering some studios that produce stylized art such as…	4 Last	Lukes3D Aug 2022
I uploaded a video as a resume mentoring a student [{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EWaSoMf7j8o&ab_channel=Aesthetic"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EWaSoMf7j8o&ab_channel=Aesthetic"},{"insert":"\n\nDo you lik…	0 Last	rhoner Aug 2022
[ZBrush] Overlapping geometry on imported assets [{"insert":"Hello,\nI've been having a problem for a while now that I've mostly just ignored or worked around, but I figure it's time to save time by finding an actual solution. My workflow for creat…	1 Last	kanga Aug 2022
Ghibli inspired scene - UE5 [{"insert":"Decided to go outside of my comfort zone and work on a stylized scene inspired by Ghibli and Bulgarian Folklore.\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"height":113,"width":200,"photoUr…	2 Last	Ognyan Aug 2022
3D Sculpting Practising [{"insert":"W.I.P\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/DPGMU1C9NMLV\/fairy-render3.jpg","name":"Fairy_Render3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg","size":416…	0 Last	SUTHONG Aug 2022
Aliasing on normal map [{"insert":"Found those lines on normal map where UV islands connected\nI can't paint on them or cover up\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/SZ…	2 Last	killnpc Aug 2022
weird artifacts when baking a texture [{"insert":"I just finished modeling this table also setup vertex color made sure everything is correct, i then export it to adobe Substance Painter but when i beak textures it has weird artifacts ID…	13 Last	yosef Aug 2022
Frustrated Student Contemplating Dropping Out To Work (Please Advise) [{"insert":"Hello Polycount,\n\nI don't post much here but I'm in dire need of advice other 3D artists in the industry.\n\nI'm a self-taught 3D artist that just completed my first year of university …	15 Last	zetheros Aug 2022