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Character Design for Critique

Hello guys,I am new this community. Looking for some feedback for my design. Please feel free to critique my game character design - https://www.behance.net/gallery/180357369/Afgisblade-Mythical…
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ediiie

[WIP] Scylla Von blast [Nudity,XXX,NSFW]

[{"insert":"Hi everyone new & old,\nBeen a while since i posted any thread for wips, hopefully my enthusiasm will see this to the end.\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork…
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iam717

Sticky What Are You Working On? (3D) 2024

Share one embed of what you're working on, and give us a link to your own Topic to see more!Keep it under 1mb please. If you post big images, or multiples, we're going to delete/replace. Wh…
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ninjaofstealth

Joao Sapiro thread of ramblings

Hello ! since i hate medium and all the new content share platforms, and i love polycount, ill leave my "writing" on issues that feel important to me regarding the industry here ! Check below for the…
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ModBlue

Relevance of Scott Eatons Anatomy for Artists course for getting hired into the game industry.

When it comes to anatomy, what is the best way to approach learning it to come across as competant to a studio?I am exploring this question more from a hiring perspective where the art reviewers judg…
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NikhilR

Application Color Changer?

Random question not really pertaining to 3D specifically but felt this might be the best place to ask.This application i am using has the most eye bleeding colors ever, i want to change it's theme/sc…
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iam717

Vegeta: 3D character

Hi Polypeeps,Been a while since I posted here. I'm brekaing my silence with this new piece! I'm going to be modelling this concept of Dragonball Z's prince of vengence- Vegeta by Astor Alexander.
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Denzil_forde

3D Character Artist/Props/Riggs/Animator

Hi! My name is Guido. I'm a professional 3D Artist. I have been working in the gaming industry for about 3 years. I have participated in many projects. I am ready to make models for you, deliver the …
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Guido_LP

Feedback for my 3D character

Hello, I'm dealing with this character, and is hard for me guess the proportions with this view, can someone give me a feedback to make a better work.
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Alex_J

3DS Max: Importing and using custom SVG / PNG icons for a new toolbar.

Hi all, I am trying to add and assign a custom button (SVG or PNG file set) to apply to a new custom toolbar. I've looked over these links: https://www.reddit.com/r/3dsm…
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Klunk

Is it normal for in studio employed 3d artist to work on.....

.....sculpting /modeling/retopo/texturing of :organic characters,props,blendshapes,clothes,hard surface  weaponsrockshousesI have started a journey in a studio which is a groupation of thq nordi…
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chien

(Zbrush) Monster - UV, Polygroups

Hi Polycount forum,I have a problem and couldn't solve it. I lost so much time. I first applied zremesher to my model. Then I wanted to prepare UV for Maya but whenever i try to do UVmaster = Un…
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mountains

What made you feel good today?

What made you feel good today? Tell us what us what made you feel happy today. Sister thread,[URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116211"]What made you feel crap today?[/URL] I s…
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kanga

Sketchbook: Eric Chadwick

Working on some shaders in Unity these days. Here's one.  Same shader, just different bitmaps & vertex colors.Result, and the things that go into it. Red vertex color is for the foam, g…
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Eric Chadwick

3d Character / creature artist >> available

Hello! My name is Svetlana, I am 3d character / creature artistI have experience as a PBR - 3d character / creature /props / armor / ancient weapon artist at freelance (using 2d concepts and art refe…
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Sveta_ost

Shrinkwrapping lowpoly to highpoly with linked vertex positions, is this a thing?

I'm making game models for a hobby project. Some of these models is hard-surface armor. I'm making some of these armors different proportions to fit different sizes. The problem is, even with blender…
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pxgeek

Duplicate and slide edge tool (As seen in Modo) in Maya?

Hello guys! I created my Polycount profile today and just wanted to start by asking a question in regards to duplicating edges along polygon faces in Maya. In Modo, the slide edge tool also has a d…
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carolinasalgueiro

Variable halo distance in distance node?

Have anyone managed to do something like that? With halo distance  variable by noise input?It's perhaps could be possible with loop node or slope blur approach with more steps  but I wo…
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gnoop

The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | March - April (89)

Hey all! Want to welcome you all to the 89th edition of the Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge for the months of March and April!This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists to test their s…
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Jammilburn

Sticky Show your 3D Prints!

By demand, here's a place to show off your latest prints, or WIP models destined for printing.Show us what you got!photo: Klemen Lozar
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animatedheaven

[WIP] Laser rifle

Hi there so was following a tutorial trying out the boxcutter and hard ops.  Here is the texture I made for it. Like toto hear any feedback on the texture and if anyone has any thought on how i …
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Wolfer

[WIP] Vintage Blowtorch

Hi!I'm trying to get some pieces for my portofolio where I'll show my texturing skills and I started with this blowtorch.This is still a work in progress,if anyone has any suggestion on how can I imp…
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andreygheorghe

[WIP] MINCOLINO - Final Year UE5 Cinematic

"Mincolino" is a game Cinematic about a wooden mink brought to life by alchemy and magic- Core Team -Charmaine Lim - Animation Lead Diego Mota - Director, Concept Art, Human …
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littleclaude

Walk Animation Critique

Hi! I'm learning animation and I was working on this walk with the blender Rain character. I'm still learning and I got the Animator's Survival Kit Book and used the walk cycle page to help make this…
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marcstigall

UV Straightening and its perks on LOD generation

This is a topic that has been reoccuring lately and i thought putting the info in its own thread is a good idea.I will be showcasing a method i have been using for way over a decade now, in 3dsmax. W…
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Neox

Sticky LOW-POLY ART

This is the sweet spot for your low-poly models. Post 'em if you've got 'em! Low-poly hasn't really been a requirement in the games industry for a long while now. This thread is for low-poly art sty…
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FXG

Maxscript - how to refresh UI?

I have a maxscript bound to a hotkey that lets me toggle the visibility of my currently selected modifier in the stack...but it won't update the eyeball icon unless I interact with the command panel …
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Klunk

Why am I seeing so many Technical Artist jobs that want python / animation pipeline scripting?

Over the past two years or so, I've seen an increasing proportion of Technical Artist roles that include something in the skills requirements about Python/Tooling. Can anyone give me some practical e…
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Eric Chadwick

Building optimisation

Hi everyone! Got this large building from CAD software, it needs to be game ready. I'm going to reduce the polycount, clean it up, etc, but the question is - does it need to be separated to modulars …
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Eric Chadwick

Export multiple animations from Maya to Sketchfab

Hi!Some of the pieces we encounter in sketchfab have a drop-down menu with multiple animations we can choose from. How do we configure the exportation to harness all animations inside one FBX file fr…
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Eric Chadwick

Maya 2025

There are some interesting modeling improvements in the latest maya. As you can imagine they arnt perfect. If someone finds an issue with a mesh and smart extrude please post it here.https://help.aut…
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mpuLse

How to edit the move gizmo in Maya?

I need help to get rid of the extrude function on the move gizmo in Maya. Every time I move an object, I accidentally click on “extrude” and end of extruding faces when I don’t mean too! It’s been …
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Alex_J

The Addams Family Project (WIP)

Hello fellow polycount users! I’ve been following polycount for few years but never really posted till today. I am a final year games art student and Teesside University and for my final year proje…
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iam717

Released: Material Blending Shaders for Marmoset Toolbag 3

Hey Everyone! I am happy to announce my blended material shader for Marmoset Toolbag 3 has been released! You can find the link to the shaders on Gumroad here. The downloadable zip contains shad…
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iam717

Unreal shorts featuring the world famous Evel Knievel toy :)

Check out this dude making Unreal shorts featuring the Evel Knievel toy :) - https://www.jamielancaster.co.uk/shorts-evel-knievelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN46kF_zFKI
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littleclaude

[WIP] Midnight Mass Church - fan art from Midnight Mass series

Hello!I have participated in the CGMA Course Unreal 5 Modular Environments by Nate Stephens. I choose the theme Midnight Mass Church - fan art from the Midnight Mass series.The co…
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AngrySokol

How to get bigger UV space?

Hello, sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I was looking at the UV maps for some character models from Uncharted 4 and noticed the artists seem to emphasize greater UV space in the face regions of t…
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Neox

Magic Beanstalk Environment (UE5)

Just finished this piece in UE5.4Based on a watercolor by Mateusz Urbanowicz II for his book Tokyo at Night. After I replicated the original image I decided I wanted to take it a bit further and…
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samifira

Sketchbook: BlueBlankey

Thought this would be a good place to document model progress, if a literal snail in a marathon counts as "progress".I don't really have plans for working in the industry, but I do have some animatio…
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BlueBlankey

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JoeXLegacy

LANDNAV simulation game development

A fully functioning military compass for a land nav simulation game. This is the game model, I gonna make a high version in zbrush and boolean out the ticks and numbers along the ruler, then I'l…
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Alex_J

Rigger/ 3D Artist

Hi, I'm Giorgio, I'm a Rigger 3D artist looking for projects to work onEven though my main expertise is as rigger, I am able to follow other processes such as sculpting, polygonmodelling, ret…
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gioxo

[WIP] Pounce! - A cute cat party game

✨Jump headfirst into a wild cat chase under the stars!✨≽^•⩊•^≼With your friends, play as either: A speck of light running from the fate of being extinguished OR The playful cats chasin…
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omaii

The process of creating a Rocket Boat of Project 1241 - Part 2

Hi everyone! Today I want to tell you how I created a highly pligonal model in Zbrush on the example of a hull.Для начала я экспортировал свою модель из Fusion 360 в Zbrush. Next, using the Dyna…
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Attknin

Game Industry Layoffs - WTF?

Seriously guys?WTF?
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ModBlue

PROJECT 1241 Missile Boats

ArtStation:https://www.artstation.com/attknin
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Attknin

"Your comment will appear after it is approved" -- What ?

What is this exactly ??  Is this anti-spamming ? Is this to ensure the forums is free of penls joke ?  I usually get this posting in the Monthly Challenges thread. And, so far none of them …
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Attknin

The process of creating a Rocket Boat of Project 1241 - Part 1

Today I want to share with you the process of creating a rocket boat. And I will start, in my opinion, with the most interesting, namely, with how I created its hull. But! First of all I want to list…
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kanga

Mari Displacement to ZBrush - Seam Issue

[{"insert":"Hey folks, Is there someone who had the same issue and\/ or knows how to fix this? I'm new to Mari and am currently trying to work on a creature with multiple UDIMs. I painted displacemen…
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pxgeek

[3DS Max] How do I straighten out my arm UVs?

Hello, I'm wondering if someone can help me with this issue I'm having. I've uv mapped a pair of arms for a character I'm working on here, and while it looks alright, I'd like to straighten them out …
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pxgeek

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