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why its so hard now to looking for opportunity as a 3d artist

hello, so im looking for 3d art career, but its very hard nowadays to find client or company that's want to hire remotely, i lived in asia country and want to find client or company based on us or uk…
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poopipe

Question from a Prop Artist wanting to move into Character Art

I've been working professionally as a 3D prop artist for a few years in the mobile game space. I like the work, but my interest has shifted to Character Art. My question is, as I'm building a Charact…
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kearney_art

Dennis Detwiller on escaping video games and considering entrepreneurship

I wanted to share some articles from Dennis Detwiller who had an interesting career from working on Magic the Gathering to being in AAA and establishing his own ip's in pen and paper role playing gam…
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NikhilR

Anyone have any luck on Upworks?

[{"insert":"I have been trying to make it as a freelance 3D Artist, so I signed up for Upworks and started sending out proposals. \nJust wondering if anyone else has had any luck with Upworks or has …
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Jazon99

Junior Character Artist

Hello guys, I need help...Over the past four months, I've encountered quite a challenge in my pursuit of opportunities as a Junior Character Artist. I've only had two interviews during this time fram…
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Judy

Short Research Survey For Video Game Concept Artists and Illustrators Regarding AI Generated Art

Hi I am a hobbyist game developer with experience in 3d art and I am currently working on a research project for my AP research class. If you are a paid video game concept artists or illustrator plea…
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Murram

Essential Skills and Programmes for 2023

Hi everyone, I am currently studying MA Game Art & Design at the University of Hertfordshire coming from a background in Architecture. I wanted to ask the community about the basic skil…
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chien

Bring Your Own Animation, London, monthly

Bring Your Own AnimationJust thought I would plug this great event taking place every month created by Animators for Emerging Animators.Tuesday, 23 January 202418:30  22:00Windmill6-8 Mill …
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littleclaude

Entry Level Skills Hub

HelloWelcome to the Entry Level Skills Hub, a collaborative platform designed to offer detailed insight into various entry-level roles in the games industry.A student shared with me this valuable res…
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littleclaude

I think I'm burnt out along with other things...

Hello! To start, a bit about me! I'm currently 42 and started working in games about 7 years ago when I was 35. I had been dabbling in 3D for about 10 years before that always wanting to work in game…
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selectstart

Art-Lead tutorials

I work as a concept artist in gamedev / films, but recently I have started receiving art-lead job offers. Where I can find tutorials on this topic. I mean the more technical part of the work: buildin…
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Yurev

Want feedback/Recommendations porfolio and summary

Hello everyoneI want to improve my portfolio to find a stable job in the industry, looking for new projects.I would like to hear feedback about my Portfolio and summary to see what to improve or what…
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NikhilR

college advice / where should i go?

hii'm sorry in advance if many points in this text reads like gibberish,  my english is bad and it isn't my first language.I'm looking for advice, because i want to be a game artist , and i'm ab…
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NikhilR

Viability getting in late

Due to various things, I'm coming up on 30. What I originally studied for was in game dev, but after I finished that course, I found myself aimless and drifted for years. As it stands, I'm closing on…
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NikhilR

3d modeling department in universities

Hello, which online university would you recommend me to apply where there is a CG (3d Modeling) department?
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Eric Chadwick

3D sculpting careers

Hello ! I've been 3D sculpting for around a year now and I was curious what kind of jobs I can get in that field so if I got that path :) I would prefer something more character oriented like figurin…
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sacboi

Looking for a mentor/ career advise for a beginner 3d props/environment artist

Hello!My name is Diana. I have been developing in 3d for the last two years with ups and downs. It started with a 3d generalist course then a lot of youtube self-help videos, then tiago klafke's envi…
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muratpasaDi

Freelancers versus outsource studio?

How does a studio decide between hiring employee versus freelancer versus outsource studio? Suppose this example: Need to create 30 unique characters, AA quality in realism style. Figure 3 weeks per …
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NikhilR

Can this post be deleted, please?

Thanks.
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zetheros

Junior Character Artist

Hi everyone!I'm looking for my first job in the industry,  remote if is possible because for personal reasons I can't move out from my city. What do you recommend to do? Thanks
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NikhilR

Props/weapon 3d artist

Hello everyoneI'm looking for my first job as 3d props/weapon artist (remote only). What you can recommend for this? What is important to get work? Did my portfolio is good enough to find job or i ne…
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Benjammin

Career in Games or VFX ?

Hey all! I'm a first year student in the UK and I'm currently studying games art. I'm interested in hardsurface modelling, texturing, and sculpting so I can see myself getting into props/environment …
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Ashervisalis

Character Artist Mentorship

Hey, I'm interested in a mentorship, since I feel like I'm 90% there to have a professional-looking portfolio, ready for the industry. I want to take my game art creation to the next level and I don'…
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Alex_J

Recommended CONCISE Tutorials for Blender, ZBrush, Substance Painter & UE5

Hi everyone, A few weeks ago I put a post up asking for peoples opinions on what softwares to learn as a beginner in Games Art & Design. I am now giving myself 3 weeks to learn Blender,…
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Alemja

Career focus Tech art or Hard surface

Hi, I'm a third year student currently doing my bachelors degree in game art. My initial focus was geared towards doing props and hard surface, because I enjoy the modelling and texturing process. Du…
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scottycharly

Recommended Art Books

Hello!Thought I'd pop this question over here, since I'm sure many of you have experience with a bunch of books from the industry. I have a pretty good opportunity to spend a couple of hundreds of do…
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scottycharly

Recently hired in AAA? Show us your portfolio

I'm looking to see if we can get a good list of people who recently made their first steps into the AAA developer arena. This includes people that have been in AAA for 2-3 years but haven't yet updat…
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nexussim

The state of the games industry

Hello Polycount!To whom it may concern...What do you think of the state of gaming in October 2023? It seems like many studios are folding over.
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CyberdemoN_1542

Dealing with Burnout

I haven't posted here in a long time and I'm not entirely sure this is the right place to be doing this, but I'd like to get some perspectives from others in the game industry. I'm not really trying …
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poopipe

Technical Animator or 3D Animator career

I am a student, but I have always been thinking about what kind of job I want to do after I graduate. I like both roles, but my approach to them is different. For me, 3D animation is more intuitive a…
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5sixsix_M

So I just found I might be colorblind....

Yep...pretty devastated. It's not too bad. I can distinguish red flowers in bushes, even if the reds are more desaturated but apparently I can't pass the color test and I have a red-green deficiency.…
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CyberdemoN_1542

Company is interested in my job application, but is unable to hire me. How should I follow up?

I just started floating my portfolio and resume to a lot of different studios, and I got my first (maybe) positive response back today from a local outsourcing company that seems pretty good. I found…
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coolguyslims

How narrow can an environment artist's specialisation/focus be?

Here to hear your opinions. What I mean is, to what extent, in your experience ,can you narrow your focus or exclude certain areas of modelling and asset creation from your practice, while still…
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Ruz

Mastering vs Specializing

I often see the Specializing as a catch all recommendation for finding work in the industry, but I no longer think it's quite true. Looking over all the jobs these past months and quite a number of t…
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carvuliero

What is the fastest and most efficient way to learn 3D Modeling?

I wanted to ask those with more experience than me what they think would be the fastest path to professional modeling for game development.In my experience, art tends to be more about whether a piece…
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Brandon.LaFrance

Seeking Internship

Hello, I am a junior data science student from northern Virginia looking to get a technical related internship for the spring and/or summer of 2024 in the video game industry.  I can send my res…
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cBucsa

What type of companies does a game studio often look for when searching for outsourcing solutions?

Hi,I'm trying to start an animation outsourcing studio in my home town and last week, I was asked what's the type of my company (is it private, or limited, etc.). Does this matter in the eyes of game…
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slovik

Growing & educating myself as a technical artist. Can you help me?

Hello Polycount people!I'm looking for good places where I could develop and grow my technical art skills.As a brief backstory, I am new to this role, around a year since I've professionally taken a …
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Larry

I'm an 3D Real-Time Environment Artist looking for first 3D job. Portfolio & Resume Tips and Advice?

I'm a real-time 3D environment game artist. I'm looking to get my first job (entry/associate) in 3D. I want to work for the gaming industry. I'm almost finished with my portfolio. I'm currently …
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chien

Beginner 3d artist needs advise

Hello everyone! I’m a beginner 3d artist, originally from Ukraine but for past 6 years lived in US and about a week ago moved to Montreal, Canada. I’ve been learning 3d modeling for a year now (…
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chien

First client. How much do I charge for this character?

I found my first client and I need advise on how much should I charge him. What's the common price for a model like this? And how long does it usually take to finish a character in this style?
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Neox

3D Artist Junior looking for a job/freelance

Hello,My name is Giovani De Souza, I'm a 3D Artist, currently doing some freelancing and running after to improve my knowledge in the area in general.I have experience collaborating with outsourcing …
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NikhilR

Art Director's Hiring Tips

If you're an aspiring artist, a beginner looking to break into the industry, a junior artist eager to level up, or even an experienced pro -- here's a youtube show I found which I think you'll a…
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CrazyBlueBerry5454

What is your average work day like as a 3D Environment Artist?

I'm currently developing some portfolio pieces to try and get into the industry as an environment artist and I was wondering what the average day would be like working in that particular field. I kno…
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Benjammin

How to know whether you really enjoy doing it or if you are just forcing yourself to do 3d

Hey,So basically at the minute it's sort of hot and cold with what i would say I really enjoyed when starting up and learning how to start etc, but now I do sometimes feel some opposition some days w…
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ThisisVictoriaZ

Red/Green Flags of Art Tests?

Well, I just took 2 art tests in the span of 2 weeks and unfortunately, I was unable to progress to the next stage for both of them. This kind of reminded me of those cases where a company asked thei…
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neilberard

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0Kelvin

Expectations for a Senior Environment Artist?

[{"insert":"I know this is probably different per studio, but I see a lot of Senior Environment Artist applications and they seem to say different things for expectations in the job description. From…
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chien

I'll soon need to completely rework my portfolio, tell me where do I stand right now

https://www.artstation.com/nedporeyraNo holding back, everything is a subject to change. So far I was mainly a freelancer, but for the past 2 years I've been working on a personal project that unfort…
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ned_poreyra

CG Fast Track website?

hi there i hope it ok for me to post this question here. Just wondering has any here tried the cg fast track courses. I mean I tried one of their video on a sword and it was great but just curious if…
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Wolfer

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