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Sticky Show your hand painted stuff, pls!

Share your hand painted environment, characters, props, textures, whatever! The thread focus is handpainted stylized textures, not aiming to be photorealism. 1 embed maximum (1 im…
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Nekw

AI Art, Good or Bad? A (hopefully) nuanced take on the subject.

[{"insert":"wow, OK...I haven't posted in a long while, but with all the recent AI drama going on, I felt I needed to voice some concerns, and bring up some perhaps controversial thoughts and opinion…
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kanga

Sketchbook: David Cruz

Edit: probably will just spam images and not bump this, as i feel the need to post something, should work fine.Starting a sketch book so i can spam my things, not trying to take away views from anyon…
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iam717

Sticky What Are You Working On? (3D) 2026

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 might delete/replace. Why? See…
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Peyd3d

Experienced Rigger/Animator [Max-Maya-Blender-UE-Unity]

Hi everyone, I’m opening availability for new opportunities. I’m a character rigger and technical animator with 9+ years of experience working in game and media production. I focus on building clea…
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Karim_Ahmed

Sketchbook: Anthoshee

I am new to 3D and want to use this as a way to track my progress. I have been working in the tech industry and wanted to try making my own game as a hobby. I really enjoyed some of the 3D tutorials …
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anthoshee

Workflow question: generating height/normal before Substance

Hey folks,I’m doing some R&D around Substance workflows and automated texture map generation,mostly as a side experiment.In some cases (quick scans, old assets, noisy photos) I found myself missi…
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gnoop

(WIP) Research Outpost - Unreal Engine 5 Environment

Hello everyone.  :)I have started a new environment project.The setting is a research outpost, with visual inspiration drawn from Mass Effect: Andromeda and Fallout 4. Combining sci-fi structure…
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Fabi_G

Looking for feedback on texture realism and overall silhouette

Hey everyone! This is my first textured 3D prop. I’d love some honest feedback—what parts of the model and textures are working, what feels off, and how I can improve realism. Any tips are really app…
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rafiii

Hellboy 2 : Golden Army Fanart

Hello! I created fanart of this character from Hellboy. I challenged from scratch to rigging, animation, etc. Feel free to give your honest feedback and hopefully share your thoughts. Thank you!Here'…
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hangmanpfff

WIP – Chemical / Paint Waste Disposal Bin (Practice Prop)

Hey everyone, I’ve started working on a new practice prop. Its a chemical/paint waste disposal bin. I found this one and thought it would be a great study piece because it has a lot of subtle form c…
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bhavya_rathore

Sketchbook: Franzl 2026

Hello,Been a while. Decided to get back to the grinding board after a few rough years in my life and quite a long time of destroyed focus.So I'm starting 2026 off with a shift away from humanoid…
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Francois_K

[FULL-TIME] [Remote] - Realtime Grooming artist

AAA studio is looking for realtime groomer to work remotely fulltime. Of course ,paid.and of course, must be really good !Must using  maya,fibershop.U will get licences. No worries for that.&nbs…
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focus_method

What are you listening to?

Artist: Blind Guardian Song: Mordred's Song Genre: Metal/Folk/Acoustic You might like this if: You like any melodic metal or bard melodies. One of my favorite Blind Guardian songs. good working musi…
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iam717

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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Reverend Speed

Just Swords - SpeedMetalSF

Hello. I took some 3D modelling courses after high school about 12 years ago and recently got back into modelling. I'm using Blender now which is not what I originally learned on and still learning t…
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Noren

Sketchbook: Tim Smith

[{"insert":"Hi. Welcome to my digital sketchbook. I hope I go about this right. I specialise in characters and I'm aiming to focus on real-time for my portfolio. I'll be using this to log my progress…
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DustyShinigami

Sticky The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | January - February (100)

Happy New Year and a big milestone for the Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge as we kick off number 100 for the months of January and February!This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists t…
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StarbirdUlt

Sketchbook: Zaki Saati

Hello everyone, this is my first post in this community. In this series of posts, I am hoping to document a personal project entitled "Gallerie Nocturne". The idea was floating in my mind for…
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ashstorm91

How to fix this bake error?

I'm working on a project for a game asset and I'm baking the maps in Marmoset. But this part right here keeps coming up with this error. I tried to paint skew adjustments but It doesn't look right, s…
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Eric Chadwick

Sanctum of Forgotten Hymns

Hey friends, I'll be trying my hands at unlit hand painted style. Here is the modeling so far. Will make a few adjustments but I think I'm almost ready to move on to the rest of the process.
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Noren

Ni'ah - Final Year Game Dev Project

Welcome to the Ni'ah development thread! Here we will be posting our progress and development through our final year creative project.Meet the team:Dan - VFX/Tech Artist - ht…
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IkraJeena

[WIP] Stalker 2 Fan Art - Unreal 5 Realistic Environment & Story Telling

Hello!I’m excited to share the very early stage of my new Unreal Engine 5 environment art project.This first phase focuses on blocking out the space and exploring the core ideas behind the scene. I’v…
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PeterGatchev

[Completed] Flask - Real-time, Game-ready 3D Character - Seeking advice & feedback!

Hello! I made a model of my D&D character for my portfolio. The goals I kept in mind for this piece were to:Complete a game-ready 3D character from scratch, without any base meshesLearn the …
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eggyoulk

Sketchbook: Zetheros

Hi there!After getting a bit of industry experience, I thought I'd like to make the transition & expand my skillset from an artist to that of a more well-rounded game developer; to both fill gaps…
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zetheros

Middle 3D Artist, Hard surface - Aibek Ogobaev

Hello, I am 3D Artist from Kyrgyzstan. I have most experience in sci-fi hard surface modeling and concepting. I can do full blockout, high-poly, low-poly, proper shading, unwrapping, baking, texturin…
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aogobaev

Export as OBJ or FBX from Blender to RizomUV ?

I'm working on a shotgun game asset and I'm now at the point of doing my UVs in Rizom, just wanted to clear up some confusion on my end. Should I export as an OBJ or FBX?Are there any unique strength…
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sacboi

Game Industry Layoffs - WTF?

Seriously guys?WTF?
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zetheros

How do you join a textured and retopologised head to a body mesh?

I want to try using the Wrap3d / Texture XYZ workflow on a head sculpt, where it auto retopos your sculpt to one of their meshes so you can use all the texture maps but I'm not sure how I would …
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pxgeek

[WIP] SHIFT - Final Year Game Cinematic Trailer Project

Hi everyone! We’re a group of final-year students from the University of Hertfordshire. We’re creating a sci-fi cinematic trailer for our game SHIFT in Unreal Engine, and we’ll be documenting our pro…
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Nanxi_Nanxi

What small tablet ( without screen) is ok currently?

My Intuos start to constantly disconnect with any cable after having spilled coffee on many times    and I am looking for new tablet.     Whats good nowadays?    &n…
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Sage

"Eden" - short cinematic (wip)

Hi, for some time (quite long, because had a lot of breaks beetween) I've been working on a short cinematic. An idea is an artistic teaser inspired by my alternate Old Testament story. (Eve locked Ad…
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jakubziom

[Colaboration] Weird Forge Studio: Concept, 3D, Environment, VFX, Lighting & Tech Artists

We Are looking for colaboratos! Join the Weird Forge Studio TeamFounded in December 2022, Weird Forge is an independent studio from Spain born from the ambition to create a deep strategy experience f…
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WeirdForge

Mobile Game Editor - feedback on my work

Hi guys!I’m a Unity3D-developer and I’m working on a Mobile Game Editor - the app where you can code mobile games right on the mobile device. Currently it’s on a relatively early development stage. N…
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MobileEditor

Sci-fi Cinematic: Icy Moon (2025) | Unreal Engine, Teya Conceptor, Blender, DaVinci Resolve

Cinematic with a bit unusual story of creation :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsz4BjyHRkMany years ago I wanted to make a short cinematic showing life on other planet. But I decided to make my ow…
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sacboi

Sketchbook: Rima

Or: Rima's pile of godawful studies.I'm quite out of practice with them; I've been fixating on anatomy in detail, worrying about the bones and individual muscles and such, but it's not good to do tha…
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Rima

Sketchbook: Francimnus

HelloMy name is Bartolomeu, i'm a 3D Hobbyst trying to improve my skills and at somepoint acquire industry experience and later on develop my own game, i will use this post to track my progress and m…
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Barto

The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | November - December (99)

Hello everyone and welcome to the 99th edition of the Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge for the months of November and December!This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists to test their skill…
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v13r1

[PAID] SFX Disigner, Voice acting

https://youtu.be/j6XurFfH6T4 https://youtu.be/JhqamItW0F8 https://youtu.be/8XNDj5gJMmMHello! My name is Ilia Volkov, I compose music for everyday usage: video games, animations and so …
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Vierarmig

Babylonian Sci Fi Characters | Open for Work

What if the gigantic Babel Tower had actually been a gigantic nuclear-electric reactor? A power plant of ancient humanity to generate energy and reach the "divine", before being punished for their ar…
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RachIriart

Cyberpunk 2077 inspired Game Environment, Third-Year Uni Project

Hello everyone, this is my University third-year work thread. I am an aspiring 3D environment artist in a group of 7 students aiming to create a Cyberpunk 2077 / Detroit: Become Human inspired game d…
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MaraRA

Need help fixing new model for testing

Hello! Ive been looking for help with a project of mine. I am working on a mod for a Unity-run mobile game called Dragon Quest VIII. one part of my project is including adding a new model to the game…
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Speenro

Need help with weapon measurements clarification (Mossberg 590A1)

Hello. I'm not sure where to post it, since it's about real world weapon details, but it's related to modeling so I hope it's right place.Trying to model Mossberg 590A1, and while I was modeling doub…
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Joao Sapiro

Shuttle Altair

Started my new project designing a new age space shuttle and so far I have a blockout. I plan on doing modular pieces for the cargo bay and kinda designing the whole shuttle using other designs. Even…
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AtomicArmy

Vehicle Project

Hello, everyone!I am here to present my new project, which I will be working on over the next few weeks. I hope you like it.It is a vehicle, and my goal in this project is to improve my modelling and…
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sacboi

[WIP] SHIFT - Game Cinematic Trailer Project - Environment Artist Dev Log - Third-Year Uni Project

Hello! I am finally starting this thread in Polycount. SHIFT is my final year project at university. We are producing a game cinematic trailer and I would like to share some progress here as an envir…
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limjie31

Plasticity Learning Exercises

Hello!I started learning Plasticity recently and wanted to share some of my thoughts about the software. Maybe this will be interesting for people like me, who have a poly-modeling background and con…
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3d_legionary

Handling Chamfers in the UV's

how do yo handle these chamfered edges in the uv's?do you cut one side based on how are you going to texture it? and which one? ordo you cut both sides?
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Noren

Most Efficient Way to Render Ready Game Models

Hey,Game-Ready models are very low poly. Which makes them very hard to look good for portfolio renders. I generally spend extra time to re-bevel and subdivide the low poly version to make it look bet…
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okidoki

3D character artist - looking for jobs

My name is Sam BolotnikovI'm a Character Artist and 3D Sculptor - have experience both in gamedev pipeline and in 3d printing pipeline. I live in Serbia and open for a full-time and freelance opportu…
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SamBol

Sniper

I’m starting a new personal project focused on modeling a sniper rifle. The goal is to create a highly detailed and accurate 3D model while staying true to the weapon’s real-world design, proportions…
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Collins

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