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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

Bunker level kit (W.I.P) feedback wanted

I'm a 3rd year university student and I'm starting the creation process of developing a bunker room level kit for part of my course. This is my progress so far. I used blender for the modelling and s…
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Kehiro

Does anyone know a good modern vector 2d soft ?

Where I could  composite vector shapes  with feathered edges and bitmap fill of albedo textures ,  then easily replace the fill with normal map or spec for export .   Doing p…
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poopipe

Sticky 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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1ordqn

Sticky Tech Artist - What are you working on: FOREVER Edition!

Moderator note:if you want a higher chance for being front-paged, make a topic and include the link in your reply. I've seen a lot of cool threads around here recently, from LitSpheres to Snow ble…
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Klunk

Stylized Stubby Flintlock Pistol (WIP)

Current modelling WIP.This project is me revisiting and older model I made, improving and expanding with everything I've learned since.Goal is to have a nicely detailed model for handpainting, inspir…
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Lamont

Sketchbook: Beckett L.S

Just a dude with various pens and a dream.
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sacboi

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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sacboi

Just another speed practice

I know its not in rules of anatomy but i still learning and getting feel of sculpting 
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Demonith88

Necessary budget for building a PC to become a 3D Game Character Artist

Hi. I'm planning on working in the game industry as a 3D Character Artist (it could be AA, AAA or indie, though I'm focusing on stylized characters so maybe AAA is off limits). I'm currently on my wa…
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Noren

Sketchbook: Amari Meyberg

hiiii this is my sketchbook
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biollynte

[WIP] 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

Modular roads with unique normal

Greetings. In general, this is my first attempt to socialize among 2D artists and 3D artists. I hope for your understanding, since I am a beginner 3D environment artist. I ask for help and support. I…
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poopipe

SpeedTree - Smaller trees appeared inside of my tree? Polycount Ballooned overnight

I've been using speedtree for a little while now and I thought I had a hang of it. I made some trees and exported them yada yada and I reopened the file today and the previously 2k~ tri trees I made …
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Eric Chadwick

Sticky What Are You Working On? (3D) 2025

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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Ghaiira

[WIP] - 3D Character - The course of infection

Hello everyone, I'm making a new piece for my portfolio and I'll be posting here to show my progress and hopefully hold myself more accountable.The concept is by Taras Kuznetsovhttps://www.artstation…
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Ghaiira

Looking for friendly advice on how to get the ball rolling

I have dabbled in 3d and 2d and seem to get side-tracked, or life throws me off whether its a ridiculous job or whatever.  I am finally in a situation where I have more time to create art and ca…
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sacboi

Nuclear Bunker Office Environment Art (WIP)

Hello! I’m a second year uni student aiming to specialise in environment art. This is the link to my portfolio:  https://solo_m.artstation.com/ I’m making a nuclear bunker office set during the …
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sol_m

Can you vertex paint nanite meshes?

I'm curious to find out if it's possible to vertex paint nanite meshes. I've come across a few YouTube tutorials, but I haven't seen any official guidance. Can you do it, or is it not recommended?
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hallowseve

Term 1 - Development Projects Progress

Hey everyone! I’m starting this thread to share my progress for my term development project. I’ll be posting regular updates as I build the environment.It would be great to get your feedback, critiq…
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bhavya_rathore

A̶l̶l̶e̶g̶o̶r̶i̶t̶h̶m̶i̶c̶ S̶u̶b̶s̶t̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ D̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶e̶r̶ Adobe Substance 3D Designer stuff

Will be going hard on Designer for a bit. I want to pump up my material stuff in my portfolio a bit.https://www.artstation.com/artwork/GvlV83
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Ashervisalis

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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Ruz

Sketchbook: Kaitlin B.

Hello Polycount  =) My name is Kaitlin or Kaitie (you may also see me go by Cosmo in other online spaces), I'm mainly an illustrator but in the past year I've gotten the chance to branch out and…
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cosmicstatic

Sticky How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)

Alright, so i see time and time again that people tend have trouble doing certain things with hard-shapes and sub-d modeling. So i thought i would try something out here. I'm going to open this up to…
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okidoki

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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zetheros

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

The Art of Pablo Garcia 2025

A #commission work Tortured Man Hands made for #mechatronic and ready for #3dprint made with #ZBrush and #Render with #keyshot
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ShinPaburoVIII

Sketchbook: Jozin

Old substance designer materials  -waipoo falls/waimea/kauai region) references
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jozin

Vinyl Jukebox

I love vinyl records, and so I decided that for my final project, I would like to create a vinyl jukebox. These were used mostly in bars and diners in the 20th century. However, I have seen a lot of …
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Eric Chadwick

Visible Tiling in Substance Designer Material

Hi everyone! I’m working on a material I created in Substance Designer, and I’m running into a visible tiling issue once I bring it into Unreal Engine 5.6. I’ve attached screenshots showing how it l…
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poopipe

Mountain Station: Journey Through the Peaks

“Mountain Station: Journey Through the Peaks” is a cinematic environment inspired by remote high-altitude transit hubs. Built with a focus on realistic lighting, atmospheric depth, and detailed worl…
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iam717

How to roll up in zbrush?

Hi guys,is there any brush in zbrush (or way) with whom i can roll up edges of trousers or sleeves like shown on the pic above?i hope u understand what im trying to ask
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iam717

Environment Concept Art 2 - Stealth / Surveillance Worldbuilding Project

I am a Final Year university student currently working on a concept art based project for one of my modules.The hypothetical game brief is a stealth-based action / FPS game set in a city based around…
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Joshua_Hodey

GPU Fatal error when using bevel shader in Raytracing mode

I've been using the bevel shader in raytracing mode as demonstrated in the Marmoset Toolbag tutorial video showcasing what's new in Marmoset Toolbag 5.The process has worked wonderfully for a while t…
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iam717

Senior 3D Artist/generalist available (characters,monsters, weapons,props, rigging, animation)

Hello clients, I'm a 3D artist with twelve years work experience in game industry, I can do 3D modeling, rigging, animation. I'm open to feedback and ready to send updates during work progress.&…
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ectgood

Sketchbook: Emeryn Pittel

Here are my renders from the Environment Diorama I worked on in my Game Art class. I was going for an abandoned arcade look, think liminal space or the backrooms. Sort of like a dream or something th…
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shynervousblob

Sketchbook: Ashton Chapman

whats up!! here's a zbrush sculpt i recently worked on. i had a lot of fun trying to replicate this concept i found on pinterest. any feedback or critiques are welcome and wanted!  
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ashchapman22

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

SpiderPumpkin

An creature I made in zbrush
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Dstephens6

Sketchbook: Ty Klaus

College for Creative Studies | Game DesignPaleoartist3D (High & Low Poly) & 2D (Pixel, Digital, Traditional)
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Breezyeevee72_

Maya. Bonus tools - randomize transform issue.

Hi!I'm making a cactus, and I need to randomly rotate the "needles" around local Y axis: However, to my disappointed I found out that maya's bonus tool randomize transform only works in global…
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Eric Chadwick

Sketchbook: Archer Melvin

Hello! I was working on my Zbrush project for class and decided to try and sculpt Rhaast from League of Legends. :) I think it went pretty well considering this is only my second time working in…
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ArcherMelvin

Sketchbook: Karl Sanders

Hello, my name is Karl Sanders, I have been working with 3D for a little over a year, and this is my first post to Polycount. I made a little diorama of an fantasy-inspired traveler's table with a ta…
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KarlOshi

Sticky Thread of Awesomeness, Hilariousness, Off-topic, Youtube

I thought I would start a thread where whenever you find an awesome link or picture, go ahead and post it here for others to enjoy... I saw this on digg videos... really sweet stop animation hand il…
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Eric Chadwick

Sci-Fi Atrium Environment – WIP (UE5)

Hey everyone! :)  Starting a new environment project and aiming to raise the bar with a structured and methodical workflow. I’m putting extra focus on planning, modularity, and building a stron…
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Vastra

Sketchbook: Jake Juip

Here's my sketchbook!
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aJakeoo

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

Sketchbook: Ploot.Json

this was done with Unreal, Maya, and Substance Painter, I had a lot of fun working on the modeling portion and assembling it in Unreal. I wanted to make a bunch of weapons, for the most part, since I…
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PlootDotJson

Simple, artist friendly version control?

Anybody have a recommendation for some version control software that's relatively easy to pickup and foolproof? I only need it for local backup and revisions, no collaboration. I have some storage sp…
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sacboi

Sketchbook: Halovkgen

Hihi! Gonna be posting wips and some finals here : D! I'm decently new to 3d, substance + unreal so any help would be appreciated! For this piece, I based it off of Lobotomy Corporation's hubs / comm…
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Halovkgen

Sketchbook: Jade Liaw

This collection shows a variety of renders from my Environment Diorama, of which I composed from a webcomic series idea. This floating island in the sky is meant to be the main character's mental spa…
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SnowJadeSilly

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