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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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Aravindxyz

Sticky Information About Polycount & New Member Introductions

Information You Should Know About the Polycount Forum Here are some things you should know about the Polycount Forum.   New Members Welcome to Polycount! Please reply to this t…
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takingnotes

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

Sketchbook: Sophia Zindars

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SophZ20

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: Raven Martinez

i wrote my name too big . 
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taxidryer

What is wrong with my UVs? Or is it the baking process?

Hi folks! I modeled this crate for modeling/texturing practice and when I imported into Substance and textured, I noticed the UVs were strange on the back bottom plank and the side. The other sides a…
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fairlyBread

3d Environment

Hi, first post. This is a render based off liminal spaces. I modeled the items in Maya, textured in Substance, and rendered in UE5. Assets were used from Nimble Weave on Ko-fi (pool toy texture),&nbs…
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meatlov4r

[WIP] RED V-Raptor camera, Plasticity practice

It's my first WIP post here, but not my first model in Plasticity. I bought it about two years ago and have used it occasionally for small tasks. However, the gaps between my uses were too long, so e…
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Vastra

[Looking for 3D Aritst - Unpaid/Volunteer] Simple Stylized Sci-Fi Work For A Game

Hi All,So I've recently tried my hand at 3D modelling and I'm not happy with my results so I've decided to seek out someone who is better than myself.A little run down, it's a video game I'm making a…
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Adrian_GAGStudio

We’re hiring – 3D Artist (Blender)

Hello everyone! N-hance Studio (https://www.nhance.studio/) is a gamedev team creating stylized 3D art for games. From our studio, we launched N-hance School, where we teach game art to students wor…
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Leramito

worst day ever

had to get my cat euthanised on my birthday today ( least i won't forget when she died) lovely cat, 17 and a half but she had kidney failurepoor pinky. it's weird because when I started my last contr…
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Ruz

[WIP] Ghibli Kiki's delivery service, inspired enviroment UH Main project

Hi everyone! I'm currently working on my main project for my master's degree — a recreation of the Okino Residence from Kiki’s Delivery Service. I'll be sharing some placeholder meshes and folia…
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Wardana

Sketchbook: Hudson Guilmette

My name is Hudson Guilmette, I have been working in the 3D space for around 5 years and this is my first post to Polycount! I modeled a a cozy room based on mid-century modern furniture and style. I …
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Hudson_Guilmette

Sketchbook: Chloe Warren

My name is Chloe Warren, and this is my first post on Polycount! This is an abandoned church I made using Maya, Adobe Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine.
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mysticm3dia

Sketchbook: Kyra Booth

Howdy! This is my first time posting here, so I'm still figuring it out. I'm an animation senior at CCS, but I'm taking a couple game art classes before I graduate, so heres' my first game project! T…
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Hudson_Guilmette

Generative AI to make tire skids decals?

Those sort of dark stripes from blocked wheels  racing cars do in turns.   Could somebody  suggest one and what the hell should be the  promt wording .    Whatever …
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okidoki

Sketchbook: Adie Dewey

Hello! I'm Adie and this is my first post. I'm a student at College Fore Creative Studies and finally starting to post some of my work. I'm not super experienced in 3D modeling yet but this was one o…
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Adiedewey

Hockey Diorama

Here are some shots of a recent Hockey Diorama I created for my Game Art 1 class.
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Eric Chadwick

PBR safe base color node in Designer?

I found  the node in Designer  that makes safe colors from input .  While how it behaves on whites is perfectly what I expected , its clipping on dark end seems a bit too extreme for m…
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Eric Chadwick

I'm tired of 3d modeling and everything that goes with it.

I'm not sure how relevant this shitpost will be, but I just have to speak up. I've been doing 3d for three years now.(im 23yo) Thought it was my dream and the whole activity suits me pretty darn well…
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MindMyBeeswax

[WIP] Zombies in my Neighborhood

I'm working on an indie game on my spare time. Just a zombie killing game, very arcade with stylized looking art.Anyway, here are some sculpts I did to set the tone for the zombies:
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SergioSantos

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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zetheros

[Finished] Hallow statue - The Morton Arboretum

Back in 2020, I was contacted to work on the statue Hallow for the "Human+Nature" exhibition for The Morton Arboretum.More renders : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/28rR8B
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kanga

Unreal Engine 5 Tangent Space and Triangulation Problem

My problem is that I've asked questions about triangulation and game modeling on the forum before and learned a lot, but I've actually encountered an error I can't solve. I've configured my model's U…
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pior

3d Game animation critiques

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/FBALHwm8oZ3i/Hey all I've got a few clips lined up and I'm getting them ready for putting into a portfolio but would like some critique before I put it all together.I've…
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Nixellion

Which direction should i move towards?

I like characters.Currently i feel comfortable enough with the basics of zbrush, substance painter, cascadeur, less - blender, marvelous designer.Problem is, i've been using character creator 4 as a …
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poopipe

5.11 world partition, landscape HLODs and crashes..

[{"insert":"I may be confused, I may be wrong and I would be very happy to find out that is the case \nbut..\nEven if we pretend there's no Out of Memory crashes in the HLOD builder it still behaves …
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poopipe

3D Art - Guns for Unreal Project

Hi everybody,I'm new to the polycount forum and currently on the third module of my Master program where I get to choose skills to improve. So in order to prepare for this module I would like to ask …
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jjaeger95

Serpent Cave Entrance - Hive Inspired [WIP Environment]

Hello everyone 👋 =) , I'm an aspiring environment artist. I’ve been focusing on building out my portfolio with environment concepts and trying to push my Blender & Unreal workflow further with ea…
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Vastra

Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

Hi everyone,I've been building a library of images that you are welcome to freely use in your projects. They are all original...all my own work. I think a lot of them could be made into cool textures…
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Eric Matyas

Setting up a scene animation to allow adjustments later on (Maya).

Hey allIve started doing animation work for rendering and just wondering how people generally setup a scene for various cameras,lights,etcFor example my scene has 7 cameras and 1000frames, i've setup…
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Nixellion

Twisted Jester - feedback request

Hello everyone!Lately I've been working on this Crazy Jester for my portfolio. I am quite proud of how this turned out, however, I still feel like something is missing.  What should I adjus…
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Boompax

[MAYA] why there is no "parent" constraint?

It’s weird that such a basic (and mandatory) constraint is missing from the "top-tier" animation software.But before someone points to that thing labelled "Parent" under the Constrain menu, or shares…
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Nixellion

[MAYA] VS [Blender3D]: merging animation layers tools comparison

hi,a simple demonstration highlighting the difference in merging animation layers between Maya and Blender.using the same rig (beta character from agora), in both maya and blender.same rig (almost) s…
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Nixellion

Shakiness in Maya Animation

I am primarily a Blender user, but I have to learn Maya for my college course. In Blender, there is something called a "Noise Modifier" for the graph editor, which generates noise on the curves, to a…
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Nixellion

[OPEN TO WORK] Environment Artist | STYLIZED

📢 ENVIRONMENT ARTIST| OPEN TO WORK & PROJECTS 3D Artist specialized in stylized environments and props. I detect mistakes others don’t see, ensuring quality and detail in every project…
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carsoter

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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Midojr

Stylized 3D Artist and Animator

Hello, I'm Roman Shimbarev, stylized 3D artist and animator with 4 years of experience. I'm looking for full-time, part-time work or commisions. If you are interested, my portfolio is: …
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R_Visual

Sticky The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | September - October (98)

Welcome one and all to the 98th edition of the Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge for the months of September and October!This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists to test their skills and…
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KimHopkins

3D Character Artist and animator LOOKING FOR WORK

Hello, I'm Sergio Muñoz, a freelance 3D character artist and an animator. I'm looking for full-time , part-time or comission work. If you are interested, my portfolio is: user-7276542.artst…
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qwertzxd

Early-Late 2000s CGI/Game Models

Making a new thread so the texture one can stay textures and this one can stay modelsNow that I have gotten many helpful responses on my other thread, I now have questions about MODELS.I found this b…
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sacboi

Senior Material/Environment Artist Looking for work

Hello,My name is Fedor I'm Material Artist & Environment Artist and I'm currently looking for:-Freelance work-Full time remote workExperience: 2018-2020 Personal projects2020-202…
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Koteeek

Animator – First Person Parkour Locomotion (Short Paid Contract)

Zovian Games is looking for a mid to senior level animator for a short term paid contract to create 8 polished, animated video clips (3-5 seconds each) showcasing specific first person locomotion and…
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ZovianGames

Concept artist available for work

Name: Cristian RodTimezone: GMT+0 hour of LondonMy name is Cristian Rod and I have been a concept artist for the last four years. My main area of expertise is environments but I feel comfortable work…
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CristianRod

Sketchbook: aumramaram

Hello new and old, I'm Per.If you have a gamepad you can play some web-games/stuff while I put together an art dump: https://aumramaram.itch.io/If you want to chat with someone unpleasant and ru…
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sacboi

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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aumramaram

Washing Machine Part

In an attempt to get better at Sub D and curved shapes I've been working on this washing machine part for a while and finally calling it done. It's done purely as a modelling exercise so it won't be …
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aumramaram

Xenomite-X (The apex predator of WAR)

Hey everyone! I’ve just started blocking out my major project for uni. It’s still super early in the process, but I’d really appreciate any feedback or suggestions on the proportions, structure, or …
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aumramaram

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

[WIP] Night Room Scene – Nov-Dec 2024 Environment Art Challenge

Hey everyone! I'm finishing up my project from the November-December 2024 bi-monthly challenge and adding more details computers on the shelves, a keyboard on the desk, a screen on the monitor, and o…
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GroovyDaft0

video card recommendations

so was planning on getting an RTX 4070, costs about £517 brand new. saw one on ebay for about £400. do you reckon this is ok for a general work , bit of rendering , running unreal, blender etcMy…
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poopipe

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