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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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Ravencrest

I got my dream computer. Here's how that went bad for me

This is going to sound like I'm gloating, I'm sorry about that. I am not posting this to rub it in anyone's face, but to tell you about some of the pitfalls of "The Thing That Should Not Be".Uh...? S…
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nomzod

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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SpeedMetalSF

Project Rialto Collab. Open Applications for Environment Artists, Programmers, Design & More.

We’ve just launched the Open Applications page on the official Project Rialto website. As we continue building our upcoming historical indie game set in Renaissance Venice, we’re opening the door to…
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PedroV

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

Sketchbook: Francois 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

I will create a custom VRChat avatar 3D model furry VR character from your OC or reference image

Hey there,Want to bring your original character (OC) or fursona to life in VRChat? I specialize in creating custom furry avatars and 3D VRChat models based on your character design or reference image…
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kimm

Shading/artifact issues on flat surfaces after applying the “Soften Edges” feature

(The last photo is this high poly.)Hello, everyone! I need help with displaying normals. When I apply Soften Edge to a model, dirty shadows and strange gradients appear on flat faces.The geometry is …
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DamnVovk

WIP Stylised Fantasy Character

I noticed my polycount account ticked over 20 years this year  :# Feels like I need to start a thread to mark the occasion.This is a character I started a couple weeks back, with the goal of hav…
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aniceto

I will create a custom vrchat avatar, vtuber model, and virtual environment

Are you looking for a unique VRChat avatar, a professional VTuber model, or a custom virtual environment for your project? You're in the right place! I specialize in creating high-quality 3D avatars …
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Alwajud

[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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ZenSeahSongWei

3D Character Artist | VRChat & VTuber Avatars | Real-Time Optimized

DM VRChat Avatar Creation & UpgradesHowdy! My name is AxiomVex, a skilled 3D Avatar Artist specializing in VRChat and virtual character creation. I work with industry-standard workflows in B…
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axiomvex

Artist Looking For Work { Commission Open For VRchat Avatar }

Good Day Here  :) Howdy! My name is denzophagee , and I’m a trained 3D Artist who specializes in industry-standard texturing, Upgrade existing avatar, Converted avatar and modeling fro…
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denzophage

Anybody here from the old Milkshape 3D forums ('97-'01) ?

Hey guys, looooooong time polycounter. Just curious if any of the old dogs from the Milkshape 3D forums are still kicking around? I started 3D modeling back in 1997 on Milkshape 3D and Gimp. Just cur…
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starcow

[WIP] Weapon: Tommy Gun

I started this last week. Here is the progress I have so far. I still have a bit of work to do.
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Sage

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

[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

[3D] How to unwrap spherical Visor so texture doesn't distort?

So I'm having a difficult time making this specific texture wrap around the visor. I've tried quite a few ways of relaxing the the UVs, but nothing I do seems to work. Triplanar also looks too broken…
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FrankPolygon

Anyone remember the Dominance Wars?

Hi everyone, i'm an old-time polycount user, i've been a 3D modeler since the Milkshape 3D days (Half Life 1) and i've been trying to find the old Dominance War 1 - 3 entires/submissions, as that was…
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Eric Chadwick

Sketchbook: Sahir Irfan

kicking up my sketchbook for wips and personal work.  always wanted to do one of these and now feels like a good time to make onestarting with this wip:  learning more on how to use blender…
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Sheers

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

Starting from zero

Hello again Polycount. Long time.I'm relearning everything.I haven't done any 3d for about 10 years. Lots of life  (and almost death) stuff got in the way and it got pushed out.Doing a couple of…
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DavePhipps

Game-Ready Vehicle Artist (AAA Pipeline) – Freelance / Contract

Hi everyone,I'm Rupendra Kumar, a 3D vehicle and hard-surface artist with experience creating game-ready assets using AAA production workflows.Previously worked as a Vehicle Artist at Rockstar Games.…
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rupendrak07

[WIP] Vampire Librarian Character Bust

heya!! thanks for looking at this post! it's been a while since i posted anything on polycount, but i wanted to get to posting again to just share my process and possibly get some feedback while i'm …
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Fabi_G

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

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="https://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116211"]What made you feel crap today?[/URL] I …
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sacboi

John Watkiss: Lecture on drawing.

I found this while browsing Youtube. It's a recording of a lecture John Watkiss gave. He drew Disney's Tarzan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfQgndCztBU
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Sage

Sketchbook: Donte' Hawkins

Hello all Polycount friends! Hope all is well. 👋 Re-introductionFor those of you who don't know me, I'm Donte'! I used to create a ton of 3D environment / material work but made a switch o…
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Donte' Hawkins

Looking for a 3D artist for a open world sandbox survival game

3D Artist Wanted – Rotting Circuits (Indie Survival Game) We’re developing Rotting Circuits, a survival-action game where players scavenge, build, and command squads against evolving factions: Zombo…
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milanRBK

Artefacts after bake

Hello! I've encountered weird artefacts after light baking. I tried to bake it several times. First, I did test bakes at low settings for speed and noticed that usually the second bake produced these…
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iam717

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

Indie mobile game project 3d assets

Hi Polycount! We (3 friends) have started a project for an open-world single-player survival game for Android/iOS, and I'm working on the 3D assets. Any advice/comments would be really helpful. I'll …
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Frigus

(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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Vastra

[WIP] Game Ready 3D Character - Sabriel Fanart

Hey fellow users! After seeing all the wonderful forums and community activity, I decided to start a WIP thread for my project. Currently, I am still in the sculpting and hi-poly phase and am pushing…
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Djenna

Are retoplogy tools like Blender's retopoflow 4 worth it for non characters

Hi, For some context I do environment design (hobby) mainly, but I am starting to do more and more modelling instead of depending on others for models or purchased kits. I have been delving into…
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sacboi

Plexus - Unity Procedural Node Editor

Plexus - Procedural System for Unity ( 6.1+ )Node-Based Procedural System - Visual graph editor for creating procedural content using nodesTerrain Generation (Altura)&nb…
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bugo

Hard Surface | Environment Artist

Greeting, I hope everyone is having a productive week, I am a freelance 3d artist specializing in hard-surface and full environment modeling, with extensive professional experience. You c…
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Maymoun

Sticky The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | March - April (101)

Welcome everyone to the 101st 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 skills and create a piece of work b…
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Eric Chadwick

Application: 3D Environment Artist – [Ansh]

You can find my portfolio here: https://anshs-cinematic-canvas.lovable.appI’d love the opportunity to contribute to your pipeline and learn from the talented team . Thank you for your time and c…
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Ansh374

LessNode – a mind mapping tool that tries to keep up with your thinking

Hi everyone,I'm a Technical Artist and part-time indie game developer, and I've been building a small side project called LessNode.The original motivation was pretty simple: when thinking about ideas…
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CybranM

[WIP] Numenor Inspired Environment UE5

Hello! Ive been working on this little alley environment based off of concept art I found for Rings of Power season 1! Numenor was one of the coolest places showcased in the show, and I felt like thi…
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PeterGatchev

WIP - Portfolio piece - Feedback

Hello everyone!I would like to share with you a portfolio piece I am currently working on. This environment is inspired by Elden Ring. Everything in the environment is made by me with the exception o…
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George_Gabriel_29

Sketchbook: EricElwell

Comments and Critique very much welcome!Starting a new sketchbook this 2016, as almost all links in the old SB are dead. National parks studies in reverse chronological order. From CC stock foot…
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Eric Chadwick

How to AAA skill?

Hi everyone.Colleagues and experienced artists, please share your experience.Once again, when I go on ArtStation and look at the works of other artists who work at well-known studios, I often notice …
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iam717

Star Citizen Thread, what an amazing game.

Roberts Space Industries forum - https://robertsspaceindustries.com  I got to say I am really looking forward to playing this game when its finished. Flying around all the super expens…
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sacboi

The Shinobik`s Art

HI all! :poly139:
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shinobik

3D artist looking for Job

Experience more than 10 yearsPortf: https://www.artstation.com/shinobikIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zorin-michael-b4007524/Maya, Zbrush, Unity, Substanse painter, Disigner, AI... 
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shinobik

3D Character/Creature Artist

Available for small and short term creature and character projects - In the industry since 2016- Communicative and willing to take critique and make adjustements ( But not endless/forever adjust…
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Francois_K

Game Industry Layoffs - WTF?

Seriously guys?WTF?
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zetheros

Sketchbook: Frank Polygon

I'll be using this sketchbook thread as a place to warehouse write-ups that wouldn't really fit anywhere else. Most of the content will cover concepts and fundamentals related to hard surface modelin…
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FrankPolygon

Is This How a Normal Map Should Look or Am I Doing Something Wrong?

My knowledge of normal map baking is still fairly limited, so it’s possible that I misunderstood some aspects. I’ll try to describe how I currently see it. First, here are some screenshots of the pro…
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