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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

What’s a realistic first step for someone trying to make their first game solo?

Hello mates 👋If you wanted to make a small game today but had zero prior experience-no coding, no team etc. Where would you start?Would you go straight into code, use an engine, or start with visual…
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kanga

Weighted Normals (Mid Poly) Workflow Clarification?

Hi all, I'm playing around with the mid poly workflow in maya and had a question regarding the workflow from modeling to texturing to engine as I have yet to find a proper answer on this from th…
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sacboi

strategies for dealing with OFPA bloat and perforce?

Yesterday I was happily laying out buildings in my city map and managed to generate a single p4 changelist with over 180,000 files in it.The number of actors in my level isn't a problem in itself, wh…
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AdrienTriangles

Interior with Hero Asset WIP Thread

This is for an assignment on my University course, 3D Games Art. (Thread taken from my own post on our Uni forum).For this brief, I am creating a cave interior with my hero asset being an ancient bui…
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MetalGearLeo

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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Mrfido

Updating MSI gaming laptop to win11? TPM 2 is absent?

Have anyone experienced same problem ?   BIOS settings are abysmally small  and there is nothing TPM related .    I am on extended security updates for w10  but eventual…
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gnoop

Supporting Edges vs Bevels vs Creasing for 3d game art and cinematics?

Hi all,I wanted to know what use cases supporting edges, beveling and creasing would be used for 3d modeling. I'm creating a mix of game ready and cinematic models for practice.This is my software se…
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gnoop

Why does my model look like this?

I tried recalculating the Normals in Blender but it still won't change. I took the Right wheel duplicated it and flipped it in order to get the left wheel which is "messed up". In Blender I don't hav…
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Eric Chadwick

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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Celosia

[Major Production] - Waking Up in Tokyo

Looking for digital artists and concept artists to participate in a team project. We currently have 10 people working together to create both a playable demo and cinematic trailer for what will hopef…
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Mehdi_B

F - 2215 | Thunder Raven

In the year 2215 a new orbital - planetary fighter was developed by the company called L.A.B. technology which is subsidiary of the giant military holding of Los Angeles Beroueu of prototyping also k…
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Rav3

[Finished] Stylized Coastal Outpost – Real-Time Environment (Unity)

Hi everyone 👋I’m sharing this environment piece I’ve been working on and would love to get some feedback from this awesome community.🔗 ArtStation Link:https://www.artstation.com/artwork/98dZER…
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Fabi_G

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

Fallout 76 Inspired Interior Hero Asset (Dev)

Hello everyone,Here are my progresses of my second year university project, based on Nemanja Dojkic’s Fallout 76 – Harm-a-ceutical Chemistry Bench concept. I’ll also be exploring different interior e…
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Fabi_G

Automating quad topology for dense meshes (workflow discussion)

I’ve been working on quad remeshing workflows for animation and game assets, specifically around edge flow consistency and deformation safety.Most automatic remeshers are fine for previews, but I kep…
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anvilinteractive

Sketchbook: Eric Chadwick

Working on some shaders in Unity these days. Here's one.  Same shader, just different bitmaps & vertex colors.Result, and the things that go into it. Red vertex color is for the foam, g…
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Eric Chadwick

Depiction and Inclusion of Religion, Culture and Ethnicities in games

Hey all,I’ve been noticing more games featuring real-world religions, ethnic communities, and cultural settings. I’m curious how Western players perceive this trend.Games like Assassin’s Creed and Go…
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Benjammin

Workflow challenges in Unity ↔ Blender pipelines — asset prep & scene export issues

Hi all — looking for thoughts from experienced artists and technical folks on a workflow challenge I’ve been thinking about.I’ve been examining common pain points when moving assets between Blender a…
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anvilinteractive

Environment based Game Demo - By Ibasaweno

Development log of my short environment based game demo as my degree project.>>>Linktree<<<>> Initial Game Pitch Document <<Premise of the game is that the player contro…
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Ibasaweno

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

Scale drift between Blender, Unreal, and Maya — how do you manage it?

I’m curious how others here handle unit and scale consistency across different tools and engines.In my experience, scale drift tends to creep in over time — especially when assets move between Blende…
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anvilinteractive

This is a tricky one - decals and displacement

I have a snowy terrain that has displacement and character footprint interaction as they move through the snow. I need tire marks to show as well and Im unsure of the best approach here. Using decals…
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poopipe

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

Nack: Single-Flash 16-bit Surface Scanning. Is Photogrammetry overkill for micro-details?

Hi Polycount!I’ve spent the last year obsessed with a single problem: Why do we need to take 50+ photos and wait for cloud processing just to capture the surface of a brick or a piece of wood?I’m dev…
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RKey4

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Eric Chadwick

AI Usage in Indie Games

Hi all, Not sure if this is the right spot for this sort of discussion, but I’ve been curious about the use of AI for indie devs especially given recent articles about key games winning or being…
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maxim3d

[Ego Predator] 3D Art WIP ( Face Modelling Phase )

[{"insert":"Purpose of this thread is to share my progress , idea , and most importantly keeping myself MOTIVATED throughout the progress . I will be updating at least once a week. Feel free to comme…
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sacboi

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

3D Artist/Weapon Artist/3D Generalist/Environment 3D Artist.

I can produce 3D assets for weapons, environments, and other hard surface models using the full pipeline, as well as optimize and texture large projects.I am interested in areas such as hard surface,…
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Br1x

Closed 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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Eric Chadwick

3D Prop / Environment Artist (Realism)

Hey, I'm Luismi, a 3D Artist focused on realism living in Spain. I specialize on videogames and I worked in UE5 pipeline. Profficiency on 3DsMax, Substance Painter, RizomUV, Adobe Photos…
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Mausumi_Bisoi

[PAID FREELANCE] 3D Character Artist – Unity (URP) – Stylized Character

I’m looking for an intermediate to senior freelance 3D Character Artist for a paid contract to produce a fully game-ready stylized character for Unity (Universal Render Pipeline).This is freelance co…
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polytopes1369

Self Portrait 2025

Hello everyone, I haven't posted here since 2019, but a lot has happened since my last update. In 2019, I became an Art Director for the first time on two indie titles, and I dove into pushing m…
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BBauman

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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Pinkfox

Thickness for clothing in "Game Ready" models

Hi all, first post on the forum. I'm looking for advice regarding thickness and double-siding (interior plane, exterior plane) retopology meshes for models to be used in various game engines (an…
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Eric Chadwick

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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itsakshaydilip

[Full Time] [Remote] Principal animator at Dead Money.

Our project is looking to hire an additional, full time team member. This is a salaried position with health insurance benefits, open to anyone in the US or Canada. Our project is Architect of Ruin,&…
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DeadMoney

Routine - 80's inspired sci-fi horror set on the Moon

Hey Polycount! I promise to reply to all the awesome people that commented in the Exstatic Art dump Thread ! honestly I am a bit overwhelmed! and I dont know how to reply to such lovely comments! ;…
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DInusty

[WIP] Medieval Wall Material in Substance Designer

Hey everyone! I'm trying to make a procedural medieval wall material using substance designer for a uni assignment. Here's where I've gotten so far and I'd appreciate any feedback you'd throw i…
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iam717

3D Generalist

🚀 We’re Hiring: 3D Generalist - Blender Animator (Animation, FX, Lighting & Rendering)Fully Remote | Zack D Films × Fern StyleWe’re a Shark Tank India Season 4–featured Animation Studio, creatin…
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Suchika

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

Can you help track down "the story of a delivery boy" ?

HiI hope you’re doing well. I’m trying to track down an old concept art pack that was centered around “the story of a delivery boy” and the various adventures he goes through. I remember it incl…
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sacboi

Back to Zbrush and Photoshop ?

Some times ago I suddenly noticed how really good my assets and materials looked back at the time when it was simply Zbrush sculpt +vertex paint  + a few subtle Photoshop touches .  A workf…
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gnoop

Have anyone tried instaMAT recently ? Any cool advancements ?

I once  tried briefly their free  license , then uninstalled due to severe lack of free space .   Haven't found it good enough to switch from Designer .   Now Chat GPT&n…
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gnoop

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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taiwofolu

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

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

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

Free Music / SFX Resource for Your Games - Over 1900 Tracks

Hi everyone, I've created over 1900 tracks of music and sound fx that you can freely use in your games. It's all original...all my own work. All I ask is to be attributed as indicated on my ho…
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Eric Matyas

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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