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Pirate Cave [WIP] Hi everyone! This is my first ever post on Polycount :)I recently graduated from university and am working towards improving my portfolio to apply for jobs and internships. You can find my portfolio …	3 Last	teodar23 8:09AM
[Freelance] 3D Artist -hard surface About me:My name Skorskiy Dmitriy.Im 3D artist from Ukraine, Zapirizhia. 5+ years expirience in gamedev, include AAA exp.My skills: Low/mid/high poly modeling, baking, texturing, sculpt.Main Dir…	0 Last	Dante_DI 8:00AM
re thin edges cloth - yay or nay ? so i am getting myself in to a terrible stew with cloth in that if you add thickness to the cloth , then your retopo will have to have thicknessthis quite frankly is a real pain in …	8 Last	Ruz 7:57AM
Making The Switch: From Maya to Blender 2.8 Hello Reader! Since Maya will be changing it’s licensing so that it is no longer free for non-students, I’ll be making the switch to Blender! I’ve had this on my to-do list for a long time …	1 Last	prosaicgod 7:55AM
Kord Heavy Machine Gun (WIP) Hello everyone. This is a project that I've been working on for a while and with the low poly just more or less finished, I got it to a point where it feels right to post it for feedback. Besides the…	6 Last	teodar23 7:45AM
I Feel Like My Job Is Killing My Creativity... I just got a "dream job" at 3D-related company. It's good, I like it there, everything is great.But when I get home and I want to do my 3D stuff, I just can't. It feels totally strange to me, I feel …	3 Last	Alander787 7:44AM
[FINISHED] [SCANS] Abandoned factory Buildings - Day/Night scene Hi,Me and my friend Michal Mierzejewski decided to use our knowledge of scans to create scene with photogrammetry. After hours. We want to release package this month on marketplace. Still some fixes …	12 Last	littleclaude 6:54AM
[WIP] Market at night Hey Guys--I'm about ready to wrap up this real-time unreal 4 project and move on. Looking for some feedback and crits. ThanksWorked from Concept by: Yun linghttps://www.artstation.com/artwork/xz4X5X	0 Last	Khaldanis 6:17AM
Trim sheets. How to use them? As I was able to understand, today the industry standard (well, one of) is using trim sheets, that are texture with bunch elements that can be seamlessly tiled on the model. I think old plain regular…	17 Last	labeeb 5:50AM
Cheytac Sniper M200 Hi Guys, This will be an ongoing thread, I'm about to finish the high poly of the M200 sniper, I will upload the updates soon ( low poly, UV, baking, and Texturing ), but let's focus on the high…	1 Last	Boosted24v 5:44AM
Polygonflow - New CG Software Company Hope it's already to post this here! ^^'I've been teasing the existence of "Polygonflow" here for almost 3 years, and it's been an incredible ride seeing how this idea evolved from a basic Maya macro…	12 Last	oglu 5:15AM
3DS Max morph animation export to FBX issue Hi guys! The situation is: i created the gameover screen animation which contains the characters, animated with skin and whos faces animated with morph, for the game project. I'm trying to transfer t…	0 Last	Unc1e 5:07AM
3D Character Sketchbook Hello everyone my name is Marlon Melgar and am looking for guidance and critique on my projects. I also look forward to speaking with anyone for suggestions as well as how everything works …	0 Last	WalkingFishy 4:42AM
Sketchbook: dGreenberg Hey everybody, my name is Dave! I'm an aspiring character artist, and am currently attending Gnomon School of Visual Effects. I wanted to start up a sketchbook on Polycount, to keep myself from posti…	104 Last	dGreenberg 4:19AM
UCRT #3 Softsurface Crate Hi everyone! lately ive been enjoying putting random crt stuff on scifi looking things and here's one of em. i think its supposed to be a military crate that plays ford ad's all day and in rare …	0 Last	Vertexpolyfort 3:29AM
UE4 Environment - Warhammer Gothic Cathedral Last Update--------------------Hi guys!Thought it would be time for me to tackle a bigger environment project; and it sounded like a pretty cool occasion to pay a tribute to a universe i loved when i…	10 Last	Olingova 3:11AM
Sticky The Bi-Monthly ENVIRONMENT ART Challenge \| July - August (67) Welcome, all! Time to kick off the fourth Monthly Environment & Prop Challenge for 2020!Remember if you don't finish in the time allotted, just keep plugging away and post when your work is finis…	25 Last	Pinkfox 1:48AM
UE4 polarized colored reflections Searched but couldn't find anything. Sorry if this has been asked before (wouldn't be surprised). Also hope I got the "polarized colored reflections" term correct. How would you guys go about making…	22 Last	owii 1:47AM
Maya Modeling Question Hi Guys,I have a question that might seem a bit stupid but I cant really think of a way to approach it. I need to make a realistic model of the pyramids of giza which looks good in a medium or closeu…	0 Last	Darahamidi 12:48AM
Crowbar (Half Life 2 Fan Art) Looking for feedback This is a game ready crowbar I have made based on the one from Half Life 2. Textures are in 4k. Always looking for feedback if you can!https://www.artstation.com/artwork/q99D4L	3 Last	BradyJ 12:14AM
How to texture a realistic weapon in photoshop? Hi, I'm trying to make weapons for some old game engine. These game engine only use one diffuse map for textures, so I assume substance painter isn't a good idea. For what I gathered from the interne…	8 Last	sacboi 12:04AM
Abandoned House UE4 (WIP- Critique Wanted) Hi all! I got some advice recently to try documenting my projects on a forum to help stay motivated to finish them, so I'm trying that out!This scene that was originally done as an art test (I got pe…	1 Last	seschagrenda Jul 12 2020
[WIP] Female Character project Hello :) I started an ambitious project today, modeling a female character from scratch in Zbrush. I still havent decided If I'll texture it in Painter or just leave it with the finished model. After…	5 Last	shredde Jul 12 2020
Tiny Hut Studios looking for multiple positions Our team is looking for passionate individuals to fill several positions within Tiny Hut Studios, to help make our new IP as successful as possible. The following remote positions are available:Progr…	0 Last	Tiny_Hut_Studios Jul 12 2020
3D Character workflow questions I've been a C4D user for about 10 years and am now I'm thinking of getting into Maya & ZBrush as it seems that a lot of animation studios are asking for experience with those two applications. I …	7 Last	ShinKaiser Jul 12 2020
[WIP] Police Officer Inspired by Fargo Hey everyone,I just re-watched the Fargo series and was inspired to create a character that would fit in the show. Heavily inspired by season 3's Gloria Burgle (Eden Valley Police). This is my first …	13 Last	Mimir Jul 12 2020
[UE] Forgotten castle Just finished personal project - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/68bbyW, would like to have some critique!	0 Last	Koteeek Jul 12 2020
Sketchbook: Nectar I'm learning the fundamentals of 2D art. I'm always looking to improve, your comments or critiques are welcome.	10 Last	Nectar Jul 12 2020
Sci-fi Sword (WIP) Hello Polycounters, I've been working on this Sci-fi sword and was hoping to get some opinions on what you think about it. All C&C welcomed. Sorry, no concept, just kind of made it up. …	3 Last	FancyMug Jul 12 2020
How to properly light a lampshade? I have a lamp with a lampshade in my scene. The lampshade has an emissive texture applied, and Im using a bit of the emissive to cast a bit of light around the lamp. My issue is, if I put a pointligh…	0 Last	jordank95 Jul 12 2020
Sketchbook: Merlynn Starting my sketchbook today! I will mainly use this to post WIP updates of personal work, practise my 3D skills and experiment with new techniques. Feedback and helpful links are always welcome :)	58 Last	Merlynn Jul 12 2020
[WIP] [Environment] The Well (UE4) Hi guys, I'm working on this environment based on the concept by Alex Legg and I'd like to know your opinion on what I can improve. The trees and bushes were made using Speedtree, the landscape mater…	5 Last	AlFus Jul 12 2020
Sketchbook: ID-LL The White Rabbit - Time MadnessPersonal Vision---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…	232 Last	idli Jul 12 2020
Anakin Skywalker - Real Time Progress HELOOO GUYS, I have started a new character, my fav from star wars: ANAKIN SKYWALKER. So You should expect constant updates on this project as I am working on this pretty much everyday ;)ALSO, I'll b…	1 Last	annaberu Jul 12 2020
[WIP] Vintage stylized cooker Hi all :)I'm trying to reproduce the old cooker from this amazing concept by Servando lupini:https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qzk8PMy goal is to get used to a stylized asset workflow. Also I juste …	4 Last	simonBreumier Jul 12 2020
Owlmighty Character Model Here's a character concept by Raymond Sebastien.https://www.artstation.com/artwork/k4ERoyI started blocking his body proportions and decided to ignore the feathers for now since they'll be hidden ins…	21 Last	ChiNguyen Jul 12 2020
Zen Universe Hi guys,This is the announcement trailer of our project, I am working on.The idea on the project is to be able to explore the many worlds, relax, learn and play that feels real with stunning graphics…	4 Last	TihomirVFX Jul 12 2020
[WIP] N8t the Grenademan Hey y'all! Starting in on a new project and thought I would create a new topic here to help keep me on task. I've wanted to work on this guy for a while now, so it's great to finally have the high po…	27 Last	dGreenberg Jul 12 2020
[WIP] Retro Jetpack Hello everyone. I'm making a jetpack as a portfolio piece and I'm wondering what I could do for it to look better before I start with retopo.It's supposed to be a military retro jetpack. I might add …	0 Last	Tofi Jul 12 2020
[WIP] Dwarf Flame Cannon - Fan Art Hola! How is everything going? Hope it's all good with you.Who i am?My name is Fernando and I currently work in an architecture studio doing renders at UE4 and hope someday I can work doing 3D i…	13 Last	cerverus94 Jul 12 2020
[2D Paid] Looking for Illustrator to make app icon Hi, i am looking for experienced illustrator who can make polished icon for my game. Possible more work.Contact me on email: [email protected]	0 Last	DoubleTripple Jul 12 2020
Zerg Drone (WIP) Hi guys, I am making a creature for my portfolio which represents my current skill in zbrush and to practice zbrush 4r8 a bit. Been doing it for a while now here it is in wip stage. Sculpting will ta…	20 Last	DavidCruz Jul 12 2020
Sketchbook: Fran & Archie Ok, decided to try a mix of modeling and sculpting this year, with a primary focus on basic materials like metal, wood and stone. Let's see how will turn out. This is a hobby and all fan art are d…	129 Last	FranArchie Jul 12 2020
[3DS Max] Animation/keyframe behaving oddly I'm making an animation chunk for my character in 3DS Max. I'm in autokey mode. I just finished my idle animations at frame 30 and jumped ahead 10 frames to get started on my running animation. Here'…	1 Last	99499 Jul 12 2020
Gradient from photo for coloring AO. Hello:)There is a "Gradient Smithy" plugin https://www.mehdiplugins.com/english/gradientsmithy.htm That allows you to instantly get a gradient from a picture. But it saves gradients not in the standa…	4 Last	XzY Jul 12 2020
Topogun 3 - looking good So there's a few new-ish videos popping up about this (finally). Looks like some real improvement, and the patch tool is looking sexy. Any thoughts?https://vimeo.com/403023432	15 Last	Ruz Jul 12 2020
Sticky What Are You Working On? 2020! Let 2020 begin! Past WAYWO threads: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2004-2007Share one embed of wha…	792 Last	Forslund Jul 12 2020
[WIP] Stylized Witches Kitchen- UE4 Hello! Ive been working on a new personal project for a little bit, and now I finally feel like I have enough done to start sharing one here. For this project i'll be collaborating with two of m…	4 Last	ThisisVictoriaZ Jul 12 2020
Trying to get a better understanding of baking normals So I've read a lot of the tutorials and have come a long ways being able to bake things but I'm still very much a FNG..or uh..rookie haha. so I modeled some simple assets to try an really iron out al…	10 Last	Boosted24v Jul 12 2020
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…	3 Last	Alex Javor Jul 12 2020