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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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domfiglhuber

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

Do you think polycount a dying platform?

I don't visit as often as I used to, where did everyone go? Why is no one posting? Is there a platform that is thriving you'd recommend?
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pixelpatron

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

Issues with displacent map distortion

I'm new to working with UDIMs and am having issues with displacement map distortion in Blender. Even when subdivided the mesh seems to have artifacts around the low res topology. Is this an issue wit…
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Sempoo

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

Aela the Huntress - WIP

Doing my personal take on everyone's favorite follower, Aela. I wanted to see if I could do a little refresh of her design and challenge myself by working on a character with a lot of little mov…
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TaulNotShort

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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Eric Chadwick

Sketchbook: Zaki Saati

Hello everyone, this is my first post in this community. In this series of posts, I am hoping to document a personal project entitled "Gallerie Nocturne". The idea was floating in my mind for…
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ashstorm91

Losing Your Artistic Voice to Convenient Asset Packs

Hello everyone, I'd like to know your opinion on the widespread use that many developers are making of Megascans (to name one example) and other paid or free asset packs in their one-person or small-…
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Ruz

Unable to Select Camera outline in Blender? help

Hi, I am unable to select the camera outline in Blender suddenly. I have tried adjusting the clip start length and scaling the camera up and down, did something change in Blender?Thanks
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Celosia

Building modular buildings and houses questions

I have some houses that Im making and Im making a kit for those houses so I can make a bunch of different variations. Though I need to make a few houses that are unique looking. Would you still …
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poopipe

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

[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

Getting Started: SpeedTree to Unreal Engine Game-Ready Workflow - Stylized Plants Example

Hi everyone! I’d like to share a short breakdown of my workflow using SpeedTree and Unreal Engine 5, focusing on mesh export, texture setup, and integration. The document covers custom export param…
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ThomasC001

Another day another set of problems!

Damnit, our forum software provider has messed a few things up. I've opened some tickets for these, and will let you all know once I get some updates.1. All the banner images are blank. This looks li…
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Eric Chadwick

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

Update: Judging is underway

Our Judges are currently examining entries, the expected results will be available: (when they are ready.) Ha, ha, just kidding.  Expect them to be posted,  late November, Early Decem…
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iam717

Lowpoly tree and bird needed for open source project

In my spare time, I am developing a 3d game engine for iOS devices and hopefully also Android as soon as most needed features are implemented. My engine iSDGE is based on OpenGL ES 2.0 for rendering,…
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someone2

would you model these holes into the actual geo (door) or use trim sheets for this?

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hallowseve

[WIP] Jedi Realtime Character - Metahumans in UE 5.6

26 June 2025:Nope, ignore all that, we're re-doing this. Jumping into Methumans latest update for 5.6 and taking advantage of the Metahuman Creator and conform for the head and body as well as the ex…
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HarlequinWerewolf

[GODOT4] [Released] 3D Playable Winter Game Environment Demo made in Godot

The project is finished!Walkthrough video:Outskirts Environment Walkthrough (Godot 4.3)Download the build:Outskirts - Godot Environment Demo by jedenjenda23More images and videos on Artstation:ArtSta…
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jozin

Mechanoid exo suit completed

Hey everyone, Just wrapped up this high-poly mechanoid sculpt — around 28 million tris and 462 bones. The goal aside concepting task was to test whether a high-poly mesh can be used direc…
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jozin

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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Celosia

CGEES.COM - Your Free Source for HDRI Skies

CGEES.COM - FREE HDRI SKIESHey Guys,i recently finished my new website which offers spherical HDRI Skies / Panoramas / Environments for all your image based lighting needs.Due to the full dynamic ran…
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HarlequinWerewolf

UE4.27 - VR - Forward Renderer - Custom Edge Detection PostProcess

Hey hey everyone!  =) I’m running into a pretty specific issue, and I’m wondering if anyone here has faced something similar or might have an idea on how to fix it.Setup- Engine version: custom …
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TechArtDL

Roots disappear when increasing radial in SpeedTree

Hello, I am having an issue where whenever I increase the radial option in the segments section of  the roots part of the tree, the roots disappear. Is anybody able to know a way to fix this? I …
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Ozwaar

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

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

Topogun Wacom pen 'lag'.

I know Topogun hasn't really been in development for a few years and there is no longer support.  I recently started using it again and noticed that my Wacom tablet pen has a bit of a problem wi…
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OccultMonk

[WIP] The Staircase - Environment

Hello!Unfortunately, I did not had enough time to finish the project in time during the monthly challenge, so instead of stopping and abandoning it I've decided to keep on working on it at my own pac…
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Dvin_

Goth Nun - Raven

Hello everyone.This is my latest OC character creation, Raven.I hope everyone likes it, what do you think?https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nJW094
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Rima

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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Thanez

[WIP] Need help about light

I create some fan art about Meropid fortress in Genshin impact.Need some advice about light.Trying a dark, almost horror atmosphere.Still think it's just too dark picture and no dark atmosphere.Be ap…
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jStins

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

[FULL TIME] 3D Low-Poly Mesh Modeler - Vehicles - Lightpoint

3D Low-Poly Mesh Modeler Lightpoint Scientific, Westlake Village, CA (Initial 1-week onsite training, then fully remote) Full-time $70,000 - $90,000   About Lightpoint Lightp…
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SamLightpoint

Blender, hard surface and traction in the industry.

Hi everyone,Since last year, i've been jumping on and off between Blender and Zbrush to find my own voice in 3DCG. I've grasped both software's basics and I've been diving more and more into hard sur…
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scottycharly

( PAID) 2d animator required who can create frame by frame 2d animation video

HelloI am looking for a 2d animator who can create a fanmade 2d frame by frame anime animation video for me. let me explain in more details. I am creating fanmade 2d animation based on One piece and …
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Jadav

OneClickSkin

OneClickSkin - New Smart Material that instantly textures characters with full PBR skin, including specular and scattering maps and fully procedural substance-native regional coloring for natural ski…
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JoeXLegacy

Sketchbook: Jozin

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

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

How to make an interactive puzzle game

Hello! I'm exploring the process of creating a game from the ground up. My goal is to develop a puzzle game where the initial player enters a room filled with playing cards. The player will need …
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hallowseve

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

[WIP] UE5 Ancient Statues in an Underground Cave

Hey! I will be posting WIP of my Level 5 Interior Hero Assets brief here. :)  Here is my progress now:PureRef:  My idea is to create a underground cave scene with anicent sta…
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Eric Chadwick

Scaling issue with Zbrush

Hello. I am using a priject with a ruler subtool and am finding that any IMM brush will only scale out to a medium size and no further. Obvioulsy the Gizmo can be used to make it bigger but it would …
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Jaks

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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Pep_mepla

Work In Progress - Maya Face Rig!

Hi! I'm creating a face rig in Maya for my showreel using a mixture of ARKit's blendshapes and joint based systems! Here's what I have so far. Demo Video:https://youtu.be/A1MzcbM9J4kI am using an ass…
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KMVM

Need help of an animator for basic game animation

Hi, I’m currently working on a small game project and need some help with creating simple animations.If you’re interested, I’d love to discuss the details, scope, and timeline with you.You can r…
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ROHANRAGHAV711

Learning to do anything as a hobbyist.

Hello!This is the second time I use a forum so excuse my inexperienceI started learning modelling again after a huge pause, I found out that following those "donut" tutorials really burns me out badl…
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stop619

[3ds Max] miauu's GridAxisPainter

miauu's GridAxisPainter allows you to set different colors for the major X, Y, and Z axes in any viewport.For more information, click here: miauu's GridAxisPainterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE_z…
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miauu

Ballpoint pen

Hello everyone :)This is my latest finished piece, tried my best to make it as realistic as I could but would love to get feedback on what I could improve.
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Houuuuurr

(WIP) Crashed Spaceship and Dead Astronaut

Hello!!I am currently working on a uni project where I make a hero asset in a scene. I'm making a crashed spaceship in a cave with a dead astronaut.Here's my references so far:Here's my current compo…
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DwiMont

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