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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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shevelevandrew

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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eam1215

Anime hair/connected hair geometry

I've been trying to figure this out for awhile now but I just still don't get it. How do people make hairs like these and have it all connected as one continuous mesh? And I'm especially confused on …
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5rettski

Sketchbook: Vnce Shinkevich

Hello Polycount. My name is Victor, but english-speakers can call me Vince.https://www.artstation.com/vinceshinkevichI'll be posting here some of the stuff that I sculpt compuslively that are not fit…
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VinceOrcis

Handpainted 3D Artist Looking for work

Hi,My name is Berk and I'm a 3D Artist.You can find some of my work down below. Also, have a look at my ArtStation page for more: https://berkgenyz.artstation.com/Im looking for full-time , part…
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berkgenyz

Cassette Radio Recorder

Hi PC!I wanted to share my recent personal project, a cassette radio recorder. The design concept was created by Vitaliy Ishkov. I used Blender and Substance Painter for modeling, texturing and rende…
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nyxro

Sketchbook: Rima

Or: Rima's pile of godawful studies.I'm quite out of practice with them; I've been fixating on anatomy in detail, worrying about the bones and individual muscles and such, but it's not good to do tha…
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Rima

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

I started an animated series called " David The Modern Day Christian "

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yjwjw This video took me 1 month to make pls tell me what you think ;D.
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grumix8

Sketchbook: stray

Hello there! Stray here.I'm interested in creating stylized characters and I'd like to focus on actually finishing them and getting them into game-ready state. Thought maybe starting a sketchbook her…
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stray

[WIP/Help] Need Advice on Creating Realistic but Lightweight Tassel Earrings (Blender/ZBrush)

Hey everyone, I'm currently working on a stylized-but-semi-realistic project, and I need to create a pair of tassel earrings similar to these: My main goal is to make them look visually appealing…
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ITZSABO

Intergalactic Spaceship

Hi, My name is Kevin. This is a 3D environment that I am working on for my Major Study at the University of Hertfordshire. The scene is loosely based on the trailer for the new Naughty Dog game: Inte…
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Donkey_Kong

Substance painter settings and UE5 Substrate material settings.

What Substance workflow + export settings would you use to get the best results in UE5 using the new Substrate materials? Mainly to prevent 'white fringes' problem that was common in the UE metalness…
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OccultMonk

Sticky The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | July - August (97)

Welcome one and all to the 97th edition of the Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge for the months of July and August!This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists to test their skills and create …
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Charlie_Temerald

Vertex painting is distorting my mesh!

I completed the tutorial on vertex painting where the instructor utilizes world offset to allow painting into the cracks. However, I am now experiencing a distorted mesh. What steps can I take to…
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cturbo

Hair Study – Shaved Bun

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HarlequinWerewolf

[Baking Error] Having Hard Seam Line

I am trying to texture a wooden crate, but after baking, I am having visible seam line in the mesh, as in the picture below. Even after using triplanar blend, it's the same. I have UV cut in all the …
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Fabi_G

rReligionVFX™ – Real-Time Procedural VFX System for Motion Graphics & Animation (Univah Pro)

Hello CG artists,“rReligionVFX™ is a proprietary procedural animation and VFX system designed exclusively for the Univah Film Engine (Univah Pro) and is used for motion graphics, falloff-based effect…
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SmSoftwareCompany

[WIP] Aircraft altimeter

Hi community. I started to work on a simple asset for practise and to learn a few things here and there. The main goal for this project tho is to learn painter. So will eventialy texture it there. Re…
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nikita_nomad

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

[MAYA] Creating straight uvs in maya for pixel art texture , cant get straighten uvs to work

Hello all. I am currently working on a character and I want it to have pixel textures.  I am confused about how to straighten uvs. I am currently trying it with this simple mesh, but whenev…
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MikeF

Brightness difference between Substance Painter and Marmoset grayscale texture maps

Hey guys! I'm having problems with brightness difference in my greyscale texture maps. After exporting them from Substance Painter (PBR Metallic Roughness), and importing them to Marmoset, they appea…
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poopipe

We're looking for an Unreal artist experienced with pathtracing.

Hi, we're working on 'Blood&clay' https://bloodandclay.com/bnc.php and we're looking into transfering the rendering from Arnold to Unreal. If you are an UE pro and skilled in the render features:…
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TheFreshest

3d-Environment Artist for animated short.

Hi, we're looking for a 3D environment artist(modeling; texturing has to be done SubstancePainter) for our animated short/TV-special  'Blood&Clay'. Our 'core' assets are scanned miniatures a…
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martinraw

[UE5] Is there now a specular workflow or still only metalness?

[{"insert":"Metalness has problems and generally less control than the specular workflow. Especially for gradual transition areas where you do not want to have a binary on\/off for metal. Metalness w…
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OccultMonk

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

[WIP] Triumph Rocket 3R Bike (SubD Model)

Hello! I am making a model of the Triumph Rocket 3R motorcycle and thought I'd share my journey on polycount as well. :) Here are some photos of the motorcycle:The project started around two years a…
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kanga

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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Eric Chadwick

[3ds Max] miauu's Drag&Drop Pro

miauu's Drag&Drop Pro makes file handling in 3ds Max faster and smarter by adding intelligent drag-and-drop functionality for assets, proxies, and materials. What can it do when you drop f…
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miauu

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

[PAID] SFX Disigner, Voice acting

https://youtu.be/j6XurFfH6T4 https://youtu.be/JhqamItW0F8 https://youtu.be/8XNDj5gJMmMHello! My name is Ilia Volkov, I compose music for everyday usage: video games, animations and so …
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Vierarmig

3D Artist - sculpt, modelling, retopology, UV mapping, baking, texturing, rigging, 3D print

Hello there! Rodrigo here (a.k.a. Rhoda), I'm a professional (3D) artist with a background in both traditional and digital art. Drawing and video games have been part of my life since I can…
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Rodrigo_Navone

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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Confrontation

How long to learn Houdini?

I am so overwhelmed with where to start learning Houdini. I want to start learning this to incorporate into my skillset and add another tool that I can use in the studio I work for. Roughly how long …
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Benjammin

Machete Toolkit for Blender

Hi Guys,I have been working on develop an addon for blender where I gather a few tools that I use in my daily work.This is the first release and includes about 12 tools to make our blender artist's l…
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rfarencibia

Painter - height / normal UV discrepancy

I have encountered a problem - when I have multiple different texel densities on UV islands, Painter incorrectly renders normals.This is a test mesh in Blender - the rectangle has denser UV:Here we h…
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poopipe

Need 3d model of a character (Paid Task)

Hi, I need 3d model of a character, I'll pay you for itI have reference images that you can useSend me your portfolio along with your price(direct message)I am looking to hire immediately
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middilecell

[WIP] Lifeboat James Caird

Kicking off a new personal project with blockout and ref board of this legendary lifeboatHopefully updating the thread will help me stay motivated:d
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Łukasz

Zero views on my ArtStation profile despite having a Pro subscription—any advice?

Hey everyone! I previously used ArtStation without a subscription and typically received over 100 views on my posts. I decided to try the Pro subscription for a month to see if it would enhance my vi…
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guitarguy00

3D Modeler/Animator Looking for work!

Hello! As a 3D artist, my primary areas of expertise are in stylized modeling, sculpting, and animation. I have acquired considerable proficiency in using Blender, and I familiar with Unreal Engine a…
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_4shes

I’m looking to commission a 3D character model (including rigging) to be used in Naruto Storm 4

안녕하세요,나루토 십푸전: 나루티밋 스톰 4에 사용될 남성 캐릭터 모델을 만들어 줄 사람을 찾고 있습니다. 이미 모딩을 담당할 숙련된 모더를 준비해 놓았으므로 3D 모델링만 필요합니다.모델은 제가 제공할 참고…
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xowod

First 3D Model After a Long Break – Feedback Welcome!

Hi! A year ago I decided to start learning 3D art because I found this world really beautiful. Unfortunately, I had to stop just a month later.Now, with my new PC, I decided to give it another try …
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lispu

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xowod

3D Character Artist - Looking for Work (Full time or Freelance)

My name is Jungin Baek and I am a 3D character artist who specialize in character creation and managing art assets and outsource work as well.I live in Canada and I am open to full time and freelance…
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mudlover

[For Hire] 3D/2D Animator, Artist, Rigger

Hey there! I'm a generalist with emphasis on animation. Newer reel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0aDdwo6RBcOlder reels:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR-P678DCkchttps://www.youtube.com/watch…
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klumwuggly_krumwood

looking for a 3D modeler to help my dark fantasy isometric game come to life

I'm currently working with a small team here we definitely need way more people.I work primarily as director and creative director.I work physically. here are some examples of recent work:https://you…
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klumwuggly_krumwood

Tik Manager – Open-Source Pipeline Tool for Game Dev (Now with Major Updates!)

Hey everyone!I wanted to share something cool that might interest some of you. Tik Manager4 is an open-source project that’s been around for a bit, but it hasn’t really been in the spotlight until no…
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Neox

[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

[Fixed] Marmoset 4: Issue with RT and Volumetric Scattering

Hi everyone, I have a issue with the Volumentric Scattering and the Raytracing, once the raytracing and the volumetric scattering is on, the mesh polygons begin to be seen.Anyone knows what is g…
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SuSo

Is this a good female body topology (for posing/animation)?

This is my first try at retopologizing a female body, and I'm not sure if its good for rigging and posing / animation. The limbs are missing, but those are easy to do, my main concerns…
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okidoki

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xowod

Yellow spotted ray

This model on Artstation https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lG41nk
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Neox

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