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It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!

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Sticky Show your hand painted stuff, pls!

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Sticky Information About Polycount & New Member Introductions

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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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!!TEXTEL DENSITY PROBLEM!! PLEASE HELP ME SOLVING AND UNDERSTANDING THIS PROBLEM

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3D Prop / Environment Artist (Realism)

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[WIP] Portable Stylized Drinks Dispenser

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qwedeath

BRAWL2 [Character] R&M, iam717

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iam717

BRAWL2 [Character] Electric Monk, kanga

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sacboi

People with Autism + ADHD innatentive who aren't medicated do you have any advice to be productive?

UPDATE: I will try to cut down on YouTube videos while I work, just music.UPDATE 2 Here's what my third hand looks like: https://imgur.com/gallery/hand-upgrade-R54gJUkIt's not done yet but this …
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sacboi

BRAWL2 [Vehicle] Rust Rhino, Hang Li

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kanga

Sketchbook: Tim Smith

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Eric Chadwick

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

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Azlios

Experienced 3d Artist Available for Work

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[WIP] UE5 mountian pass scene

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Eric Chadwick

SPainter bakes softer zbrush hi res mesh details vs Designer?

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2D chain texture

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Learn to Draw in 100 Hours - Padlet Order List

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[UNPAID / REV-SHARE] UE5 RPG “The Library” – looking for Artist/Designer

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[WIP] Two-Story House - Environment

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Early-Late 2000s CGI/Game Models

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thomasp

Sketchbook: Eric Chadwick

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[WIP] Jedi Realtime Character - Metahumans in UE 5.6

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[Substance Designer] random color var by user input and add weight sliders for every color

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Early-Late 2000s CGI/Game textures

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poopipe

Sketchbook: Zaki Saati

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Handpainted 3D artist available for work

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Sketchbook: Zetheros

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Sticky Thread of Awesomeness, Hilariousness, Off-topic, Youtube

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Sticky What Are You Working On? (3D) 2025

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FigureArt: YusuarMullen

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