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Larger asset materials, what would you do?

Hey I've been working on a 1:1 scale remake of a series of factory units that used to exist in my area for a project and I just have a question about mid-sized assets and how to add more character to…
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poopipe

ISSUE: Zbrush Layers Automatically Baking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeKS1ClDV1IHi everyone,The above link is a current WIP.  I ran into a very annoying issue during the skin detailing stage. The skin detail layers get baked a…
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migo1942

I'm tired of 3d modeling and everything that goes with it.

I'm not sure how relevant this shitpost will be, but I just have to speak up. I've been doing 3d for three years now.(im 23yo) Thought it was my dream and the whole activity suits me pretty darn well…
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Undertopian

Wizard 3D character

Hello everyone, I would like to share with you my new 3D model. Maybe some of you can recognize his backpack that I posted back in the day. Now I have finally finished the rest of the character. Feel…
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flatronw2042s

Teaching Assistant Professor, Illustration and/or Computer Animation

Teaching Assistant Professor – Illustration and/or Computer Animation School of Art & Design, Studio Art Program University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Salary and benefits information a…
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Eric Chadwick

UE5 PBR Lightning

Hi! I've started working on a new environment for my portfolio and encountered a problem with the lighting. Lighting has always been a weak spot in my projects, and I've often heard that it's importa…
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poopipe

Freelance Marvelous Designer Artist for Stylized Animated Series (Remote)

Freelance Marvelous Designer Artist for Stylized Animated Series (Remote)I’m looking for a freelance clothing artist to create stylish, animation-ready outfits in Marvelous Designer for an upcoming a…
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Gregfoster

Fixing ZBrush SubD Shrinking & Normal Map Waviness

Minding my own business working on an asset when I encountered an issue and here we are with a tutorial. Most of it is part of old Polycount but some fresh take.Full version here:https://www.artstati…
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HAWK12HT

Washing Machine Part

In an attempt to get better at Sub D and curved shapes I've been working on this washing machine part for a while and finally calling it done. It's done purely as a modelling exercise so it won't be …
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sacboi

Few questions about time management

Hi folk, I wanted to ask you about time management of yours. How exactly do you arrange your time every day for studying and working with 3D? Maybe you are using scheduled daily routine, or maybe it …
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aumramaram

[WIP] F-15 Strike Eagle Cockpit & Avionics

Heyyyiee,I'm currently working on a personal 3D modeling project, which is a detailed F-15 Strike Eagle. And I’ve decided to dedicate this thread specifically to the cockpit and avionics se…
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akshattejas

[3ds Max] miauu's Layer States

miauu's Layer States lets you organize your layers into multiple setups, called layer states, within the same scene, using a simple tab-based interface. Layer states are useful when working on…
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miauu

SBSAR in Photoshop?

 I am trying to do a sort of grand comeback to Photoshop.  Blowing dust off my sub I am still  paying because of old habit.    Chat GPT script writing + Photoshop event liste…
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gnoop

ABADDON | Bomber Aircraft | Vehicle Design

A colossal bomber turned sacred icon, descending from the heavens like divine judgment, devastating the earth in the name of an all-consuming faith. For a personal world-building project.ArtStation:&…
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RachIriart

[WIP] Ghibli Kiki's delivery service, inspired enviroment UH Main project

Hi everyone! I'm currently working on my main project for my master's degree — a recreation of the Okino Residence from Kiki’s Delivery Service. I'll be sharing some placeholder meshes and folia…
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Wardana

The Hanging City | Environment Design

I thought about designing a setting belonging to a faction of eco-technological Buddhists."A floating city on a lake, woven together by canals, cultivated gardens and biotechnological temples in its …
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RachIriart

Project: Infinitesimals - An Indie Game Art Development Log

Hello Everyone and welcome to the Infinitesimals - Indie game art log. I'm making an Indie game and this thread will be the dumping ground for the work in progress artwork for the game. It's in th…
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aumramaram

Face sculpting

Need help improving my female face model Hi everyone, I’m working on a 3D female face model, but I’ve run into a problem: my model looks noticeably older than the reference images I’m using. I’m no…
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kanga

Why do my textures look like this when I export them?

Why do my textures look like this when I export them in Substance painter 1.7.3? This is a hand texture and that light part is the palm. What is that stretched out noise? This happens with every…
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SeanWink

Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls - art dump

hi polycount, it's been a while since i've posted, so it's rad being able to share some of my work from Diablo 3 and the new expansion, Reaper of Souls. the first batch of images i'd like to share …
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jakelear

Grooming

Hello, I share my grooming practices.Creating 3D cards in Maya, XGen, and applying them in ZBrush
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AllenPoe

Hybrid workflow for Designer – anyone tried this?

Hey everyone, I’ve been experimenting with creating a diamond PBR material with prongs. I managed to build a decent version in Substance Painter, but as expected it only really works at the baked sc…
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poopipe

BRAWL2 [Character] Bratan, masslove

Hey, I'm jumping in, super excited with this gigI'm going for Harrier Du Bois (Disco Elysium protagonist) as a Valorant agent
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aumramaram

BRAWL2 [Character] Samus, M҉I҉S҉C҉

Samus RingShadows of the MetroidTarget Engine: UnrealSamus from Smash + Vibe of The ErdtreeLatest:
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aumramaram

[Paid] [3D Modeling & Animation] Contract 3D Artist & Animator (Low Poly)

Contract 3D Artist & Animator (Low Poly, Web Games) Type: Contract (remote, flexible hours) Company: Mid Games Inc. Mid Games is an independent studio building fun, accessible multiplayer we…
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SamMidGames

[Paid] [3D Modeling & Animation] Contract 3D Artist & Animator (Low Poly)

Contract 3D Artist & Animator (Low Poly, Web Games) Type: Contract (remote, flexible hours) Company: Mid Games Inc. Mid Games is an independent studio building fun, accessible multiplayer we…
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SamMidGames

[PAID] Looking for 3D Environmental Artist for Ragnarok Online Inspired Indie RPG

Hi!I'm leading the development of a single player RPG inspired by Ragnarok Online. We're looking for a stylized 3D environmental artist to join the team. If you're interested and would like to know m…
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Karmic

Portfolio feedback

Hey Polycount! :) I’m currently looking for a new job as a 3D Artist and would greatly appreciate any feedback on my portfolio.https://www.artstation.com/h_paulThank you!
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Vastra

Real True History (Solo Project) UE5 -WIP Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066

It has been a long time Polycount, but if anyone still uses this I realize that I am kind of working in a bubble and Polycount was good for feedback back in the day!  I am trying to make st…
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TheRedFish

I’m stuck. (topology for the cloth)

Hi Polycount forum, I am modeling a tent. In Unreal, I want to animate the fabric, but my problem is that I don’t know how to model this shape since I’ve never made a form like this before and&n…
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pior

Sketchbook: aumramaram

Hello new and old, I'm Per.If you have a gamepad you can play some web-games/stuff while I put together an art dump: https://aumramaram.itch.io/If you want to chat with someone unpleasant and ru…
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aumramaram

3d Game animation critiques

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/FBALHwm8oZ3i/Hey all I've got a few clips lined up and I'm getting them ready for putting into a portfolio but would like some critique before I put it all together.I've…
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AlexAng

Sketchbook: Artofcharly

Hello everyone! I decided to create this topic for my all current and future wips, sketches and etc =) Enjoy and happy viewing!
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charlyxxx

Substance Painter shader prep for MAYA [FREE SCRIPT]

Hello folks, I created a small script that applies a lambert shader for each object selected. Installation instructions:  -------------- Install in Mayas Script folder:  C:\Users\[your us…
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mblackshore

Zbrush on Linux - Can't log into Maxon App

I am in dire need of help.As you know, Windows 11 update is coming up and I desperately do not want to use it.So I've been testing Linux Mint (ubuntu) for the past weeks and I'm finally at the stage …
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CrayonEater52

Blender, Normal Mapping Artifacts, SuperPNG

Hello everyone, I've been struggling since yesterday with a problem related to normal maps, and visual artifacts. To keep things short: I applied some normal maps to my geometry, funky stuf…
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Alan_Mariscal91

Polygon fill tool still can't cull backface?

I asked this about 2 years ago, I wonder if the status quo has changed or anyone have made a plugin or something that make this easier? I just can't understand why Polygon fill tool insists on s…
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Sempoo

1900's Western Fields

So for the past couple of months I've been working on a UE5 environment mainly educating myself on different methods for specific results. basically I have everything done as far as main props and ho…
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AtomicArmy

Mirai(未来) Shift - Character Art

Hey, guys!This project was developed during the Savage Art Academy Mentorship, and I couldn’t be happier to finally share it!The main goal here was to push my skills to the next level and refine my e…
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Eric Chadwick

5.11 world partition, landscape HLODs and crashes..

[{"insert":"I may be confused, I may be wrong and I would be very happy to find out that is the case \nbut..\nEven if we pretend there's no Out of Memory crashes in the HLOD builder it still behaves …
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Eric Chadwick

[MAYA 2018] Get Back UV Editor Tools Menu

Does anyone know how to get back the UV Editor Tools Menu for the UV editor that used to be full of very useful tools for organizing and unwrapping UV's. A bunch of the tools have now moved into…
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pixelb

Painterly girl in 3D

Hello Polycount.Just wrapped up a new personal project where I experimented with bringing a more painterly style to my 3D characters. Full project at my Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/ar…
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Rolang

Weird light artifacts after baking and exporting

Hi! i'm having issues with the normal map (i think). It's giving me these weird light artifacts when i import the textures into another softwareMy workflow is: UVs in blender, then bake and texture i…
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stray

3D Character Artist Looking to in a studio (remote)

Hello everyone, I'm a 3D character artist and I want to share my work here, I m looking for a studio to work remotely. I have an experience as a Freelancer, 3D Character Artist (Mid and Lead), and al…
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renanmenendes

[MAYA] VS [Blender3D]: merging animation layers tools comparison

hi,a simple demonstration highlighting the difference in merging animation layers between Maya and Blender.using the same rig (beta character from agora), in both maya and blender.same rig (almost) s…
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evilmushroom

[Feedback] Barrel Prop – Texture Critique Needed

I am very new to this. You can say it's my first time texturing something. I am looking for some critique on this, like what's working and what's not. Any kind of feedback will be appreciated. Thanks
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rafiii

[Finished Work] Another sci-fi corridor

Just posting some work that I finally completed earlier this year. It sat for many years as a blockout on my hard drive. Due to some down time, I was able to start working on it at the end of last ye…
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Minozito

Insomniac Spiderman Retopo (Help)

My question is very confusing, so I will do my best to word it. This is the Spider-Man model from Insomniac Games Marvel Spider-Man 2. The only model that is from Spider-Man 1 is the photo taken in M…
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Neox

Specular /highlight spot suppression texture channel?

I wonder  if and how much people use such thing  to kill plastic look  PBR often makes in something like 2d "grass bed" material  or dirt.   What's called  specular…
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ZacD

Looking for help with a personal project that has exceeded my skill level.

I've been working on a personal project for awhile now but now I have reached a point where I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm a big Metal Gear fan and there's a Metal Gear Risk board game that I wan…
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TheFreshest

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