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AI and future of 3d artists

hi there folks. newbie here. just getting into 3d since I'm extremely passionate about not starving to death. Tried graphic design and web dev but AI threw a wrench in that. Did a lot of research bef…
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gnoop

Substance VS Arnold Render Image Color Issue

So I finished the textures for this simple box but it's basically a whole different color when I put the textures on back in Maya. Why is this happening?Substance^Arnold in Maya^I used the substance …
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Eric Chadwick

[Hobby/Volunteer/Unpaid] Looking for: 2D Top‑Down Artist/Animator

Cosmic Void: Crew of the LullabyHello space-friend and pixel wrangler! 👋We’re a small but passionate group building an emotionally rich cooperative 2D top-down space adventure, Cosmic Void, where 4-…
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Pramer

Highschool Character (WIP)

Making a new character, goal of this project is to better understand marvelous designer, and overall try and level up the standard of my cloth.
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kanga

PBR safe base color node in Designer?

I found  the node in Designer  that makes safe colors from input .  While how it behaves on whites is perfectly what I expected , its clipping on dark end seems a bit too extreme for m…
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gnoop

Generative AI to make tire skids decals?

Those sort of dark stripes from blocked wheels  racing cars do in turns.   Could somebody  suggest one and what the hell should be the  promt wording .    Whatever …
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gnoop

Sketchbook: BootScoot

Heya Polycount, I thought it was time to start a sketchbook. I'm Scott Pearce, known as BootScoot in these parts. I'm based in Melbourne, Australia and I've worked in games for a while now. Here is a…
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BootScoot

How do I make human topology?

This discussion was created from comments split from: Is this a good female body topology (for posing/animation)?.
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Grump

Hard Surface Blog: Sci-Fi Processing Station

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mpuLse

Orc Warrior - Warcraft style cinematic - feedback for my first portfolio post

Hello everyone!I've been working on a personal project for my first portfolio post (I was aiming to post it on Artstation). But I am a bit anxious if it's even worthy or what is needed to post i…
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Reydan

[Finished Work] Night Room Scene – Nov-Dec 2024 Environment Art Challenge

Hey everyone! I'm finishing up my project from the November-December 2024 bi-monthly challenge and adding more details computers on the shelves, a keyboard on the desk, a screen on the monitor, and o…
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GroovyDaft0

[Portfolio Review] 8+ Years 3D Artist Seeking Feedback for 3A Studio Roles

Hi Polycount! I’m a 3D artist with over 8 years of experience in 3d design, metaverse, and mobile games. I’m recently aiming for 3A studio roles (e.g., 3D Concept Artist, Environment Artist) and have…
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kakit01124

Xenomite-X (The apex predator of WAR)

Hey everyone! I’ve just started blocking out my major project for uni. It’s still super early in the process, but I’d really appreciate any feedback or suggestions on the proportions, structure, or …
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akshattejas

Unreal Engine 5 Tangent Space and Triangulation Problem

My problem is that I've asked questions about triangulation and game modeling on the forum before and learned a lot, but I've actually encountered an error I can't solve. I've configured my model's U…
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nattemre

3D Art - Guns for Unreal Project

Hi everybody,I'm new to the polycount forum and currently on the third module of my Master program where I get to choose skills to improve. So in order to prepare for this module I would like to ask …
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iam717

video card recommendations

so was planning on getting an RTX 4070, costs about £517 brand new. saw one on ebay for about £400. do you reckon this is ok for a general work , bit of rendering , running unreal, blender etcMy…
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iam717

Is Sub D/Poly modeling dead?

I know I made a few posts about poly modeling and subd modeling to try to learn new things, but even if I try to look for timelapses, or videos of people modeling stuff, just to watch them to pass th…
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BootScoot

What is wrong with my UVs? Or is it the baking process?

Hi folks! I modeled this crate for modeling/texturing practice and when I imported into Substance and textured, I noticed the UVs were strange on the back bottom plank and the side. The other sides a…
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fairlyBread

3d Environment

Hi, first post. This is a render based off liminal spaces. I modeled the items in Maya, textured in Substance, and rendered in UE5. Assets were used from Nimble Weave on Ko-fi (pool toy texture),&nbs…
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meatlov4r

[Looking for 3D Aritst - Unpaid/Volunteer] Simple Stylized Sci-Fi Work For A Game

Hi All,So I've recently tried my hand at 3D modelling and I'm not happy with my results so I've decided to seek out someone who is better than myself.A little run down, it's a video game I'm making a…
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Adrian_GAGStudio

We’re hiring – 3D Artist (Blender)

Hello everyone! N-hance Studio (https://www.nhance.studio/) is a gamedev team creating stylized 3D art for games. From our studio, we launched N-hance School, where we teach game art to students wor…
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Leramito

Hockey Diorama

Here are some shots of a recent Hockey Diorama I created for my Game Art 1 class.
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Eric Chadwick

[WIP] Zombies in my Neighborhood

I'm working on an indie game on my spare time. Just a zombie killing game, very arcade with stylized looking art.Anyway, here are some sculpts I did to set the tone for the zombies:
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SergioSantos

[Finished] Hallow statue - The Morton Arboretum

Back in 2020, I was contacted to work on the statue Hallow for the "Human+Nature" exhibition for The Morton Arboretum.More renders : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/28rR8B
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kanga

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poopipe

Setting up a scene animation to allow adjustments later on (Maya).

Hey allIve started doing animation work for rendering and just wondering how people generally setup a scene for various cameras,lights,etcFor example my scene has 7 cameras and 1000frames, i've setup…
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Nixellion

Twisted Jester - feedback request

Hello everyone!Lately I've been working on this Crazy Jester for my portfolio. I am quite proud of how this turned out, however, I still feel like something is missing.  What should I adjus…
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Boompax

[MAYA] why there is no "parent" constraint?

It’s weird that such a basic (and mandatory) constraint is missing from the "top-tier" animation software.But before someone points to that thing labelled "Parent" under the Constrain menu, or shares…
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Nixellion

Shakiness in Maya Animation

I am primarily a Blender user, but I have to learn Maya for my college course. In Blender, there is something called a "Noise Modifier" for the graph editor, which generates noise on the curves, to a…
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Nixellion

[OPEN TO WORK] Environment Artist | STYLIZED

📢 ENVIRONMENT ARTIST| OPEN TO WORK & PROJECTS 3D Artist specialized in stylized environments and props. I detect mistakes others don’t see, ensuring quality and detail in every projec…
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carsoter

Stylized 3D Artist and Animator

Hello, I'm Roman Shimbarev, stylized 3D artist and animator with 4 years of experience. I'm looking for full-time, part-time work or commisions. If you are interested, my portfolio is: …
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R_Visual

3D Character Artist and animator LOOKING FOR WORK

Hello, I'm Sergio Muñoz, a freelance 3D character artist and an animator. I'm looking for full-time , part-time or comission work. If you are interested, my portfolio is: user-7276542.artst…
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qwertzxd

Early-Late 2000s CGI/Game Models

Making a new thread so the texture one can stay textures and this one can stay modelsNow that I have gotten many helpful responses on my other thread, I now have questions about MODELS.I found this b…
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sacboi

[FILLED] Animator – First Person Parkour Locomotion

To everyone who applied for our Animator role, thank you!We’ve officially wrapped up interviews and found someone we’re excited to move forward with, but we want to pause for a moment to acknowle…
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ZovianGames

Building a GPU powered painting program.

Hey all. It's been a while!I've been working on something cool. I always get frustrated with painting software, it's slow, most of them work in 8 bit, and work in srgb, and the workflows haven't impr…
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aumramaram

Composer Looking to Collab — Dark Fantasy / Cinematic Music (Demo + 50 Tracks Ready)

Hey devs,I’m a composer who specializes in dark, cinematic, and emotional music inspired by titles like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, NieR, Ori, and Hollow Knight.I put together:🎥 A vi…
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colbykeyz

(Volunteer) 2D Concept Artist Wanted: Unannounced Game Project

✨ Volunteer 2D Concept Artist Wanted: Unannounced Game Project ✨We’re looking for a passionate 2D Concept Artist to join our team on an unannounced project currently in development. This …
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DatsJustB

Sketchbook: DashXero

Yo. Just a warning up front: some things I post here might be NSFW. Just sayin'. Warning issued. With that formality out of the way, I'm starting a sketchbook here. Introduction time! A long time ag…
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DashXero

Portfolio Feedback

Hello! I am a student in my last semester of my AA in Game Development, and have been tasked with requesting feedback and critiques on my 3D models. I've linked to my portfolio, which I am …
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MoonHaloWolf

[Closed]

Hi, I'm working on a game and would like to work with a 3d artist to make 3d models.I would be able to send 1800 dollars for first commission. I don't put deadlines for as long as at least some progr…
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House_of_Mine

CC0 HDRI resource I just launched, still growing

Hey everyone, I’ve just launched a new site – openhdri.org – where I’m sharing free HDRI environments for lighting and rendering. At the moment there are 7 HDRIs online, and I’m uploading new ones …
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hdrmaps

[WIP] Retro / PS1 Style English Seaside Town

I've been working on this scene over the weekend and would love to get some general feedback / impressions of it.Bit of background: this is a test scene for a survival horror game, inspired by Silent…
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Eric Chadwick

What modern texture software can paint/project across multiple materials ( not UDIMs) ?

While each of  materials having its own UV  and texel density ?    While keeping  same or synced node pr layering system across all those materials and automated export. 
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poopipe

How can i connect the eye lids to the face?

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iam717

Looking for 3D Artist for Centaur Player Character [Filled]

I'm in the early stages of a project and need a proof of concept model for a player character. I'm looking for a stylized, painterly art style, but specifics aren't laid down yet so you'll have freed…
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Cadpig

Soviet metro escalator scene for game

My colleague and I decided to create a small video game about a Soviet-style escalator.
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Gleb_Parshikov

Approach to modelling building facades (Modular?)

Has anyone seen any good information regarding approach to modelling building facades (Modular?like walls and windows, ornaments, stairs. i want to try build a small VR scene of some new york buildin…
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okidoki

Handpaint Bread

I m just getting into handpainting in 3dcoat, I d appreciate any feedback on how to make it better.
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ThisisVictoriaZ

We’re hiring – 3D Artist (Blender)

Hello everyone!N-hance Studio (https://www.nhance.studio/) is a gamedev team creating stylized 3D art for games. From our studio, we launched N-hance School, where we teach game art to students world…
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Leramito

Cant scale object in 3ds max

There is one object (and all of it's duplicates) that I can't scale for some reason. I can only scale it if I select and scale all the vertices. The scale gizmo looks like its working, and everything…
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Noren

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