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Sticky How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)

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Neox

How much GPU performance/VRAM affect Painter computations speed?

Sup folks :)How much of performance boost we can expect if we jump from RTX 2060 6Gb to 5060 Ti 16Gb?We notice how Painter start significantly drop performance when we reach available VRAM and start …
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Sempoo

2D Animation frame by frame

Hello ,I'm Ahmed , 2D animator , digital artist , motion graphic and graphic designer .What i'm offering here ?- 2D animation old school frame by frame in your favorite style .- 3 free edits for the …
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Ahmed_Ehab730

3D Environment Artist

Hello!My name is Mikhail Stroganov. I am a 3D artist from Russia, living in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City.I am a professional 3D asset modeler for the gaming industry and currently work as an environment…
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Mikiola

[WIP][UE5.3] Forgotten Waters

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Ashervisalis

Timeless Epoch (Procedurally Generated)

Hey Polycounters! Just wrapped up my final MA project — Timeless Epoch — and I’m super excited to share it here.1. Initial InspirationThe idea for Timeless Epoch began with my fascination f…
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Ashervisalis

Every Ending is a New Beginning

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Ashervisalis

Sketchbook: stray

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stray

BRAWL2 [Character] Sodom, Fabi_G

Hey! I don't know too much about fighting games, however during my search, I stumbled upon this guy Sodom and super liked his look: image source: https://capcom.fandom.com/wiki/SodomNot sur…
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iam717

Optimizing Shader Performance for Real-Time Rendering

I’ve been working on a shader for a real-time rendering project, but I’m struggling with performance optimization. The shader looks great, but it causes a noticeable drop in FPS, especially on lower-…
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Eric Chadwick

3d models from image

Hello everyone, I'm currently learning 3D modeling and trying to figure out which way to do my task more efficiently, beautifully and faster. In general, I want to make a full-fledged 3D model o…
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okidoki

Sharks Swimming Houdini Animation WIP

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(rev share) Indie Collab - A City of Secrets, 28 Patients, and a String of Murders — Who Wants In?

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ZonSun

Default normal map texture out is RGB+A, how come?

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EarthQuake

Please help, whenever I am trying to place my albedo file, it is being placed like this

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EarthQuake

Completely black lowpoly model in Marmoset

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EarthQuake

Can we please get a fix for the drag and drop?

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EarthQuake

Idea for Feedback on Tracking 3D Content Creation Pipelines

I’ve been thinking about a simpler, more modern way to manage the flow of 3D content creation, as an alternative to heavier tools like Shotgrid. The idea is a web app that focuses on clarity and ease…
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Eric Chadwick

What made you feel good today?

What made you feel good today? Tell us what us what made you feel happy today. Sister thread,[URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116211"]What made you feel crap today?[/URL] I s…
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iam717

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

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Celosia

Poll Extension, discussions. (Judge request)

Hello all.Discuss for those interested, those entering, also if you want to be a judge/criticizer this is the thread to do it, make your voice heard & known.  Be available more than likely o…
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iam717

Sketchbook: Rima

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iam717

Sketchbook: Vnce Shinkevich

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iam717

How do you make the 3D pipeline less painful?

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iam717

Sketchbook: Luiz Carvalho

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Error analysis Blender has stopped working / Analysis of similar errors / How to protect your files

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Celosia

Senior Material/Environment Artist Looking for work

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Looking for Unity Lighting Artist

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Looking for Unity Crowd Animations

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Thinking to hire 3D artist

I am considering hiring a 3D artist but I am not very good at it so I would like to know first how much it would potentially cost to make a character for a 2D game in something like this style with i…
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1900's Western Fields

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Animator and VFX artist available for work

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Texture showing up black in render & not letting me use transmission

As my title says, I am trying to render something for my class and the glass textures are appearing black, when in painter I gave them a blue texture. And it also doesn't let me use transmission.
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Eric Chadwick

I need help with a portfolio review (critiques welcome)

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Eric Chadwick

Sticky Polycount's Sketch Thread!

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Eric Chadwick

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Value map driven color gradient?

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Sketchbook: VeshalinN

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[Rev-Share] Looking for 3D positions for a small team – Interactive Visual Novel

Hi! I’m gathering a small team to develop the first act of a game in the style of Until Then or OPUS: Echo of Starsong. What differentiates the project: The game's emotional narrative is its hear…
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Theoden King of Rohan

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kanga

[WIP] Church Diorama

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Eric Chadwick

SuperPNG broken these days, any alternatives?

I think we are back to square one with photohop and PNGs alpha channels being oil and water. It's just mangling the RGB channels and adding white again. I can get it to work correctly if I make …
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Eric Chadwick

Middle 3D Artist, Hard surface - Aibek Ogobaev

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aogobaev

Job is filled.

Position filled. Thank You very muchFred E. 
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Federico Esparza

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[Unpaid/Portfolio] Pixel Artist Needed for Story-Driven Turn-Based RPG

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