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How do people get so much resolution in their textures on low poly models?

How do people get so much resolution in their textures on low poly models? I get really low resolution on my faces for 512x512 textures but I see people get really good faces when they have low poly.…
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Noren

3D Character, Environment & Asset Artist | Game Mods | Live2D Modeling | Available for Freelance

I’m a freelance 3D artist specializing in: • Game-ready 3D assets (characters, props, environments, modular kits) • Stylized & semi-realistic workflows • Game mod development (including but no…
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vic3dstudios

I made a ShotDeck for Game Art. It's free.

1M+ images from the best of games, cinema, and classic art - all in one place. State-of-the-art text search and visual search included. Get it here Let me know which games you want added! Any and a…
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d1ver

The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | January - February (100)

Happy New Year and a big milestone for the Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge as we kick off number 100 for the months of January and February!This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists t…
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Pinkfox

Sticky The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | March - April (101)

Welcome everyone to the 101st Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge for the months of March and April!This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists to test their skills and create a piece of work b…
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Pinkfox

Artefacts after bake

Hello! I've encountered weird artefacts after light baking. I tried to bake it several times. First, I did test bakes at low settings for speed and noticed that usually the second bake produced these…
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richkid

Does anyone know how to get custom made trees in Blender working correctly in Unity Terrain Tool?

I have been having problems getting my trees I made in Blender working correctly in Unity. When I try to paint them they are lying sideways or half way under the terrain. Also I have error that says …
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richkid

Hard Surface | Environment Artist

Greeting, I hope everyone is having a productive week, I am a freelance 3d artist specializing in hard-surface and full environment modeling, with extensive professional experience. You c…
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Maymoun

Pacific Northwest Office / Environment Art Portfolio Piece

Hi everyone!I'm Slaven, and this is my first post here. I'm in the process of learning environment art, including master material creation, modularity, RGB layering, and so on. This started as a few …
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PeterGatchev

3d/2d modeling

Hello!You need someone who can help you convert your ideas OC or reference image into a stunning unique high quality custom 3d avatar for vrchat creating from scratch which entails modeling from vrch…
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Abort3dmodel

Why there are no jobs for blendshapes artists?

Hi,i havent came across jobs for blendshape artists yes except one company. So i wonder who does that part in production? how is it handled?
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Neox

God of War by Amazon mgm studios

God of War by Amazon mgm studios.This is the first look, I thought you might enjoy the news, have a nice day now.Website Source - https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/press-release/prime-video-de…
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littleclaude

Sketchbook: Francois 2026

Hello,Been a while. Decided to get back to the grinding board after a few rough years in my life and quite a long time of destroyed focus.So I'm starting 2026 off with a shift away from humanoid…
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Francois_K

Critiques my Blender 3D Environment please

Hello A while back, I created this Encanto fan art—Mirabel’s room in Blender—and I was really proud of it at the time. But after revisiting it a few months later, I’m not as satisfied with it anymor…
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Araka

[WIP] RED V-Raptor camera, Plasticity practice

It's my first WIP post here, but not my first model in Plasticity. I bought it about two years ago and have used it occasionally for small tasks. However, the gaps between my uses were too long, so e…
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3d_legionary

[MAYA] Sea Mine - Free Rig

Uploaded a free rig on gumroad. Download it here: https://kofufyre.gumroad.com/l/sea_mine_rig
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EfigenioMoss

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="https://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116211"]What made you feel crap today?[/URL] I …
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Ruz

Sniper

I’m starting a new personal project focused on modeling a sniper rifle. The goal is to create a highly detailed and accurate 3D model while staying true to the weapon’s real-world design, proportions…
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Eric Chadwick

[UNPAID][COLLAB]3D Character Modelers Wanted | Volunteer | Pilot Project!

Hey Polycount! I'm looking for passionate 3D character modelers to join a pilot project I'm building from the ground up. This is a volunteer role for now, with real potential for paid work as the pro…
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tower

Maya XGen: What's the best way to smooth guide tips to make hair less bumpy?

I have here a flat top hair style with all the modifiers turned off so it's just the base xgen.I'm attempting to smooth the top part but each guide adds a little hill. At first I had spare hair guide…
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16bit

[WIP] NOKIA W3310 Handheld PC

Starting the new project. I need some classic hard surface modeling after the Church project  :) I am working on NOKIA W3310 Handheld PC, based on this cool concept https://www.ar…
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AngrySokol

How to AAA skill?

Hi everyone.Colleagues and experienced artists, please share your experience.Once again, when I go on ArtStation and look at the works of other artists who work at well-known studios, I often notice …
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2met7cen

Vehicle Project

Hello, everyone!I am here to present my new project, which I will be working on over the next few weeks. I hope you like it.It is a vehicle, and my goal in this project is to improve my modelling and…
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Skytthen

Sketchbook: Sahir Irfan

kicking up my sketchbook for wips and personal work.  always wanted to do one of these and now feels like a good time to make onestarting with this wip:  learning more on how to use blender…
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Sheers

Sticky LOW-POLY ART

This is the sweet spot for your low-poly models. Post 'em if you've got 'em! Low-poly hasn't really been a requirement in the games industry for a long while now. This thread is for low-poly art sty…
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redmond_david

Ghaku - Horn of Ruin

Hello! I'm a concept artist looking to share my work here :D I'm game art student focused on fantasy and game oriented designs, looking to find some kind of opportunity soon. Open to blunt …
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Eric Chadwick

I'm back! Looking for advice with polishing

Hi guys!Looking for tips on how to finish up pieces. Should they remain sketchy, is that ok$Thanks in advance!https://www.instagram.com/simon.labreche/
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Eric Chadwick

WIP -Stylized Katana Sword

I found a concept art for a katana sword by IWSE Zhang that I really like because it has more of a comic book stylized look. After gathering some references and making sure I understan…
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Ashervisalis

Mobile Game Editor - feedback on my work

Hi guys!I’m a Unity3D-developer and I’m working on a Mobile Game Editor - the app where you can code mobile games right on the mobile device. Currently it’s on a relatively early development stage. N…
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poopipe

Painter UV Tiles: same as UDIMs?

Painter docs seem to indicate their UV Tiles system is different than regular UDIM workflow. But what’s different here? Isn’t it just a single material getting multiple texture sets, like most apps d…
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poopipe

[Unpaid][Collab] Looking for a 3D artist to make a collab game with me.

Hii!I started trying to make a game on my own, but I'm really not good at 3D (I was used to doing simple things for The Sims 4, and that requires more skill than that).I will program and write the ga…
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AnnaRR

Portfolio advice and critique

Hi everyone,looking for critique and advice on how to improve and better focus my portfolio.Previously, my portfolio was quite scattered, as I included everything I worked of environments, props, pro…
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3D_Mage

CAHDD™ (Computer Aided Human Designed & Developed) — voluntary workflow transparency + watermark too

I’ve been working in architectural visualization and CG for a long time, and like everyone here, I’m watching how fast things are shifting with AI getting baked into more tools and workflows. This i…
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Eric Chadwick

[Revshare] Senior 3D Artist – Indie Automation Project

Hello,We are currently looking for an experienced 3D artist to join an independent video game project.We are a team of three french senior developers with broad, cross-disciplinary skills and stable …
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Shizz

Marmoset vs Blender EEVEE for portfolio renders?

Hi everyone. Not sure if this belongs here or somewhere else.I noticed that pretty much everyone, especially in the Substance Designer niche, uses Marmoset to do the portfolio renders of their materi…
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iam717

[3D] How to unwrap spherical Visor so texture doesn't distort?

So I'm having a difficult time making this specific texture wrap around the visor. I've tried quite a few ways of relaxing the the UVs, but nothing I do seems to work. Triplanar also looks too broken…
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iam717

Sketchbook: David Cruz

Edit: probably will just spam images and not bump this, as i feel the need to post something, should work fine.Starting a sketch book so i can spam my things, not trying to take away views from anyon…
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iam717

[FOR HIRE] 3D Prop Artist and Generalist

Hey everyone,I am a 3D artist with 2 years of experience and almost a year in freelancing, with the majority of my expertise in creating game-ready assets. I’ve worked with dozens of clients, bringin…
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Mhd

[FOR HIRE] Pixel Artist (Affordable Rates) – Tilesets, Characters, Backgrounds, UI, Animation & More

Portfolio: https://riadev.carrd.co/Email: riadev244@gmail.comDiscord: riadev244Hello! I’m Ria Dev, a pixel artist focused on building clear, expressive visuals for games. I’m comfortable working in d…
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riadev244

[Unpaid] Looking for Environment Artists for UE5 animated series

Hi! 👋🖤My name is Swapilla, I am an indie director, writer and animator. I'm a former Roblox animator and current UE5 creator. I’m currently making a massive long-term and unpaid passion project. A …
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Swapilla

Substance Painter Baking Issues - Weird Sharp Normals

Baking the normals for my model, and it's doing this weird thingy. I'm on V11.0.2, and have to be for college reasons. Any fix for this?
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Fabi_G

3D Environment artist - Specializing in stylized UE5

Hi, I'm Isaac Selmon:)A 3D Environment Artist specializing in stylized, immersive worlds in Unreal Engine 5. I focus on atmospheric level design, composition, lighting, Shader creation, modular ass…
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Swiftdeath

3D Generalist Portfolio Critique

Hello I recently joined and would love some feedback on my portfolio. I’ve been working professionally for about 10 years, mainly in industrial/product visualization, but I’m looking to grow and…
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aniceto

Titanfall 2's BT-inspired arm critique (Hard-surface)

Hey all! I'm doing some personal work and I'm looking for some feedback on my topology, modelling direction, and general art direction suggestions and critique. The asset is for games, and will be im…
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sacboi

Wacom Pressure Curves Suck

I came across [URL="https://forum.wacom.eu/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4622"]this thread[/URL] on the Wacom forums, tried to wrap my head around what they were discussing, and tried it out for myself. In a n…
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mariobreskic

Yury Taran – Senior 3D Character Artist | Portfolio & WIPs

Hi Everyone! I’m Yury Taran, a Senior 3D Character Artist with 5+ years of production experience in game studios. This thread is a collection of my portfolio pieces and WIPs, which I’ll be updating…
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Yury_Taran

3D Character & Prop Artist - Renan Fabricio

Hello my friends!My name is Renan Fabricio and i'm a 3D Character Artist from Brazil. I've been working as a 3D Character Artist for about 9 years  and i'm looking for new oportunities to work. …
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renanfab

[WIP] Male Bust for Portfolio

Hello! I'm starting a new piece for my portfolio, an Au Ra (part human, part reptile/dragon) from FFXIV. My primary goals are to learn to make game-ready eyes with illusion of depth using a height ma…
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eggyoulk

[MAYA] CREASE+ - Tool for Hard Surface

Get CreasePlus RAW's Playlist[noparse]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl5N-fdxqTYSp5awUUDYoRyH0PCrctmA6[noparse]Update! It's version 1.0 guys ! [noparse]https://youtu.be/JMx-GLaCtxE
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WaYWO

[AVAILABLE] 3D Character Artist - Specialized in AAA Hard Surface & Engine Integration

Hi Polycount!I'm Albert Toll, a 3D Character Artist and if you need 3D art, I create 3D art, Let's talk! (Full-time, Contract, or Freelance).I’m a firm believer that for any modern characte…
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alberttoll

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