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Sticky How to use Polycount

If you’re new here, let me welcome you to Polycount!One of the best things about this forum is how you can use it as a work-in-progress record of your project, posting visual updates as you work, and…
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Eric Chadwick

Looking for a mentor in Blender

Hello! I’m currently looking for a mentor to help guide me in learning Blender over the summer. As part of a school requirement, I need someone who can check in with me at least once a month to …
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Eric Chadwick

Senior 3D Character Artist - Available Freelance

Hello people! I'm an experienced freelancer 3D Character Artist looking for freelance jobs. Both long & short-term projects. Specialized in realistic style, game ready characters (low-poly),…
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Aika2033

The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | March - April (95)

Welcome one and all to the 95th edition of the 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 …
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Pinkfox

Clive Rosfield - Stylized

Current wip for a stylized version of Clive Rosfield from Finalfantasy 16; just the base anatomy  and the hair in this version.will be moving on to blockout the clothes and equipmentany feedback…
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TJWON

[WIP] Dark Fantasy Knight Character Art

Hey everyone, I'm currently working on a knight character inspired by a concept from Christian Villacis, and I wanted to share my progress with you all. I'd love to hear your thoughts or feedback
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Kipros

BRAWL2 [Environment] Pizza Town Blastorama, mastapimp420

concept by mastapimp420This is an example work--in-progress thread, for The Polycount BRAWL² Tournament. For full details see the contest brief here: https://polycount.com/discussion/2…
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System

[WIP] - stylized character, could use some help to understand what to improve for future sculpts

I've been playing around with blender for about 2 years now but never realy did anything seriously, just trying out tools and playing around with it. Over the past few weeks ive become more and more …
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Alemja

Help Marmoset Overlap Artifact Fix

Hey guys! I need help fixing an artifact when baking maps in Marmoset Toolbag. The issue is only happening on two specific parts, even though the entire object is made up of similar structures. Paddi…
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2met7cen

[FINISHED] Scifi Antenna

Hello ! In order to learn Maya, I decided to create this scifi Antenna station. This asset is largely influenced by Skylar Zhang Artwork : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/K5KXXHowever, I decided t…
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Dolgaror

Normal baking object with thin straps

Modelling software: BlenderRendering software: UnrealUse case: Real-time render modelling portfolioI'm trying to figure out the best way to get good normals on a backpack object, with its various thi…
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dimwalker

Mirroring and stacking UVs leads to tangent discontinuity and seam

Hello all, I've been stuck on this for a while and would appreciate any help. In Maya I have a mesh where I mirrored the top half of the geo, which also mirrored and stacked the uvs. I did this to in…
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trs79

Vanilla Testing Please Disregard

Vanilla Testing Please Disregard
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System

Hiring 2.5D Game Artist – Realistic Lobby Design for Mobile Poker Game

Hey artists, We're building a cinematic poker game for mobile with a unique visual style – a 2.5D lobby that blends realistic UI, layered environments, and dynamic atmosphere across three eras (1890…
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Maxthon

[UDK] Zelda Water Shader Help

Hey, I have another interesting challenge for you folks on Polycount. It helps if you're familiar with the the game in the title but I'll provide a gif of a waterfall below. I'm trying to recreate t…
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poopipe

Sailor moon Sculpt

Just finished a sculpt that I tried to focus more on anatomy and posing.Would love to have any feedback!
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SSkelton

Sting [UE4]

Hey folks just finished up a remake of a model I tried a couple years ago. Here's the original thread, got a lot of good critique I kept in mind this time around.http://polycount.com/discussion/15711…
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FullSynch

Senior 3D character/prop artist available for work

Hello, my name is Aria I'm a junior Character artist but i'm open for props and weapons  ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍I had a …
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art_pixellz

WIP- Elderly Character- Need Honest Feedback

Hey everyone,Hey everyone, I’ve been working on this elderly character for a while now, and I’ve hit that frustrating stage where everything just feels off. I’m not planning to give up on this, but …
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NikolettPhilippovits

Looking for someone capable of modeling Godzilla 3d

Just like these because my ideas are very similar to these.
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GSMD

Maya: AO to Vertex Colors?

How do you bake Ambient Occlusion to vertex colors in Maya nowadays?Mental Ray is no longer supported, developed or even shipped with Maya. Arnold lacks this functionality, and TURTLE is yet ano…
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poopipe

[PAID] 2D Illustrator

We’re a small video game agency based in the western U.S.! We're looking for a freelance Comic Illustrator to help one of our indie clients create a series of in-game, 3-panel comic strips. To apply,…
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Arcade_Freelance

3D Lowpoly environment artist and animator looking for work.

Hi!I'm a game artist who works with both 2D and 3D for characters and environments.My work includes character animation, environments, and props modelling.I have experience using Unity, Godot, and Ga…
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Scylorg

Poll Brawl² Challenge / Competition, Vote and discussion?

Whoa, Whoa, Whoa ladies and gents.let's get HYPED  - Choo-choo mfers ! Hype Train's coming Beeotch !Are you Ready spaghetti?Push everything aside its time to get into the ring again.Wh…
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Eric Chadwick

3D Artist looking for job opportunities

Looking for job opportunities in game dev. I would like to offer my services as a 3D hard surface artist. I am mainly interested in weapons, but I'm sure I can manage most of hard surface game assets…
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madfox097

How would I unwrap and bake this car model?

I'm currently working on a car model and am at the stages of baking and doing the materials. However, I've run into an issue when baking the low and high poly models. The material is a bit distorted …
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Neox

Portfolio Critique Needed - 3D Environment Art

Hello! I would appreciate anyone to take a glance at my portfolio to see if there are any urgent changes you would make to it. I'm aiming towards realism style 3D Environments for games. https://www.…
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AndrewBen

when to use megascans as an environment artist?

[{"insert":"im not an environment artist yet but im working towards it. im just confused on when to use megascans as i am told that environment artists are responsible for the creation of environment…
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EDWC

FAQ: Concept Art Shader Pack for Unreal Engine

My outlines are looking weird, flickering or appearing in places where they shouldn't be.There are two options to fix this:Option 1Set the Antialiasing Method to MSAA or FXAA. This is a quick fix, bu…
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DevQuinzel

Portfolio Critiques - Stylized Environment Artist

Hi Polycount community👋I’m Leo YuanLi, an aspring 3D environment artist. I’ve spent the 1 year building the portfolio. I’d love your feedback on how to push it further, as well as the over…
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LeoNexus6

River House WIP

Hey everyone! This is a work in progress update for a portfolio project I'm working on based off of concept art by Joshua Jay Christie on ArtStation. I plan on making the whole scene but want to shar…
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Eric Chadwick

Animal Subdivision Topology

Id love some feedback on topology of my horse and dragon basemeshes especially from riggers Horse: https://skfb.ly/pwHZODragon:https://skfb.ly/pwHYEIt's all quad, no hexapoles, meant for subdivi…
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Eric Chadwick

Maya textures In viewport colorful and grainy, how to fix this ?

Hello, so I set the project to this main file, and opened the scene for this rig and this is what the viewport is looking like. Instructions for the rig are:Below are the steps to load the character’…
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Eric Chadwick

Creating Animations for games

Hello, I was wondering if anyone here could share a good workflow for creating game animations quickly? The animations I’m working on are very niche, so I’m unable to use Mixamo or other premade ass…
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Eric Chadwick

Stacking Double RGB Vertex color Info into 1 Vertex Painting potential solution.

Hello fellow polycounters. Thought I'd share a potential solution to how Naughty Dog is having more than the one set data in their Vertex Painting Setup for the Last of Us part 1. You can view the …
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Ghogiel

3D Props and Weapons Artist Looking for work

3D Props & Weapons ArtistPortfolio: https://g-3l.artstation.com/Contact: DMs or gggl3d0@gmail.comHi! I'm a 3D Props and Weapons Artist with over 8 years of experience creating game-ready assets f…
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GGGL

Artstation/Portfolio advice

Hi guys i've been working on 3d for a while now ( 2 years in) and i was wondering if my portfolio is good enough to apply jobs or land a job in the industry? I apllied couple of companies but rejecte…
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Ashervisalis

🎯 Looking for New Opportunities – 3D Rigger/Animator Available for Hire!

Hello everyone! I'm currently open to new opportunities as a 3D Rigger/Animator, and I'm eager to bring my skills to a creative, passionate team in the animation, gaming, or VFX industry. Over the …
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Karim_Ahmed

I need feedbacks & Critiques on my 3D work

Hello everyone, I'm currently working on a trim sheet material. In the image, you can see a piece of furniture that I'm texturing using this trim sheet. My goal is to use the same material to textur…
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DEVLiminal

Sci-fi Wall

It was a fun project I worked on during the last year, I learned so much during the process. So much more to come ;) Let me know if you have any comments about this, Thanks!
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Ashervisalis

Houdini HDA breaks FBXs normals into Unreal Engine

Hi everybody, I have a problem regarding normal maps and shading in Houdini and in Unreal Engine when I bring my HDA. I will try to be as concise and to the point to explain the issueCONTEXTI am maki…
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Dantexagc

Need advice: How to properly create low poly from high poly knife in Blender?

Hi everyone! I'm currently working on a knife model. This is my current high poly (image attached). Now, I want to create a proper low poly version for baking and texturing, but I'm not sure about t…
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okidoki

Former Firewalk/Concord dev talks Marathon

Here's something we don't usually see.A dev from Concord recently made a post on reddit appealing that Marathon not face the same fate as Concord given the comparisons being made online in gamer comm…
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firestarter

Seeking Advice For an ATM Model

Modeling: MayaTexturing: SubstanceRendering: MarmosetIntroduction:It's an in-school art test that I got from my modeling class. I'd like to get more advice to improve this model before I put it in my…
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Helen3030

A short explanation about custom vertex normals (tutorial)

Hello everyone! I already made a few examples about this to a few of you, but I thought it would be more useful to make a tutorial from it, so I won't have to write it down every time when it comes i…
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Eric Chadwick

[REV-SHARE] Seeking 3D Environment Artist for Cinematic YouTube Project

Hello, I am currently in the process of building a cinematic, armchair documentary channel inspired by creators such as Thinker, Fern and Cipher. My aim is to blend true crime, history and cinem…
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Arron07

[Maya] Exported FBX skinned mesh with multiple skinclusters in it

HiI have a skinned mesh which I'm exporting from Maya in FBX format, the mesh has a single skinCluster and a blend shape deformer. When I import it has a bunch of skinClusters, I think one for each i…
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Yerus

🎮 Looking for 3D Animator for Arabic-Style Fighting Game (Mortal Kombat Style) [PAID]🎮

We are looking for a skilled 3D Animator to join our team for an Arabic-themed fighting game project! ✅ Requirements: Strong experience in fighting game animations (punches, kicks, special mov…
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MOHG140

Setting up floaters and baking Ambient Occlusion

I am struggling to bake an Ambient occlusion map with my floaters. I have Two Faced box unticked which removes the harsh AO around the floaters but it still gives me a soft shadow around them. I have…
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iam717

3D Modeler and Designer | Hard Surface & Environment Artist

Hello, I'm a 3D Artist specializing in Hard Surface Design and Modeling, with experience creating environments and models for games, architecture, and industrial projects. I'm currently open to …
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Maymoun

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