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The largest archive of maxscript knowledge online is about to be lost forever!

So for those that haven't seen the thread in the general section, CGTalk/CGSociety is going to be shutting down in about a week, and with it the Maxscript forums. They contain over 18,000 threads wor…
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iam717

Unreal Engine Hyperwallet alternative

Hello fellow gamers,I've been facing an issue on the Epic Games Marketplace as Hyperwallet and PayPal are not currently active in Lebanon, making it challenging to participate fully. I was wondering …
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salimmatta

Beta testers wanted for Retopology tool

Hello folks,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01iLb7r-bw I'm excited to announce the beta testing phase for a cutting-edge 3D retopology tool called ziRail. This is your chance to get hands-on experie…
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bfield

Senior 3D Character Artist with Prop + Environment Experience

Hi! I'm Jarran - I've been working in Games and XR for over 7 years now. I specialise in Characters but have experience in the entire pipeline (Environments, Lighting, Props, VFX, Optimisation) along…
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Jarran

Lotus Evora UE4 Automotive Cinematic

Hi everyone, happy new year!!Happy to share my first cinematic. I learned a great deal with this project. Goal was to learn more about physical lighting, exposure, manual camera control, materials an…
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HAWK12HT

Druid Leader + other characters

Hey all,I wanted to share some projects that I was working in past period for indie game-dev studio from UK. Druid Leader is one of four characters that I have created. I was using Blender for m…
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loshmiii

Gen X Guides

Please help!I am a noob at Gen X in Maya and I am trying to place guides on a head to make hair. How do I make the size of the guides smaller?? They are huge and I have guides on top of guides which …
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iam717

Does low poly and high poly uv's needs to be same? Baking high to low

Hi,I am a junior texture artist but still looong way to go, Still a learner and want to know about the baking.1. Does the high poly uv's needs to be the same as the low poly uv's? I know the ans…
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Klunk

3d artist / character creature / prop

Hello, my name is Svetlana, looking for a job as a 3d character / creature artist, full time / freelance.I have an experience at full PBR pipeline creation of models for UE 5 (from highpoly to lowpol…
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Sveta_ost

Grasslands Wind - Animated Foliage Pack for UE5.2 & 5.3

Hey everyone! I've been working on some animated foliage for UE5, check it out and let me know what you think!Youtube linksGrass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m05HyOykfzEFlowers & mixed f…
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YotomoCG

Substance Painter - Baking Errors

When I Bake Normals in Maya, which is awfully slow, the result is fine. In Substance Painter "Industry Standard", there seems to be a Bug. At least after reviewing this for a couple of days:All hard …
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gnoop

Can't figure out normal map error

So I've been stuck with this really awful normal map error for a while now and I can't figure out what's wrong. I'm using Maya to model, xnormal to bake, and Quixel to texture. I double checked and t…
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gnoop

Modular Design Research Paper

Scott Jones wrapped up a research paper titled "Investigation into modular design within computer games". Scott Jones recently completed a lengthy review for Staffordshire University on modular de…
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the_dlearner

[PAID] [CLOSED]Rigged 3D model of a vintage exercise bike for Blender

Hi, this position has been filled. I really appreciate the people who reached out.Hello artists,I am looking to hire a hard surface modeler to create a rigged, 3D model of a vintage exercise bike. Se…
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GammaBreak

Think Tank Online-Foundations Term Final

Hello everyone,I am princevx4. Currently, I am enrolled at Think Tank Training Center's Online Program. I wanted to log my progress on my foundation term final project here! I will be recreating Zeen…
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Princevx4

Want feedback/Recommendations porfolio and summary

Hello everyoneI want to improve my portfolio to find a stable job in the industry, looking for new projects.I would like to hear feedback about my Portfolio and summary to see what to improve or what…
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NikhilR

Vampire

Decided to go into the new year with a new project! I wanted to do something a little out of my comfort zone, but still doable enough for me. I decided to work on a gentleman vampire after watching t…
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TaulNotShort

college advice / where should i go?

hii'm sorry in advance if many points in this text reads like gibberish,  my english is bad and it isn't my first language.I'm looking for advice, because i want to be a game artist , and i'm ab…
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NikhilR

Maya Indie License Question

Hi Polycount, I had a quick question about Maya's indie license 100,000 USD annual revenue limit.Apologies if this question has been asked before, I am having a very hard time finding the answer to m…
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Leinad

[3ds Max tool] Text highlighting for MAXScript Editor on 3ds Max 2023 and lower versions

In a lot of text/code editors when you select or double click a word all of its instances got highlighted. This feature exist in 3ds Max 2024, but does not exist in all previous versions of 3ds Max.…
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miauu

Stylize Elephant highpoly model.

Here is the 3D model of an elephant. This is a stylised art.
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abhilash

FBX export problem

So I am rigging a character with the help of Advanced Skeleton to take it to Unity, and the facial rig is done with the mixed (Joints plus Blend Shapes) option. So while exporting the rig with the he…
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poopipe

Opinions on using rectangular UVs for games

I'm making hard-surface models in blender I'll be using for a game made with Godot. I often make models with blender's mirror modifier, which automatically stacks your UVs. That looks great until I'v…
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OblongUV

Circular Constraint in RizomUV

Hi, every one! I wonder if there's a circular constraint. I saw kind of it in UVLayout. I have an issue with a shel of a screws. As just unfold as well as optimize just spoils it. I apllied some cons…
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dushnyla2309

Closed Sketchbook: Frank Polygon

I'll be using this sketchbook thread as a place to warehouse write-ups that wouldn't really fit anywhere else. Most of the content will cover concepts and fundamentals related to hard surface modelin…
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Eric Chadwick

Count Dooku's lightsaber - Looking for Feedback

Hi everybody! I made this lightsaber based on Count Dooku´s lightsaber. Shapes are loyal to the prop shown in the prequels but I decided to move away from the clean chrome look. I like what I have so…
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Dantexagc

The Answer Is Never! Indie Game

Check it out on Discord -> The Answer Is Never! Discord The Answer Is Never! -> An indie game that I'm developing in my spare time. Last week I wrapped up a new character concept sheet for Mad…
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Polynurb

a XIX century italian theater in unreal engine 5

A project I made for my thesis a while ago that I ported to 5.3. I used the original 1831 drawings to model it in blender, I filled the gaps with theaters of the same period and style, made the textu…
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Pedro_Pistolas

My first complete Character

Please tell me how I can improve my character so I can put it on my portfolio
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Showstar

(Closed) Looking for a pragmatic artist for character modeling for a video game.

I'm working on a samurai-inspired game, and I am looking for someone who can make me an NPC model. I need a Japanese-looking man dressed in a traditional kimono, hakama, and belt. The image in this e…
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warigeiko

2D Character Artist looking for Commission!

Hello, currently in need of making some extra income, so I am hoping to provide some Character Concept Art, Character Profiles, and so much more for anyone who needs them! I am pretty experienced in …
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AceHogana

Critiques on Portfolio and tips to start with freelance work

Hey,I recently created my portfolio and would like to receive criticism of what I could improve and tips of clients to send to get started with freelance work.https://www.artstation.com/thallesvrl
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zetheros

Should I practice with triangles if I want to work in games industry?

Hi, hope this is the right forum :smile: I'm kind of exploring everything in the 3D world. One thing I've noticed, is the difference between topology for game props and those high-res props. I reall…
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Isabel

Realtime Eye

RealTime eye for the character The MerchantI wanted to learn more about eye creation, so I decided to do the full pipeline myself.The iris base is from Texturing XYZ multi-channel irises that I rewor…
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kanga

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty- Black Market

Hi Folks!I decided to share our work for Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty- Black Market here on Polycount.It was a wild ride working on those environments!For each vendor, I strove to create unique vi…
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Eric Chadwick

made my first scene in blender,looking for feedback

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Eric Chadwick

The Art Of Pablo Garcia 2023

[{"insert":"A Moss Stone Surface Burial Vault made for Get Dead Entertainment made with #3dsmax #maya #zbrush #photoshop #substance3dpainter and #marmosettoolbag \n\nArtStation "},{"attributes":{"lin…
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ShinPaburoVIII

Learning rock sculpture, Looking for feedback

Hello, first time posting here!I've studying rocks for a while in blender but I'm having a hard time with it, looking for some tips and feedback on how to improve it.
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Kyunnaro

zbrush edit greyed out

my brushes and my edit is greyed out. I can't zoom in or rotate anything either, if I press in screen all I get are duplicates of my model. I can clear them with ctrl + N but can't do anything else.H…
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Ruz

I'm making gears, should I make the teeth geo or texture

Hello guys, here's the thing, I'm making a hero prop, and I need to add lots of gears, so my question here should I make the gears' teeth geo or texture, knowing that I will be taking close shots of …
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Nadra_Nagy

Surface Distortion in Vertex Joining

Hi,On my model, I apply chamfer to the edges to soften it. In the upper part of the chamfer, the vertexes remain idle. When I connect the idle vertexes to another vertex, the surface is distorted as …
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zodiak2009

Merry Christmas Polycount

Happy holidays to you and we hope y’all have some delightful foods today!
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zetheros

3D character artist miniature, anime , creatures

Hello, I have great experience in character modeling.If you want to make any character modeling or creatures, you are in the right place.No matter if your project is for 3d animations or 3d printing,…
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hadesStudio

Majora’s Mask Moon recreation

Let me know what you think.  Made with Maya, Zbrush, and Substance. Moon rendered in Marmoset; Moon and clock tower in UE5.
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supremedalek925

WIP Dungeon

Hey peeps, i'm looking for some feedback on the composition and lighting on this scene as i'm still doing the blockout :)
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zHost

Help! Zbrush Flipped My Model In the View Port

Hi guys!I was sculpting my model and somehow the "Zoom" was behaving in a weird way. When I zoom out my model just flipped in the view port. But the model looks normal when I export it. It looks…
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Shadowskin

"Intersecta" by 11th Dan [2.5D Indie Game - Art Showcase]

INTERSECTA – “Intense and intuitive tactical arcade style shoot-em up.”    www.11thdan.comHi, my name is Will and I have been developing a prototype of a new indie game where I am des…
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Will_Maccabe

3D Character/Creature Artist

Portfolio : https://www.artstation.com/artorasEmail : artist.bamatraf@gmail.comDiscord : hasanbamatrafhttps://linktr.ee/artoras $30 hourly or we can negotiate a fixed price per model&n…
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Artoras

[3dsMax tool] miauu's Script Explorer

I am missing some tools which exist in other text/code editors, and which helps when writing code. So, with a help of Sergey Pantaleev(Serejah) and Denis Trofimov(denisT) I have created this litt…
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miauu

What texel/pixel density people use for AAA first person games nowadays ?

Like hero props or weapons 
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Born_Jason

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