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Production Pipelines and Professional Asset Workflows

Lately I've been thinking about something that might become a real pipeline issue over the next few years: asset provenance.Studios are increasingly mixing sources inside production libraries, scanne…
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Eric Chadwick

Topogun Camera Pivot

Hey guys, I was wondering if it was possible to set the camera in topogun to pivot around a certain area of the reference object in the scene? Just life when you select something and hit F in Maya …
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iam717

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

Freelance 3D Artist | Stylized & Hard Surface (Remote Only)

3D Artist (Part-Time, Remote Only)Specialized in stylized modeling & texturing, hard-surface, concept design, pixel art.Create high-quality assets without concept art: only by descriptions & …
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neil555

What jobs can I get in non-gaming industry space?

What jobs can I get in non-gaming industry space? I have a degree in 3D digital design and have done 3d environment art work in the past. Mainly right now, I’m a game designer that does gameplay and …
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Oblivion2500

Is This How a Normal Map Should Look or Am I Doing Something Wrong?

My knowledge of normal map baking is still fairly limited, so it’s possible that I misunderstood some aspects. I’ll try to describe how I currently see it. First, here are some screenshots of the pro…
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pior

Sketchbook: Jozin

Old substance designer materials  -waipoo falls/waimea/kauai region) references
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jozin

PowerPreview: High Quality Nitrous Previews (3ds Max)

I just wanted to inform that i put a new PowerPreview version online over at Scriptspot. That version is fully Max 2014 compatible and contains various bugfixes and improvements. For people who never…
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Eric Chadwick

Textures Resources for Retro Style Games?

What are the best places to get textures for your game assets? Does anybody use textures images from photos anymore or is it mostly substance painter and photogrammetry these days? What about retro s…
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Oblivion2500

Photogrammetry alignment issue

Hey everyone!Thanks in advance for your help. Doing my first photogrammetry scan of a rock. What if my control points do not capture all camera angles? Do I have to keep adding more control poin…
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adamrice117

Sci-fi Cinematic: Icy Moon (2025) | Unreal Engine, Teya Conceptor, Blender, DaVinci Resolve

Cinematic with a bit unusual story of creation :)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBsz4BjyHRkMany years ago I wanted to make a short cinematic showing life on other planet. But I decided to make my ow…
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arsDraw

Looking for VR Programmer (Unity)

Hi! I’m developing a small, win 95/retro styled VR mini-game collection called “Clownbytes VR Party”.The project includes 3 mini games: • bowling • shooting gallery • party-style VR interactionsI’ve …
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clownbytesStudios

Gothic 2 monastery remake

Hello,I would like to share with you my latest project. I recreated the monastery from one of my all-time favorite games, Gothic 2, as a personal project focused on improving my trim sheet workflow. …
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Polygon_seal

I got my dream computer. Here's how that went bad for me

This is going to sound like I'm gloating, I'm sorry about that. I am not posting this to rub it in anyone's face, but to tell you about some of the pitfalls of "The Thing That Should Not Be".Uh...? S…
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sacboi

My sculpting diary

I know its not in rules of anatomy but i still learning and getting feel of sculpting 
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Demonith88

Strange crash when reloading textures [Solved]

Okay, so I've come across an issue with Subtance Painter and Toolbag 5. I recently purchased Substance Painter 2025 Steam addition and now most of the time when re-loading Toolbag 5 textures (I'm usi…
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AtomicArmy

F - 2215 | Thunder Raven

In the year 2215 a new orbital - planetary fighter was developed by the company called L.A.B. technology which is subsidiary of the giant military holding of Los Angeles Beroueu of prototyping also k…
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Rav3

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

[2D Freelancer] Illustrator and Character Artist

Hello! I'm Perse! I'm currently available for freelance jobs related to character illustration. I mainly draw in an anime-inspired style, both cell-shading and soft shading I also can work with chara…
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persephius

Ni'ah - Final Year Game Dev Project

Welcome to the Ni'ah development thread! Here we will be posting our progress and development through our final year creative project.Meet the team:Dan - VFX/Tech Artist - ht…
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littleclaude

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

Project Rialto Collab. Open Applications for Environment Artists, Programmers, Design & More.

We’ve just launched the Open Applications page on the official Project Rialto website. As we continue building our upcoming historical indie game set in Renaissance Venice, we’re opening the door to…
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PedroV

Shading/artifact issues on flat surfaces after applying the “Soften Edges” feature

(The last photo is this high poly.)Hello, everyone! I need help with displaying normals. When I apply Soften Edge to a model, dirty shadows and strange gradients appear on flat faces.The geometry is …
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DamnVovk

I will create a custom vrchat avatar, vtuber model, and virtual environment

Are you looking for a unique VRChat avatar, a professional VTuber model, or a custom virtual environment for your project? You're in the right place! I specialize in creating high-quality 3D avatars …
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Alwajud

3D Character Artist | VRChat & VTuber Avatars | Real-Time Optimized

DM VRChat Avatar Creation & UpgradesHowdy! My name is AxiomVex, a skilled 3D Avatar Artist specializing in VRChat and virtual character creation. I work with industry-standard workflows in B…
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axiomvex

[WIP] Weapon: Tommy Gun

I started this last week. Here is the progress I have so far. I still have a bit of work to do.
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Sage

[WIP] Stalker 2 Fan Art - Unreal 5 Realistic Environment & Story Telling

Hello!I’m excited to share the very early stage of my new Unreal Engine 5 environment art project.This first phase focuses on blocking out the space and exploring the core ideas behind the scene. I’v…
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PeterGatchev

[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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FrankPolygon

Anyone remember the Dominance Wars?

Hi everyone, i'm an old-time polycount user, i've been a 3D modeler since the Milkshape 3D days (Half Life 1) and i've been trying to find the old Dominance War 1 - 3 entires/submissions, as that was…
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Eric Chadwick

Starting from zero

Hello again Polycount. Long time.I'm relearning everything.I haven't done any 3d for about 10 years. Lots of life  (and almost death) stuff got in the way and it got pushed out.Doing a couple of…
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DavePhipps

Game-Ready Vehicle Artist (AAA Pipeline) – Freelance / Contract

Hi everyone,I'm Rupendra Kumar, a 3D vehicle and hard-surface artist with experience creating game-ready assets using AAA production workflows.Previously worked as a Vehicle Artist at Rockstar Games.…
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rupendrak07

John Watkiss: Lecture on drawing.

I found this while browsing Youtube. It's a recording of a lecture John Watkiss gave. He drew Disney's Tarzan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfQgndCztBU
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Sage

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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iam717

Are retoplogy tools like Blender's retopoflow 4 worth it for non characters

Hi, For some context I do environment design (hobby) mainly, but I am starting to do more and more modelling instead of depending on others for models or purchased kits. I have been delving into…
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sacboi

Plexus - Unity Procedural Node Editor

Plexus - Procedural System for Unity ( 6.1+ )Node-Based Procedural System - Visual graph editor for creating procedural content using nodesTerrain Generation (Altura)&nb…
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bugo

Application: 3D Environment Artist – [Ansh]

You can find my portfolio here: https://anshs-cinematic-canvas.lovable.appI’d love the opportunity to contribute to your pipeline and learn from the talented team . Thank you for your time and c…
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Ansh374

LessNode – a mind mapping tool that tries to keep up with your thinking

Hi everyone,I'm a Technical Artist and part-time indie game developer, and I've been building a small side project called LessNode.The original motivation was pretty simple: when thinking about ideas…
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CybranM

WIP - Portfolio piece - Feedback

Hello everyone!I would like to share with you a portfolio piece I am currently working on. This environment is inspired by Elden Ring. Everything in the environment is made by me with the exception o…
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George_Gabriel_29

Sketchbook: EricElwell

Comments and Critique very much welcome!Starting a new sketchbook this 2016, as almost all links in the old SB are dead. National parks studies in reverse chronological order. From CC stock foot…
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Eric Chadwick

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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iam717

Star Citizen Thread, what an amazing game.

Roberts Space Industries forum - https://robertsspaceindustries.com  I got to say I am really looking forward to playing this game when its finished. Flying around all the super expens…
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sacboi

3D artist looking for Job

Experience more than 10 yearsPortf: https://www.artstation.com/shinobikIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zorin-michael-b4007524/Maya, Zbrush, Unity, Substanse painter, Disigner, AI... 
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shinobik

Sketchbook: Neil Gallagher (Littleclaude)

Hello PolycountersMy current project is the Ghostbusters Headquarters, "Hook and Ladder firestation" based in New York. I will post my experiments in this thread and finished renders in the main thre…
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littleclaude

Cyberpunk Female Character WIP

Hello, I'm Deepanshu Avana, a traditional and digital sculptor specializing in sculpting characters and creatures. I'd like to share some Wip images of the character I've been working on. I love the …
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Avana

We’re looking for a Product & Growth Lead to join our team.

We’re looking for a Product & Growth Lead to join our team — someone who can help move our projects from creative development toward validation, strategy, and launch.We’re a small independent tea…
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GP_1

I am a 2D artist focused on environment design, concept art, and props. Currently seeking new opport

Hi, my name is Anastasia. I create environment concept art and stylized 2D works, combining artistic vision with professional training in animation and computer graphics. In my work, I use Procreate,…
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Anastasia_Borisova

[PAID] Environment Art Consult (stylized 2.5D JRPG / Mega Man Legends vibe)

Hi! I run a small indie studio working on our first game, and we’re looking to hire an experienced 3D environment artist for a paid consultation.We’re currently stuck on defining an environment …
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arcadeinspace

Persistent triangulation artifacts on surface bake. Need help.

Hello everyone,When baking in Marmoset Toolbag, diagonal shading artifacts appear on the surface. It seems to be a triangulation issue, but I can't fix it.I made the model in Maya and baked it in Mar…
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DamnVovk

Wooden Ammo Box with .50 bmg rounds

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/y4w0lQThis project was not a quick render. It was a test of patience, discipline, and technical resilience and focused exploration of wood grain, metal wear, and co…
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Sage

Building modular interiors question!

Im working on making a modular interior kit for a warehouse that has corridors, hallways, different rooms branching from hallways etc. I can't seem to figure out the best workflow for my situation.&n…
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Sage

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