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Alien Sculpt

This is my first sculpt model made in Blender follow the steps of the Rafa Souza academy, I don't have sculpt ever in my life, then this is my first time in this world. I love the process of sculpt, …
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Elizandro_Nascimento

16-Bit Bladerunner

A fake low-poly teaser trailer for a Bladerunner2049 game. I made it to learn unreal a little more and see what interesting stylised images I could create.    Characters and models ren…
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KielFiggins

[WIP] Blender Modeling Hotkey Sheet

Hello dear community.A few days ago I had the idea to create some modeling sheet to remember all the hotkeys and to make it easier for beginners to get started. I have been inspired to do it bec…
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kanga

The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | September - October (86)

Hey everyone! Welcome to the 86th edition of the Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge for the months of September and October!This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists to test their skills a…
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Pinkfox

How do I combine texture maps on export in Painter?

So this is my first time making a game ready character and I'm already finishing up with the textures. However I think I messed it up. What I did was separate the mesh for different materials sharing…
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vlaint

First 3D Car Model

Hi everyone! I just created an account here to post a WIP of a project I have finished for my 3D Soft Modeling class. I am entering my model in a contest just to see how I measure up to other artists…
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jkg7243

Props/weapon 3d artist

Hello everyoneI'm looking for my first job as 3d props/weapon artist (remote only). What you can recommend for this? What is important to get work? Did my portfolio is good enough to find job or i ne…
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Benjammin

Skinny old Asian (anatomy study WIP)

Hey guysI'm doing anatomy study as part of a bigger personal project that I am planning to undertake. my subject is more of a skinny physique. my goal here is to make him look skinny but lean (s…
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hreazee

KalDurg..

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DEEPENDRA DEV JAISHI

Formula to convert 0-1 linear into sRGB

Hi!Sorry if that was asked a lot. I need a formula to convert 0-1 linear(which is used in material sliders like 3ds Max,...) like 0.7 into Photoshop sRgb(0-255), what is used in PS histogram. I need …
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poopipe

Digital Sketchbook: 3D Character and Creature Art

[{"insert":"Hey, I'm Sasha, an aspiring 3D Character \/ Creature artist. This thread is going to be to document my progress in learning new techniques and trying to push my work and portfolio before …
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OssennaAsterisk

Hiring VFX program lead/instructor in Berlin

Hi everybody,I’m looking for a 3d artist who has a university degree (in 3d or VFX) to coordinate an undergraduate VFX program at Catalyst in Berlin. The position would start ASAP. Would likely be 3-…
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jfoam

[workflow/best practice] 3ds Max/SP/Unity Hero Asset Help

Hi everyone,Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I am not convinced with the recommendations of the Unity developers I am working with, that's why I am asking you all for some assistance an…
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ColMatrix

Mini Tutorial: Baking seamless normal maps for glTF

I made this for a client recently, and it's generic enough that I can share here. So, why not?Here are the source meshes, shaded and in wireframe:When I open hexcube-lowpoly.glb in Babylon.js Sandbox…
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Eric Chadwick

Career in Games or VFX ?

Hey all! I'm a first year student in the UK and I'm currently studying games art. I'm interested in hardsurface modelling, texturing, and sculpting so I can see myself getting into props/environment …
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Ashervisalis

UE5- how do I add a candle flame into my world?

I'm a noob, so sorry if this is supposed to be really simple. following a tutorial, I created a flickering candle flame material. Now I need to add this candle flame to the wick of my candle mesh.&nb…
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Fabi_G

Blender / reference setup / scaling problem

1/ So basically i have this simple reference setup in photoshop for blender 2/ I crop based on guide lines reference parts and export every as png 3/ And just for problem showcasing, I will…
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Born_Jason

Stargang Character

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/04gzvVI've been working on this character off and on for a little while now. I spent a majority of the time in UE5 trying to achieve some great look dev. Aside from…
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iam717

Experienced Generalist / 3D Character Artist / 2D / 3D Design [Looking for work]

Currently looking for work.Email: marko.ivanovic.contact@gmail.comPortfolio: https://www.artstation.com/markvano
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JoeXLegacy

How the f*&@ would you model this object?

How would you model this object? Can you please describe each of your steps, otherwise I don't understand how such types of 3d models are modeled,and i don't understand how traingulation works... Hel…
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MaX_On

Succubus - COMPLETE

I know I just recently started a different thread of a different character but I really wanted to take a break from it lolI made these concepts about a year ago and decided to take it off the back-bu…
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Alemja

[WIP] Corvette for 3Dmodels challenge 2023

This year, I enter the 3Dmodels car challenge for the third time  !Previously I rendered my pictures into Marmoset Toolbag, and this is the plan this year too. (See underneath the entry of the p…
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HiernauxNicolas

[CLOSED] Looking a 2D artists to make vampire portraits for me in a dark souls concept art style.

I am looking to find someone to make portraits for me for work. I am looking for a painted esq digital art style for these, similar to Dark Souls art, and that I can call upon for more of them in the…
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terrillium

What is the most efficient way to convert normal map to displacement nowadays (for best quality) ?

Body is required.
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Born_Jason

How can I improve my materials? (UE5 + Substance Painter)

I working on making a forest environment and for the first time I wanted to try to make all my own materials and foliage assets rather than downloading from Quixel Bridge. The only programs I have ac…
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ThisisVictoriaZ

Exporting from Maya to Cinema 4D

I wonder if somebody could help me, please. I’ve recently bought Cinema 4D (after years of using Maya) but I now need to get all of my models into C4D and am having some problems.I tried exporting th…
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Shrike

Full-Time Freelance Environment/Prop Artist - FastTrack Studio

Position Type: Full-Time Skill Level: Intermediate Opportunity We are looking for a full-time Environment/Prop artist to work for FastTrack Studio on various projects. The availability needed for…
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ScansMatter

3D Props Modeler looking for remote work.

Junior 3D Artist looking for work and offershttps://www.artstation.com/pavel_gusevsoftware: Maya, Marmoset Toolbug, Substance Painter, ZBrushskillset:full production PBR workflow: high/low poly,…
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m3DModeler

Vertex normals issue?

Hello everyone, im still trying to figure out these issues that always haunt me in my models, getting this weird artifacts in my low poly meshes (the final character has a normal map that i get out o…
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Neox

Unity to charge developers $0.20 each time a user installs (not buys) their game

So apparently now if you make a game that sells over a certain amount, every time a user installs (not purchases) your game you will be charged $0.20.Some articles:    gamedeveloper.co…
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thomasp

Brainstorming how to model this structure better.

Part of my job is to model Air-Supported Structures (Domes), the turn around on these projects is pretty fast, within a few days or so for more general asks like a soccer field or warehouse inside. T…
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tecii

Explaining 3d concepting process. Monkey Pilot

I made it streaming on twitch (ethersculpting) sculpting on zbrush. https://youtu.be/oJycaHZZnA4?si=_VBsSH7Q7GT4DEFOI will continue refining the concept on twitch!
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angryngon

curvature mask generator problem

Hi!When using the Curvature generator for the mask, artifacts appear in the form of black areas on the borders of UV islands (do not pay attention to triangles). This happens mostly on one side, but …
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IngridEngelschion

Textures get in a mess when I change the resolution

HiI am using substance painter 2021. While doing the last two projects, I found a problem with textures.The essence of the problem: when I change the resolution of textures to 4096, the textures come…
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IngridEngelschion

Feedback and suggestions on 'professional' renders

HiThis is a follow-up to this thread - https://polycount.com/discussion/233832/guidance-with-making-high-quality-renders#latestI've yet to go through the advice given, along with the videos, due to h…
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Fabi_G

Rig - IK won't follow the model

Hi, I am having an issue where I would move the model with the root_ctrl and the IK doesn't follow it. Like so:This is when the FK/IK switch is turned on FK. If I turn it on IK, this happens: ht…
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Alex_J

Ambient Occlusion weird artefacts

Hi,Anyone else experience this weird artefacts when baking in Marmoset ? I tired everytinhg, reset xform, reset normal, export withouth any of them as obj, noting seems to work. 80% of the objects ar…
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tabacaru_mvlad

Sketchbook: Kaminski

Hey guys, this is my personal sketchbook. Looking forward to sharing with everybody!
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Kaminski

Need portfolio feedback, could you please help me?

Hello. First time posting here. I recently graduated in college and I was wondering if you could help me achieve greater results with your feedback. Mostly of my projects are hidden because I've…
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MystAnorak

Character Artist Mentorship

Hey, I'm interested in a mentorship, since I feel like I'm 90% there to have a professional-looking portfolio, ready for the industry. I want to take my game art creation to the next level and I don'…
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Alex_J

Problem with Curves, Paint Weights?

Hi Polycount forum,I have a little problem. How can I solve this.Thank you :) 
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IngridEngelschion

Methods to shape low poly wolf ears??

I've followed a pretty good beginner tutorial for modelling low poly animals. I decided to model a wolf. Doing the ears seems to be the part where I'm stumped. This could be a super easy fix but I'll…
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1471tom

Recommended CONCISE Tutorials for Blender, ZBrush, Substance Painter & UE5

Hi everyone, A few weeks ago I put a post up asking for peoples opinions on what softwares to learn as a beginner in Games Art & Design. I am now giving myself 3 weeks to learn Blender,…
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Alemja

Generate AO from height map, without high poly mesh

Hi!is it possible to generate AO map in MT without high poly mesh, just using displacement map? In Knald you load in displ map and then you can get AO, cavity,... Knald gives me some artefacts and Ma…
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EarthQuake

Please give me some portofolio feedback

 Hi guys!Long time I haven't posted here,I've finally got my first job in the industry :) Anyways,I've decided to work a little bit on my portofolio as well in my spare time and I would like som…
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Alemja

Vortex StrikeFire2 3D Model

model3D model of the Vortex StrikeFire2 Red Dot Sight. Made in Blender, Substance Painter, and Marmoset Toolbag.  I used 4K Textures for the scope, and 1K texture (roughness only) for the le…
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ferasa

Antique Pine Wooden Wheelbarrow

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/elvdxbHey y'all!  My latest prop, a quick study in wood. A small prop project for a change!  Sculpted in Zbrush, textured in Marmoset.Done under…
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Mortanious

Career focus Tech art or Hard surface

Hi, I'm a third year student currently doing my bachelors degree in game art. My initial focus was geared towards doing props and hard surface, because I enjoy the modelling and texturing process. Du…
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scottycharly

Recommended Art Books

Hello!Thought I'd pop this question over here, since I'm sure many of you have experience with a bunch of books from the industry. I have a pretty good opportunity to spend a couple of hundreds of do…
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scottycharly

Learning environment art with Blender

What are the best tutorials/courses for learning environment art in Blender, for scratch to full scene? Unreal Engine works too, but my computer can't run it well.
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okidoki

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