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Can somebody help me convert a .max into an .obj please ?

Hi everyone :)I thought I could opened a .max model I bought in blender but it's actually the .3ds that we can open :( I tried online converter but the file is too big (70mo) I also tried to install …
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Eric Chadwick

Question about UV stretching and general workflows

Hi guys! I need your help with unwraping this model of knife. I have managed to do most of model, but this handle is tough enemy for me. I would like to straighten uv island, but then uv is streched …
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Yzii

(Study) Portrait sculpt, looking for feedback.

I've been learning how to draw for a while but a few days ago I decided to pick up 3d sculpting as well, I'd just like to get some feedback on this.I know the ears are terrible, I just gave up after …
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UK Game Industry Student Placements

Hi everyone :)I'm in my second year of studying Game Art at university and I have the opportunity to do a placement year in industry.Unfortunately I've had no luck after a month of checking job sites…
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SopheeJay

Help with basic normal map baking

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Jarheadbam

[HELP] Weird artifacts on characters chest

I've got some weird artifacts on my characters chest in Blender and Unity. It's not noticeable in either Marmoset or Subtance Painter. I sculpted in Zbrush and did retopo in Maya. I smoothed all norm…
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FourtyNights

Substance Designer Iray not detecting GPU

For the last couple hours i've been trying to figure out why my GPU is not working with Designers Iray renderer.There's not even an option for it! My CPU will run at 100% while my GPU sits in idle, i…
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DavidCruz

Zbrush FBX exports vertex color only on vertex ID 0

not sure if it's a bug or I'm doing something wrong but when I export any Subtool with Polypaint using FBX it will set the color of vertex ID 0 to all other vertices. it still exports as expected usi…
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Lucaus

3ds Max: Help with CPU/GPU Configuration

Hi all, I'm building a PC on a somewhat tight budget.As I understand a high clock speed is necessary for smooth operations, and a good graphics card makes render faster as well as viewport (I think).…
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poopipe

Help! Improving 2D Game Art

Hi Everyone, I've created a pretty fun mobile game. Which is actually the first game I have ever created. Only problem is, I'm not too skilled with creating the art for the game which I think is real…
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KevinGibbs

Having trouble breaking into the games industry, where can I improve?

Hi,I've been trying to break into the games industry quite recently and I've been having some trouble with having my work stand out compared to other applicants. I was wondering where I could improve…
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sacboi

How did you pick your specialization in the 3D pipeline?

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Canadian Work Visa questions (Quebéc)

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birb

[Blender 2.8] Bevel shader normal map baking artifacts on flat surfaces

Hello, everyone.I decided to try out Blender 2.8 bevel shader for Low-poly normal baking. While the results seem to be quite impressive, I get some artifacts, mostly on flat surfaces, which are seemi…
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Zeist

Blending textures (no smooth transition) [3D]

Hello everyone!First I would like to apologize because I am very new to 3D. I've used unity a little and experimented with 2D. I think I want to try some 3D in Unreal now.So in 2D we have tiles:I can…
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PinkestElephant

[ WIP ] - Traditional Persian Tea House, UE4, Feedback Needed

Hey Polycount ! :) I'm currently working on an environment in Ue4, a traditional persian tea house.Before finishing it, I really want to have some feedbacks on it, since this would be the first envir…
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CedricArsenault

New to 3D, Practice sculpts

Everyone in my personal life thinks it’s weird I’m trying to learn to sculpt as a hobby, but I found 3D sculpting apps on the iPad I already use as a drawing tablet so I figured it couldn’t be T…
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Brian "Panda" Choi

Bellamina Sculpt Face - Critiques Needed

Hi there, so I've been practising facial likeness sculpting for the first time on Zbrush so I decided to recreate this art 'Bellamina's Blood Fist' by Arhiee and concept by Shirin. Im currently looki…
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ChristheLancer97

First 3D environment: Tips to improve?

I'm a beginner/self-taught 3D artist, and this is the first real environment that I modeled, textured, and lit in UE4 using Maya, SP, Photoshop, and Megascans (the astronaut character was puchased of…
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maitre_marcel

Best software to be using for presentation in portfolio?

I'm currently looking for 3D character artist jobs and I'm not getting much reception from anywhere at the moment, which I'm aware is to do with a range of things I need to improve on. However, my qu…
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Ashervisalis

A little advice for an issue I'm having with shapes in my model :(

Hi! I'm currently working on a sculpt and I'm struggling with a bit of a geometry issue, may also be to do with the subdivisions.Essentially, these cavities have some jaggedy geometry when they're in…
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Bobby_the_Goblin

How is Env. art and 3D modeling in general, different in animation pipeline than that of in games?

Greetings,I just got a job offer from a studio where they're working on an upcoming Netflix series, They offered me a role of environment artist. Well, I have a background of working with video …
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i need feedback on a portrait sculpt

aside from asymmetry, what can I do to improve this sculpt? the likeness is based on young Liza Minnelli but my main goal is to make the face look natural.
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birb

Marmoset keys not present in viewer

Hi, I am trying to animate some lights and materials plus adding a turntable. And that works fine, but when I export the scene none of that is there. The timeline is moving in the viewer but nothing …
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Narv

Request with help to understand why creasing works this way with edge loops

I’m having a difficult time understanding why edge creasing is working this way, is anyone able to elaborate why it doesn’t crease on the left with the outer edges selected:I can't wrap my head a…
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Yogifi

Zbrush Dynamesh Smoothing Not Working

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ChristheLancer97

How do i start?

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Recent graduate looking for career advice

I am a recent graduate from DigiPen Institute of Technology where I studied for my Bachelors of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation. I graduated this April and have been struggling starting my car…
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NikhilR

[3DS Max] Modelling a cloth wrap around an object

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Eric Chadwick

Is anyone frustrated because of the quality of their work?

I am getting really frustrated and unmotivated because of the quality of what I make.Everything i make is bad, i have never made anything that i think looks good or satisfied with. And i mean absolut…
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Suggestions for optimized gravel/small stones technique ? (ue4/maya)

I need to put tyre tracks/imprints in but it doesn't need to be dynamic/changed during runtime so a simple static mesh is fine. The techniques I've found don't really  work well in a realtime en…
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Problem with displacement in corners on Zbrush

Hello! I'm having a problem when I do a displacement in Zbush with in objects that have a sharp corner. I put some image as example with a cube.In my situation I'm trying to do a crystal shader, so I…
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AlberMR

Need Help Making My Model Better

I've been working on a 3D model/sculpt of a cat but I feel like it just doesn't look right - like something's missing/off. Is there somewhere/someone I can send it to who can help me? I want someone …
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Rangaros

[Blender/Max/Unity]How to re-order skeleton bone hierarchy?

Hello, I am having troubles with replacing a skinned mesh with another mesh.To give more detail;SteamVR in Unity uses a skinned glove mesh for hand controllers(image below), and I want to replace it …
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Making a Kevlar Material In Substance Designer

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Hi, I've been having this weird material issue (which you can see below in the image) with a Character mesh that I've been working on, which seem apparent whenever I export and preview the mesh in Sk…
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Alex_J

How do I texture a model in Maya using a tile set?

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Portfolio Feedback (3D Modeling)

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Gnome wip critique

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[WIP] Rose Overwatch Game Ready Character

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Generating art/content for a game with a small team?

So a friend and I are working on a game together and we're past the prep phase and more into making mechanics. I'm in charge of all the art but I'm hardly trained in it. I know how to model (kinda) a…
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zachagreg

Unwrapping Strangely Shaped Geometry Help

I'm in the middle of unwrapping a model and I'm stuck on trying to figure out how to unwrap a particular part of it. What are some good ways to unwrap this shape?This is how I currently have it unwra…
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NURBS

Trouble with the Time Editor In Maya (2019)

Hi! (I'm new to using this website so if I'm doing this wrong please forgive me and point me in the right direction!)My animation isn't getting affected by any changes in the graph editor and was won…
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Ghamatatsu

[WIP] Sci-Fi Corridor. Looking for critiques/feedback please. Would help a ton.

Hello fellow artist. Today i come to thee in search of your feedback skills. I recently started making some 3d environments (some based on concept art and others on some ideas that i get) Though none…
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jStins

White seams/edges with polygon fill and uvs brush error

Hello, I am working on a personal project and I have the next problem. I baked the normal map on marmoset with the configuration below: So then, I import the low poly mesh into substance painter…
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drochroma

Looking for Motion-Capture Libraries

Hey everyone, I'm new around here, so I hope this is the correct thread for a question like this, even though it's not that technical ^^,I was wondering if anyone around here can recommend a good l…
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Visible Normal Seams when Baking? How to fix that

Hello,Im actually so confussed because i always have that problem and i have no clue why that is happening and how to fix it i really hope you can help me with this i have baked my Low Poly with my H…
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TirvasFreeze

Soft-Edged Low Poly Objects in Z-Brush? (Non-Quad Appearance)

Hi, still getting used to Zbrush,  but I was wondering if anybody has any idea how to apply smoothed normals for low poly objects in Zbrush that aren't intended for Catmull-Clark sudivision surf…
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ChristheLancer97

3d beginner what do you think

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3DS Max cpu Rendering; AMD Ryzen 3900X - Rendering Help

Hi guys,I'm a student currently studying 3D Modelling and Animation. However, I feel as though I am bottle-necking on my renders for some reason. I am in the middle of my Graded Unit, at renderi…
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