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Game Art Pipeline for Custom Game Engine

In this video, I quickly go over my full game art pipeline for character and environment assets:https://youtu.be/brbSq54dGI8
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obsolete

How can I make powerlines?

I am trying to model a transmission tower and I want to make these powerlines using a transparent texture. Am I going to need a bunch of line segments in the plane for the texture to work because the…
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poopipe

[Character] Cannibal of Entwood - Hand-painted character study.

Hi everyone! This is my first time posting on Polycount, and I would like to present this character study based on a fantastic concept by HuaidonG Liu (ArtStation - HuaidonG Liu) . My primary goal wi…
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napa99

[FINISHED] Precolumbian Ceramic

Hey all! This is a small prop I did during these last two weeks of the year :) hope you like it! https://www.artstation.com/artwork/DLDNNR
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panicpancho

Bunker level kit (W.I.P) feedback wanted

I'm a 3rd year university student and I'm starting the creation process of developing a bunker room level kit for part of my course. This is my progress so far. I used blender for the modelling and s…
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Lamont

Sketchbook: Ethan S

Marionette Dragon TheatreMaya, Zbrush, Substance Painter3D digital Sketchbook
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LetsDoWhatever

Feedback - Location from Blade Runner 2049

Hello Polycount community! This is my very first polycount topic and coincidentally my first finished 3D artwork. I uploaded it on ArtStation here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Ov5XY8I mod…
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vera_delai_nogi

Elden Ring Inspired - Marika’s Cathedral of Gold

After her ascension to godhood and before Messmer’s Crusade there was a brief period of peace between Queen Marika and the Hornsent. Built as a celebration of the two cultures, the cathedral thus sha…
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bduck67

Is it possible to get a good bake without support loops?

Hi everyone, Let me present a very simple practical example, Modeled in 3ds Max 2025 and baked in Substance Painter 11.Low / HighNormalsWhen I do the bake I always have a problem where a light …
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iam717

Baking Problem in SP (Modelled in Max)

Hi guys. I have a problem. Experienced Max user here, and I was making a little stick grenade, just as a portfolio piece. Trouble is, I cannot for the life of me ge it to bake properly. Shown below a…
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iam717

3D Character Artist - Looking For Jobs

Hi everyone! 👋I’m a 3D Character Artist specializing in realistic and fantasy-style characters for games and cinematic projects.I create game-ready models from concept …
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Braule_Obj

Female Portrait - Calm Strength

Hi everyone!This is my latest personal project.My main focus for this piece was to achieve a believable expression and realistic skin response, while maintaining a photographic balance between softne…
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Titof

Lagertha – Diablo/Vikings inspired real-time character

Hey guys!I’m finally happy to share my latest personal project: a real-time character study of Lagertha, portrayed by Katheryn Winnick in Vikings and inspired by the Barbarian concept from Diablo IV.…
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Eric Chadwick

How to update reimported textures?

If I use a custom mask for my mesh, and then later I tweak it and re-impot, I have to go and manually slot it back anywhere it was used.This is very annoying, and I may forget where else it was used,…
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Kligan

Castle Caladan Library from Dune (2019) in UE5!

Started this last year and finally got around to finishing it. Some more shots and breakdown images are on my ArtStation post here.Open to critique on both the project and portfolio presentation :)
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Oliverr

Guardian's Have - Environment Art

Hey everyone! This is my latest project, Guardian's Haven, a place once filled with strength and protection, now standing in quiet abandonment. I wanted to explore the contrast between care and decay…
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ThisisVictoriaZ

SOJOURN – (Concept) Game Trailer | Unreal Engine Sci-Fi Short Film

Hi all “Sojourn” is a short cinematic trailer I created in Unreal Engine that I have just finished. With a background in directing, animation and visual effects for Film and TV, this was my …
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Leabags

Why do my textures look like this when I export them?

Why do my textures look like this when I export them in Substance painter 1.7.3? This is a hand texture and that light part is the palm. What is that stretched out noise? This happens with every…
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SeanWink

Hybrid workflow for Designer – anyone tried this?

Hey everyone, I’ve been experimenting with creating a diamond PBR material with prongs. I managed to build a decent version in Substance Painter, but as expected it only really works at the baked sc…
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poopipe

Substance Painter shader prep for MAYA [FREE SCRIPT]

Hello folks, I created a small script that applies a lambert shader for each object selected. Installation instructions:  -------------- Install in Mayas Script folder:  C:\Users\[your us…
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mblackshore

Substance VS Arnold Render Image Color Issue

So I finished the textures for this simple box but it's basically a whole different color when I put the textures on back in Maya. Why is this happening?Substance^Arnold in Maya^I used the substance …
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Eric Chadwick

3D Art - Guns for Unreal Project

Hi everybody,I'm new to the polycount forum and currently on the third module of my Master program where I get to choose skills to improve. So in order to prepare for this module I would like to ask …
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iam717

What is wrong with my UVs? Or is it the baking process?

Hi folks! I modeled this crate for modeling/texturing practice and when I imported into Substance and textured, I noticed the UVs were strange on the back bottom plank and the side. The other sides a…
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fairlyBread

[FOR HIRE] 3D Character Artist – Realistic & Stylized |Realtime & Hair Cards Specialist

👋 Hi everyone! I’m Albert Toll, a 3D Character Artist passionate about bringing characters and worlds to life. I specialize in stylized and realistic characters for games, with strong skills in top…
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alberttoll

!!TEXTEL DENSITY PROBLEM!! PLEASE HELP ME SOLVING AND UNDERSTANDING THIS PROBLEM

I hope you can be patient in looking at the screenshots and understanding the nature of the problem. I added titles to each screenshot to help you better understand the problem and what each screensh…
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poopipe

Every Ending is a New Beginning

Hello everyone! I’m excited to share my latest Unreal Engine project with you. This was my first time experimenting with ray tracing, and I’m truly amazed by the level of quality that UE5 can deliv…
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Ashervisalis

Country House – 3D Turnaround and Renders

Hi everyone,Here’s a 3D environment piece I recently completed: a country house modeled and textured for a cinematic setting.Software used:  - Maya (modeling & rendering)  - S…
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Skaarak Forge

Sega Game Gear

Hello! Posted here are 10 renders of my Sega Game Gear asset. Blender model, Substance Painter textures, and Marmoset Toolbag renders. Thoughts are welcome, especially regarding texturing. I've worke…
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armagon

3D Artist - characters, props, 3D print, rigging, animation

Experienced 3D Artist with obsession for quality game art looking to join your your army. Will you accept him?https://www.artstation.com/vinceshinkevichsoftware: Zbrush, Blender, 3Ds Max, 3…
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VinceOrcis

Cassette Radio Recorder

Hi PC!I wanted to share my recent personal project, a cassette radio recorder. The design concept was created by Vitaliy Ishkov. I used Blender and Substance Painter for modeling, texturing and rende…
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nyxro

3d-Environment Artist for animated short.

Hi, we're looking for a 3D environment artist(modeling; texturing has to be done SubstancePainter) for our animated short/TV-special  'Blood&Clay'. Our 'core' assets are scanned miniatures a…
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martinraw

Odd triangular artifacts when baking a triangulated mesh in substance painter

[{"insert":"Hey everyone,\nI am trying to Bake my low poly Chest asset with a high poly mesh. I triangulated the mesh and shaded everything smooth since there are no super hard edges and exported eve…
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Tonjo

Confusion with Normal baking issues around edges/borders

HiThis issue has been a reoccuring problem that I've not been able to figure out and was wondering if someone could help me? For a clothing asset I've made, I've followed this workflow on getting cle…
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pior

artifacts on the curvature map

HelloWhen baking a curvature map, artifacts appearSomething similar to polygonsThis happens both when baking from a mesh and when generating from a normal mapI bake it in  substance painter…
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Sempoo

Which Color Profile / Tone Mapping combination do you use in Substance Painter?

[{"insert":"I'm really interested in this topic since it affects a lot the end product and I didn't find too much source about it. My question is mostly specified for game asset texturing.\n"}]
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Sempoo

UV layout

All my UVs have been unfolded but I need some advice about the layout. In VFX we don't care too much but in gaming we want to optimize the textures to the max. For my character, hero model, how many …
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pior

Weird Artifacts When Baking High Poly to Low Poly in Substance Painter

Help Needed – Weird Artifacts When Baking High Poly to Low Poly in Substance Painter Hi everyone, I'm currently facing an issue when baking a high poly mesh onto a low poly mesh in Substance Painte…
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Eric Chadwick

Ambre (WIP) - 3D Game Environment Art

Wanted to improve on my foliage and learn sculpting in ZBrush for my next environment art project, so I started looking for some good concept arts on ArtStation.Came across some really nice concepts,…
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Shosha

WIP Portfolio piece Critique

Hi, I'm working on this scene as a student project and wanted some opinions and critiques on it so far. What can be improved, added changed etc... it is an old American Railway station, any feedback …
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Noren

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

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

Really really need feedback on my character

The issue is it looks really fake and weird which is definitely not the goal, I'm trying my best to make it look realistic but currently I'm stuck, it's rendered in marmoset.
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zetheros

Baking with a Cage and multiple materials breaks all material bakes but one.

I have set up a model to mimic a hand wearing a bracelet. The hand is one contiguous closed mesh. The Bracelet is one contiguous closed mesh, which intersects the hand slightly. The fingers are tight…
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almirageddon

Game ready 60's office chair

I wanted a chance to practice some leather sculpting and texturing so I created an office chair! It's optimized to be game ready and was modeled/sculpted in Blender, baked in Marmoset and textured us…
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Dinkywinky

[WIP] Le Mans 65 - Fictional race & original car designs

Today I'm presenting a project that took me a few months to complete. I created a completely fictitious race, a sort of parody of Le Mans 66, with cars that I designed myself. I did the entire p…
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saigonitpartner

Aita

As part of my personal development, I have been working on my player character for the Lostmonster project, the main character. I recently updated the initial concept I had for this character. We…
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Lerakelp

WIP Rat King (Looking for feedback and advice)

Hi all, I am trying to build a portfolio and would love some feedback on how I can do better and improve my 3D creations. :) :)
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Fabi_G

Flaoting Geo normal map bake warped?

I have this very simple mesh with a floating geoI don't know why the normal map bake is warped, it's just a flat surface. I can't really make it more flat lolI can turn off the average normals, but i…
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poopipe

Issue with baking my normal map

Hello. I have an issue with artifacts on my normal map. The low-poly model was created in 3D Max, and I’m baking it in Marmoset Toolbag. The hard edges follow the UV seams. However, in Substance Pain…
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Neox

Substance Painter mask driving me crazy

I am trying to combine two masks into one.Half of the mesh has a correct mask on one side, so I duplicated it and rotated it. Now I want to mask out half of Mask B, to combine them at the halfwa…
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Asim7

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