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Sticky Show your hand painted stuff, pls!

Share your hand painted environment, characters, props, textures, whatever! The thread focus is handpainted stylized textures, not aiming to be photorealism. 1 embed maximum (1 im…
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Nekw

Best workflow for cleaning up a mesh that has been exported from Rhino into Zbrush

I have exported an obj from Rhino and the resulting mesh in Zbrush is very messy. I would like to add fine detail to it in Zbrush but am struugling to find a good workflow.This is what I have done so…
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Fabi_G

Aela the Huntress - WIP

Doing my personal take on everyone's favorite follower, Aela. I wanted to see if I could do a little refresh of her design and challenge myself by working on a character with a lot of little mov…
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TaulNotShort

Franzl 2026 Sketchbook

Hello,Been a while. Decided to get back to the grinding board after a few rough years in my life and quite a long time of destroyed focus.So I'm starting 2026 off with a shift away from humanoid…
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Noren

Game Industry Layoffs - WTF?

Seriously guys?WTF?
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poopipe

[WIP] Overwatch Widowmaker Fanart Skin

Hello to my fellow polycounters!I’ve been working on a character in the evenings after my day-job, in hopes of pushing my portfolio forwards. In the past I’ve either had a fairly generalist portfolio…
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Surrow

What made you feel good today?

What made you feel good today? Tell us what us what made you feel happy today. Sister thread,[URL="https://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116211"]What made you feel crap today?[/URL] I …
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littleclaude

Most Efficient Way to Render Ready Game Models

Hey,Game-Ready models are very low poly. Which makes them very hard to look good for portfolio renders. I generally spend extra time to re-bevel and subdivide the low poly version to make it look bet…
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poopipe

Francimnus Sketchbook

HelloMy name is Bartolomeu, i'm a 3D Hobbyst trying to improve my skills and at somepoint acquire industry experience and later on develop my own game, i will use this post to track my progress and m…
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Barto

Sticky The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | January - February (100)

Happy New Year and a big milestone for the Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge as we kick off number 100 for the months of January and February!This challenge is a way for real-time 3D artists t…
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Fabi_G

Sticky How The F*#% Do I Model This? - Reply for help with specific shapes - (Post attempt before asking)

Alright, so i see time and time again that people tend have trouble doing certain things with hard-shapes and sub-d modeling. So i thought i would try something out here. I'm going to open this up to…
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FrankPolygon

Need help with weapon measurements clarification (Mossberg 590A1)

Hello. I'm not sure where to post it, since it's about real world weapon details, but it's related to modeling so I hope it's right place.Trying to model Mossberg 590A1, and while I was modeling doub…
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poopipe

Zbrush 2022.0.8 question about random IMM mesh insert ?

I forgot how I did it and help pages doesn't help really . Both Chat and Gemini  know nothing .    The whole random system looks like a bug maybe.   But I am sure I did it be…
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gnoop

Sketchbook: ID-LL

The White Rabbit - Time MadnessPersonal Vision---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…
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sacboi

miniature sculptures

Hello, how are you, I'm here to share some of my miniature work.sculptures in zbrush and rendering in 3dmaxwarhammer fanartRemnant 2 mini gunslingerminer dwarfsome medieval fantasy
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AllenPoe

AI Art, Good or Bad? A (hopefully) nuanced take on the subject.

[{"insert":"wow, OK...I haven't posted in a long while, but with all the recent AI drama going on, I felt I needed to voice some concerns, and bring up some perhaps controversial thoughts and opinion…
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sacboi

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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FrankPolygon

Modular Pieces Not Lining Up

Hello, I'm kinda new here and not sure where else to post this.I'm modeling a modular set of assets in Blender and they all snap together well in Blender but when I import them to Unity they no longe…
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Fabi_G

[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

Sticky What Are You Working On? (3D) 2026

Share one embed of what you're working on, and give us a link to your own Topic to see more!Keep it under 1mb please. If you post big images, or multiples, we might delete/replace. Why? See…
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pxgeek

Sticky Tech Artist - What are you working on: FOREVER Edition!

Moderator note:if you want a higher chance for being front-paged, make a topic and include the link in your reply. I've seen a lot of cool threads around here recently, from LitSpheres to Snow ble…
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rusty_tool_maker

Sketchbook: Slushii

It's about time I started one of these.EDIT (February 2022): Forgot to mention, crits welcome and encouraged.
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Slushii

Volunteer VFX Artist for Dystopian Sci-Fi Screenlife Film

Hello everyone,my name is Giovanni Randazzo.I am a filmmaker and producer currently working on an independent dystopian sci-fi Screenlife Film titled “4 Profiles”. We are currently in the final stage…
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United_Media_Ideas

Viewport and rendered images are looking different

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iam717

Writer-Composer Looking For Artists To Make Project!

Hi everyone! My name is Sasha. I am a writer and composer, and I’m looking to connect with visual artists who are passionate about storytelling to start a collaborative "passion project."About me:I s…
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sanyame

[UE5] Puzzle Game Environment (Lobby & Levels) - Seeking Lighting & Composition Feedback

Hi everyone,I'm currently working on a puzzle game project in Unreal Engine 5, but I’ve hit a wall regarding the overall look of my environments.I have three main areas I'm working on:The LobbyEgg Pu…
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sketchem

My First 3D project. Your Thoughts? thanks in advance

I’ve had an interest in 3D for a long time but only recently took the plunge. After taking some courses, I dedicated the last 4 months to one big project: recreating and tweaking a kitchen environmen…
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sketchem

(Finished) - Sci-Fi Atrium Environment – (UE5)

Hey everyone! :)  Starting a new environment project and aiming to raise the bar with a structured and methodical workflow. I’m putting extra focus on planning, modularity, and building a stron…
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Vastra

[MAYA] Voxel Proxy (Discussion)

Voxel Proxy - provides a simple and fast way to generate volume proxy meshes. Originally intended as a rigging tool to generate a proxy mesh for skinning purpose to represent a complex geometry …
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EfigenioMoss

Texturing feedback - AKM

Hie!!, Am trying to texture this handuard for my akm, and i would love to get some feedback on them, as idk it just doesn't feel 'quite there' yet. its an older variant so am trying to sell that…
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kanga

Persp / Orthographic camera toggle script for Maya

Hello everyone!I was looking for a way to toggle the default camera from perspective to orthogonal view (not locked), similarly to what you would do in Zbrush or 3DS Max (which is very handy fo…
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pasha_sevez

Centipede Simulator Demo

Hi! I'm working on a little Snake-like arcade game and I've just launched a demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3922090/Centipede_SimulatorIf it looks interesting to you, give it a t…
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sacboi

Animation & Rigging

Hi everyone,Sharing some of my recent 3D animation work focused on game-ready animations.These are gameplay-oriented animations rather than cinematic work.I’m currently focusing on animation for game…
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Enhancedsniper84

In Need of Feedback on Medieval Weapons

Hey, i'm doing a study project of an katana and a buckler shield with this kinda of "cheap material" base style, like, both base pieces would be considered low quality pieces with this almost li…
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Barto

UV and normals transfer in 3dmax attribute transfer?

I need to transfer UV from initial low poly  to  dynameshed  mesh from Zbrush .    I usually use Data Transfer modifier in Blender for this . It sometimes does subtle mistake…
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gnoop

Adobe Designer gradient tool in Photoshop?

HiAdobe Designer gradient node comes with a great fast color picker. While Photoshop picker requires to pick tones one by one.How could I be as fast in Photoshop? (currently either using SD and copyi…
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gnoop

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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Eric Chadwick

Project Star (Working Title) – UE5 Top Down

Hey everyone!This is my first time posting here, and I am very excited to finally share a personal solo project I have been developing in my free time over the past couple of years, alongside my full…
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Neox

[Unpaid] Seeking Concept Artist for Dark Fantasy RPG Vertical Slice (Creature/Environment)

Hey everyone,I’m the creator and director of an early-stage dark fantasy rpg currently looking for a concept artist to establish visual tone for our vertical slice.About the Project:Working title: “E…
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damreeves

Pizza Napoletana | Substance designer fully procedural material

Hi there!Fully procedural Pizza Napoletana material made in Substance Designer.A short break from environment production work, focused on procedural material creation.Some more on ArtStation - P…
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kanga

The Art of Pablo Garcia 2026

Hello! I started this year working with a Stylized Demon chest; this is the key. Also, I plan to do retopology and integrate into the game engine. I hope you like it, and happy New Year
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ShinPaburoVIII

Some workflow/nanite questions coming from UE4

Coming to UE5 from UE4 and have a few questions regarding modular sets and nanite. If I have an exterior building wall set that is going to be brick, is it better to use a height map to displace…
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poopipe

Marvel Rivals Character shader - Nuke + Arnold (maya)

I want to create a render similar to the one used in Marvel Rivals for my character. What do I need to do this in Nuke/Maya? Please share any relevant information.
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AIM_alexandr

UE5 Environment Study - Lighting and Atmosphere Critique

Hi everyone! I’m pretty new to UE5 and real-time rendering, and I’d really appreciate some feedback on this scene. My main goal here is to achieve realistic, volumetric lighting and overall atmosphe…
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sketchem

Sketchbook: Zetheros

Hi there!After getting a bit of industry experience, I thought I'd like to make the transition & expand my skillset from an artist to that of a more well-rounded game developer; to both fill gaps…
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zetheros

Sketchbook: Tim Smith

[{"insert":"Hi. Welcome to my digital sketchbook. I hope I go about this right. I specialise in characters and I'm aiming to focus on real-time for my portfolio. I'll be using this to log my progress…
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DustyShinigami

[WIP] Untitled Tactical RPG... thing

Words are hard, so I'll keep this short.Found a tutorial on a tactical combat game I THINK might be cool for the foundation of a sort of tactical RPG.  It's a really rough thought at the moment,…
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CONKi

[WIP] Weapon Art - McMillan CS5 (Sniper)

The McMillan CS5 is a weapon I have been working on and off for while in my spare time and I wanted to start posting my progress so far.Blockout stage is completed for the whole gun.Midpoly versions …
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alexus_sanchez

Unreal 5.7.1 Performance "Gain" World Partition

Disclosure: I'm a begginer user in UE5. I started a proyect yesterday, my main use will be for Product Visualization Short Films / Videos. Started a New proyect with the pre-made "empty wor…
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poopipe

Custom 3D Avatar for VRChat & VTubing in VRoid & Unity [Comm Open]

---------------------------------COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN! ---------------------------------Hello! I’m Xureality3d and have been making avatars for 5 years! I can complete a commission in a few days, but…
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xureality3d

Character Practice – Personal Training Project

This character was created as a personal test and training project. The main goal was to practice and improve my skills in character modeling, focusing on anatomy, proportions, clothing details, and…
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iam717

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