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Welcome to /3/ - 3DCG, 4chan's board dedicated to 3D imagery and modeling.

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If you're reading this, you probably got this linked to you because you posted a question that has already been asked many many times. Read ahead, and find your answer.

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frown
> literally clicked the /3/ ad on /g/

So do people share their lewd models anywhere? Can't be expected to be on the normal places, right?

also readme.txt in pin is 404, FAQ did not cover this either
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Paint_with_Stencils_001
Painting with stencils allows you to use textures generated by an algorithm to quickly photobash your models.

Here, a tutorial will be shown on how to do this from the basics.
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leonacolor
Meanwhile you fags keep having threads about Autodesk vs Blender and AI 3D flamewars, I keep improving, chuds.

This is now my current level.
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"Thank you, Blender"
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Great, that's all that the big-headed Blender Foundation needed, even more praise and ego stroking (the animated Oscar winner thanked them).

So now they can keep investing their precious open-source funding that so many other FOSS projects thirst for, into useless stuff like the VSE (video sequence editor) that will never compete with proprietary or even specialized solutions, while somehow ignoring the many quality-of-life and useful ideas available in rightclickselect or in the ACTUAL CODE from pull-requests that people send them with useful additions, stuff that they refuse to add / ignore and let rot because they don't have to create a competitive product that sells, as it's already funded.

Blender gets to become this bloaty sluggish package that only "looks good" because there's no competition. There is no other 3D DCC package, and even if someone tried to create one they'd be discouraged from evangelist comments like "but Blender already exists".
But hey look, we changed the version number to 4. Hooray, that's progress, right?
Thank you, Blender?
More like get your shit together, Blender.
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PS2-Era Graphics
IMG_4373
Im working on developing some games in my spare time and I’d really like to target the fidelity of ps2-ps3 style games, mostly for stylistic purposes (but also because I’m solo and don’t have the time and resources to make too many high poly things)

Specifically, I’m really interested in how characters like pic related were modeled and textured to look semi-realistic and expressive (especially textures because I’m still terrible with them)

Feel free to post low-poly or just your favorite models/textures from the games of the good old era of games
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Is it possible to learn how to make animations just by using other people models? I don't want to model my own characters, I just want to learn how to make Anime futa videos. I suck at modeling or drawing, I just like adding props and stuff like that

Should I use MMD or Blender? or fucking Unreal Engine? Where do I get anime models ? Is there a guide? How do I fucking even start
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Is the 3D job market just fucked now?
hq720
Everything I read on reddit is complete doom and gloom about the 3D industry right now. In fact the entire job market just seems completely up the shitter. I was really banking on being able to find work doing this but that seems like it's not an option. Now even being a prodigy doesn't cut it anymore. How do you land a job?
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donut
I've completed my donuts. So what now?
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Tablets
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I had a Wacom Intuos Pro that was gifted to my sister and I used it for a while. I learned Zbrush with it.
Anyway, she left the cocoon now and I'd like to get back to sculpting. But even more than before. So I was starting to check out tablets and I was horrified by the price of the nicer stuff.
My question is the following, you think old Cintiq still holding up to the current competition? I really want to try one with a screen but only second hand options in my area have Cintique (22,24,16 HD or not) for a price around 400-600€ (sometimes less, sometimes more). So should I try one of these even though they were released a decade ago?
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Dealing with revisions as a comissioner
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Comissionfags, have you ever dealt with revisions by a client? If so, how was it like?

I want to get into commissions but I worry that I won't be able to satisfy the client's needs. And worse case scenario: they ask for a refund if I cannot deliver to their standards.
If it were 2d, then it'd be way easier to revise again and again, but I understand that 3d is a completely different beast and that revisions aren't as easy.
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/ADG/ - Autodesk 3D Modeling applications
3D Max
Reminder: Subscriptions SUCK!

Have a 3Ds Max/Maya question? recently started a project? Or simply want to complain about Maya crashing?

Previous thread: >>
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/wip/ - Works In Progress
Laughing_Octopus_WIP
A thread for work in progress of your projects, for recently finished projects or things you'd like critiqued.

Previous: >>1006887

Don't clown me too hard, first time trying to model a character (Laughing Octopus from MGS4)
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nodes-inset-md
>mfw spend years ignoring compositing
>learn some basics
>renders improve 2x
learn comp
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/DailySculpting/
120 Staryu
a thread to post your daily sculpts and sculpting in general
previous thread >>1003156
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AAIIIIIEEEEE
file
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muh_cuppy
Whats the point of making realistic graphics? nobodys gonna zoom in and say "oh my that water has fake caustics!!"
Takes so much time and resources for heck nobody gives 2 shit about, might as well make it stylized with distinctive features
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If you could travel back in time
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... And meet your former self right before you picked up 3DCG, what would you tell him? Anything that you've learned that would have helped jump start your 3D career or avoid any pitfalls?
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Open weights AI generated text-to-3D and image-to-3D
Hunyuan3D-2
Open weights AI generated text-to-3D and image-to-3D
also supports hybrid inputs (give it an image and text)

Try free online, no account needed:
https://huggingface.co/spaces/tencent/Hunyuan3D-2

download models for free:
https://huggingface.co/tencent/Hunyuan3D-2/tree/main
*also includes a separate model called "Paint" for creating and texturing UV maps from a mesh input
*The output mesh is a trimesh object, which you could save to glb/obj (or other file format).
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korean-golden-lip-ratio-hyundai-aesthetics-1024x853
I notice most beautiful eastern video game characters have this downwards pointed top lip (tubercle/procheilon?), and while you occasionally see it in whites it's way more common in asians. Idk if it evolved from diet, sexual selection, whatever, but it's a subtle but important part of cuteness in asian characters. Just check any game character you like to draw/model and you'll start noticing it. And conversely it's quite rare in western character design.
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/DailyLowPoly/
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Rules for me and not for thee:
>Must have a budget of polys capped or lower to what a game from the year 2000 would usually have. Amount of triangles must be shown in the corner of each render.
>Everything must be made from scratch. No kitbashing. Sculpting/CADmodeling then decimating/retopo is allowed.
>All models must be uv mapped and fully textured and rendered in a realtime engine. No pbr.
>Textures must be low resolution. Maximum 512 by 512. Pictures and premade textures are allowed but they must be posted alongside the renders in their original and modified formats if they were not made from scratch. Showing UV layout is encouraged but not mandatory.
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foxyxd8627@gmail.com
Ai Ohto _ Don Ramon
I'm creating a video game but I don't know what it's going to be about (I'm just modeling meaningless rooms and some furniture)
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pepe
Do you have to make the model from scratch for portfolios? If not can I use kitbashed game assets?
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wip65
What do you think is the most comfy platform to upload and organize your projects? Basically I'd like to:
* Create some kind of entry per project, with title, would be amazing to be able to manually set date from past for when you want to upload an old project
* Under this entry post screenshots/renders/files in form of images and videos and models
* Maybe some extra description field that allows leaving some extra notes and information on the project
* Maybe a comment section if someone wants to ask anything about it
* Maybe some kind of visibility setting that allows certain projects to only be visible to certain categories of people? For example I want to upload everything mostly just for myself to go through my stuff and get reminded of progress I made through time, but many of those projects are something that I probably wouldn't show to just anyone
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/sg/ - shader general
images (5)
a thread for discussion about shaders. show off, post exaples from others,your own node setups,code,tips,questions,etc.
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images (50)
Feel like I haven't been learning anything lately. I watch tutorials apply that knowledge then told it's not good as a beginner unsure how can improve in many cases I'm answering questions suppose more knowledable people should know
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2ljdamic2zm61
Post vintage/retro-styled renders and animations.
Pre-rendered, game graphics, whatever you got.
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thumb_v3_me
*teaches you nothing*
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Blender projects for study
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Are there high quality blender projects with animations that I can study? I want to see how pros are making stuff. Maybe there some creators that share them on patreon or something?
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It's over
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Am I missing something or does the 3d community seem to be very checkered on sharing?
Sure theres the easy stuff to get like open3dlab, SFMlab, Smutbase, some good stuff at sketchfab, and if you want something decent on Itch or Gumroad you have to already have found a good modeler in mind to find their stuff
Not to mention sometimes you can find models in animations or youtube with next to no credit so its near impossible to find sometimes, I get if its your own model you'd want to have private ownership but 8/10 times thats not the case
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working on my animu series between kms attempts
kiru
I'm working on tranime slop series before the AI leaves me under a bridge eating garbage or something, pic related is my OC, her name is kiru, kiru is a 22 year old girl or around that range, she's just another loser with no boyfriend and virgin like you and me anon.

it has more story than that but in general it will be comedy shorts where she lives somewhat traumatic and funny experiences, it's like a lolcow or something, it sounds kind of boring but I think it will work, anyway this thread will be to show my progress and receive criticism or death threats or maybe everything will ignore me I don't know.
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animschool
Will paying thousands of dollars to online schools like Animschool actually teach me better than random online tutorials?
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linus-traggey-asplund-ps1cast-presentation
how much does it cost to have 4 characters like this made?
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There are no 3D jobs.
hot-sexy-bikini-girl-ai-generated-images-hot-sexy-seminude-images-generated-midjourney_921835-510
There is zero reason to dedicate this much time into something that will net you nothing. Everything in the 3D pipeline is going to be destroyed. The 3D industry has been decimated. You are competing with industry veterans for a small number of entry level positions.

>Hurr I do it as a hobby

In today's economic climate dedicating this much time to a hobby, a skill, is a detriment to yourself. If you're young your hobby shouldn't have to take hours of grinding that net you nothing when those hours could and should be used to make you more financially secure. Hobbies are a luxury that most people can no longer realistically afford. If you can't make money from your hobby you are hurting yourself. That's not a good thing but that's the world we are in, and trust me I'm not happy about it either.

YOU WILL NOT MAKE ANY MONEY DOING THIS, MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE!!! Go learn a trade.

If you think I'm wrong, go ahead and tell me how you can make this a job 2025+ . Go on, prove me wrong.
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seismic
Is there anyone that can make better 3D anime girls than seismic?

not being trolling, serious curious if there's anyone at this level.
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90wlyl3sGPtA9MrS
I don't want to demoralize but do you think it's over?
This is generated by Hunyuan3d Image to 3D AI. What do we think about it?
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How well do traditional/digital art skills like anatomy, proportions, gesture etc. translate over to 3D modelling, bros? I think my drawing skills are fine and would like to learn modelling.
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Use this as a place to help rebuild after the great purge /3/

I autisically save everything so hopefully I can help give back to a board that I love on this god-forsaken Mongolian basket weaving site
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What's the workflow to model an artificial/interior environment and texture it?
>le modular assets
Too restrictive.
>tileset with things like Sprytile on Blender or Crocotile 3D
I can't draw tilesets.
>just friggin model it, Lois
Can do, but then how the fuck do I texture it?

Please help. All tutorials online are for fucking forests or how to make a city with 5 house models copy-pasted all over the place. I need help for INTERIORS
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cad
CAD thread? CAD thread.
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Genshin-Impact-Screenshot-105
Do you think both WoW and Genshin's rendering can be described as "stylized PBR"?
It seems they both use normal maps, roughness maps, maybe even metallic,
yet they also use handpainted textures, and somehow also painterly looking photorealistic textures sometimes I guess?
Would you consider this the hardest type of stuff to work on?
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Screenshot 2025-01-20 231256
What's the best way to put the dress in that pose? Dragging in sculpt mode is just chaotic.
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Houdini tool - Convert alpha-bases meshes to opaque (silent)
What is the point of doing this? Isn't it better to have two triangles with transparent texture of foliage than having it converted into gazillion triangles with non-transparent texture?
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cris general.
npr athena
I now can do 3D anime that looks 2D, chuds.
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Learning 3D modeling by modding
pepethink
I usually like to model for games and mod them in, but all the games I've done it in suck now. What are some hip new cool games that are easy to mod?
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It's pointless and you should give up
maxresdefault (1) (5)
Jobs are drying up. Talented 3D artists are getting laid off. Accept it, it's over. The jobs aren't coming back and AI is going to take over this field. So accept it. Accept it and go into trades. Quit doing this this and do real work. Go be an electrician. Just quit living with your head in the clouds. Move on.
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/Daz3D/ general - New year, same goblins
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Previous: >>1002436
Daz youtuber's and general guides:
https://www.daz3d.com/help/help-daz-3d-video-tutorials
Wpguru
Parmy
Travis Davids (Marvelous designer)
Thundornd
CgBytes
https://www.laylo3d.com/
https://thinkdrawart.com/
Kelvin Jin

Bridges: https://www.daz3d.com/daz-bridges
Suggested Blender Bridge: http://diffeomorphic.blogspot.com/

News: Daz Premier replaces prior subscriptions and doesnt add much aside from a free character bundle every month and some tools that are worse than using another software like blender or maya.

Some anon created a cool character morph. Meet Quinn! https://mega(.)nz/file/rmZQWLKZ#lh4aluWj6drjfPLkW7FVAUVDaOZZqJfqjoAvsREDo7U

Post more Quinns!
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dojnt_u8mb_v02
Is there a way to make some quick money if you can do modeling & texturing with experience in the industry ? there isnt a single job out there
>pic related
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F4k2SifaoAAVQwd
how do i make exagerated perspectives like this in blender?
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greasepencil thread
deleteafter
any one have any recommendations for good greasepencil tutorials/3d artists or just gp advice in general? (artists that use greasepencil on 3d models not just a 2d plane)im struggling with contour lines,it seems obvious where to draw contour lines but it always looks off
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is there any real source for insight on how to implement vertex weight proximity modifiers in blender like this?
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>coworker rotates tangent space normalmap in photoshop
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Capture d'écran 2025-03-19 124911
Hey i am new to 3d for trying something kinda weird I would rly aprciate your advice.
i am going to try to paint depth maps to sculpt 3d models ( only bas reliefs ) does it make any sence? will it work ? what should i be carefull about
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Post your magnum opus
Your most bestest super-duper render
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Blender
working in Blender when suddenly....
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Should I learn 3D for a professional career in modeling/animation or should I not?
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Screenshot_2024-12-29-13-21-29-06_f9ee0578fe1cc94de7482bd41accb329
Why are you cheap cunts refusing to donate to Blender Foundation? This is why Blender will never become industry standard.
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Why does this hand pose cause extreme butthurt
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Why do using this hand pose in A pose cause artists maximum buthurt?

I mean, is not a pose that is not realistic, nor is anatomically wrong.

Neither causes extreme strain on the body and can be sustained as resting pose.
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dango
Can I still make money if I only know how to model basic things and have a crappy PC?
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654
Can anyone point me in a direction for learning how to model houses or generally buildings from reference/floorplans?

Every tutorial I can find falls short in all of the same ways. Either it's an outdoor scene where the inside of the house is a hollow unusable shell, a purely interior scene with no attention paid to the exterior at all, or it doesn't show you how to make a roof on anything more complicated than a perfect rectangle or L shape.. or it's a "modern" house that is just a cube with a flat roof presumably to compensate for modelling roofs being too complicated.

And then I've tried this method of extruding planes over an image of a floor plan and that doesn't compute at all because I always end up with this twisting labyrinth of walls that looks completely out of whack in scale no matter how much I scale it up in comparison to my character. And then how do you properly make a roof for such a thing? Or make stairs to a second floor or basement and/or add these things real houses have like a 2nd story where its just a room or two and not a 1:1 extrusion up from the first story?

I've tried to just not think so hard about it and just make it up as I go, using whatever janky methods I need to block something out but I always create a total mess of duplicate edges and overlapping that I'm not even sure how I ended up with, and just seem to be wasting time trying to brute force a totally incorrect way of doing things

When I play games and open a door from outside and walk into a house it feels like I'm witnessing black magic. I would do shameful things in exchange for the knowledge of how to take reference of a complex house and recreate it as a scene where you can seamlessly walk in and out of it- and not see a bunch of fucked lighting artifacts and the like
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>that feeling when you are trying to finish the last 20%
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How much of AAA models are outsourced? For games like fortnite specifically.
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IMG_6045
What is the best controller for modeling/sculpting in VR?
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Untitled
Is there any Tutorial on now to create a Vagina or Anus on existing Model ??

Janny pls dont delete, this is for research.
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3D printing help
cosplay gunprop
Hey everyone, I need any tip to best orientate this cosplay barrel prop for 3d printing. For me, along the Z axis is the best, for clean, no cut and glueing, minimal support. But still will be so much hard to remove support.
Thanks in advance :)
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IMG_7024
How did a single dude in 2006 produce something of this quality?
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CLO3D (Fashion and clothing design app)

Experiences with downloading the software and what do you recommend?.

Rutracker, torrent options, other methods?.
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Screenshot from 2025-03-15 09-46-35
how should i do lowpoly hair? i wanted to try just stretching a plane overtop the head but it has a few issues mainly being its not double-sided
and im aware my head sucks, im still learning
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Screenshot 2025-03-14 114205
Anyone has textures.com subscription? Could you please grab and share Rock Alpha 9 (https://www.textures.com/download/various-0022/133303)? Even 512 is good, but higher resolution would be amazing. This is the ultimate alpha rock texture for sculpting landscapes because you can anchor-apply it at different scales and the way it layers with itself works amazing. I found another good general purpose alpha like this (the first one in the pack): https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/textures/miscellaneous/rock-brush-collection I still want Rock Alpha 9 for variety and because it's even more flexible, and with two of those I think we have 80% of landscape rock sculpting needs covered.
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You have to be a nobody to be a somebody.
No-Personality
Why is it that everyone who has successfully made it into a studio job... simply have no personality? All they do is eat, sleep, breathe, and talk about the type of work that they're skilled in. Has the 3DCG industry at-large reached the point where only silver spoon nepo babies and people who are autistic enough to have no other qualities/traits but making fancy computer art, have serious consideration by studios for jobs?
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/wip/ - Works In Progress
bolts
/wip/ - Works In Progress - Bolts edition

A thread for work in progress of your projects, for recently finished projects or things you'd like critiqued.

Previous >>1003386
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/wip/ - Works In Progress
3 hobbit hole 14 12 2024
/wip/ - Works In Progress - HO HO HO Edition

Brothers, the end of the year is nigh, may 2024 have been a productive year for you, and if not, may 2025 be the one. Amen!
Now please do go ahead and post your work-in-progress projects, recently finished projects, or things you'd like critiqued here, cheers friends.

Previous thread: >>998180
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Is ArtStation a good place to post still or is it overrun by bots and scrapers?
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Now that CGPeers has locked half it's userbase out for not remembering their registration burners, what is the next best place to not pay money to Autodesk, Foundry and Maxon?
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Someone in my family told me straight up that he believes that 3d can be completely automated yesterday when we were talking about 3d jobs. I had to tell him that 1) you can only automate the simple stuff and 2) if you automate your art it looks like its been automated.

Who was right?
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Why hasn’t anyone cracked this shit yet?
images
Alright, you absolute bunch of fucking idiots, it’s time to talk about AnimBot. This goddamn plugin STILL hasn’t been cracked, Maya itself is already a total ripoff, but now they want us to fork out even more cash for essential tools that should’ve been in the software years ago, And the fact that nobody has cracked it yet? What the hell is going on? Why are we all just sitting here letting them take our money for something we should already have?
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AI-to-3d-model
it's over
fuck this timeline
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8kz3vjcf
how the fuck do i model something like this? im doing tests but they arent coming out right
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Architectural renderings
Screenshot_20250115_184259_Chrome
How do you even make awesome renderings like picrel?
All of mine look like poor video game renders.
Will be grateful for any and all helpful ressources you could point me to.
14 media | 46 replies
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istockphoto-146057576-612x612
how make static object blurry? in my case I'm using that object (a fly) as physics to give the swarm impression
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Which graphics card should I get for 3D work? Nvidia or AMD?
I remember Substance Painter was bitching about something when I was working on AMD card, but it was working pretty fine actually.
Where should I expect driver/compatibility/corporategreed fucky wuckies in various softwares?
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Apustaja Profile Empty1
Where should I go for 3D character modeling service? I've just being scammed on Upwork for $10!!
All I want is a 3D model of picrel so that I can 3D print him for my personal satisfaction. There's free Pepe 3D model but the face doesn't look like this one. Aaarghhh! It feels like shit that this is the first time I'm being scammed. Fucking indonesian.
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Arc System Works & Non-Photorealistic Rendering General
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I'm the anon that was answering questions in the old ArcSys thread before jannies shit the bed. I thought it might be worthwhile opening up a general and posting resources I've gathered for those that want to get better at the look.

Resources:

Strive In-Depth Texture/Vertex Paint Function Breakdown: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ejZ9TrIFNwiawLcFj-XRtaO3Vg9TxD04sR8HKOaRkGI/edit
ArcSys Xrd GDC Talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhGjCzxJV3E&t=0s
ArcSys Xrd 4Gamer Article:
https://www.4gamer.net/games/216/G021678/20140703095/
Xrd Design Docs (Modelling, Rigging, Materials):
https://archive.org/details/GGXrd-design-docs/4Gamer%20-%20The%20Secrets%20of%20GGXrd%27s%20Graphics/
Blender Shader: https://github.com/Aerthas/BLENDER-Arc-System-Works-Shader
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/Substance Designer General/
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Texture Authoring with convoluted node graphs instead of just drawing it in photoshop. Post graphs you have made.
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Obsidian-like 3D Book implementation
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How Can I Implement a Markdown-Supported 3D Book for Players to Write In? (Unreal Engine 5.5)

I'm developing a game that allow players to write in a 3D book, and I want the writing system to support Markdown, mostly for the ability to embed and render images within the game.

example: ![name](Image Link)

However, after extensive searching, I haven't found a suitable solution.
Most available plugins are designed for documentation rather than allowing players to write and edit text dynamically. I also experimented with a web-based approach using an HTML widget and the Marked.js library, but having an HTML widget for every page feels inefficient (as far i know, if there is a more efficient way to use web widget then that would be awesome).

A bit more context:

>Many of my game collectibles are HTML-based IE making a system that allows you to use some links as objects for certain areas.
>The game relies on both internet data (about 30%) and local storage, using reference links like the file:/// protocol.
>Ideally, I want a solution that doesn't require downloading additional in-game data.
>My background is in web development, and I'm aiming for something similar to Obsidian for the book in term of functionality.

Idk what to do. Would love suggestions on how to implement this customizable diary system efficiently. Any advice or alternative approaches?
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images (2)
Every single art learning video I come across has been either purposefully vague and unhelpful or misinformation. Even from industry professionals. FlippedNormals, Marc Brunet, Ethan Becker.
I thought they would help me know what the pro workflow is, why is it all click bait?
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Blender now has an Academy Award
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What's a good low poly texture workflow for Blender?

It feels inefficient to make them in Photoshop then save them then check them in Blender then have to eyeball what to fix and go back to Photoshop and hope I'm addressing the issues, is there something that would streamline this a bit? Blender's own texture painter is complete ass for low res/pixel art textures
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extra fingers
For those of you who made it to employment,
how the piss do you get used to switching between different programs and software suites that use different camera/viewport controls?

Specifically,
I'm having to switch between blender, maya, and marvelous designer.
Unfortunately, I started and spent most of my time on blender. The Maya control set, is that more of an industry standard majority? I _think_ substance painter uses it for simple things like camera controls.

For those of you who do have to switch between environments, have you found a certain program's viewing controls are able to be adopted in all the competitors? I tried once to get Substance Painter to use Blenders, but it was something like everything but one set of key commands were unable to be switched which caused an insanity spiral of moving other actions around. This was 2018 or something though, maybe do-able nowadays.

Ahhghhhhhh I hate the shit outta everything.
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3d
Hi, I'm making my first 3D model. Any advice? Also, how long do I need to make 3D models to be considered a senior?
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How many blendshapes are too much
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At what points do blendshapes go from le funny qurky thing, to I am going to automate corrective blend shapes to every animation and camera angle using drivers autismo and animate breathing and stretch and squatch with blendshapes?
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facial_topology_real_04-en
how much of a good looking model (specifically character) would you say is dependant on the actual model itself vs shaders, textures, compositing etc? i cant tell if im overthinking and focusing too much on trying to get my models perfect without any other factors or not
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icd9-1
First attempt at rigging my first character...it's NOT looking good bros
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Animations
#b3d #ピギーワン (2)
I'm noob, can someone help and explain how to make animatons like that in blender? Just manually move every single bone frame by frame?
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Blender usage in Japan
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>Flow is making waves even (or especially? They like cute shit so I guess it's expected) in japan where 3DCG is more dominated by Maya and the like
Will this mean Blender will gain more notoriety over there?
I know it's already used quite a lot in Japan as is, but mostly by amateurs and for vtubers afaik
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IMG_0490
Why is there not a 3d modeling program with the exact same controls as forge mode in halo?
Forge mode is unironically the one of the most intuitive control schemes for manipulating objects in a 3d space. It would make 3d modeling much more accessible, at least to casual users.
Tell me why this wouldn’t work.

https://youtu.be/c0Y5_MNYiPs?feature=shared
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Attractive Character Design
emari_concord
As we are all aware, the mainstream entertainment industry has no idea how to make attractive characters anymore.

Use this thread to discuss things like good references, workflows, or just characters you find appealing and why.

For example, how do you design a character's face? What references would you use?
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Hair Physics in Blender?
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I am not sure where to ask this question, as I have not seen anyone else asking this, so I will ask here (and if this isn't the right place, any assistance on where to correctly ask would be appreciated):

I would like to make an animation using the models Redmoa used, but I am just confused on the hair physics, as in this SFW video, there are hair physics: https://youtu.be/SkqhXkJiIg0?si=x9GFun8nYU1Xf2Tv

But when you load up the model in Blender, there are no physics to be found I believe, so my question is this: Is there a technique to get hair physics working, or is it done manually, frame by frame?
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OpenSCAD
openSCAD
I like this software but how could I model people in it?


Also general OpenSCAD appreciation
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1729433018892593
On reddit I can only get a lot of upvotes on really simple work. If its something thats intricate and took a long time and has complexity no one seems to appreciate it or understand it. Just happened to me again. Can anyone explain this?
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You fucking riggers
dforceheroicloinclothoutfitforgenesis8and81female00maindaz3d
How do you go about rigging this type of dress.
How do you place the bones etc.

Not exactly the dress in the pic, but that type of dress with the long "loin cloth", not sure what the name is. Tabard dress? Qipao?

The character that will use it "fully modeled'. As in, the clothing can be taken off, or replaced with other clothes. Do you make a separate armature for the cloth or is it part of the characters armature?

I made some attempts, but making it behave nicely, especially when the character is sitting is a struggle.
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pov ray
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i made a pfp for discord user in 1991 3d rendering program that uses scripting, im getting good at it! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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I feel like I'm too retarded to learn 3D.
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I look at how complex this is at the high level and how much goes into it and I just get incredibly intimidated. I just feel like I'm not smart/talented enough to do this. Even though I took some intro 3d and animation classes and passed them I still feel like the high level professional stuff is just beyond my reach. Like I'm never going to be able to make something like pic related. I can't imagine myself being able to make something this good ever. I feel like I'm only good enough for retail work and anything too complex is outside my mental capacity. I don't know what the minimum IQ is for this work is but it's clearly way above me. It just looks so intimidating. I couldn't hack it with STEM which is why I went with a political science degree instead. I'm 27 now and I'm too old to learn. I still struggle with the UI of programs.
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DNF08RENDER1
Been prettying up the DNF 08 sculpt to look more like the DN3D cover art. Any tips? Advice? General feedback? I plan on rigging after I'm satisfied with the final look.
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Paid lessons worth it?
paidlessons
Also the introduction and guide's readme.txt link and images are broken.

I assume paid lessons have the advantages of showing the workflow, but I guess time-lapses also works?
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2ftrsd4wd3k81
What is this style cals4led?
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I make a living modelling avatars for furries on VRChat
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Stupid Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread
mfw
When starting out in 3D, is it better to finish as many models as you can (or projects if you'd like to call them that way) and keep adding more sophisticated technologies and techniques as you learn them or is it better to just polish one model and keep adding stuff to it as you learn? I come from a 2D background and when it comes to drawing quantity is king, you should be drawing every day as much as you can. Is it the same for 3D? I would've posted this in a SQTDDTOT but there's no such thread at the moment (you can use this thread for that, if you'd like)
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How to learn to animate like ZZZ?
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Anyone else uses Nomad Sculpt?
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It's pretty neat.
Also, what other 3DCG software is available on the Android? Surprise there hasn't been some sort of Blender port in the works.
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Do I have even a remote chance at texturing a CAD model?
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Of course after conversion to either Ngons or Tris?
I tried everything to make it work in Substance Painter, but I guess I either need to UV manually, which would me masochistic, or remodel completely. The shading artefacts and fucket up auto UV in Substance is just horrendous
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images
Industrybros how do you find motivation to work on your personal projects after you come home from your 10+ hour soul-crushing vertex-pushing keyframe-shifting job? I'm seriously thinking about leaving the industry just so I can enjoy working on my personal stuff again.
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Is it possible to sculpt a character like this without motion capture?
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teeth
i have a scan of my teeth, upper and lower.
the initial purpose was to print a copy of them and vacuum form a mold over them as a retainer, because i grind my teeth and tear up my retainers really fast, and they're 200$ to get replaced.

a secondary goal is to slightly pivot my teeth to undo the shifting they've experienced since i got my braces off. DIY invisalign.
the same idea as what this guy did:
https://amosdudley.com/weblog/Ortho

my question is, what program should i work in to manipulate these scans? i've got .obj files. i know fusion360 but it's not really built for stuff like this. i've done the blender donut but that's about all of my blender experience. can i do this sort of parametric work in blender? like, sectioning off a tooth and rotating it, or setting a distance to keep between certain features?
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zucc
WHAT'S UP GUYS?
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61L4aoIqYOL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_
Got gifted a printer for xmas. Didn't ask for it but I'd feel really guilty if I didn't use it. What do I do?
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Are you supposed to sculpt or box model organic things like human characters and monsters?
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/DailySculpting/
47 Parasect
a thread to post your daily sculpts and sculpting in general
previous thread >>995861
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1739841715
How do I make and animate 3D models for a game? Preferrably with an anime-ish art style and that whole "stepped animation" shindig (i.e, what ASW does with dragon ball fighterz)
I'd look in the pinned FAQ, but half of the links are missing and half of the images won't load.
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1738811623054358
Not bait

But what's the point of learning 3D? Like what can you realistically do if you get good at it?

Can the average person make a living out of this, or is it like 2D art where 99% don't even have a job prospect
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100% sure
le bloom
They made bloom a bit less easy to access because it became the telltale sign Blender was used and most importantly because every SFM quality level porn was using copious amounts of it. It became the HDR or pissfilter meme of 3d porn.
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Low poly UV unwrapping
myStupidIncel3DModel
I've been shittily 3d modeling for a while now but UV unwrapping has always fucked with me. How in the hell is the MG model nice and flat, but blender outputs my UV all fucked up? Do I literally have to go in manually and pin each vertex into the pixel perfect position? Am I just retarded and just not doing it right> Most tutorials that cover low poly modeling in blender just use minecraft square-esque models and shit so it doesn't help me out since mine are more triangular.
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How do japs make this?
Screenshot_1
Can anyone explain what's the secret of this picture texturing and modelling?

I understand the modeling is just basic low poly with a subsurf modifier.

What I don't get 100% is the texturing and I wonder if is just albedo texturing in photoshop or Krita.

The other thing is the shading.
Prety sure this is not a complex shader and would be funny if it's just a basic 1 tone shadow toon shader.

The funny thing is that It would be hilarious if this guy is just using PS2 tricks but on 2025.
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Help to create txd file for gta sa
jenny_test
I want use this pokemon 3D model https://rigmodels.com/model.php?view=T_pose_rigged_model_of_Jenny-3d-model__c1c39f834b3247d592c06a9132703a2a&searchkeyword=jenny%20pokemon&manualsearch=1 to create a skin for grand theft auto san andreas(pc) but im not able to make work the txd(my txd. file has their respective textures but the model in the game is all white) I already tried txd workshop and magic txd but nothing works.

Any hint? the dff. model works great in my game but I'm stuck with this issue related to the txd. file. This is my first time making a skin from a 3D model that's not something from gta sa so no idea what im doing wrong.

I'm using autodesk 3d max 2012.
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Frosty Editor
Frosty Editor
The models don't appear, why?
How do I fix it?
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1718315108306302
When do you decide to stop using subscription software? I've been using this one paid renderer and I've put so much effort into it, but free alternatives do the same thing now and I wont have to deal with subs. Having an account, having to pay dues or if you skip a year having to start all over again at a far higher price, it just sucks man
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CatKiss
Hi, not sure if this is the right board but I am looking for suggestions for a 3D printer that works well with castable resin(basically resin that can be used to make jewelry)
400 Euros max
Yes it's for work
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CAR THREAD
chaser
Alright /3/, who here messes around with 3D car modeling? Whether you're making game assets, renders, or actual printable parts, let's see what you've got. Post your WIPs, finished models, cursed blender screenshots, or whatever.

What software are you using? Any good resources for reference and topology?

Bonus points if you're working on body kits or custom parts. Drop your meshes!
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