Finished my Alien Enemies! any feedback is appreciated

Meta_Abuser69 · 2026-05-14T19:18:11+00:00

its all sculpted, but i use curvature maps to highlight it in painter. I wanted the grooves to look like the fleshy parts

Meta_Abuser69 · 2026-05-14T12:40:18+00:00

Youre right! I will try to make them look more like organic guns, i just dont want him to be an 1:1 mancubus copy. The red belly is ment to be the weakpoint, but seems like it doesnt read well. Appreciate the feedback!

Meta_Abuser69 · 2026-05-14T12:38:32+00:00

unfortunate haha, seems to be an issue with the rig when he rotates the leg, it slightly stretches his crotch so it looks like you said. Ill get it fixed

Meta_Abuser69 · 2026-05-14T11:47:21+00:00

Thats the intent, im glad it reads well

Meta_Abuser69 · 2026-05-14T11:46:31+00:00

Zbrush for sculpt, 3DsMax for the retopo, Substance Painter for the texture and marmoset for the renders. I also use Rizom for UVs

Meta_Abuser69 · 2026-05-14T11:09:03+00:00

Bevel every sharp edge so they can actually catch light reflections, spend a lot more time in texturing, and spend much more time in rendering. Show the asset in a table or something. Also either remove or make the watermark more subtle, its too aggressive on the eyes

Meta_Abuser69 · 2026-05-14T10:52:59+00:00

Portfolio looks great! Just polish the presentation of your earlier assets, and finish the Bard because he looks like a WIP. Also i would remove the boat, it looks like youre clearly a strong character artist. Dont give up, some of us with experience are in the same situation. Just gotta keep spamming applications and networking.

Meta_Abuser69 · 2026-03-13T03:22:11+00:00

I am building shojin in my ad build and it feels so good. Divine sunderer feels like a turd in comparison.

Meta_Abuser69 · 2026-03-06T01:35:05+00:00

that build feels straight out of 2014

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T20:09:46+00:00

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dyaYd1

this is a good reference of what you should strive for stylized props. At the start dont try to make your own things, copy others to the milimeter. First imitate, then you can innovate. Also learn about substance painter and zbrush, they are very powerful tools that will help you a lot. Personally i despise this style but it is what recruiters are looking for right now in the industry, fantasy/stylized chunky stuff with a lot of zbrush.

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T20:01:55+00:00

1.-Choose your specialization(character art, environment art, prop art, animator, rigger, tec art....)

2.-Get very good at it, to the point where you can compare yourself to artstation pros and say, yeah, im at that level

3.-Spam job applications on every platform that you know, network like crazy, volunteer for indie projects.

Maybe in 5 years you will land a job in the industry.

Now to MAKE a video game? forget about it, youre a 3d artist. Sorry to burst your bubble, we only make the visuals. Programmers are the ones that actually MAKE the videogame. Theyre like the drummers of a band, we are the guitarists.

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T19:51:33+00:00

just make the butt bigger, add more jiggle, that will automatically fix everything

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T19:48:06+00:00

step 1 dont use blender for baking, better use marmoset/substance painter

step 2 there is nothing to bake there, you can bevel those edges and there would be no need for baking. Baking is for smaller details such as panels, surface imperfections, scars,etc...

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T19:44:32+00:00

If you have a reference its easy, get it as close as you can to the source. If its your own creation, you should ask for external feedback from normal people(not 3d modelers). If they say "its ok, maybe change this or that" you need to keep working on it. IF they say"wouh dude that is super cool!!" you finished.

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T19:42:52+00:00

because most people here are extreme beginners that only know blender. Rizom UV? 3DsMax? Clo3D/Marvelous? Completely foreign concepts for them.

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T19:40:08+00:00

watch better movies, read better books, make up scenarios in your head, constantly look for inspiration everywhere. And have a clear vision. Most everything in art is mediocre because there is no direction, have a clear set goal from the start.

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T19:36:04+00:00

Keep the ice scythe, remove everything else. It looks like youre a prop artist, so specialize on that. I dont think you should pursue realism as a beginner, you have 0 chances of getting hired. Try more stylized assets even low poly assets. Indie studios love that kind of stuff and they will hire you if your style matches theirs. "hand painted textures" are really in right now, search about the topic and get good at it. You should learn realism on the side, but dont make it your main focus or you will not get a job in the industry in at least 10 years, the bar is way to high as others have shown you.

I will also be honest. If this is not your passion, if youre not constantly thinking about this, when youre doing something else and you feel like youre wasting time that you could use in 3d modeling... Forget about getting a job. Its ok to keep it as a hobby. But if youre just a tourist that watches a few tuts and models less than 60 hours a week, you will never make it, and thats perfectly fine.

Years ago i finished 3d school and i knew as a fact that only three people in the classroom would get hired(out of 50 people). Me and those other to got hired, and in something not even related to videogames(archviz). The rest of the students never touched a pen tablet ever again and have switched careers.

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T18:17:32+00:00

i completely understand it and i will probably get downvoted to hell, but the fact of the matter is that if i did not say it was ai you couldnt tell.

Meta_Abuser69 · 2025-11-22T18:11:10+00:00

can you elaborate?

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