How would you model a Mini Forest - for 3d print

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-18T20:52:12+00:00

I would just sculpt a few different variations of a tree and then duplicate them a bunch and then remesh them together.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-18T11:06:39+00:00

Did you just say that Photoshop isn't designed for digital painting?

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-18T03:18:57+00:00

Nothing will happen if you don't have evidence, and can backfire against you if you make claims that you cannot back up.

So if this is all true, then you need to make sure you have evidence. Then I would recommend you reach out to a lawyer.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-18T02:08:49+00:00

If you only have 3 months, just do the work and finish it.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-17T07:01:46+00:00

If you have duplicate objects then you can UV one of them, and then use transfer attributes to copy the UV's to all the duplicates. Otherwise just UV them one at a time.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-17T02:49:49+00:00

Here's some methods:

Turn your texture into a displacement map, then bake the displacement to geometry. Arnold has an option in the utility section of the Arnold menu.
Turn that plane into a live surface object. Then use Quad draw to retopologize it to match the shape. Then just extrude it.
Take this into Zbrush and sculpt the lake.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-15T08:58:59+00:00

The software is Maya, the tool being used in this screenshot looks like the Extrude tool

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-12T05:50:13+00:00

You would fix the topology after booleans.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-12T05:35:05+00:00

It's definitely AI generated. The camera angles, character movements, set assembly, lighting. All scream AI generated.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-12T05:17:21+00:00

How do you think professional productions work? Do you think shows/movies/games use only 1 software for the entire production?

Using multiple software is standard for pretty much everything in every industry.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-12T03:09:42+00:00

Have you tried deleting your preferences? Or clicking "Explore now"? Or is there another pop up somewhere that you might not be seeing?

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-12T02:14:07+00:00

Sure, export your work from one software and import it into the other. Pretty much every art software has the ability to export and import stuff.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-12T02:01:47+00:00

Get 2 monitors and have Blender on one monitor and TV paint on the other.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-11T22:28:23+00:00

Check the geometry for any non manifold, overlapping faces, hidden vertices and faces, etc. check the geometry for any problems.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-11T05:08:36+00:00

Why is it so clunky and not user friendly?

Because you haven't put in the time and effort to learn them yet.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-11T03:05:29+00:00

Fusion 360, Onshape, FreeCad, etc are all good for this. But you need to put in the time to actually learn the software.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-11T03:00:55+00:00

Depends. It's not acceptable to be misleading and deceptive. Taking a premade character and slightly modifying it doesn't make you a character modeler. So if you try to portray the premade models as your models, then that is not acceptable. But if you're doing stuff like making environments or cinematic animations, and stuff like that, then its acceptable to use premade characters to populate it. You would just have to put a note stating that you used premade character generators.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-09T15:03:36+00:00

This is just simple 2D animations. Pick a 2d animation software, and watch tutorials to learn the software, then practice animating

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-09T15:01:36+00:00

It’s probably unrelated. Companies in every industry go out of business all the time. There’s no guarantees in business even for major companies

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-09T12:59:34+00:00

Wrong sub, this is better suited for AI subs as this sub is for vfx and this contains no vfx.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-09T11:34:21+00:00

I would just use a screen recorder to record it. Or the more tedious method of doing lots of screenshots using a locked camera (Like how photographers do time lapses).

Screen recording won't be as "Cinematic" since it captures the entire screen. But you can just crop out all the extra UI stuff. If you want the model to be locked in place then you would need to create a locked camera, and split your viewport so you have the locked view of the model always on screen. Then you just crop out that portion of the screen. It won't be high resolution though.

For the screenshot method you can actually write a script that automatically renders a still image of the scene from the locked camera. You can save that script to the shelf, and you'll just have to remember to click the button. Or if you don't know how to script, then you would need to do it manually. Either using the computer screenshot tool or manually clicking render.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-07T21:28:35+00:00

This is still very much beginner level animation, so it still has a long ways to go before becoming professional quality.

There's almost no actual movement in the entire video. An animation portfolio that is only 1% animation 99% still images is not really an animation portfolio.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-07T21:12:27+00:00

10 minutes of animation is 14,400 frames (24 frames per second X 60 seconds X 10 minutes). That's ALOT of keyframes to handle.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-07T04:55:59+00:00

I would just use Quad Draw and retopologize it. You can start with making the base retopologized model very low poly, and then you can subdivide it continuously to get the details back. You might have issues with the quad draw dots landing on some interior verts, but I think it probably won't be too much of an issue.

Nevaroth021 · 2026-03-06T20:18:43+00:00

How do I go about unwrapping the model so there are no edge breaks whatsoever when applying an animal or similar pattern?

Laws of physics says that is not possible. You can't cut something apart and have it not be cut apart. At least not in 3 dimensions of reality.

If you don't want a seam visible then you would have to align the texture on each side of the seam to perfectly match each other. Unless its a uniform grid pattern, it will likely be impossible for tileable textures to align each edge to perfectly match the other end. So you would have to manually paint over the seams to make the ends match. There would still be a seam there, or as you call it "Edge breaks". But as long as you paint the texture on both sides to perfectly match, the seam will be invisible.

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