>some guy wants someone to help fix his model
>dudes been whining about it for days
>decide to volunteer
>he sends the model to me
>mesh is very broken
>tons of unessessary vertices and faces
>merge and delete some
>fix the normals so the lighting on it isnt fucked
>retexture and fix the UVs
>send it back to him
>"does this look better?"
>"uh... I dont see a difference, how about next time just let me do it myself"
I fucking hate people

test

>have the drive to do something
>open blender
>stare at cube while alt tabbing back to other shit
>drive slowly melts away
>eventually do nothing and close blender
how do you fight it bros? i used to spend hours learning and practicing, now its all gone

How would I go with painting my own normal map from scratch? Experimenting with a better workflow than the traditional baking here.

Some of you might have noticed using Decimate in Planar mode with low angles produces quite tasty results a bit reminiscent of handpainted edge highlights. But also they're often a bit glitchy and the resulting geometry is absolute mess. Did anyone figured out a way to use it practically? I tried baking the normals and it kinda works but it also loses some of the punch. Are there any Blender alternatives to Planar Decimate that do something like this but better? I've only seen something similar in Substance Painter's filters/masks.

What do you 3D model for anon senpai?

No this is not a doomer thread telling you to stop doing that, if you're doing it that's great, seriously I'm happy for you, don't let AI niggers tell you otherwise.

Personally, I'm drowning myself in this endeavour because of how cringe the world around us is, there's a deep sense of dissatisfaction with the way things are in general (personal life, entertainment, job market, the internet) that I prefer retreating into my own little lala land instead. Too weird to be around normal people, and too normal to be around the modern internet-going crowd: everytime I see some cocksucker repeat the same trite fucking meme like they're a human bot or someone post AI dogshit I'm this close to getting an aneurism, I'm not even 30 and I already feel so far behind modern trends nor do I have any desire to engage with them. It's a state of limbo, it's not terrible but not great either, a comfortable dissatisfaction.

I've seen a lot of people dislike it. But there is no need to hate it. Blender is an alright little utility buddy. It's not the best at anything, though it's a great helper. Personally I only use it to clean up models post CAD modeling, store my hp and lp's in seperate collections, and it's simply great for that. I like Blender.

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Why is there no "Blender Static" for users that don't need photorealism and aniamtion.
Why is there no "Blender Basic" for new users?
Why is there no "Blender Stage Designer" for theator directors planing stage layouts?
Why is there no "Blender Viewer" that is only for viewing 3d models?
Why is there no "Blenderino" that is so simple that every iPad kid can use it.

Blender is open source, they could easily disable and hide stuff and release ten dumbed down versions for special use cases.

I think blender was created to keep the bewannabes from real 3d artist and professional. Real artist use any tool at is disposal.

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How do i merge vertices together?

This shit can't even generate cars for 3D blueprints, what are y'all worried about?

All of the AI today is 90% marketing and 10% functionality, most it can do is generate some references for you to use or retopologize if fine with the result

If you ever feel bad about yourself, just look at picrel. Even better, staple it on a wall.

I guess it belongs on /3/
Here is a model I made

https://files.catbox.moe/gsuruh.glb

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i am following cg tracks tutorial, just one more hour and this project is done hows it look so far, any tps what to do next? i wanna learn guns, mechas, vehicles, etc, where do i go from here?

Hey everyone,

I'm writing to ask about Patreon's practical policy regarding AI-generated content made with image-to-video features.

Grok recently updated its image-to-video function, and the performance is quite good. Most importantly, the lack of censorship makes it very useful. So, here's my idea:

I'm thinking of taking images created by other 3D artists, using them to generate 8-second video clips, and then editing and processing those clips. The plan is to stitch multiple videos together into one, using AI-based editing tools to make the transitions smooth and seamless so it doesn't look awkward (you know, matching start and end frames, etc.). I'd create several of these scenes to produce a final video that's a few minutes long and then add my own separate audio track, since Grok's voice and sound effects are pretty poor.

My main question is: Is there a realistic chance of operating a Patreon like this without getting suspended?

I'm asking because I see some precedents. For example, many games here on F95 clearly use footage from major porn labels, but they are distributed on Patreon and don't seem to get shut down.

There's also a trend with what you might call 'voice comics' or 'audio porn'—those 2D Japanese-style "gooning sessions." From what I can tell, the creators of those videos take images made by various third-party artists without any editing, add captions, and then sell the content with only their own voiceover added. It doesn't seem like they get permission from all the original artists, as they just pull images from a wide, random selection of sources.

Post and discuss project ideas, WIPs, etc. If you want to upload a file, use a cat/litterbox file or an upload on a reputable 3d model sharing site such as Sketchfab. Don't post anything blasphemous and have fun.

FEATURED: https://www.renderhub.com/jofox/jesus

Whats the best way to make a wrap like this in Blender?

It need it to be tiling and matching, so it can be arraymeshed infinitely


My method so far was:
Cylinder > delete one poly column on each side so you have 4 separate pieces left > simple deform: twist on Z > duplicate and twist the same amount but other way -- but this doesnt solve the issue of how parts need to go under and above each other without having to go in and do it manually

Already looked at youtube for inspiration, but no actual solutions found

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Not much discussion about Shapelab.

design3 was a video game development site that's long since been dead, and was wondering if anyone had archived the content of it. I heard that /3/ backed up some of its unrestricted content on mediafire, but the link from the archives is also dead. I'm asking if someone still had that archive and reupload it again, or if it's worth trying to contact the people who were part of the team to see if anything is still left from the old site (pic is CEO Casey Noland).
I was more after Source engine guides from this link, but I've seen that there's a lot more to the site than just Source modding.
https://web.archive.org/web/20110111055736/http://www.design3.com/source-engine

http://www.design3.com

http://www.mediafire.com/?46719b6d6qme165 (old link from /g/, there were several, but all are dead)

Houdini is fun and easy!
Pick up a free apprentice version today:
https://www.sidefx.com/download/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BbRq9gjb40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOiOc2TRzJg

Is even possible to create these pictures using 3D in blender?

any tips and tutorials u recomend to learn more? i wanna do guns

It's crazy how zoomers nowadays can't distinguish between CGI and AI
They thought they hated AI but they're actually the ones who got brainwashed by AI videos

Took me basically an entire year to figure out how to texture in this HD style.

but pretty happy with it.
3 steps of 30 minutes each one.
So is a reasonable process in terms of cost.

Not AI was used here.

Reminder: Subscriptions SUCK!

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

Previous thread: >>

>>106794615
>It does. What we're calling "AI" is a pale imitation of one facet of the human mind at best.
I'm just told my 3d art sucks 24/7 here. (all opensource and free for all)
No one ever shows their own.

Just how groundbreaking was this video back then?

What are some things that can be done to make animation and rigging actually good in Blender? What UI changes and functions need to be added to make it competitive with MAYA?

Previous thread: >>1006048

Discuss and post anime styles in 3d. From figures to celshaded models, etc.
Recommend Youtube Channel :
https://www.youtube.com/@user-sy9do4tr4h
https://www.youtube.com/@yuucg5187
https://www.youtube.com/@mmcganimetic
https://www.youtube.com/@fusako3d
https://www.youtube.com/@user-pp2os6zr2d
https://www.youtube.com/@ShionMgr
https://www.youtube.com/@kurukuma
https://www.youtube.com/@menglow2122

Sculpting:
https://www.youtube.com/@leslyzerosix4359
https://www.youtube.com/@aurelien4280
https://www.youtube.com/@Yudit1999
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMjnnUF3eJFe3jMRfUKMt0qK5zKIpxy1t

hello frends, i've just started using blender, am i doing good?

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

how do i set up a local AI mesh generator?
this shit takes forever to give me a turn

We're halfway through the deadline, but are any of you going to partake of the One Car Challenge?
https://3dmodels.org/one-car-challenge/

AI will take our jobs! The ones none of us have!.

it's over
fuck this timeline

Niche af question but I'll try asking here. I'm trying to make a civ 5 mod and I can't for the life of me export an .fbx file that nexus will understand. I've tried making the mesh super small. I've made many different kinds of materials. I've used an FBX converter to convert the file to 2010 format. But nothing works. The mesh doesn't show up in 3d preview, the material doesn't show up either and neither does the animation (it's not an animation with bones, it's a ufo asset and just has a simple rotation).

All the resources I've found are from like 2010. Most bug-fixes and files I find on forums 404 when I click on them.

I've mainly been following this: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/howto-new-unit-creation.392985

(The Nexus Buddy link 404s. I was able to find an exe elsewhere but it crashes on launch. So I have to do it the hard way.)

New blender tutorial dropped, time to make a mineshaft my fellow #blendheads

also, why does /3/ hate blenderguru so much? he just wants to teach you how to make digital donuts for free.

Anyone know where you can rip this dudes models? $100 is a bit too much, and i know theres a repository somewhere

Gay homo faggot vending crypto ATM machine

How do I connect 2 different parts without ruining the texture?
I tried "ctrl + shift + num +", which connects the whole body, but merges the textures into 1 making it look bad.
The rig works but I can't move the head or arms without a gaping hole. I tried looking up tutorials but all I got was "ctrl shift +" and still the texture problem.

/3/ if it weren't for you I would not have found this cool hobby
I like to take molecular biology stuff from the protein databank and render it in Maya.
I once asked about this here on /3/ in a stupid questions thread and was told where to go and what to do. A year later here I am playing around with cool stuff.

No nuke can't stop the Gunt.

Post anything Gunt related or of a Guntish nature

>I want to use the Gunt model

Gunt's model should be here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r0MbQRcUnbRGwzS4wRSYEfjrLFUoP3b6/view?usp=sharing

Old nuked thread:
https://warosu.org/3/thread/918176#p963992

Did sfm set back 2010s animators years? (kinda ignore pic)

In /3/s expert option what went wrong?
Are they really running a UE5 Lumen PBR pipeline with stylized post-processing on top?
Would doing stylized rendering in Unity's scripted render pipeline fix this?