Also this was my first time using an ngon config tip for my bullets, and I think it worked out nicely

Leveraging creased subdiv + bevel shader for the ammo strip

Previewing the highpoly visdev before starting the lowpoly 👀

Ah yes, the age old "what if I bump up my rust project to 8K?"

This feels like the texturing version of spinning around my model. Playing with carve groups in @marmoset3d.bsky.social to get grey metalness values through intermediate oxidation.

This latest ref pack is a love letter to all my hard surface artist friends It contains 400+ (3.1GB) photos from the CAF SoCal airplane museum, including 100+ shots of tiny details from the cockpit of a MiG-21MF Use them for anything, just make sure to credit me! drive.google.com/file/d/1nsib...

In terms of amount of work/time needed compared against the result, pure subdiv can't compete with the bevel shader workflow. Not to mention the time it takes for edits. Top is subdiv w/ sharp creasing + bevel shader and bottom is subdiv. The top could be used as the low poly with fewer changes

I have finally finished CATCHING FISHES, and here's the trailer! This is my first solo game, and it’s a short story about… taking a bath when you’re very tired : ) Hope to see you back for release day, on January 20! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #unity #catchingfishes

To all the artists out there who are suffering from analysis paralysis (overthinking), I empathize fully. The solution to your problem is the hardest thing to overcome. You need to just start doing. Push through and try things *especially* if you think it won't work.

This past week has been rough trying to get back into work and being a normal functioning human after the holidays. I feel like I deal with this more and more as I get older. 🙃

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Posted this on the other site since someone was asking about Maya UV equivalents in Blender (via ZenUV addon): Along with what's in the image below, shell snapping via pivot is G to move, then press B, select the vert, and then move to the vert you want to snap to. Hopefully this helps others!

To make blockouts easier, I map out element separation with paintovers before starting the modeling. I often have a hard time keeping track of elements, and having a map like this to refer to helps break it down into manageable chunks. Thanks to @peachmarzi.bsky.social for the ref

Thought it'd be interesting to put some of the focus stacks into an image sequence and loop it The pin is 88 photos and the old camera is 66 photos, the difference is mainly due to how shallow the depth of field is. Tighter = more shots needed.

Depression and burnout is a funny thing. So I tried to get the "educator" label removed from this account in early 2025 because I felt like I wasn't worthy of it. Glad I couldn't figure it out because now I'm all aboard the game dev educator train again 😂 Choo-choo!

This was my first sculpt and first time using Zbrush and I'm honestly really happy with it. Concept was by my sculpting teacher Eloi (thunderhawk_ibz on artstation). Critique is welcome but please be kind.

I really despise socks bunching up near my toes when I have shoes on. 😑

I recommend any detail-oriented artist to try getting into macro photography. It's fun, you learn more about presentation (lighting set up is super important), logical wear, and realize literally everything is coated in dust and hair.

Things I want to work on in 2026 with no expectations for completion: - Focus more on discipline during the day - Improve upon patience and boundaries - Ease up on self-criticism - Learn from others and ask more questions - Set aside time away from my computer

I was just in a situation where I had to remove a lot of control loops and I didn't want to select them all manually. Blender's Limited Dissolve coming in clutch here. It's also why I recommend embracing the delete menu.

The most common response I get from artists when I tell them no one will notice is: "Ok, but *I* will notice" Yes, and you seriously need to kick that mentality to the curb in production settings. But if you want to goon out on perfect shading in your own time, that's fine.

Stress less about high poly shading errors in gamedev. Chances are you won't see most of them anyway. Always keep in mind the 6 levels of "Does It Matter?": - Model - Bake - Texture - Compression - In-game effects - Viewing distance Good Enough™ will save you time and sanity.

Meanwhile my boss 😂:

So much holiday stuff... been waking up early and going to people's houses nonstop since the 23rd and now waking up early to have a gathering at our house. Got 4 more days of this insanity. Might have to take a day off for me time after this.

More color variations for the helmet, this time using a EVA01 inspired color palette. #b3d #marmoset #zbrush #3dsculpt

This year has been a really wild one for me. From attempting stylized hard surface with Overwatch 2, to trying to get back into military simulation, to ultimately making a wild career move into a role that encompasses marketing, education and software product design. And I couldn't be happier 😍

I guess it's time to start posting here again. Ngon advocacy knows no bounds. But also a very merry "fuck you" to AI. 🖕

For 3D and sculpting folks: go.bsky.app/3GtnjDE

Heya everyone! I’m Maria, I’m starting to post more often on here again, and I mainly post my 3D art, but I also love to talk about my interests (ff, silksong, DE, ut/dr…)

🤔 What if you could skip painful subdiv modeling and paint your knurls instead? @oddenough.art demonstrates a fast, non-destructive workflow using Toolbag’s vector layers and symmetry mode to create and refine knurling patterns in no time.

🚨 New article alert! @oddenough.art shows how to achieve the look & efficiency of a high poly sub-d model without support loops, all in Toolbag. If you want to speed up your hard surface workflow or just love a good bevel, don’t skip this. Read Now: marmoset.co/posts/master...

🖌️ Paint stylized, hand-painted textures in Marmoset Toolbag Follow along with Steph to learn how to use Toolbag’s Texture Projects to customize your brushes & use layers & gradients to paint stylized textures with a bespoke feel. Learn more about texturing in Toolbag: marmoset.co/toolbag/text...

Alright, stop. BEVEL TIME. The bevel shader can be used with creases too! You can get all the advantages of high poly subdiv without needing to use support loops and still use the bevel shader in one time-saving package. Let's hammer out the details with @marmoset3d.bsky.social Toolbag

🎃 Greentooth Pumpkin (🧡 @polycount.bsky.social) by @oddenough.art, submitted for the Marmoset Toolbag Pumpkin Texturing Challenge! 👉 Join the challenge & submit by Nov 16, 2025 via the Discord: discord.gg/JeP6mZ5Vea

So my account got suspended on twitter for "inauthentic behavior" 😂 Part of me wonders if the anti-ngon crowd finally had enough and reported me for misinformation. Either that or the Elongated Muskrat is all "quad-only master race". I could see that happening.

For the latest thread in my Part Modeling series, I wanted to show off the combined effect of Low to Low baking with the bevel shader and vector layers in @marmoset3d.bsky.social Toolbag 5, this time on a more complex model. I really pushed the bevel shader on this one! 1/5

Hello my name is Earl and I like to knurl. I'm also into burl.

Continuing with the low to low baking + bevel shader post series, I wanted to show how I’m using @marmoset3d.bsky.social Toolbag to texture while incorporating vector layers for fine detail that would traditionally be baked from a high poly. 1/10

I was making a random subdiv example for the course and figured I'd share the wires since you all seem to like that 😁

I'm such a good self-promoter.

Since the Flipped Normals account isn't active here, I just wanted to announce that I'm working on a new exclusive course: Advanced Hard Surface Modeling for Games! 😁 I'll be using Blender, but the concepts work in all other 3D software. Will be focusing heavily on methodology.

🍞 Bake faster in Marmoset Toolbag! New breakdown by @oddenough.art covers using Toolbag's Low to Low Baking & the Bevel Shader to skip high poly cleanup, merge shapes non-destructively, bake from low poly meshes, & cutting days of work down to hours. Read now: marmoset.co/posts/bake-t...

Finally finished this crazy contraption As always, rendered in @marmoset3d.bsky.social Toolbag with the glorious bevel shader.

Last try: Not sure if shrink wrapping is allowed so ill just mention i shrunk wrap it. Applied 1 level of sub d so the shrink wrap would stick better and manually refined the bevel after

Nice challenge! If you break down the shape into its symmetrical components it becomes a lot less daunting. 🙂

Heres my attempt! my dyslexia screwed me as I didn't clocked the part about SubD only and instead thought this would be a good way for me to learn booleans😆 not super happy with it as the wires are messy and I didnt have time to do the threads might give SubD only a go later

This is as far as i got before i realized i made a big mistake early on (big holes are drilled wrong). This kinda thing isnt my forte so it's fun to just branch out a bit I have a really bad headache rn (not related to this lol) and ill probably try again when it clears up a lil

This one was hard. I couldn't find many elegant solutions, but got stubborn and finished it anyway. It's messy, but I'm happy with the render regardless. This is 11K faces for the base geometry, which I'm guessing is 2X or 3X Jordan Cain's model. I'm curious to see the wireframe on that one! #b3d

One of the biggest reasons I hear about why people don't use ngons is if the base mesh shading looks bad and it will also subdiv bad. This is unrelated and if it subdivs bad, it's not because of the base shading. The two have no correlation due to having very different topo.

Don't mind me, just making camera overlays for toolbag. doot doot