/3/ - 3DCG

>>772640
Unfortunately game engines don't give a shit about protecting assets. Even if they do, some people can rip geometry/texture data directly from memory.

Long story short: If you really want to protect your assets, only share 2D renders. If you want to monetize your 3D work, I'd say you have to options:

1. Team up with people that will create content with your models, securing income
2. Make content with your model that will inevitably be unique (coomers love paying for the smallest bit of interactivity, try making a shitty smut game if u must)

which one fgt?
I don't believe you

>>772640
the easiest trick to not getting pirated is 1) not sharing model files and 2) doing such a shit job that there's no incentive. I do the latter and have never had a problem :)

>>772640
is it the image in op? looks pretty nice, sorry about people stealing your work. I'd say best move is to publish screenshots of it in a social network or upload it to sketchfab so you have an easy way to prove it's your work and you may threaten reporting people who use it or something similar. maybe they don't get it down even then, but I'm guessing some people may do it

>>772643
He's bullshitting. Porn models are 99% based on recognizable characters from popular games, in which case, there would probably be multiple people working on the model.
In the unlikely event that he's telling the truth, he should be proud of his character creation skills.

in regards to pic rel, is this hair render quality possible in blender 2.9?

>>772666
not necessary, this Tifa was also stolen from the artist. she posted the file on sketchfab if I remember correctly and after that she was used for porn animations. also OP says >Pic not related but similar work.

why you /3/ are always doubting on someone elses work?

I don't think so but whenever I upload something on sketchfab I get a dozen Indians begging for a model download. I'm sure some of them figured out how to rip models but I only upload triangulated and decimated models so good luck to them if they want to modify my stuff.

>>772670
Oh shit seriously?
What links so I can report this.

>>772671
Ive also seen things like this. Some chinese and indian guys downloading models from sketchfab and then offering the models for 3d printing.
There was a thread in zbrushcentral talking about that

>>772673
Yeah it also happens a lot on thingiverse with models licensed under a non-commercial creative commons license ending up on eBay as 3D printed objects.

>>772670
Another reason to never share character models

>>772640
>I know I cant do anything
You can at least report that shit to Patreon. It would be fun watching those fuckers get demonetized.

Just prove to Patreon that you are the original author (best way IMO is to show source files at different stages of progress, plus previous publications, preferably those you think rippers got the model from), and wait for the tears.

>>772640
>anon gets cucked by Russian porn scammers
Absolutely legendary.

>>772670
Holy shit that sucks dude, is there a link to the ripped model so I can report it?

>>772640
>Spent months working on a character, sculpting, modeling, clothing, retopo, unwrapping, texturing, baking, rigging, blendshapping, animating, exporting to a game engine, well you know the deal
How quickly can you make a 2nd character? If you want to make models for games, you need to make them quick and cheap BECAUSE they can be ripped easily.

>>772640
If you want money then join them in porn. If you were the first person to upload it, timestamped then you have nothing to worry about ownership. You cant prevent it, once it's on the internet, that's it.

>>772670
What? no of course not
The Tifa models used for porn came from Dissidia and later FF7R
I haven't seen that model used for porn once

>>772640
I would feel very proud if that ever happened to me

>>772640
In order to avoid this situation you must NEVER, NEVER share the .obj and other type of files that can make other people edit your work. ONLY DELIVER RENDERED IMAGES/VIDEOS, NEVER SHARE YOUR PROJECT FILES, NEVER SHARE YOUR ASSETS

>>772640
>I know I cant do anything,
You can sue them and get more than if you had just sold them the model. You'll have to put in a few hours for calls and meetings, maybe court, but it pays more hourly than whatever you're making making

So OP stole Tifa from Square Enix and the Russians stole Tifa from him ?
Make sense.

>>772765
KEK

>>772737
based coomer with the knowledge

>>772640
Sorry to hear that happened to you, OP.
Haven't happened to me (just a nobody), but interested in hearing what you decide to do.

>>772823
We have the criminal right here, lads.

>>772640
If you didn't registered your work legally you are fucked, and well deserver, maybe next time you'll learn your lesson

>>772828
Bullshit. Copyright doesn't need registration.

>>772848
For legal purposes (suing someone) it does, at least in the US, in other countries it's not mandatory but proving can get trickier, so it is better to have it registered.

>>772828
>>772874
No it doesn't you have copyright automatic for anything you create and you absolutely sue anyone for copyright infringement but in the US unless
you've registered the copyright beforehand you can only sue for the actual damages the infringement have caused you.

If it is a copyright you've registered beforehand you can sue for what's called 'statutory damages'
which streamlines the legal process and makes it a lot easier and quicker for you to get compensated.

Op is a LARP'er tho. But yeah, if you demo your work in marmoset or whatever and it's something a coomer would want to get their hairy palms on
show it articulated with a facial expression without the skeleton so it's useless for reproductions.
Anyone skilled enough to rebuild it from there won't do it since they're already making their own stuff.

wait what, americucks have to register their each and every artpiece in some government agency before they truly own them??

>>772670
Any model of 3rd party characters that aren't reasonably "original" in style is fair game in terms of piracy.
If you're trying to cash in on a company's IP, but cry wolf when others do the same to you, I'll just watch and laugh.

If it's "OC" based off of existing content, it never belonged to you. You merely borrowed it hoping you wouldn't get caught.
An "OC" model like this getting "pirated" is perfectly justified karma.

>>772640
Only thing that would ever get stolen for this type of shit is models of existing characters. So own up or shut up.

>>772889
Fuck no.
All you have to do is reasonably prove without a doubt that you are the creator of said work and owner of said IP. Which, if you've made the thing, should be pretty simple to do.
The main problem is suing people for this shit internationally. That and releasing personal information to the person you intend to sue, thus inviting the salty party to do whatever they want with said information.

>>772701
I think the part thats more hilarious is where they come to 4chan to bitch and moan about how they've been mentally tortured by it.

cause I mean my advice is and always will be, OP you should kill yourself

>>772827
>you're unironically mad at them

grow a pair simp

>>772640
U have to account for that to happen eventually and just negotiate the price with that in mind, thats all u can do, ur on the internet no one gives a fuck about piracy.

>>772670
That model is already posed and useless. Like most Artstation garbage.

>>772670
This model was never used for actual porn. Nobody took the time and effort to make it usable in any fashion.

>>773350
It's unsalvageable honestly You get textures from his high poly bake but aside from that you'd have to model it back from scratch. Great poly modelling exercise using his maps.

I remember making a few fan models and then like a month or two later people had headswapped them for porn. Like the models weren't great, but like they at least looked better than being headswapped with mismatching normals.

>>772828
Copyright is instated the moment you create something and it is valid internationally. You're thinking of patents or just shitting out of your ass anon—I think the latter.

>>772670
>as also stolen from the artist. she posted the
>she

Let me clarify, "blair" is a tranny.

>>773491
Is "Blair" the MTF equivalent of the name "Stacy"?

>>772670
Woaw, his Artstation is the definition of generic, bland and unoriginal.
>Muh stylized!
It's shit.

He made Tifa fanart more or less tracing the Dissidia model for "his" version, for a decent end result. Never sold it, never shared it. The model is posed without an armature, so no, nobody used it for porn unless in a headswap and to be frank, there's better Tifa heads.

A friendly reminder to never post anything on Sketchfab, MarmoViewer, or anything alike it. If you have to post a model in 3D space use a 360* screencap rotation. 180* or even 90* if you feel like someone could utilize the screencaps to piece a whole model together.

>>772640
Did you steal the picture ?

>>773562
absolutely trash model rendered okay

>>773562
Why isn't she wearing any pants?

>>773572
pants would bring the flat texture ratio to 80%

>>773562
>Pic not related but similar work.

>>772763
read it again it was supposedly stolen from a game he added it to.
>>772670
OP is lying because like the other anon said usually it's AAA game models get ripped like that and while it's not impossible for someone from here to work in the industry.
1. OP implies he made the model in it's entirety and it's unlikely for one guy in the industry to do every thing.
2. if it is a AAA model he made he wouldn't be getting any more money from it after he completes it but he seems to implies he's losing money, even though it would be owned by blizzard and not his model anymore.
3. if it's a indie game he made with someone, well, there isn't anyone stealing those and certainly not anyone making money off of them on patreon, it's just blizzard shit mostly.

pt 1/2

>>773750
>>772670
4. if it's a indie game he made with someone, and it's getting ripped for porn within weeks, well that means it's hugely successful and OP would likely be rich from any rev share, and if he's not getting rev share for a indie game he made, seems more apt to be angry at the dev that hired him then some coomers on patreon.

>>772765
>>772766
no, the tifa model is some other guys model, that got stolen from sketchfab or the artstation marmoset viewer. OP is LARP'ing.

All that effort just to trying to prove OP is lying and he didnt make any model or AAA character. Why? Just because its /3/ and its impossible to find good work here? Even if OP was asking about piracy or tips on how to avoid it.
He told he works as a character and environment artist. I worked in the industry several times, learnt a lot in the production of different games and between works, in my free time, I created my own models too. Theres no need to be working at a big/indie studio for getting your models stolen.
He says he took his time to model it so by my understandings what he claims its totally possible, I got several props pirated and sold in different pages. I created a small script a couple of years ago for 4'99$ and you can find it everywhere in torrent sites. But it seems this board only works by "post your work here" or "prove it or it doesnt exist". And if you post it, its automatically shit tier. We all know you people make better models and earn 100k yearly, but I now know why /3/ is what it is, even worse than /ic/.
You are the kind of people who even if they are showing you something or a project you keep denying it just because. Ive seen people posting here their artstation and getting destroyed. I dont know its frustration, jealousy or what it is, but Im really tired of this toxic board.

>>773935
kek, ok OP, we all know you were lying, you don't have to keep larp'ing.

>>773752


No, you can't make a new model that looks like Tifa and sell them, so he stole from square-enix.
https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/17/4629764/square-enix-stops-fan-from-selling-3d-printed-final-fantasy-vii-figures
https://square-enix-games.com/en_US/documents/materialusagepolicy

My 3D porn is reposted on tons of foreign sites because I have created the absolute best example of 3d porn of these characters and absolutely no one with the skill to do better will ever bother to do so. This is my crown.

>>773491
Did you know her or are you talking of your ass?

>>772640
Cringe

>>774340
Based

ok but why did you share models?

>>773572
she's a thot.

>>773935
I mean I work as a vehicle artist, and I know plenty about engines, even though i hardly import anything.
OP says he's a environment artist, he would have learned a lot more than me how it all works to be honest.

>>772640
We talkin software or model here? Because it's a no for either of them unless you count me not being able to open up Maya for a spell because of that retarded DDM they have on their software.

>>773562
as with all posers on the Daz thread... it all begins with lies in an attempt to make their shit lives feel fulfilled - trying to make some kind of strong statement, in this case piracy.

in short, OP should get covid, then die alone.

you can find ripped sketchfab models on rigmodels,com
they also have a sketchfab ripper, but i never used it.

>>772641
>If you really want to protect your assets, only share 2D renders
As a render producer, I've had my work stolen and posted on Russky paywall sites.
It's damn frustrating, but whatcha gonna do? You try to get admin to respond to a DMCA, they instantly IP-range block you so you leave them alone lol.

Not stolen since I released the models for free, but I have seen my models head swapped and put onto pornhub.

>>772640
Blame SFM for this shit.
Prior to SFM most devs fiercely protected their assets.
no, not so much.
maybe they think all the troll porn is free advertising.

>>777605
>Pic not related but similar work.

blithering idiot