I generally find the community to be a far more laid back and friendlier place compared to other sites, where even Sketchfab’s staff are active and approachable contributors. I also enjoy entering contests to experiment with modeling methods I might not have touched otherwise, and contests are a good way to get noticed. One downside to selling my work online is that sometimes I’ll get a tip-off that somebody is trying to resell one of my models on another website, but a DMCA request usually puts a stop to that. It’s difficult to know where most of my models end up once they’ve been purchased. On some occasions I will also utilise Sketchfab’s useful “Attach additional file” feature to provide additional meshes and textures that weren’t used in the real-time scene-things like an un-triangulated version of the mesh, ambient occlusion maps, alternative skins, etc. I also like to keep my scenes organized by renaming every mesh object to make things as easy to find as possible. For example, I always make sure my models have clean topology with no nasties like n-gons. My goal is to match as closely as possible, or even surpass, the test renders I’ve made in Blender while working on the project.įor models I do decide to sell, I spend much longer preparing them prior to final export so that the buyer hopefully has very little setup to do once they’ve downloaded them (although I appreciate everyone has their own workflow and my approach might be madness to others). To achieve this, my process is to carefully go through each tab in Sketchfab’s 3D Editor one-by-one, setting up lighting and materials before finally adding post-processing effects for some extra polish. It might sound obvious but I think it’s important to set up your models so that they look their best and are appealing to potential buyers, while at the same time to not overdo it with post-processing effects or stylized lighting setups that might be distracting, making it difficult to see the model for what it is.

When setting up my models on Sketchfab my approach is the same regardless of whether I intend to sell them or not. I also have my personal portfolio website at .uk, an ArtStation page, and I try to post as much of my work as NDAs allow on the Sketchfab Discord Server. To promote my work, I rely quite a bit on my Sketchfab page (and my Sketchfab Store) as I’m not on any other form of social media. I’m also a seller that strives for quality over quantity-I don’t necessarily make assets or asset packs that are going to sell at scale, so my prices have to reflect that. The price needs to be competitive without devaluing the work of others. I also do some research to see what price points other artists are selling similar models for.

When pricing my models, I take into account the time it took to make as well as the complexity and uniqueness of the asset.

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