My First Character Model - Low Poly

HardKnuckleGames

Hi All,

Having first learnt the programming side of game design, I am trying my hand at creating my own art for the game as well.
This is my first character model which I created in Blender using modelling only (not sculpted). The video also shows the model animated in Unity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTivbARaQxU&feature=youtu.be&t=0s

I would appreciate any feedback you can give on this model and possibly, advice on what next steps I should take.
I was thinking for the next model to try and use some hard edges to create details/accessories.

Thanks

Brian "Panda" Choi

I want an assertion about what material jessie is made of, because this flat color but still accepting a lambert realtime lighhting situation doesn't speak as a loud, clear art direction.

HardKnuckleGames

By this, are you referring to the shininess of the model? Having just looked up lambert lighting, I have now discovered the diffuse shaders so thank you!

Brian "Panda" Choi

The specularity and the communicated surface quality of the model is what I am referring to.

HardKnuckleGames

So the specularity is about how the object reflects light. In my case, the model is too shiny for its context. For the flat colour of this model, would you use any specularity to create highlights or turn them off and create them through other means? Ie. Painting/gradients

By 'communicated surface quality', is that saying the model shows no indication of texture/detail? Therefore, no assertion of material ie. Skin/cloth

Brian "Panda" Choi

1) Depends on your art direction.  What is your art direction/render target?
2) Not necessarily detail.  There's ways for flat skin to read as skin with shader elements like Subsurface Scattering.

HardKnuckleGames

Ultimately, I would like to achieve something like either of these (although I think I can see that the specularity of each is different?)

Brian "Panda" Choi

These models have been sculpted as well as textured.  Is that something you have access to in your pipeline.

HardKnuckleGames

I am using Blender which I believe has sculpting capabilities. Am I right in thinking that you would sculpt a high poly model and bake normals/displacement maps & ambient occlusion from this for the texture. Then re-topo to a low poly model and apply the texture? 

Do you know whether a model such as the below requires sculpting or is it just detailed with a bit of painting?



Btw, thank you for all your help so far.