SSX Low Poly Lovin'

Pseudo

The CGChat comp got me inspired, so I decided to give some of the SSX characters some low poly lovin.

The concept is by Mandryk.



And here's the model so far. He's at exactly 350 polys.





UVs are next.

I really want to add the wallet chain on the side, but I'm worried that with the low rez alpha it will look silly, and I dont think it will be visible from far away.

*Ninja Edit* - Killed off the symetry.

Toomas

Looking goob but i would add a loop on hes belly, otherwise you might have some serious deformation issues (the torso will collapse when he bands backwards and as it is snowboarding char i would think he will have to bend quite a bit).
You can get the polys you need from the hair (you can just alpha it and use 3 quads for the mesh) or lose the belt.

Pseudo

Excellent point, thanks Toomas.

Pseudo

Texture progress for tonight.



It's currently a 256, so I'd need to cut it in half.

The t-shirt and pants are cloned from the concept art.

lkraan

Looks cool Pseudo!
I would lose the alpha channel on the hair and just use the polys for their shape. That way they stay really spikey and pixely.

Slum

The model looks pretty decent. I'd say go with 3 tri spikes for the hair. Also, thin up that jaw.

As for the texture, You should really paint your own rather than copy/pasting the concept art. Not only is that lazy it's also illegal.

EDIT: I just noticed that you mentioned copying from the concept art. Although you're not trying to fool anybody, I'd still advise against doing it.

stoofoo

Depending on what I am doing i use a lot of concept fudgery in my lowlow poly work. I guess in this case you are not affiliated with the concept artist more than likely so its bad form, but there's not much wrong with utilizing assets at your disposal in production.

malcolm

Neat, its Psymon! I know Daryl Mandryk he has teh concept skillzzzss.