Helpful advice/tutorials on modelling a 'crooked' style

mon246

Beginner here,

I'm a noob, hobbyist interested in environmental 3D art. I've noticed a lot of projects, particularly low-poly ones, are modelled with a sort of irregular, crooked style. Modelling this way seems to complicate things a lot for me, it's a lot harder than modelling symmetric projects.

Anyone have links to any useful tutorials on how to achieve this kind of style? The software I am using is Autodesk 3D Studio Max but I can probably apply the same techniques from tutorials for alternative software.

BucketOfNuggets

Have you got a link to something you want to make? Are you talking about cartoony style or are you talking about items just being destroyed and not aligned how they should be.

Always make the parts separate and than attach them later. Don't try and make it all in one piece.

musashidan

Yes, some images of what you had in mind would certainly help.

Mark Dygert

depending on the object, I will often work symmetrical for as long as possible, and use the modifier stack to my advantage by adding a FFD modifier or an edit poly modifier to add those details. You have to be careful when going back down the stack to make geometry edits. But with some experimentation and some experience you'll get the hang of it.

mon246

mon246

Above is the kind of look I'm going for. Yes, "cartoony style" is probably the best way to describe it. Everything is fine when modelling on flat, level surfaces but then things start getting angular it makes it tricky for me.