[WIP] Mavica FD71 - Floppy Disk camera

illumisanic

Looking for feedback/critiques during posting .

After getting massively rejected on the job hunting in the last months it made me insecure. I've wanted to make sure that I really know to model cool things and get a better portfolio in the process.

After searching what catched my attention was a camera that ussed floppy disks. It has curves, so more difficult.

Here is the high res version:

I've used floatters >:3

Getting references was horrible. 70% of the modelling was made with proportions and comparing images in photoshop

illumisanic

Here is the low poly version, the model is supossed to be "hero asset", seen closely. One of my persistent fears is not using enough vertices to have good circles, shapes and holes.

I'm not so sure if I've used too much or too little edges in general.

Current triangle count: 11.100

illumisanic

In the low version should I add the grip and steps on the lens or directly bake it on the smooth surface?

It looks better, but for a portfolio game piece I'm not sure it's bad for "optimization evaluation"

I'll be uv unwrapping. I don't know why everyone hates it, I have a blast doing it