LOW-POLY ART

hawken

This is the sweet spot for your low-poly models. Post 'em if you've got 'em!

Low-poly hasn't really been a requirement in the games industry for a long while now. This thread is for low-poly art style appreciation, so please take note of these rough guidelines:

• Keep models under 1,000 triangles.
• Scenes are fine, if all models are low poly.
  

Some dedicated low-poly modelling tools now exist that make this art style a lot easier to produce; Crocotile3D & Blockbench

Here's a handy list of ways to make your art look right in mainstream 3D software: Low-Poly Art Style Guide

konstruct

SimonT wrote: »

I want this as wallpaper too!

3rd`d!

shaka

subscribed to that )) 1920?

woodesh

I want this as wallpaper too!

4th'ed

need critique
i can't quite put my finger on whats missing but i feel something is,
do you think it would benefit from teeth?
intended to be used on the iPad 3, the texture file is 2048 as it takes a major of the screen. need it to look clean.

Leisure Centaur

I'd definitely add teeth unless he is intentionally supposed to look cub/baby like? Otherwise I'd say having the glowy edges one so much of the model takes away from their impact a bit, perhaps knock em back, get a bit more balance.

I'd look at the lovely concept work creature box produced for ratchet and clank as a possible reference.

Note the focused use of highlight colours and details, more here...

matsman

@woodesh
Well I would say it possibly lacks horns/ears/protrusions on top of the head

but more importantly the blue light is to much... makes the shapes hard to read and to busy for my eyes at least... it would be better to go for a little less mid-size detail.

willy-wilson

For all those that want a wallpaper, ill get to it when i get home from work.

shaka

great, we need a like button.

tucho

More towers for the tower defense game

Snader

woodesh - if it's really going to be large enough on screen to justify a 2048², you don't have nearly enough polygons. A model like this shouldn't have/need more than a 512².

woodesh

Thank you for the advice people,
the heavy neon blue is to identify player colours, i would agree with it being busy but if i put any less into it then with four of them onscreen they lose there colours.

the game is viewed from what would best be described as isometric/top down i wouldnt know what to put on its head without it being a distraction.

Ipad3s resolution is massive, i'd probably use 512 in another circumstance but it would look reasonably blurry. the low polygon count is intentional, theres alot of polygons on the screen which are more like to slow the framerate down over the texture space.



the teeth definitely give it more character but as said its busy, which emissive sections would you remove from the model?

Leisure Centaur

If you need distinctive team colours I'd go as far as to say that the entire texture should have a colour tint of some kind.

On top of that, rather than make the glowy highlights strokes, I'd block them out a bit, so the entire eye should be a lit orb of the team colour, as could the shoulder pad and hip joint, and knock back/remove the strokes elsewhere.

Make sense?

shaka

Very impressive tucho.

lean

paradise-engeneering: LeChuck! I'm guessing ZOMBIE pirate LeChuck?

Tucho: Why is it that tentacles are always trying to conquer the world? haha. But seriously, great animation! the girl's animation and point of view reminds me of age of empires. I really like your elven characters, by the way.

paradise.engineering

lean: indeed! nice to see Monkey Island fans alive! Im doing it for the LPW Mario Cart Racer Contest. you have to pick a game character, model it and make a cart for him.

Delko

Its a light house.

Snader

woodesh - could you render us an approximation of an Ipad screenshot? Just how the camera is positioned in relation to the characters etc. A bit of a level would be useful but not required. That'll help us judge better.

hawken

Octopus guys: (584 tris)



various states of eaten apples:

woodesh

Snader - ignore alot of lighting and shaders etc it needs rebuilding, the camera rarely moves from that position. most of the models too really, mostly placeholders. but that is the angle in which the camera would be.

the dinosaurs move into the field to bite, imagine the childrens game hungry hungry hippos.

UDKs build currently doesn't support the new ipads retina display, but will do next month.
current resolution: 1024x768
ipad3 resolution : 2048x1536

phungdinhdung

Some lowpoly assets I ve done as freelance works .
all < 1000 tri , and all assets used up about 3 512x512 map.:D
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Heliocide

Hey woodesh,
Now forigive me if you are the original artist for this but I recognise the green archway and stuff from the Thinking Worlds - Escape demo
http://www.thinkingworlds.com/?page_id=5

[SF]Three9

Heliocide, I'm not sure the context of what Woodesh is doing, but it's clear to me it's an assimilation of game references...for instance the purple truck is from Snuggle Truck, a mobile game...i don't recognize anything else, but I'm sure they are all from somewhere

and by that I mean it's some parody game that he created all the assets*

Heliocide

The references are far too obscure to be a parody. What's the point of a parody unless they're obvious. Also they're not references by the looks, they 1:1 the same. I expect it's possible to rip that asset from the project.

konstruct

that graveyard set is awesome! nice use of texture space-

phungdinhdung

konstruct wrote: »

that graveyard set is awesome! nice use of texture space-

Thanks man :poly121:

woodesh

heliocide, you are correct about the temple. But the properties belong to frogames, you can purchase it from there website for 20 bucks. As I said its a placeholder for the actual temple. To expand on it the smuggletruck isn't a parody its a cameo, owlchemy labs have given me the permissions to create a 3d version of the truck. Enviro bear also makes an appearance and hopefully many more will be popping up before final release.

tucho

Thanks for your comments Shaka and Lean, I'm glad you like my models

@phungdinhdung, nice low poly models, really clean!

One tower more:

l.croxton

Here is my unfinished keyboard for my dissertation level...

Simmo

ZIM!! from an old unfinished lowpoly competition entry, 293 tris, ~256x128 map. thought i'd post him as he was a "finished" part

paradise.engineering

gilesruscoe

Nice pirate paradise, your texture painting has come a long way!

Delko

I did this a few weeks ago, and I want to add a city section, but I'm a bit lost on how to actually place the building. I don't want them just sitting on top of grass.

BTW I uploaded a pre-alpha build of Turbo Run if any one wants to try it. Its not much but you can at least drive around the track.
http://www.indiedb.com/games/turbo-run/downloads/turbo-run-pre-alpha-1

paradise.engineering

aww, thank you giles! so long since I said this, nice to see you back in the game.

CuddlyColin

Delko: you could make the buildings have curbs around them? Like an extra ground polygon kinda thing, if that makes sense? Or make little city blocks that have a fence around them, like they're blocked off for the race?

Chis

First character I rigged! I think it took me like a week ...
I ended up dropping the toon edge but it's still kinda cool.
784 tris for body, 236 tris for hair.

paradise - I love his beard!

omnione

Hi Woodesh! So cool to see where some of my models are going! I actually came across this more or less by accident. If you are really planning to use them in the final product (if they are not placeholders) I can fix up the windmill for you. Looks like the engine can't handle 2 shaders on one object (the wings) I can split that up no problem so it looks like this http://0.s3.envato.com/files/18847658/preview.jpg.

woodesh wrote: »

Snader - ignore alot of lighting and shaders etc it needs rebuilding, the camera rarely moves from that position. most of the models too really, mostly placeholders. but that is the angle in which the camera would be.

the dinosaurs move into the field to bite, imagine the childrens game hungry hungry hippos.

UDKs build currently doesn't support the new ipads retina display, but will do next month.
current resolution: 1024x768
ipad3 resolution : 2048x1536

woodesh

hi omnione! your windmill is definately not a placeholder. I contacted you previously about freelance cos your Models are fab. sadly you are tied down. and yes if you could be a doll, it appears theres some issues with the mills opacity.

norest

Ral & Grad

omnione

woodesh wrote: »

hi omnione! your windmill is definately not a placeholder. I contacted you previously about freelance cos your Models are fab. sadly you are tied down. and yes if you could be a doll, it appears theres some issues with the mills opacity.

Sure M8! My update went up already. I separated the cloth from the beams of the wings cause it is on a different texture. So if you download the item again, you can now assign the right shaders to the right parts! Let me know if that works or if there are other issues.

Leisure Centaur

jramauri wrote: »

This is so lovely. Could post him from other angles? And maybe wires and texture?

Your wish = my command

katana

What an amazing thread. Some really great work here and quite a bit to learn. Thanks for sharing.

Ikuru

Leisure Centaur, Nice version of Prinny.

rabidbaboy

wow my inspirations folder just got 50% fatter. good work, guys.

Ikuru: It's a Quote Prinny, from Cave Story.

a bunny:


i made a Prinny as well, but it's over 1000 tris, so...

Tysho

Managed to tear myself away from Mass Effect 3 to work on this guy some more. I've re-worked the textures to (hopefully) a more painterly style. Currently using a 512x512 texture sheet and at 776 triangles.
I need to try rigging him but have realised I have absolutely no idea how to due to the fact he has no legs. D'oh.

Amatobahn

Delko, how did you set up your car rig in unity? I've been tooling around with making a car system and I feel like I am over thinking it a lot.

moose

tucho wrote: »

Thanks for your comments Shaka and Lean, I'm glad you like my models

@phungdinhdung, nice low poly models, really clean!

One tower more:

you may want to consider another color for the lightning tower, if possible. The Ice and Lightning don't read as being different at a glance due to similar color usage. They read almost as the same element of varying quality instead of a unique item/effect.

edit: love all the other models you've posted for these, the tentacle is brilliant i may be misreading the intention of the textures, sorry if thats the case!

VLiwski

Awesome models and textures, tucho! You've got inspiring work!!!

Graphicalgeek

DragonOwl for upcoming WordNinja game. 472 polys with outline and 128x128 texture.

lean

Tysho: looking great! About rigging, I suck at drawing diagrams and stuff, but I guess something like this should handle the tail right.
I'm basing it on what I can see from your wireframe. I guess you probably already thought about doing it this way, but in case you didin't.. haha

titblack

like that thread

fabio brasilien

Tysho I would suggest equally spaced edges. And control the smooth bends using weights. This way you will have soft bends. But maybe you can manage to get a stylized animation the way it is (or the way lean said)
I like your texture painting!