LOW-POLY ART
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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:
Here's a handy list of ways to make your art look right in mainstream 3D software: Low-Poly Art Style Guide
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.
Here's a handy list of ways to make your art look right in mainstream 3D software: Low-Poly Art Style Guide
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.LostUFO
937 triangles + an extra plane for the effects.
Feedback is very welcome!
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More info here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/mK49y
Low Poly Sub
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rKgre
Hope both style matches..
Male 632 tris, Female 746 - 256 diffuse.
More images in my Sketchbook and a marmoset viewer on ArtStation!
2825 tris all together, but each island is between 450 and 972 tris, all duplicates included.
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Some around 1.5k tris
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Sister from samurai jack 5 season
Timelapse:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxhqv23j6Pk
More images in the artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YEnKV
Nothing special in the textures but the idea is to use the same greyscale map to both control specular level and set 50% to act as gradient diffuse above material just so the bottom of the character doesn't pop too much(Aiming for top-down view) color is set on material/vertex.
Update:
Decided to paint his body wanyway, still not sure if it's the direction i should be going.
Low poly face)
28 tris each...
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@EEEnt_Official: That's not a bad idea, actually. I usually just look everywhere for reference, but for some reason never considered the DS though that's a perfect source...
Practice? That model is not too bad actually, the topology is pretty good - bet you can get it down to roughly 200 triangles. What you could do is get rid of the extra geometry on the face, unless the nose is important. If it's longer, I'd keep it, but in your case I would just get rid of it completely. The base of the head could also go a bit lower.
Looks like the thumbs could also be a bit lower. The knees don't need that much geometry either unless the kneecaps are a key feature of the legs. Lastly, the foot could definitely use less triangles. If I were you, I'd just delete the bottom segments of the foot, and bring the vertices from the top of that down to the floor.
Other than that, great job. I look forward to your texture if you plan on doing that.
Thank you for the criticism! I have been experimenting and I've gone as low as 150 polys. As for the texture I painted one for it recently. But since the model is going to be seen from a distance it doesn't look that great, haha.
Your welcome. Sometimes it sucks to have to tell someone if something needs a lot more work than it should. It was nice for me to only tell you some things that could be better. 150 polys!? That's awesome! Sometimes I'll make models like that just to see if I can make low poly even lower than it is.
Yeah, after having sketched hundreds of pictures and producing two art portfolios in high school, I've managed to make a low poly mesh for a character in as little as an hour. If I really want to touch it up, I'll take maybe 2 hours - sometimes 3. My meshes are good for the most part now, although I've got better at UV mapping and texturing, I think I could use more practice.
Practice makes perfect. Perhaps it sounds generic - but it's true.
Thanks. Its the normal map. It was done using the usual highpoly -> lowpoly-> baking method, and then it was "textured" in Substance Painter. The retopo was done manually. Maybe I'll make a few more after E3.
Original concept by Alexey Kutyrev - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XdzKL
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But I don't intend to use these in games so I can get away with it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
938 tris ... could definitely be lower but i allowed extra geometry for its rig.
has a spread-wing model for flying but I haven't gotten around to rigging that yet.
428 tris... fanart of morrowind
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I'm New to lowpoly.
ヽ(´･ω･`)､
So I needed a character model to test a webgl rendering engine (hobby of mine) and I realized I drastically need to improve.
Here is the first draft designs, quick scribble ups, I had a series of them but cyclops girl was what I settled on.
Following this I made a refined design with a half-assed side on ortho to help start the model.
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[spoiler]Finally here is the resulting model, which I am not all too happy with, poly flow wise and rigging wise, it works, it'll do the job for testing, but the UV mapping is subpar, the silhouette isn't poppy enough and the texture itself is laughable.
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256x256 size texture, I'm aiming for quality low demand graphics, I feel like I could work well with this as a texture size, but in this case my uv's are not optimal (though better than my uvs in the past) and my texture is kind of pants.[/spoiler]
So I was not very happy with that model atall, justly so as I managed to make a better looking model in a day with a far stupider simple poly layout.
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TL;DR? comments, criticisms and suggestions very welcome, hoping to revisit this design soon for a better model.
Oooh I do like the PS1-esque portrayal of the graphics. Very nice!
Need to find a couple of hours of free time to browse all I missed here...
Lowpoly chest I made for Unity Asset Store:
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Texture in the corner
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hey now!
you're a horse guy!
get your game on!
go! play!
i have a bunch of other animal people, but i like the horse guy the most, even tho the others look a bit more elaborate.
instead of textures, i put on a bit more verts where eyes, mouth, chest muscles and other small creases should be. and i probably should've simplified lower part of the arms...
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I made the pink variant too!
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Little low poly skybox houses for the Splitstone Quarry map in Paladins
more here - https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Q6KN3
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Oh God why didn't anyone tell me I had to be Bob Ross for texturing?! I mean the model was tricky for me, since im still learing (then taking way too long breaks) . Nothing prepared me for how hard It is to visualize what you want while looking at UV-islands. Whats worse. I haven't used a paint program since high school. trying Krita and Gimp. Both of them may as well be alien languages to me.
Im not even sure, if they even make tutorials on this sorta thing
VIsually, the texture could use a lot of work above the flat colours you're currently using. Get just a little detail in there. I noticed the skin colour of the ninja's face seems to be bleeding on to the inside of his hood too- again, use your UV islands as a guide. Your model has potential, and it's certainly not bad for a near-first mesh. Just keep pushing yourself, spend some time on it.
I've textured my typhoon in a variety of ways. Without cockpit and landing gear, each plane is exactly 1000 tris, so I think I'm allowed to post that here.
in-game animation test