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

hawken

Johny wrote: »

*sigh* people should check true good lowpoly work ( kenneth scott, Horribledeath , B1ll , etc etc ) , i havent seen a decent one in aaaages in this thread

no one is stopping you.

Valandar

Wowsers, ZackF!

ericdigital

Zack that's awesome! Great texture work. It reminds me a bit of the commanders in supreme commander, could totally picture it!

rollin

hey very nice !!

schadenfreude

Hey Guys.

First post - I've been looking around these forums a while and I have to say, after looking at all the incredible work posted I'm not sure if I'm utterly discouraged or riled up to do some more modeling!

I have a lot of questions, but I'm still looking at tutorials online so I'm not if I should ask yet - I'll ask after I'm through a few more tuts And of course, any criticisms/ hints/ references thrown my way I'd be more than glad to gobble up!

A complete and total greenhorn at this, I'm about 3 weeks in using XSI Mod Tool and (after many a frustrating moments) this is what I came up with:



491 triangles, I've got to start UV-mapping/texturing and I'm forseeing me taking plenty of (frustrating) time there . . ..

edit: apparently I can't link worth a damn - anyone care to suggest a pic hosting website?

Zack Fowler

Thanks guys! It was a lot of fun, I love how this oldschool stuff is completely WYSIWYG. I'll definitely do more super low poly work at some point, probably to take a breather from an environment scene I'm about to start.

dactilardesign

DavidGervais wrote: »

Hmm, the quick reply did not seem to work,..

How's this for a low poly strong reinforced wood crate?



Cheers!

P.S. Sorry if this ends up being a double post due to it needing to be approved. (but I got no warning or notice that the quick reply needed pending approval.)

really nice crate xD
but the graphic job is even better. You did make a simple crate look nice.

PhattyEwok

I really liked this but that grass/ foilage looks dangerously Similar to Phantom Hour Glass You May want to tweak it a bit

odium wrote: »

Quite a small update to show you how things link together more:

ironbearxl

ZackF: that's gorgeous!

yoyomon

That looks great ZackF

exocet

ZackF, cool model and texture. I really like those shoulder pads!

Zack Fowler

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. :poly136: Now let's see some more mechs/bots in here! Anyone want to make Robo from Chronotrigger, Dog from HL2, or Metal Gear Rex from MGS?

CastratedWeasel

Heres a low poly Pikachu i banged out today at college. First proper low poly model and texture.
Nice mech btw Zack

CastratedWeasel

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yoyomon

@ CastratedWeasel: Hello. You probably should made the model 100% illumin or use no lights. The normals of these low poly models, especially on organic models, really show. Texturewise, the UV's could have been mirrored since everything on the left is the same as on the right. The amount of space for the tail is pretty generous in relation to the rest of the model too. Right now the tail is super crisp but the the facial detail and the red bands on its back is blurry.

zhone

yoyomon wrote: »

@ CastratedWeasel: Hello. You probably should made the model 100% illumin or use no lights. The normals of these low poly models, especially on organic models, really show. Texturewise, the UV's could have been mirrored since everything on the left is the same as on the right. The amount of space for the tail is pretty generous in relation to the rest of the model too. Right now the tail is super crisp but the the facial detail and the red bands on its back is blurry.

Hi Yoyoman, how do we display the cartoon feel (simple color or gradient of color) while maintaining the casted shadow? I have tried various combination of settings and none works out so far.

hawken

schadenfreude wrote: »

Hey Guys.

First post - I've been looking around these forums a while and I have to say, after looking at all the incredible work posted I'm not sure if I'm utterly discouraged or riled up to do some more modeling!

I have a lot of questions, but I'm still looking at tutorials online so I'm not if I should ask yet - I'll ask after I'm through a few more tuts And of course, any criticisms/ hints/ references thrown my way I'd be more than glad to gobble up!

A complete and total greenhorn at this, I'm about 3 weeks in using XSI Mod Tool and (after many a frustrating moments) this is what I came up with:



491 triangles, I've got to start UV-mapping/texturing and I'm forseeing me taking plenty of (frustrating) time there . . ..

edit: apparently I can't link worth a damn - anyone care to suggest a pic hosting website?

you'll be needing to add some cuts in the elbow and back of the knee if you want to see her deform properly

yoyomon

@zhone: On models as low as these, you're normally going to have to fake volume and shadows through the means of color values, saturation and hues in the right spot. Screen captures from the window should suffice for show. If you're talking about rendering and having the the model cast a shadow on the ground, I'm not sure how to not have light cast on the model but still make it cast a shadow on the ground.

CastratedWeasel

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Joseph Pomeisl

don't see why not. Or you could overlay some gradients for a softer look.

CastratedWeasel

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zhone

CastratedWeasel wrote: »

@yoyomon Hey man thx for the feedback. I agree with everything u said about the texture. Redid it and the uv map so the textures all all proportioned ok. i also turned up the illuminescence to avoid those dark normals.



Got a question tho; as most of the texture is yellow with only a few parts with detail, should i overlap these uvs so i could have more detail in the parts where needed?
thx

You may wanna add the black outline to your model. That could be achieved by enabling Toon Edge button under Render->Output tab.

CastratedWeasel

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zhone

CastratedWeasel wrote: »

@zhone Never noticed that before. Only tried the toon outline thing but that adds like 900 tris to my model. Is it a different thing or does the toon edge just add when rendered?

It is post-processing, so it wont add additional tris to your model.

CastratedWeasel

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SuPa-

... rawr?

Walking Fly

CastratedWeasel

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Zack Fowler

supa I hope you are planning to finish that, otherwise I might have to punch your grandma

CastratedWeasel

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zhone

CastratedWeasel, You could tweak further through "Edge settings".

CastratedWeasel

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yoyomon

@ Supa: I second ZackF.

butt_sahib

XD

conte

nice work, everyone!

zhone

Pine tree at 58 tris

SuPa-

Haha, ZackF, your post as the reason I started making this guy :P
yoyomon, I'll take that into account as well. I don't want my grandma getting randomly punched by two strangers...

Oh, and the model is 500 tris

zhone

Concept Art:


Wireframe - Front:



Wireframe - Side:

Papa_Austin

butt_sahib wrote: »

XD

is that the hippo penis from ikea?

Laheen

early early wip

Cyph3r

SuPa- wrote: »

... rawr?

robot from laputa?!

Zack Fowler

Good catch Cyph3r, I thought it looked familiar!

conte

Laheen, what is that thing on her neck?

MattW

I think it's a bell from a collar

JFletcher

butt_sahib wrote: »

XD

Lol, that's searing hot win.

Art-Machine

Laheen wrote: »

early early wip

Awesome!

PhattyEwok

Saw Castrated Weasel's PikaChu and was inspired to do my own



-edit-
Resized it

fullofclovers

Pikas got some thunder thighs.

PhattyEwok

Lol yup thats what my cousin said too hahah

here's my reference


Im afraid I made him a bit to skinny and now he looks like a moogle >><<

CastratedWeasel

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