LOW-POLY ART

hawken · Jan 2006

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

JohnnySix · Sep 2007

Inspired by the contents of my desk:

Skizot · Sep 2007

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i'd do an Shadow bake and then overlay that one the skin.. adjust transparency to your liking.

Justin Meisse · Sep 2007

need some low-poly Genestealers!

zenarion · Sep 2007

Skiz, are those for some kind of game project?

Klash120 · Sep 2007

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Neat lil animation thingy, what you end up doing for that sahding? Used a lambert/blinn/etc/etc ? Or did you find out a way to get the shadows in there...

I've been trying to have a 100% lighting + spec hilites + shadows in a model but not too much luck.... Ended up using a ramp shader (maya) & tweaked the crap out of it... dont rememebr what I did exactly, need to re-visit this post later on...

Downside is, you have to render it to get the shadows.... ._. hope that was somewhat of a hint or direction for ya~

Also, can you post your flats?

SyaPed · Sep 2007

I used Max's toon shader, Ink&Paint. Worked ok, couldn't get nice highlights though.

Uv's should be packed tighter, never been good with that

zenarion - I'd love to turn it into a PSP project :P No experience with the PSP though.

JohnnySix · Sep 2007

Awesome work dude, proportions are spot on - looks very authentic. Would love to see it in the various chapter colours, Crimson Fists, Ultramarines , Blood Angels etc.

Ghostscape · Sep 2007

Those UVs are pretty tight! I don't see anything that you could do without heavily distorting the texture. Sometimes you can't use 100% (never can, really) when you're unwrapping.

Both of the models are awesome, but I didn't recognize it as a bolt pistol - the design isn't very accurate to the ones my marines are holding, and the big box magazine is very weird.

SyaPed · Sep 2007

Thanks

It's actually a stormbolter, based on the ones the latest terminator models are carrying.

e_x · Sep 2007

Looks awesome. My only comment would be that the shells in the storm bolter look a little small.

Check here for craziness.

nkoste · Sep 2007

SyaPed. Lovin' it!

Ghostscape · Sep 2007

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It's actually a stormbolter, based on the ones the latest terminator models are carrying.

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That makes a lot more sense then

I have a bunch of space wolves, but I bought them used and they're ancient and the few termies I do have are the old tiny metal ones and you can barely make out the stormbolters.

So since it's a Storm Bolter and not a bolt pistol, it looks ace

The Ben · Sep 2007

Terminators own just about everything except my Wraithguard. Well...my 2nd edition Wraithguard at least.

I think it looks really good, SyaPed. Keep rockin'.

BigJon · Sep 2007

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That's a wicked lil' animation dude.

Dr_Graevling · Sep 2007

Haven't posted anything in a while. And this thread is so filled with awesomeness I want to contribute. Sadly, this is all I have for now.

3DGURU · Sep 2007

i like the metal fist , ....

arrangemonk · Sep 2007

i think i haven't postet anything here^^
i also did a mario some time ago

i dont like the bonsai mario (*G*) he has to be a real fat man!

nkoste · Sep 2007

Very cool dr_graevling. I think that particular model would benefit more from a darker background. Too white right now

zenarion · Sep 2007

arrangemonk i think i will make some enemies for your mario. i need some recreational low-poly modeling after all uni stuff

he looks real cute.

HonkyPunch · Oct 2007

Interesting stuff.

hawken · Oct 2007

eh isn't that quake guy?

leilei · Oct 2007

how can you say that !! THIS is quakeguy

aesir · Oct 2007

lol..

HonkyPunch · Oct 2007

That's beatiful.
Her legs are so slender, ya 'know?

arrangemonk · Oct 2007

new one
i think, ill post it so anyone can make a crappy texture for it
im too lazy to skin it myself^^

ng.aniki · Oct 2007

(click)

A mini Darth Vader model I made for a small lowpo contest

keltickennedy · Oct 2007

whoops

thefatladysings · Oct 2007

that doesn´t really look like 500 tris to me :-/

Daaaave · Oct 2007

hey. i'm dave (or DAAAAVE), for those who randomly like to be loud. lol
i'm new to the forum so this is my first post (wooo :P)

hopefully i can get some crits of this piece, its a low poly character (target approx 300 tri's for a handheld) of a new age wizard for a fantasy theme. hopfully i can get the concepts scanned shortly to show.

any crits at all would be appreciated

Slaught · Oct 2007

@ng.aniki

Ha, awesome!

Tennis · Oct 2007

motocross bike

kakikukeko · Oct 2007

it rocks!
but it's not a character!

Tennis · Oct 2007

will add one soon

jmiles · Oct 2007

a little high for here, by about 100 tris

.. but least it's something.. trying to test my speed.. did it over the course of 3 days.. meet Murf

pixel poison · Oct 2007

Hey all, Im fairly new too this (very low poly modeling) but could someone go threw a few things about the following subjects:

UV placement for small textures
Pixel art for textures sizes 32x / 64x
Any hints or tips
Examples of work, UV placement etc.

any help would be very much appreciated.

Cheers

P.S - i also posted in tech talk but i thought posting ere wouldnt hurt and by the most part its pretty much wat im looking 4 (models/texture wise)

osman · Nov 2007

jmiles, thats not a 3d model right? : o

Zwebbie · Nov 2007

Tried adding the ammo belt but that didn't work out at all

Japhir · Nov 2007

thats very cool! love it! only crit would be that the uv's aren't very effective, on such lowpoly models it's probably easier to paint and better for your uv space to make the uv's with straight lines (especially seems like the head middle seem and the body middle seem). the head might also need a bit more space.
keep it up! great to see some very lowpoly action again!
love it!

leilei · Nov 2007

haha nice comradej, if you do all of them we can make some slight mini-tc mod for the original TF :P

though getting it to work in quakeworld, with its finicky skin /player model system, would be a pain, and the drab palette, so maybe not

free-willy · Nov 2007

ComradeJ :that looks awesome,although the uvs on the chunky silver part of the gun could of benefited from slightly more space

dur23 · Nov 2007

comrade: awesome!

Use this for your uvs. The bottom part of the image that is.

http://www.20threed.com/images/tuts/ds_optimization/Ds_optimization01.gif

Zwebbie · Nov 2007

Thanks all

dur23: That looks very useful! By default though, UV space starts at 0 again after 1. Is there a special name or anything for flipping the UV spaces beyond 0 and 1, as would be necessary for this?

dur23 · Nov 2007

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Is there a special name or anything for flipping the UV spaces beyond 0 and 1, as would be necessary for this?

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Depends on the sofware. Maya uses mirror U and Mirror V, Xsi uses flip u and v. Not sure what max uses.