LOWPOLY (or: the optimisation appreciation organisation)

hawken

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

[update 2020's]

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

1. Keep models under 1,000 triangles.
2. Scenes are fine, if all models are low poly.
3. The end! Enjoy.

And here's a handy list of ways to make your art look right in different software: Low Poly Challenge STYLE GUIDE

robofoxchan

Hi there! It's my (WIP) female character for indie game called "world_null". If interested u can see more info about our project here > indie-games.rocks 

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victor_fl

Hey there, folks.
I recently started working on my modeling skills. I've been making pixel art for games for the past 5 years. I really like the low poly + pixel art texture look so I started working on that with some simple geometry. Still struggling with UV distortion, but here's what I achieved so far. Any tips?

MrQuetch

victor_fl said:

Hey there, folks.
I recently started working on my modeling skills. I've been making pixel art for games for the past 5 years. I really like the low poly + pixel art texture look so I started working on that with some simple geometry. Still struggling with UV distortion, but here's what I achieved so far. Any tips?

Hi, victor_fl. You've been doing pixel art for the past 5 years? That's crazy cool! I've been doing art for the past few years, and have tried doing different styles. Actually, your low poly model is coming along well. However, I do think that you could use less texture space for the top of the mushroom. There's a lot of unnecessary repetition in the texture. Same could be done for the face, there's a lot of tan - you could squash the faces to the left... Unless you plan to do extra shading or other details that need to be there.

For the most part, it isn't a bad start - and again... It's coming along well.
Maybe you can improve it and re-post your progress?

Lysæna

I'm impressed by the quality of this cute little mushroom ! Your pixel art textures are great !

victor_fl

MrQuetch said:

victor_fl said:

Hey there, folks.
I recently started working on my modeling skills. I've been making pixel art for games for the past 5 years. I really like the low poly + pixel art texture look so I started working on that with some simple geometry. Still struggling with UV distortion, but here's what I achieved so far. Any tips?

Hi, victor_fl. You've been doing pixel art for the past 5 years? That's crazy cool! I've been doing art for the past few years, and have tried doing different styles. Actually, your low poly model is coming along well. However, I do think that you could use less texture space for the top of the mushroom. There's a lot of unnecessary repetition in the texture. Same could be done for the face, there's a lot of tan - you could squash the faces to the left... Unless you plan to do extra shading or other details that need to be there.

For the most part, it isn't a bad start - and again... It's coming along well.
Maybe you can improve it and re-post your progress?

Sorry for the late reply! I'm currently working on modeling more organic stuff and also learning how to translate cool pixel art textures into a nice render. I completely agree with everything you pointed out and I might make another mushroom soon. 

 Lysæna said:

I'm impressed by the quality of this cute little mushroom ! Your pixel art textures are great !

Thanks a lot, Lysaena! I've been honing my pixel art skills for some time. I hope I can put them to good use.

In the meantime, here's one of my attempts to make a nice pixel art render in a 3D space. I call it "ImpossiBox". (but it was actually quite easy to layout the UVs!) I feel like I'm getting close to the render quality I want, but I'm realizing it requires a lot of planning in the modeling phase. I'll keep working hard on that.

flowpoly

Started and finished this one today, from concept to texturing! 952 Triangles!

Here's the Sketchfab in case anyone wants to look at it in 3D/take a peek at the texture map or triangle count etc!

robofoxchan

Another hello to community! I'm still working on my character for indie game called "world_null" c:

spncrbghmn

Hi there guys! I'm going to school for Game Art and my 3D animation professor wants us to upload finished projects for outside critique here. I have a background in more physical media/art so this was the first 3D model I spent any serious time doing and I had a really good time with it! I found the whole experience very relaxing. We were tasked with modeling a chest and this was my result
My final poly count clocked in at 920. I know it's slightly rough around the edges but any feedback is more than welcome. Thanks!

MrQuetch

spncrbghmn said:

Hi there guys! I'm going to school for Game Art and my 3D animation professor wants us to upload finished projects for outside critique here. I have a background in more physical media/art so this was the first 3D model I spent any serious time doing and I had a really good time with it! I found the whole experience very relaxing. We were tasked with modeling a chest and this was my result
My final poly count clocked in at 920. I know it's slightly rough around the edges but any feedback is more than welcome. Thanks!

Hi there, spncrbghmn!

I hope that someday I can work on making art for video games as a job - very cool that you are already well on your way. That's great that your professor says to post your projects outside of class for critique; gives a taste of the real world. I believe that your model is good for the most part, but I can see some excessive amounts of triangles where they ought not to be used - unless you have a texture that repeats itself or needs to be flipped. Depending on the style of your overall game that you plan to make, the direction of the chest could be completely different. This looks like it is going to be meant for more of a high poly game. You could easily make the same chest at below 500 triangles and have it still retain the same amount of detail. I hope this helps.

Reynaeric20

https://skfb.ly/6vQRx

Hey all, i am also working on a chest for my Intro to 3D class with my pal spencer here and this is what i got!

msaab

Chest I made in 3dsMax for my 3D-Animation class. The look I was going for was on the left. I have a cap on how many polys I'm allowed to use, 1000. What are your thoughts on it? This is only the second model I've done on my own, go easy on me ^^

Gaurav Mathur

@msaab, looks good, but I'd run a FFD or a Taper-style deformation on the whole mesh to add a little of the character to the chest that's in the concept art.

SimãoSilva

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Low poly rock walls i made for an environment I'm working on, i tried to make them all as low poly as i could, each rock has less than 700 polys,

Here's a sketchfab and a render for you guys to see ! what do you guys think ?

Timon11

A small scene I put together from some low-poly assets, tips and feedback are appreciated!

For more pictures see:
http://polycount.com/discussion/197399/floating-island-scene/p1?new=1

spncrbghmn

https://skfb.ly/6w7AL

This was my first attempt at texturing in class! Any feedback is appreciated!

Reynaeric20

https://skfb.ly/6w7AP

First texture in my intro to 3D Class! feedback appreciated.

KaiSon

https://skfb.ly/6w7AH

Hey guys I textured a low poly car ,would really appreciate some feedback!

msaab

https://skfb.ly/6w7AT

Practice texturing a model. Model by Prof. Texture by me.

BFolk

https://skfb.ly/6w7AG

Practice texturing a model. need some feedback.

JakeBellows

https://skfb.ly/6w7AO

Textured this model of a cartoon-style car. Appreciate any feedback!

deanmay

Do PBR material studies baked onto a 12 tri cube count?

spncrbghmn

https://skfb.ly/6wtDN

hi there guys, I'm working on modeling c4 and i think everything has gone according to plan but my wires could be a little bit more efficient, does anyone have any suggestions?

Gantork

Handpainted knife I just finished. 618 tris. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/v6AeY

Reynaeric20

https://skfb.ly/6wu8S

Hey guys, modeling a dumpster and would appreciate some feedback! (995 polys)

Curlscurly

Hiya! Here are some super lowpoly pond plants I made for a game project recently with 512x512 textures. All Handpainted.

Joebewon

Made a little 3D pixel Otus from Owlboy. 

braingraft

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LucasFranca

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CraigSnedeker

This might have been just over the 100 count, but w/e... here is a little thing I made!

msaab

Drum Stand made for a group "Band Stage" project. Uses 600 polys total. 

Reynaeric20

Guitars made for a group project! just over 900 polys!

JakeBellows

Here's a microphone made using 246 polys as part of a group project. Any and all feedback is appreciated! 

KaiSon

Hey we had a group project and made modules I finished this drum set and textured it any tips would be nice!

spncrbghmn

Hey guys, this is an amp I worked on for a school project, any feedback would be great. Thanks!

Oblivion2500

Does anybody have tips on making low-poly characters with rig and animation ready? I have Maya LT 2018 and Blender. Are there any tutorials anybody knows of? I have been looking and researching lots of YouTube videos.

HarlequinWerewolf

@Oblivion2500
Not sure if it's what you're looking for but you can download Advanced Skeleton 5 (I assume you can use it in Maya LT... ) and with a little effort you can build a simple rig and controls. It also has the option for adding a facial rig to. http://www.animationstudios.com.au/advanced-skeleton

Oblivion2500

LeahM said:

@Oblivion2500
Not sure if it's what you're looking for but you can download Advanced Skeleton 5 (I assume you can use it in Maya LT... ) and with a little effort you can build a simple rig and controls. It also has the option for adding a facial rig to. http://www.animationstudios.com.au/advanced-skeleton

I guess I wasn't clear on my question, I know Maya LT got quick rig which is fantastic but you still need to work on the skinning blend and animations afterward. Since models are 1000 tri-polys or less, it harder to rig and animate without weird skin/poly problems. It explains why old PS1 games had the limbs separated into pieces, so they could have more movement without distortion. I guess my question is what is the typical amount of bones used, what's the quickest way of skinning models? I know that the model must have good typology for good animations. Also, what about hands morphing into a fist, grip, and open for games like Unreal Tournament (1999) and Quake 2. 

victor_fl

Here's the style I've been working on recently. It's also on Sketchfab: https://skfb.ly/6xJFR

EEEnt_OFFICIAL

A reworked version of the low poly male model I created a while ago. It's designed to be a size reference for Unity and Blender (1.7 metres tall). It's only 412 polygons and that's after I reduced polygons in areas that didn't need them! I unwrapped the UVs but it's not great, but it suffices.

You can download it here for your projects if you're interested: https://eeent-official.deviantart.com/art/Human-Size-Reference-Model-Download-738103271

MrQuetch

victor_fl said:

Here's the style I've been working on recently. It's also on Sketchfab: https://skfb.ly/6xJFR

Awesome car, victor_fl! Reminds me of some other users who do the same type of art style on here. Although... I can't remember their names. I think one was named "Dennis".

AgiHammerthief

A spearman. It's 1060 tris, though, so I don't know if it counts.


Video:
https://youtu.be/LB8siRQW34U

braingraft

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Styraco

First post here! This is the Jurassic Park gate for a GZDoom mod at 445 tris. Aiming for a late 90's kind of poly count/aesthetic. The JP text on the arch will be made with faux voxels (i.e. a separate 3d mesh, GZDoom can only display true voxels in software mode which lacks a lot of cool other features available in hardware mode) Looking for feedback on the geometry. The triangles were made automatically in blender. Anything I should consider fixing before UV unwrapping and texturing? I'm more of a 2d guy usually but I want to get serious about low poly stuff too.

UPDATE: I received feedback that it would be a good idea to separate the torches and the arch because there was no reason to have them attached to the geometry and it would reduce the polycount further. Thoughts?

Styraco

UPDATE 2: here is a revised version based on the feedback I've gotten elsewhere. down to 352 tris now: 

Hellmouth

Hey Polycount, it's been a while. I finally got around to compiling some shots of my old WC3 models. All of these are from 2010-2011, which is also when I kind of... gave up, lol




Check out my Artstation for a few more,some just a bit over 1000 tris

StrangeVehicles

Cars seem to be popular here; used my mustang as reference. I'll need to find a new workflow beyond Wings->Fumble Through Blender next time, haha. 

Snowy665

Always wanted to post here, thought I'd show off my speed modelling practice I did recently



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