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

DBAC · Nov 2025

Did this Emma model recently. I was surprised how much I was able to cut down, it actually goes below 1k tris if you get rid of the hidden parts(or take the jacket off)

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Frigus · Dec 2025

I modeled those assets for a mobile game project there is no normal map just roughness metallic and base color.
keyboard 844 vertex maybe I should delete buttons
mouse 155 vertex
screen 144 vertex
Case 8 Vertex

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Locus7 · Jan 23 2026

These are from a weekend project earlier in the month that I made to try out the #256fes challenge specifications (256 triangles, 256x256 texture, usually a character). I found it really fun to problem solve within such a small budget, and to balance versatility of the trimsheet with geometry efficiency. I posted some animated turnarounds on my cara.app page, but be warned it's like 30mb of gifs: https://cara.app/post/39bfb0be-fc25-4ad7-9a03-2c75920b1842