if i have a shape i can not wrap my head around. i just go in and draw a wireframe over it. starting with the more detailled parts to see how much resolution i would need in the simpler elements. a ring is always easy to upres
You are making it too complicated. The door is not just one piece. Try to seperate it into its parts. The frame consists of 4 elements. The hole in the middle is another element. Break it down into its parts. This makes life much easier. A carpenter wouldnt try to create a door out of a single piece of wood.
Why are you trying to model the radio all as one piece, split it up like it is in real life. Look at the bottom of the radio, you can see the side panels are recessed and separate elements, the front, back and top panels are all separate as well... You're just making more work for yourself trying to get the whole object as…
Hey folks, I'm doing a refresher course in 3d modelling. I'm building a desk with handles kinda like this: The desk's easy, but I'm not sure if it's better to have the handles on separate elements to the drawers or if I should try and have one mesh for the entire (static) model. I'd prefer separate elements because it's…
I'm just trying to understand. How this detail is made and it seems like it's individual elements. Soon I will publish the progress. Thanks all for the answers!
My best advice is, only extrude when you HAVE TO. For all other hard sharp extrusions, even embossing I would suggest using separate elements. I used to high poly like that but it was a major to clean up, so I just broke stuff off into elements where I could. It increased the speed of my work flow and saved me some grey…