How To Make Low Poly Models (That Don't Suck)

[TheVirtualRealityShow]

You did such a good job on the model!! Thank you so much :D Can't wait to show this off in the near future ;)

[speeddecline]

We NEED a tutorial on how you make your hair for these models, there doesn't seem to be any really good tutorials for low poly hair out there.

[bodhi]

If you wanna go the extra mile then model in triangles

[BD-tcfq]

The smooth mesh shading helped me alot on my models.
By the way when texture painting, I find it a bit better to start off at slightly higher Res(512x512) to get more details when you downscale the image to 128x128 or 256x256.

[Tuugii]

Now I'm curious why PHIA wants retro style of her avatar.

[Miraihi]

I think Megaman Legends pulled out the best looking low-poly 3d anime character models, that also were pretty damn expressive.
Also Vagrant Story is a good source of inspiration for low-poly characters with more edgy design.

[noiJadisCailleach]

Was helpful in a backwards kind of way.
Everything said that's basically "a bad thing" in this video, is the exact aesthetic i wanted.
example: I finally found 'shade flat'!

[livvy]

I think the only part of this I'm not confident in is the rigging, I've definitely tried and failed at weight painting in low poly but I'm not sure how to get it to treat the separate parts as connected to each other.

[katesomnia]

This is fantastic information - thank you so much for sharing! High res stuff seems so out of reach for me as a 2D illustrator but you've made low poly modelling very accessible! <3

[novikovPrinciple]

Modelling tip: You can have several 3D Viewports so you don't have to constantly switch (e.g between Front and Right View).

At the very least, have one 3D Viewport in Camera Perspective (not Orthographic), and adjust the angles around the model so you can spot potential weirdness early on.

[mina_rabbit]

OMG! this is exactly the kind of tutorial I was looking for! Alongside wit your 3d pixel art tutorial
Thank you!! ✨

[FusionJBR]

dude your channel is a godsend for these low poly blender tutorials. I hope you make more because as a newish blender user I can't get enough!

[SaturnDahlia]

Cool! Thank you for this vid because I’ve been struggling with how to make stuff in blender and this makes sense, it gives me an idea of where to look into next

[GoobyGooby]

I actually wanted to do this but didn't know how I wanted to do it. This is a good start!

[danielhaup]

1:54 when she sees my lighning mc queen crocs

[SamiTheAnxiousBean]

Im glad this exists!

also immidiatly recognized phia from the tumbnail, which is good cause it shows you translated the design well!!!

[rovertronic]

Another thing you can do is assign vertex groups named after the bone you want it to correlate to. I use this for actual N64 compatible skinned models.

[Gavenr]

Nice videos dude, I've been enjoying them recently!

[kushine_]

oh wow your channel is not just game design commentary but actual game design too, nice

[lukasallenbaugh]

Thanks! This was very entertaining and such a great idea.