Easy Low Poly Character Modeling in Blender 2.9x

Learn how to easily model a low poly character in Blender 2.9x. This is the first in a series of three videos. In the second video, we create an armature and rig this character and in the third video, we key frame animate an idle and a running animation.

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I've been modeling in Blender since about 2015 but more recently in the past couple of years. I've been making games and assets in Unity since 2011 and I'm currently working on a multiplayer RTS game that I'll be happy to announce later this year.

I use a Canon Lumix GH5 camera to record my videos with the Olympus 17mm F1.2 lens as well as the Laowa F2.0 7.5mm compact dreamer lens. Sometimes I also use a GoPro Hero 8, a Insta360 One X and a Sony rx100 mark vii. For audio I use a Rode NTG shotgun microphone connected to a RME Fireface UFX II sound card.

Thanks a lot for watching and sharing my videos :)

[Mogu]

Right out of the gate, his tutorial is so much more welcoming than a lot of "beginner" tutorials. Tells you A-Z without being too draggy. And he displays the navigation so you can find exactly what he's talking about.

A small tips for Blender Startup setting is to create a collection called "Lights and Cameras", and then rather than delete those every time you can just hide them with one click, if you then need a camera it is already there with just one click, and it it a good place to drag and drop the rest of the lights and cameras you create later on.

[ngideo]

I appreciate how you go into detail about why we're doing things, and giving quick tips on avoiding the common pitfalls. Absolutely brilliant work here!

[XyZed]

You're the only blender artist who, instead of deleting the cube, makes amazing things. I've subbed because this low poly stuff is what I'm looking for, some great content

[cosmicechoes]

Important parts:

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[mihailovasic]

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[isembart_]

Your tutorials are amazing. I love the way you explain everything slowly like reminding of every shortcut or how to setup colors with palettes. I'm in the middle of rendering right now and it's because of your videos. Have a good time!

[murnoth]

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[fritzeyok]

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[RobertWildling]

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[simonjiha]

Holy crap.

You know how long I've spent trying to figure out how to mirror my model? Auto mirror life saver

[MrKretzsches]

"We are still in face select, even though we selected a foot."

Exactly my kind of humor. :D

[Tonicwine]

I really appreciate the fact you announce the commands clearly even though they are displayed visually. When I watch tutorials the displayed commands become almost invisible. Throughout this tutorial I feels these commands are starting to subconsciously sink in.

[asdfdfggfd]

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[cubiclightsofficial]

I LOVE this tutorial!!!! The way you textured your model works so well!! Thanks for posting! :)

[GaryParkin]

I've prob. watched this video 5 times by now and today I created the character. I plan on testing animations in Blender in Unreal Engine.
Thank you for the effort of all of this. It's may hours up late, editing. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series.

[pedroluizsouzapinto]

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[StableHorseTraining]

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[Heeroneko]

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