Your character might need a belt, say, but if it’s too intricate or doesn’t need to move around at all, you might as well make it part of the texture! With normal mapping, you can simulate depth, so you don’t need real depth. You may be tempted to use sculpt mode and using it for subtle movements is fine, but using it to draw on your model will quickly overload your vert count!Ģ: Don’t add a whole loop cut around an object if you only need one vert out of place (like, for an ankle!) Cleverly cut and build your model so that you only end up using one extra vert, and make sure it doesn’t result in an Ngon.ģ: Don’t use geometry to add detail unless necessary. There’s no real ‘reference sheet’ of how many verts things should be, just experience and practice.ġ: Stick to block modeling. You have to look at exactly what you’re trying to model, and think of how few vertices you can build it in. However, using sculpt mode to build something rarely ever results in something that is low poly, and tools like ZBrush can create really smooth and detailed characters that often results in a high vert count.Īfter all, 1000 tri’s might be a small number for a character, but a large number for a weapon or piece of clothing. What I’ve generally noticed of ‘low poly’ is that there really is no style that’s plainly referred to as “High Poly”, and by that I mean, there’s not a universal number of faces that changes the style. I am sure it will depend on clients and venues you provide mesh for but, I am curious what others think or have experienced.ĭo you have set limits or constraints you try to stick to when modeling? Are there specific limits in whatever venue you may be uploading your mesh to/for? Are you limited in the number of materials you can assign to your meshes?įeel free to post your thoughts, specific venues and limits, references, resources, etc. Not even a general idea of what is considered ideal for low, medium, or high poly mesh. What I am curious about and want to toss out to Everyone here is what do you consider low poly when you are modeling? If you search the web, there doesn’t seem to be a particular set of numbers or, a standard that I can find. Their limit is about 65K in vertices per mesh upload of a mesh object however, that is not really considered low poly in that venue. Okay, I think I have a good idea what low poly is based upon things I create for a venue I am involved with called Second Life. There is not really a good place to put this topic here in the Blender area so an going to post here in the Showcase area.

Blender low poly to high poly