Polybook - Thibault Caradec

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  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    I decided to give the Low Poly rocket launch tutorial a go, with a personal take on it.

    Almost done with the modeling parts, rocks and other assets on the ground incoming. 

    I stuck to the orignal drawing from Hergé. The launch pads may be too complex for low poly. I may remove them. (They won't appear on the animation anyway). 


  • spikeyxxx replied

    otowa Great!

    Even before reading the text, I immediately recognized the Tintin rocket (if I'm not mistaken it's also called that in english.... in dutch it's Kuifje, don't ask me why...)

    Looking forward to where this is going! (Now don't say 'to the moon')

  • smurfmier1985 replied

    spikeyxxx because of his hair of course Spikey, and because we Dutch people are weird with translations ;)

  • smurfmier1985 replied

    otowa nice work so far! Looking forward to the finished animated product :)

  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    Pretty much done with the modeling and preparing the animation. Now let's go for some smoke simulation!


  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    I finished it! 


    It was really nice and pretty simple tutorial, and in a way it made me think about trying some low poly modeling. 

  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    As said previously, I'm in a low-poly vibe now because of the rocket tutorial...

    Let's get started...

  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    I realize I will need A LOT of small details, but I'm commited to it. And damn, I never thought it could be that fun to do low poly. 

    I had fun, making a bus stop! A bus stop! 

     

  • Kaj Suominen(louhikarme) replied

    otowa nice work. keep in mind with small details, that if you don't plan on zooming on them on the shots, keep them even simpler and suggests the form what they are. helps to sell the pic, but you dont get overworked on stuff no one will see up close.

  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    Hmmm... I start to think I'm not going anywhere with that... 


    I think I'll give up on that one. I did not get what low poly is, in a way...


  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    So, as mentionned previously, I gave up on my small city. The main reason is : I need to understand what "low poly stylised" really is. 

    I decided to start all over, with a different aim, and a different direction :

    -No more a big scene, I'm aiming for an interior scene (American 50s dinner).

    -I did not start by  laying out the whole scene, but I started by focusing on low poly asset design. 

    -No fancy lighting from the start.

    -Use of orthographic view, and don't forget the final size of the asset on the render. 

    -REFERENCES IMAGES, DAMN!


    Let's go :


    Asset 1 : Dinner table, bench and chair


    Reference 


    Render 1



    Render 2



    Render for approximation of final size



    Looks ok to me. Maybe not "stylized" enough? 


    What do you guys think?

  • smurfmier1985 replied

    otowa I like it :) 

    Whether it’s stylized enough.. it depends on personal preference (there are many sorts of stylized) and the other diner assets you create (they have to fit together). But like I said, I like it.

    At least my understanding is you will create the whole diner, asset by asset, but please correct me if I’m wrong.

    Keep going!

  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    ssmurfmier1985 Yes, that's the idea, so I can try to keep the style under control, compared to what I did previously.

  • smurfmier1985 replied

    otowa yes, if everything matches up in style it will look like a cohesive scene :) and you can always tweak the style later if you want to try stuff out, but I think it fits the style you’re going for

  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    Getting some more assets done. Jukebox not done in terms of material and the car may need some love near the wheels I guess...


  • donbonbon replied

    otowa nice timing

  • William Miller(williamatics) replied

    otowa I understand if it's too late to change this, but to me it doesn't look low-poly enough.

  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    williamatics As fat as modeling go, yes I think I won't make radical changes as for now. The lighting will also have to change radically for the final scene though...

  • Thibault Caradec(otowa) replied

    williamatics Does it look better like this you think?

  • William Miller(williamatics) replied

    otowa The lighting makes it hard to tell.