WIP - Jack Low Poly Model

Not drawing related but!! Just wanting to go about this small project I did and I feel like I want to have something to return to. I posted these shots over at the discord a bunch of weeks ago but I think only now i want to write about my ~experience with 3D~

Anyway some background: When i got my computer, I was stoked to do computer stuff after being stuck with an ipad for a year now. One of those computer stuff being blender!

The last time i used blender was about 5 years ago for a quick class in college and I’ve been hearing that it’s much better now so I wanted to see how it is now. For context the last thing I modeled was this fella for an animation final:

I was working on limited time so this guy’s look is a bit janky BUT that was my only experience with 3d modeling using polygons at the time.

So cut to a few weeks ago where I thought it would be a *grand idea* to 3D one of my characters! In all fairness, I think i had a basic grasp on the importance of topology so my start wasn’t so bad. I loaded up some modeling tutorials to remind me of how shortcuts work and it went alright so far

Though the more I got to the detailed parts (hands and face) i feel it kinda fell apart in terms of topology. Don’t get me wrong though, it was great relearning all the things I can do in 3d and I was happy with the look of it!

Then came the texturing and UV unwrapping and for some reason I donked up some settings and it really was hard to get it right. At that point I lost energy and hopes in ever rigging this and maybe animating it. I realized that I may have done some parts of the model wrong and it would mean reworking some parts of it. Something I had no time for.

For what it was worth tho I’m happy with how I did the proportions in these and that his design passes the 3d test which means I totally have a 3d reference for Jack’s head when some tricky angles are involved. I also am familiarized again with blender so if there comes a time i need to layout some 3d objects, I know just what to do!

Anyway don’t be me and do simpler projects! Perhaps once I pick this up again i’ll model something easier! I do want to get into 3d modeling low poly characters!