Introduction
Vertices or Vertexes: I use both, don't know why, but they're the same don't worry!
This tutorial shows you how modeling with Vertices can imrove Low Poly, even detailed models. A lot of times using cylinders, or boxes, spheres etc. just doesn't cut it. And it's a pain to actually making your model low poly modelling it that way. The solution: Vertexes.
Modeling with Vertecies
To capture what you want with detail, but low poly is tricky, but not always. So you might want to try using the vertecies.
To start off with you may want to apply a background image if you are recreating something, or if you drew it out on a napkin at the local coffee shop.
- Right-Click in any Veiwport and select "Choose Background Image"
- Select your Image and click "OK" Now it should appear in that Viewport.
- Now select the Vertexes button, and place it on the lines of your image. Here is an example...
- After we have placed the Vertexes, we must create the faces.
- To do this, simply select THREE vertexes, and press [F] on the keyboard.
- After a while it should turn out to look like this...
- But this is only 2D, we must make it 3D now.
- A simple way of doing this is Duplicating these faces to the opposite side.
- Now we must connect them together. This is where you get creative. Remember Three vertexes make a face, and only three.
- You can connect 123 to create a face, then 12and4 to create another one! It's very simple. Eventually it will turn out to look like after adding everything and extra details...
- This is how you go from a 79 poly face to a 36 poly face.
