Low Poly 3D Modeling in Blender

Speed up your workflows with this practical guide to low poly 3D modeling in Blender

Key Features

• Understand the entire low poly modeling process and find solutions to common 3D design problems
• Apply the skills you learn to build and animate a low poly 3D scene with animals and people
• Learn how to optimize your workflows by prioritizing certain aspects of your design over others

Book Description

3D modeling in Blender can get extremely tedious, especially when you have to animate a lot of frames. If you want to perfect your animations rather than spend loads of time on your models, then we've got you covered with A 3D Artist's Guide to Learning Low Poly Modeling in Blender.

This book takes you on an exciting journey from the basics of low poly modeling in Blender to creating a simple animation with your low poly assets. You'll apply the skills you learn to build a low poly farm scene, complete with animals, people, vehicles, and furniture. You'll learn the important design aspects of each element in the scene, from the vegetation to the hairstyles of the characters! Once the scene is built, you'll take a look at Blender's two rendering engines, Cycles and EEVEE, so that you can see the practical differences between them. Then you'll animate the characters, bringing the scene to life! The book concludes with some advice on making your way in the 3D industry and accelerating your career as a 3D artist.

By the end of this book, you will be creating and animating 3D scenes in Blender faster than ever before, thanks to the power of low poly modeling.

What you will learn

• Create, edit, and texture shapes using Blender's modeling tools
• Plan your scene properly so you don't build unnecessary objects
• Create a basic low poly architectural construction and vegetation
• Speed up your workflow with generic base meshes
• Set up cameras and lights for EEVEE and Cycles rendering
• Use Rigify to make bipedal and quadrupedal rigs for animation
• Discover how to progress as a 3D artist

Who This Book Is For

Intermediate 3D artists and generalists who want to step into the exciting world of low poly modeling, reduce their workload and quickly model their objects will benefit from this book. Beginners who want to learn 3D modeling in Blender but don't know how to embark on their journey can also start with learning the low poly modeling technique presented in this book. It is assumed that you have a basic knowledge of the Blender interface.

Table of Contents

1. Understanding the Main Tools of Modeling in Blender
2. Basic Principles Of Low Poly Modeling
3. Planning the Scene
4. Creating a low poly Farm Environment
5. Creating low poly Animals
6. Creating low poly Human Characters
7. Creating low poly Assets
8. Preparing Scene for Rendering
9. Understand Rigging And Animation Workflow
10. Career tips and Further Development as a 3D Artist