🧵 Half /po/-half /3/ question
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Dec 2023 22:24:56 UTC No. 967008
How hard is it to model an anime character in a low poly style as a beginner? I want to try making a papercraft of Maho Hiyajo from Steins;Gate 0, and I could not find any decent low poly models for that purpose so I thought I'd give it a hand of making my own. Are there any tutorials you would recommend for this purpose?
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:52:04 UTC No. 967016
>>967008
check some low poly models from games like megaman legends or whichever you like
also there's the #256fes tag on twitter and that 3dmodel site
but again, the problem with anime models is knowing what makes them look anime, otherwise you'll end with the westernized meme look.
TLDR: shit's hard but please try, looking forward to seeing your models
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:04:32 UTC No. 967071
>>967016
>but again, the problem with anime models is knowing what makes them look anime, otherwise you'll end with the westernized meme look.
I have a general idea but i feel like i would have to restart a couple times because the product wouldn't "feel right". What are some guidelines I should follow to not make it look westernized?
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Dec 2023 20:08:25 UTC No. 967080
>>967071
Your idea is shit and the only reason why you haven't tried yet is because you're afraid of finding that out the hard way.
Anyways, for papercraft you need strictly planar faces and a UV unwrap without any distortion. Then you need some space in the UV map around all the seams so you can have good attachment flaps for the pieces. Bake the UV unwrap to the texture as a guide for cutting and folding and print it out.
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:32:32 UTC No. 967327
Once you have the model use Pepakura Designer to convert it into a papercraft pattern. You can do it on your own but it'll be much slower and probably worse.
It's an amazing tool used a lot by cosplayers to get real scale patterns to then use with EVA foam or other materials.
Anonymous at Sun, 7 Jan 2024 11:41:34 UTC No. 969648
>>967008
based maho hiyajo enjoyer
Anonymous at Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:10:46 UTC No. 971005
>>967008
just get any model, use papercraft utilities or extensions, profit
or get high red model, do retopov bake textures in the retopo model, profit
Anonymous at Sun, 21 Jan 2024 07:43:56 UTC No. 971324
>>967008
I hope you'll develop good habit before adopting poorly and tedious time consuming tutorials on modelling anime characters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbT