In my last post, I showed off my first blender model so I could get feedback on how to improve. One of the replies was to “stay consistent.” I know what staying consistent looks like (keeping the same design for each part of model, eg. don’t make different parts smoother than others), but I don’t know how to put it in action. Is there an easy way to “stay consistent,” when modeling?
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What he means is to keep the model in the same style so either decide on making it low poly or more realistic
i know, but how, exactly? Is there a way to set a limit of triangles for a node or something?
Well when I make models, if I’m doing low poly I just aim for less detail and faces and if it’s more realistic I add a lot more faces and detail. You control how consistent it is
there is a way to enable your tri count in blender. as long as you pick a range and stay within it that should keep you consistant. But also rember that the lod (level of detail) is effected not only by the tri count but also by the size of the thing that you are making. 500 tris may be enough for a low poly tree but thats like way too many for a low poly apple.
As far as staying consistent goes, I think its really all about style. Find a style and try to keep within that style for the duration of the project (or any other related items). (you as a developer dont need to stick with one style, its good to be flexable)
The best way to stick with a particular style is to first define it. A style can be characterized by its
tri or poly count
How its shaded
How you texture it Stylistically
and the shading within that style
Resolutions wise
And whether or not you use pbr
And there are lots more design choices you can make but once you decide on something, make sure to stick with it and your overall output will be far more consistent looking.
(you could do the exact opposite of this, and do whatever you please whenever, and sometimes this works, as long as you establish that that is what you’re doing.
In other news, I looked back at your post that you were referencing and I think this may help as far as consistency goes.
Hope this helps! (all images sourced from Google)