Creating Stylized Low Poly Characters in Blender

[@C4Hertz]

I learned a lot, in two hours I went from "I don't know blender" to "I can make mario's head" das pretty good.

[@DaviJohns]

mario

[@nekotori7043]

mario

[@jacobnicola5950]

Finally, a tutorial which doesn't extrude the whole ass body from a single cube

[@Cerebrugh]

fr fr

[@PRINTORO]

what's wrong with that?

[@TsubasaAnimations]

But not extruding the whole ass 😔

[@DayDreamer4011]

this made me laugh 😂

[@DJBSharpMusic]

​@PRINTORO It actually makes the process more difficult, because it makes your process similar to trying to draw a picture with one stroke, versus multiple strokes.

[@afrancis7475]

Bro, this is a 1000 times better than most tuts on youtube. I really wanted to give up but this gave me hope man. Thanks!

[@juarangoCreations]

x2 !

[@lacruzo]

I'm so glad to hear it! ^^

[@mwinner101]

Blender is very frustrating. Such a pain.

[@Mr-dk1dh]

@@lacruzoplease make more videos bro

[@titusfortunus2916]

Blender is hard, and overwhelming if you don't know where to start. But don't you DARE give up!

[@music_shev_]

This tutorial is a GODSEND. I was looking into stylized low-poly for months now, and the best I could find was "PS1 style", which is totally not my jam! But this, this is literally donut of character creation, this is GOAT of tutorials

[@music_shev_]

@PAPicturesOfficial Naaah, PS1 style is stylized in a different way, and usually does not feature 1k textures or jointed limbs. Visuals of an era are usually dictated by big games, and big games usually pivot towards realism, and realism + hardware limitations makes for great visuals, but not insanely dope cartoon-ish visuals that I was looking for. This is more of a N64 but simplified, properly saturated and coloured tutorial, than PS1 tutorial, if we're talking consoles and not eras

[@Wolferr47]

As an experienced 3D artist who watches tutorials for fun, Id say this is most definitely a tutorial Id look for as a beginner. I love how youre not spoonfeeding every bit of information to the viewer Direct, easy to understand, good quality product.

[@Acelestialerror]

As a beginner, I give you complete right with this one tutorial I have learned so much because it wasn't spoon-feeding

[@hamzahgamedev]

As a solo game dev myself who SUCKS at 3d modelling, this video is a ray of hope and I am so thankful to You my friend. ❤

[@Dipster101]

How's the journey going?

[@datnastysalad5616]

UV unwrapping and specifically textute painting was always such a headache for whenever I'd attempt to make a low poly character. You are a saint for this tutorial 🙏🙏🙏

[@MyNameIsGarp]

I love the early stages of learning. Following along with this video, I picked up enough basic knowledge to look at other blender videos and go "oh, I have some idea of what they're doing and how they're doing it." Not much, but some. It's like learning the grammar and first few words of a foreign language, and realizing you're now able to pick up MORE of it just by listening to it. Thank you friend!

[@blackmark2899]

Low Poly style is really good because it's a lot like making a chibi. You have design what's the essentials of the character and doesn't allow you to get lost in the details.

[@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120]

Pixel art/Low Poly/Chibi all focus on a simple silhoute, generally dont need very complicated details and rely on focus points(2-3 defining trais of a character, like glasses, a ribbon, perhaps a piece of armour or two).

[@metacob]

In the past I thought pixel style would be good for a solo developer who doesn't have a ton of experience with drawing. I was wrong, good pixel style is lots of work. Low poly style on the other hand works much better! The more you boil it down, the better it looks.

[@Drift_EX]

Unironically one of the best tutorials for 3d modeling / UV unwrapping and Texture painting all in one.

[@cocoasprinklez]

absolutely incredible tutorial, i'm a college student studying game design and was literally just ranting to my friend about how horrible character modelling is, so having this tutorial be understandable and teach exactly what i needed to know is like a miracle really! thanks man, great stuff

[@metacob]

I just finished my first character in Blender (turned out much better than I expected) and now following along with this tutorial it all seems very doable! I can't believe I wasted so much time thinking this was so difficult or that I needed lots of talent in design/art. Low poly art rocks! Somehow when you reduce a shape to its basics it looks 10x better than a high-poly model made by someone who doesn't know what to do with all the details (like me).

[@MyNameIsGarp]

Miziziziz has a great video on "style by necessity," in which he explores the idea that devs often arrive at interesting visuals not in spite of their limitations but, in a roundabout way, BECAUSE of them. It's very cool, and gives hope to folks who aren't CalArts grads or natural talents (like myself)

[@sicariusleif1992]

It took roughly 7 hours as a beginner to make this while following along. I was initially thrilled because your approach resonated with my goals for character design. However, it's crucial to clarify that the video isn't precisely a tutorial. My primary aim in watching was to grasp texture painting and UV mapping, so it was disheartening when, after finally completing the model, the video suddenly sped up, leaving me feeling left behind. This feedback is simply meant to be constructive; since there's no mention in the video that it's a tutorial, it's not your fault. However, the initial portion does give the impression that new users can easily follow along, which only adds to the frustration after investing hours. Despite these challenges, I managed to keep up fairly well, even resorting to slowing down the video to 0.25x speed during the UV mapping segment (such difficulties added significant time to completing the piece). I was really hoping for a demonstration of how to pose the model as well. Anyway, great art and thank you for posting the video!

[@albertomanzo5546]

I did the same 0.25 thing 😭

[@Nelono]

This tutorial is incredible. I can't tell you how many low poly tutorials i've watched and thought "yeah this is low-poly, but it isn't quite the image I had in mind." until I found this video. Your reference character is super cute and I love how simple and straightforward your modeling process was. Sometimes I stress out and overcomplicate things thinking that if I don't do it then it won't look good with textures, so seeing it done right helped me visualize so much. Thank you so much.

[@mk1k]

this is a better guide to modeling than the class I took in college on the subject. You sir are a hero

[@canceledrift8737]

This is insanely fast at some parts. The look of it is EXACTLY the style I’m trying to go for but I find myself lost trying to slow the video down looking for your inputs. I feel as if you have a pretty decent grip on blender this is a marvelous video. But I just wanna make characters and I’m beginning my journey on the software. I’m just downright confused. I’m sure it’s something simple I’m missing but dang it’s hard to keep up

[@dreamisover9813]

I really appreciate more workflow based breakdowns. You can learn the very basics of tools everywhere, but once you know them, these videos are really valuable for having an actual workflow to try out/follow for the whole process.

[@mcshmoovin]

This is the first tutorial I've found that's truly showed me what I wanted to do. After so long I was finally able to make a 3D model I was proud of. Thanks!

[@royrich2833]

if you make creating lowpoly this clean and easy can we see how you rig and animate like in the intro they look cool

[@fineduck]

Love this tutorial!! Though I was stuck on getting the uv unwrapping right, a separate video would be super helpful! Thank you!!!

[@0508Candy]

As a 3D teacher who's teaching kids, this tutorial is amazing, I learnt an easier way to teach my students, cheers mate! 🥂

[@phadestonkaneki9861]

This is actually easier than expected tbh. I started working on a 3d model for a passion project and jumped right into it with little research. Still figuring things out but it’s coming along.

[@WhatBeDaPointMon]

Today just got a whole lot better, this is truly invaluable. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@lacruzo]

So kind of you to say ^^

[@moonolotl]

I've been too intimidated to model characters in blender ever since I learned the basics because it felt too hard and too big a task, especially since my teachers made it seem like that, but you've made it look so incredibly easy and helped me make my first character model!! Thank you :)

[@FinnbarrGoesFast]

every other character creation tutorial did my head in, but this one just makes sense. incredible video

[@klashicola3532]

im a content creator with ADHD, and planning a VRC talkshow, i normally lose attention from tuts when they are super long, but cant understand if its too fast, this tut is the right speed for me to make me move from blockbench to blender. thank you for helping me learn how to start using this software!

[@eugenekim1861]

This video should be at the top of the search results so that Blender beginners like me can find it easily and not waste time searching. This is the only one I found that answers the question of why texture painting appears darker in the viewport. And... most videos in Tube seem to assume we have experience with texture painting, even if they are intended for "beginners". This even single video contains most essential tips and information that we should know. Subscribed!

[@devonchan4549]

where is it answered(I have been struggling with this for a long time haha, I can't find it) can you tell me the time where he offered a solution?

[@bau_rawson]

This tutorial is amazing! What could make it even better is if you added some 2D references like the one you used for the model, so we can follow along and get a similar result. Anyway thanks for the great work!

[@Dailyfiver]

I just started my donut tutorial today, and I am watching this for fun before bed. I learned SO MUCH just watching you work. 10/10

[@Snoight]

turning off backface culling and Occlude was a real treat, thanks! :)

[@NotLawrence]

Haven’t touched 3D modeling in a while, but this definitely has inspired me to get back into it with some character modeling (after I study for and do my AP exams). Might comment with some questions if I remember to. Thanks for the great video!

[@grimmestcreaper2212]

This entire video has been immensely helpful. Detailed while keeping a good pace. Not glancing over modeling methods, plus the shortcut visualizer helps a ton

[@lazybrando]

this video honestly helped me out so much! ive been struggling trying to make my oc, sculpting, using a plane, subd abusing, etc. and this is the only one that worked! and i absolutely love your style!

[@nuclearattackwombat8390]

Instead of manually merging each vertex pair, it is faster to enable auto-merge vertices and enable vertex snapping (the ruler-looking dropdown next to the magnet at the top of the screen). Then you can just snap each vertex to the desired target vertex and they'll automatically merge together.

[@headstamp1411]

The pacing of this guide is going to make me hurl.

[@crusenho]

Thank you so much for creating this video, your 3d character art-style is amazing and beautiful. Please keep up making this video more!

[@LA-wv6jo]

This is the best tutorial on modeling low poly characters! I can't model realistic characters (and I don't really want to), and I can''t really do sculpting part. This is the best option for me! Thanks a lot!

[@thedertiz2524]

OMG! Thank you so much for the detailed tutorial (especially for showing the keyboard shortcuts used during the creation process in the video). It's really great material.

[@amiralighaforeyanrad885]

Man you just solved my 2 years problem doing low poly character thank you god bless you

[@Bartnuschler]

You dont have to turn on Xray to see your reference. There is an option in the object properties for the reference image to always display it in front, you can even turn the opactiy up and down how you prefer it.

[@ionepolychrome]

omg im literally making something by following this tutorial i am so so happy!

[@drawician3686]

I’m almost upset at how good this tutorial is. I’ve been working with a very similar style for a while, and this workflow is so much simpler and produces much better results. Not even to mention the quality of the tutorial itself. Definitely going to try this is the future, thank you!

[@rmt3589]

This is so frigging amazing! Answered so many questions I had. Would you do a part 2 where we can have more character customization? Different parts that can be swamped and stuff?

[@buster5661]

Id be down like a clown for that

[@darennerad14]

Legitimently one of the most helpful tutorials (not just for blender, but for anything) on KZbin. I've really enjoyed the process of learning character modeling and texture painting from this vid!

[@gusui205]

Hello, I really admire your work. I noticed that your render colors are consistent in both the solid and material preview windows. Could you please advise if there are any steps I might be missing in my rendering process? I strive to make my work as perfect as yours. Thank you for your assistance. I’m not very good at English, so I apologize if there are any grammatical errors.

[@kimmyera174]

That's a pretty nice tutorial, especially for texture painting with the dragging, for the eyes. I think the next thing, would possibly be to show how to have your character have different faces, for social/emotional expressions

[@lacruzo]

thanks, yeah I'm considering that as another video ^^

[@MeepLeDoodle]

I didn't know loop tools existed and you are now my favorite person

[@TheVitorGK]

The best tutorial I've seen so far! Very detailed and simple for beginners, thanks man!

[@snazzycarmine]

Thanks so much for this video! I was just wondering about the whole modelling process for something like this and had a lot of fun following along :)! Really easy to understand.

[@Oyyou]

I don't know Blender, and have no real intention of learning. Just watched this for fun while eating. Really good stuff! Got me feeling inspired :)

[@_xir0]

I really like this tutorial! I watched it a few days ago, now I'm trying to recreate it in blender - and after that, I want to draw my own little character and create them in blender ^^ thank you for explaining exactly why you did things the way you did them, telling shortcuts, and its nice to see which buttons you pressed :D

[@cokomishi]

THIS TUTORIAL HAS BEEN INVALUABLE!!! please make more, ill watch and like all of them 😭

[@Trecherousbeast]

This character looks so nice! I’ve been looking for low poly tutorials for a while, but this is the best one I’ve seen so far.

[@jonaspriebeofficial]

Here's a quick sum of video Step 1 Reference Art 00:51 Step 2 Model the Head 1:28 start with sphere Step 3 Model the Torso 23:45 start with cylinder Step 4 Model the arms and hands 5:10 make by extruding from the torso Step 5 Model the legs 6:18 start with cylinder Step 6 Model the feet/shoes 8:28 extrude from bottom of leg Step 7 Connect leg to torso 9:33 Step 8 Create the Hair 10:38 Create this by extruding from the head then adding details to the shape. Step 9 UV Unwrapping 12:56f Step 10 Block out the Colors of your shape 16:58 Step 11 Texture Paint your character 18:40

[@Dark_Mario_Bros.]

I love these N64/PS1 era styled low poly models, this one looks excellent!

[@stardestroyer8721]

I just downloaded blender and I can't wait to get to this point of creating characters

[@Cerebrugh]

i just downloaded it and im currently finishing up some touches to a model like this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you dont need to learn much before you start modeling like that (unprofessinally)

[@Cerebrugh]

take your time of course !

[@xdn_t]

Finally! An actually fast and easy to remember tutorial with total noob friendly tips and tricks 😭

[@SchmoopyTheSpy]

This was helpful! I didn’t know that the texture painting tools within blender could work to achieve this style! I’m going to try it. Thank you!

[@TheEKdude]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I feel like I’ve slowly started to give up on my passion for creating games because I can’t make good models yet but looking at this video makes me hope that in the future I will make something better.

[@Casyusby]

Amazing tutorial, made me realise just how over complicated i tried to make my low poly characters lol

[@icimojojojo]

Just ended the tutorial, and as mentioned in all other comments, such a great one ! It's the video I've been having the most fun following along. Thanks so much for sharing your tips 🙏

[@JayRKID]

I'm a hobbie / indie game dev and have to say this tutorial has helped me so much in preparing my work flow for finaly modeling my characters, just want to say thank you so much for the video and the chill format, well done 👌 hope to see more from you soon

[@tobbyman3d]

Thanks so much for this. I love this style and I just learned the new color pick shortcut and the do last action tip helps too

[@cocomendos]

Love the tutorial! Looking forward to more of these vids, one great tip when it comes to mirroring! I enabled automirroring on the addons tab, it comes free with blender and set the key on favorite quick keys (Q) so I only need to select the model hit Q and A and with the addon the model automatically gets cut down in half, mirrored and clipped

[@lacruzo]

wasn't aware of this one, thanks!

[@Trepower]

This tutorial made my low poly character designs atleast 5x better Ty and keep creating 🩵

[@AeridisArt]

OMG, I'm not the only one who wants to replicate the Megaman Legends artstyle! I've been trying to figure out how to do lowpoly characters myself. My biggest hurdle has been UV wrapping (and making lowpoly hands that actually look like hands). I having gotten far in the vid yet (only 2 mins lol), but thanks for making this!

[@iamxye2461]

thank you for putting your Inputs on screen its so helpful im new to blender trying to make a character for the first time

[@rayansyed2721]

Your videos are amazing. Please don't stop posting. I love them

[@lyxivia]

One of the best and easily digestible tutorials I've come across on this topic. Tysm :D

[@SSRBast]

My God, you are a genius and a gift of the gods. This tutorial is exactly what i needed to update my game graphics!

[@SPICYSTUF]

thank you so much this was so helpful and i love your style, looking forward to when you can show us rigging.

[@greatwave2480]

That's super cool! As an artist I've always wanted to try modeling something fun and silly but modeling programs seem so overwhelming and intimidating to learn...

[@GM-hb1vr]

I love this. It would be great to see you do an outdoor game environment in this style.

[@billmore6486]

Been watching modeling blender videos for years. Youve done a excellent job here!

[@Sonokido]

I hope you'll make a rigging tutorial soon!! :D

[@unobtrusism]

Many thanks! After a few hours, I created my very own character model! This has been helpful.

[@xCrissiam]

Hi, thank you very much for the tutorial. I had been looking for months for one of this style, and as I couldn't get any, I experimented in my own way taking other references and I managed to make a 3D low poly model that I liked. Now with this tutorial I can learn everything in a better way, make better models and improve the ones I already made. thank you very much!

[@coding-donne]

where have you been all my life ive been out here watching blockbench tutorials and priichu timelapses

[@azoth._.]

This is the first video I've seen from you but I enjoyed it. Also you're at 39.9k subscribers, so close to 40k :D

[@Gerdian185]

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE MOUSE CLICK AND KEYS ON THERE

[@thepovdweller]

I almost finished my low poly 3d model thanks to you! Thank you so much for making Blender less scary. Edit: It's all done :)

[@Localnimation]

Bruh finaly tutorial thats i can actualy follow💀, this is good way to make character for game, even tho idk how the performance will be

[@breew6692]

the face makes me feel nostalgic for the wii mysims agents game i was obsessed with as a kid 😂

[@yelkoart3495]

This literally inspired me to make an animated series out of a style like this. I may go the more conventional route of using ps1 shading techniques instead, wish me luck!

[@lacruzo]

sounds cool, good luck with it! ^^

[@VINZVANGO]

YOOOO I was just thinking that this style reminds me of Megaman Legends and then you brought it up!! Would love love LOVE to see more games pop up with that similar aesthetic!!

[@_kurohana]

Yes! I love low poly style and this is exactly was I was looking for! I enjoyed modeling in this style in Maya but I want to switch to Blender and I've found few tutorials for what I wanted to do. I'll come back as soon as I learn the basics, lovely presentation and thanks for sharing!

[@luluskuy]

Thanks man! Your tutorial is easy to follow, you have a good pedagogic skills!

[@Nthx00]

Thank you very much for the video, usually I just model props, but recently I wanted to try modeling low poly characters This video helped me a lot to have an initial base of what to do I started with the same character as you and I hope in the future I can do my own characters

[@OGHST_NIII]

No lie I'd pay to watch more of your work bro! Keep up the excellent work 🔥🔥🔥

[@nubi4006]

Thanks for the tutorial, well-constructed and no-nonsense video.

[@FirstLast-nl6uu]

the uv unwrapping part is rlly kicking my ass the hardest

[@usernotfound-tf4mv]

This was a great video and I like how you take your time to show your process and explain it. Also, your art looks really nice. I hope to see more of your work.

[@q404]

so far this is the best video ive seen on the topic

[@mjdevlog]

so much tips and tidbits in this video that i learned! i regret procrastinating on watching this vid for a while😅

[@CactiHat]

I wasn't even aware this only came out like a few days ago but it came at such a good time!!! I had a sudden motivation in trying to make a 3D model and this tutorial made it feel so much easier to tackle what I envisioned doing for such a long time now and I feel like I want to do even more now :D Thanks you so much for making this!

[@catticus6637]

no way i was looking for these tutorials a few months ago... yhis is awesome tysm

[@KeyframeChef]

This is an awesome video. Thanks for sharing your process! 🙏🏻

[@cleopatrxb]

i’ve been looking for something exactly like this for so So long. genuinely answered so many of the questions i’ve had while trying to make my own low poly characters !! this has been a major help thank you

[@lacruzo]

so glad I could help! ^^

[@coupon7639]

this is a pretty good tutorial for all the steps necessary, but the thing i found myself struggling with is the amount of small adjustments you did in the model creation part, it was hard to follow because i didnt know whether it was necessary to do these small adjustments because i barely knew what they did. Also the loop circle tool is broken in blender 4.0, idk why it really doesnt look the same in the video Good tutorial overall though!

[@Kn.77]

I've been looking for tutorials on this specific kind of low-poly style for a while now, and this is by far the best one I've seen! Thank you so much!!!

[@jademonass2954]

this tutorial just makes so much sense!! a lot on tutorials just go onto things that are waaay to complex for the simple characters i want to create thank you!