
Low Poly Modeling Re-DefinedLow Poly Re-Defined
So there has been a lot of confusion on this subject, especially on Deviant Art what classifies as low polygon and what doesn't.
Often you browse around DA see DD's or Game-art you like, see the triangle count and go 'omg that is too high poly!' Stop. Right. There.
Just stop. Low polygon has been miss-categorized lately and it's almost insulting to just assume someone's triangle count is 'way too high poly'. Low poly can fall into many more groups then you think, and even 20,000 tri's can be considered a lower polygon range.
A bit of terminology before we begin
When we talk about polygon count, or poly count, we actua

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GriddleToday I put together a helper utility because I was tired of trying to create good perspective grids with shoddy perspective tools. I don't always know exactly what perspective I want for an image; I wanted to be able to experiment with grids in real-time and see what kinds of angles and fields of view are most visually striking or inspiring. Enter Griddle:
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