Creating a Low-poly Game Building in Maya
Throughout this tutorial, you will learn how to model and texture a building from the concept art stage to the final model. Software required: Maya 2013, Photoshop 2014 CC.
What you'll learn
Throughout this tutorial, you will learn how to model and texture a building from the concept art stage to the final model. We will also learn how to quickly generate texture maps for a low-poly asset. When working as an environment artist in the games industry, you actually spend a lot of your time making individual buildings and props to fill in your level. By the end of this tutorial, you will learn some best practices for low-polygon modeling and texturing for games and be able to apply those to your work. Software required: Maya 2013, Photoshop 2014 CC.
Table of contents
- Looking at Concept Art and the Completed Building 2m
- Modeling the Building Forms 3m
- Modeling the Window 6m
- Texturing the Window 7m
- Texturing the Planter Box 11m
- Placing the Windows Around the Building 5m
- Modeling and Texturing the Door 15m
- Adding the Door Keystone 7m
- Modeling the Stair and Banisters 7m
- Texturing the Stair and Banisters 8m
- Adding Awnings to Windows 11m
- Modeling the Trim and Texturing the Roof 9m
- Texturing the Trim 7m
- Adding Additional Details 9m
- Making the Trim Detail Pieces 9m
- Texturing the Walls and Foundation 10m
- Adding the Air Conditioners 10m
- Reviewing Our Model 2m
About the author
Donna Bennett has been working as an Environment Artist and 3D Artist for the past 19 years, including nearly 10 at Electronic Arts and 5 at Artech Studios. She has contributed to major titles including James Bond: Everything Or Nothing and The Sims. She studied Architecture at Carleton University and later went to Sheridan College for Computer Animation.