How I Learned to Create Retro Game Characters

Here’s my approach, for making retro inspired game characters. From what was originally meant to be a small PS1 study ended up quickly evolving and skipping several generations. Turning into instead a DS/3DS art study.

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Illustration Reference:
Hatsune Miku - Steel Type Trainer by Megumi Mizutani
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Megumi Mizutani
🐦  / megtany  

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Retro 3D Art Polycount Thread
🔺https://polycount.com/discussion/2261...

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Final Model:
💾 https://skfb.ly/oTyMt

Base Mesh:
⭐ I've decided to make the base mesh free to download. But any donations are very welcome as it supports making more content like this!
💾 https://skfb.ly/oTxGP
💾 https://keyframechef.gumroad.com/l/Re...

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Music Used:
🎈Daystar - My small world
🎈Daystar - May your day be cozy
🎈Daystar - Lemon Cake
🎈Daystar - Cosmic Star Candy
🎈Daystar - PM 3
🎈Daystar - Tiramisu Cat
@starryattic

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Gameplay Footage Used:
🎮 Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days By RickyC
   • Nintendo DS Longplay [033] Kingdom He...  

🎮 Vagrant Story By Connor
   • PSX Longplay [143] Vagrant Story (Par...  

🎮 All other gameplay via Long Play Archive
@longplayarchive

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 Breakdown
2:36 Modelling
4:09 UVs
7:18 Textures
10:29 Closing Up

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