3D Surfacing for Video Games, A Complete Beginner's Guide - Lesson 5: Low Poly and Mesh Maps

In this comprehensive online course Lead Environment Artist, Kaleb Aylsworth, will walk you through literally everything you need to know to go from an absolute beginner, to making game ready, industry quality 3D video game assets! If you've ever wanted to get into making art for video games, but didn't know where to start, you need look no further than right here.

In this fifth module of the series, you will receive a detailed introduction to the concept and function of Mesh Maps as they pertain to the creation of realtime 3d models for video games. Following that, you will learn all of the most important best practices for creating low poly models for use in projection mapping, as well as the most common mistakes and how to fix them.  Finally you will get a robust overview of how to set up you models in order for them to be exported for mesh map baking, and then a step by step walkthrough of the entire process of baking all of the necessary mesh maps for use in procedural texturing inside of Substance Painter.

By the end of this hour long series you will know everything you need to know about creating efficient and functional low poly models for use in projection map baking, as well as how to create the mesh maps themselves!

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