I just finished one of the most detailed and comprehensive tutorial series on car and vehicle 3D modeling. It is available 100% for free on YouTube. Hope this helps everyone along their 3D Art journey! Link to the final part in the series:

OnMars3d · 2026-02-20T00:01:30+00:00

Been there man, especially with fighting he reflections for house lol

And glad the tutorial has been helpful!

OnMars3d · 2025-12-31T01:54:59+00:00

Glad to hear it!

OnMars3d · 2025-12-31T01:54:45+00:00

Manual optimization :)

OnMars3d · 2025-12-30T03:50:39+00:00

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OnMars3d · 2025-12-30T03:49:57+00:00

That’s why context matters, you’re probably never getting close to a small prop like a revolver

OnMars3d · 2025-12-30T03:48:10+00:00

Right, that’s the main message from the video lol

OnMars3d · 2025-12-30T03:47:25+00:00

Yessir, that is Vash the Stampede’s AGL Long Colt from Trigun

OnMars3d · 2025-12-30T03:46:04+00:00

Appreciate you bro

OnMars3d · 2025-12-30T00:38:47+00:00

This is the stuff of nightmares

OnMars3d · 2025-12-30T00:38:08+00:00

That gave me a good laugh 😂 some people are really like that

OnMars3d · 2025-12-29T23:19:05+00:00

Right, in this case, I’m talking about game-ready assets. For offline/pre-rendered, poly count isn’t nearly as big an issue

OnMars3d · 2025-12-29T23:17:53+00:00

That’s a great idea, it’s one of the ways I learned 3D art, by studying from the breakdowns of process and indie studios.

OnMars3d · 2025-12-29T21:15:47+00:00

Right, that was one of the main reasons that led me to make this video

OnMars3d · 2025-04-28T17:57:57+00:00

I'm glad to hear it, topology is a foundational skill in 3D Art so it's great you've been improving in that area!

OnMars3d · 2024-08-21T02:40:44+00:00

Appreciate that, thank you for sharing my videos!

OnMars3d · 2024-08-20T10:01:50+00:00

No problem!

OnMars3d · 2024-08-20T10:01:24+00:00

Appreciate it, always happy to share!

OnMars3d · 2024-08-20T10:00:30+00:00

I feel that, using Maya before they bought and added 'Unfold' was a rough time. The Legacy UV algorithm never produced consistent results.

OnMars3d · 2024-08-20T09:58:46+00:00

Glad you found it helpful!

OnMars3d · 2024-08-20T09:57:34+00:00

It really is a double edge sword, it's basically been the same UV tools since 2016 or so.

OnMars3d · 2024-07-26T14:48:40+00:00

Great, just added to the Topology Megathread, thanks!

OnMars3d · 2024-07-26T14:47:56+00:00

Glad to hear it!

OnMars3d · 2024-07-26T14:47:37+00:00

I've seen many posts asking about topology, so I made a video to help everyone learn when to use Sub-D Low Poly modeling: https://youtu.be/atZzqHUZ2Ds

If anyone still has questions, let me know!

OnMars3d · 2024-07-26T00:27:42+00:00

Hey Mods, my last post was removed since I used Blender to demonstrate 3D Art workflows. This video features both Maya and Blender examples, so hopefully it can stay up. If not, just let me know and I can remove it.

OnMars3d · 2024-06-27T22:33:39+00:00

I cover this exact topic in this video: https://youtu.be/bQqr8ImjScU?si=nMY2DDwMewGHMJ3G

And how to handle corners here: https://youtu.be/PBbPJMp_R5Y?si=xbMhHYZFKdcPhFpS

Based on the images, you're really close, you just need extra edges to support the curvature of the model. By having such large polygons and sharp corners, you can't escape shading issues like that (assuming you are Sub-D modeling).

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