Low Poly
ローポリ / 1990s– / revival / Technique / Digital Art
Leaves the few polygons and hard facet changes visible, using simplicity of form as the expression.
At a glance
Visual cues
- Triangular facets
- Angular contours
- Flat shading
- Few vertices
Best used for
- Scenes that must run light while still reading by silhouette alone
- Backgrounds with many terrain and prop pieces held to one facet size
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Treat letters as facets too, extruded or laid flat on the surface
- Composition
- Light from an angle where silhouettes read and facets separate depth
- Material
- Flat shading, a fixed vertex budget, color assigned per facet
- Caution
- Cutting vertices as the only goal removes the ones that defined the silhouette, leaving a lump nobody can identify.
- Further study
- early 3D games / flat shading / polygon budgets
Related entries
- Pixel Art (ピクセルアート)Shared effects: Play / Technique.Compare Low Poly and Pixel Art
- Flat Design / Vector Minimalism (フラットデザイン / ベクターミニマリズム)Shared effects: Play.Compare Low Poly and Flat Design / Vector Minimalism
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