little guys

dexter | 23 | he/ey/it | beginner 3d artist learning blockbench!

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welcome!

i'm dexter of @neopronouns & @mogai-headcanons. you can find more information about me here, but the important stuff is that i'm 23, i mainly use he/him, ey/em, and it/its pronouns, and my main blog is @rarnbley!

i'm not much of an artist outside of making pride flags and simple character icons, but i've always wanted to have more of an artistic outlet. that's why i picked up blockbench! i'll be posting my models here to show my progression in learning the program :3

i use the tag dexter.obj for my creations!

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[image id: a gif of a pixellated low-poly model of a cherry cocktail over a dark teal background. the drink is in a translucent martini glass. the drink is a dark wine red, getting gradually darker towards the center and stem of the glass, and is garnished with a cherry on a decorative toothpick. the cherry is bright red and beats like a heart. end id.

the woman at the other end of the bar orders a cocktail. she delicately holds the stem in one hand and, with the other, plucks the cherry garnish from the side of the glass. you swear you see the cherry pulsating like a heartbeat, quickening as it approaches her lips, but can't get a better look before she takes it between her teeth and slides it off its toothpick.

the drop of cherry juice left on her chin is far too dark.

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[image id: a gif of a pixellated low-poly model of glass of whiskey over a dark teal background. the glass is highly translucent and the whiskey is slightly translucent. a white ball floats in the glass, at first appearing to be a whiskey ball/ball of ice, until it rotates to reveal an eye with a blue iris. the eye blinks twice quickly with lids the same color as the whiskey, then rotates out of sight again. end id]

you look down into the glass of whiskey the bartender gave you. before you can pick it up, the sphere of ice spins of its own accord. an eye, blue as the sea, blinks at you from the drink before looking the other way once again.

…

you take a burning sip.

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[image id: a gif of a pixellated low-poly model of a ringed planet, similar to saturn, over a dark purple background. the planet is banded in shades of orange and its ring is silver. between the ring and the planet are three golden wheels covered in eyes, similar to those of ophanim. the innermost and smallest wheel is rotating quickly, the middlemost wheel is rotating at an average speed, and the outermost and largest wheel is rotating slowly. the planet and its outer ring are rotating very slowly. end id.]

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[image id: a gif of a low-poly model of a longlegs from 'zooliminology'. longlegs is an off-white creature resembling a spider, with a round body, 6 thin legs, and small black eyes. its body is lightly bouncing up and down. longlegs is inside of a largely featureless grey cement room, with 5 cinderblocks scattered around it on the floor and a red cement sphere, like those in front of a target storefront, in one corner of the room. end id]

tfw the scientists give you a large cement sphere from target that was obtained in a classified manner

@zooliminology

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[image id: a gif of a low-poly model of golbo from 'zooliminology' over a pale blue background. golbo is a white creature that resembles a borzoi, with a long, thin snout and limbs that gradiate to pale pink. it has a large eye with a stream of tears beneath it. it is laying on its side in a bathtub, which is filled with tall stalks of grass and small flowers that are swaying as though moved by a light breeze. end id]

the golbo is now properly contained

@zooliminology

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[image id: a gif of a low-poly model of rambley the raccoon from 'indigo park' over a light blue background. rambley is an anthropomorphic raccoon with purple eyes and a red bandana tied around his neck. in the gif, rambley is waving, his tail is moving side to side, his ears are wiggling, and the bow of his bandana is moving side to side. end id.]

rambley!! my boy!!

this was a fun way to experiment with different shapes, and my first shot at texturing a face! i'm quite proud of him.

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[image id: a gif of a low-poly model of a simple person waving on a cyan background. the model is mostly untextured, with light grey limbs and neck and dark grey head, torso, hands, and feet. end id]

testing out animation on a sort of 'base' person model i created! i was heavily inspired by @batfluffs' style for the base, which i plan to use to test out modeling clothing and hair.

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[image id: a gif of a low-poly model of pilly from 'burner' rotating on an orange background. pilly is a red and yellow capsule pill with round eyes, sticklike legs, and an outline all done in dark brown. end id]

pilly from burner! i'm trying to practice making gradients and shadows using pixel art.

i think i'll come back to him soon to practice animations, since i love how expressive he is in the series despite just being. a pill. and want to see if i can capture that!

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[image id: the left gif is of a low poly pokeball rotating on a light cyan background. the right gif is of a low poly great ball rotating on a light cyan background. both pokeballs have a black outline. end id]

another little project! i figured a pokeball would be simple enough to create and texture, and once i figured out how to mirror model, the greatball wasn't too difficult either.

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[image id: a gif of a low-poly froglet rotating on a light blue background. the froglet is light green with a pale green tail, darker green legs, a simple expressionless dark blue face, and a dark blue outline. end id]

my first real blockbench project! it's based on a rainylune keychain i got recently of their npc froglet character from this blind box. i, however, have named them ted.

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[image id: a gif of a low-poly truck rotating on a golden yellow background. the truck is red with lighter and darker red accents, black wheels, white windows, and orange headlights/taillights. end id]

my blockbench user rite of passage — the truck! i don't know a lot about cars so i used photo references for the pixel art (and it still looks a bit off lol).