I was challenged to create a vending machine with less than 1k Polygons and to add my personal touch into it. I decided to go by making it stylized with hand painting so that way the vending machine looks good with the low poly count.
The vending machine sells Mexicans chips called "Frituras", "Duros", or "Chicharrones" (They are called differently depending in which region/state of Mexico you are in), but with a synthwave touch in it.
I didn't wanted to make my vending machine just a cube with extrudes and call it a day, so I made an attachment to the vending machine that sells Magical Sparkling Strawberry Soda ( Which I added an 80's anime magical girl aesthetic into it).
I also personalized the vending machine with stickers with things I like such as anime, memes, 80's aesthetics, and games I like.
This feels like the best low poly model I had made so far and it makes me want to keep improving my modeling and hand painting skills.
Created in Blender
Textures were done in Substance Painter and Photoshop