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Facial Retopology - Creases & Tweaking
5th March 2020
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Julien Kaspar
This is the last of 3 videos on retopologizing the face in practice. In this lesson finalise the retopology by adding additional proximity loops to highlight primary & secondary creases and improve support the curvature and deformations of the object. In the end the clean retopology should looks as close as possible to the original sculpt.
Other links:
- Rain - File 4: Retopology & UV mapping: The file that includes the original retopology of Rain.
- File 4: Facial Topology & Planning: More examples of the finished facial topology from the end of these lessons.
- Cheatsheets: A collection of cheat sheets, including the ones from this video.
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Spencer Price
14th October 2020 - 05:42
Hey, Julien. Got another question for ya when I use the relaxed brush and snake hook brush in sculpt mode the shrink wrap modifier keeps the mesh tight to the object I'm sculpting on, but when I go back to edit mode all the vertices are off of the sculpt. Am I doing this wrong, and does it even matter if my object and Sculpt mode show the faces the way I like?
Thanks.
Julien Kaspar
14th October 2020 - 12:12
*@Spencer Price* It's important to understand that the modifiers are not actually changing the geometry that you see in edit mode. Only once you apply a modifier does it truly appear in the mesh. In sculpt mode you will generally work with a preview that the shrinkwrap is giving you, just like in object mode.
Davide Prati
26th November 2020 - 17:21
thies91088
2nd February 2021 - 11:18
First of all, thank you for sharing your knowledge! This was a very helpful and great in depth-tutorial. One more question: After finishing the retopo, i realized that my edgeflow is incorrect, for example one edge goes from the middle of the ear to the tip of the head. Will there be serious problems during animation when the edge flow is not 100% perfect? :O
Julien Kaspar
2nd February 2021 - 12:51
@thies91088 Loops not being closed into themselves happens a lot. As long as the general flow of the edges is ok the animators won't really mind. Having perfect patches and loops is mostly useful for rigging and selecting the patches easily. The cleaner it is the easier the rigging process will be. But even a rough retopology can be rigged in the end.
thies91088
2nd February 2021 - 14:36
@Julien Kaspar : Thank you very much!