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Hey nice going!! As Blomkaal said already some more loops would be good. Would you mind if I got my BIG RED PEN out as its not be out to play for a while on someones mesh? As I feel a redirection of edge flow coming on...
Later dude
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Blomkaal...Heya, how are ya? Thnx for your comment, much appreciated
Jango....Heya...hehe...please feel free to get that BIG RED PEN out...lol I am always open to what I have or have not done right on my mesh...please go wild..
Oh yeah one thing I forgot to mention.....The top 2 pics are pics of the mesh unsmoothed....the other 2 are of them smoothed out..
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not all character have the same edge flow,
it looks fine without all the edge loops imo.
edge loops makes it easy to animate and deform, thats all. if u are making a still or will not do heavy animations, the topology does not have to be a basic loop "cage" and your char will look great.
its just give the impression of sliding on a mucle or a skin being deformed, since they move in better arcs then straight lines.
but that does not mean its a bad thing to do it without edgeloops. its totally fine.
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Agreed that not all characters have the same edge flow but however all faces have the same muscle groups. So if the muscles are formed in this manner you would therefore require edge loops.
The topic of edge loops is a long debated subject on a certain sites, but above all it remains the unwritten rule for correct anatomy.
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Almost fell out of my chair laughing!Originally posted by Jango
Would you mind if I got my BIG RED PEN out as its not be out to play for a while on someones mesh?
Don't worry Jango, I plan on starting a head soon if your pen's cravings haven't been satisfied Mainline: I'm doing ok, just wish I could get myself together and get that damned comp entry finished, but I feel this urge to model, not texture
The thing that surprises me the most about this model are the good results you have on your smoothed model. I think I see some odd faces around the nose and mouth (correct me if I'm wrong though) which always gives me lots of weird creases...
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Red Pen Satisfaction!!!
The eyes are fine though
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Thank you all for your positive feedback, it is greatly appreciated
Thanks for the "Red Pen Satisfaction" Jango..lol....I will definately use it as a stepping stone for an update to improve the general mesh structure of the model, as I do plan to take this character through a few lip-sync animations and he's mesh structure will be vitally important..
Thnx once again guys, very informative feedback for sure.....Thnx for that
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