Retopology of the face

The model we will be using to learn how to apply good topology rules can be seen in Figure 5.5:

Figure 5.5 – Full body of the model to be used for retopology

The model has a unique face, which should give us an opportunity to stray from the topology guide and allow us to think about our topology beyond just copying from the reference. As said before, we want to start with the head because this is the area on the body with the most detail. On the head, we will start with the face for the same reason. In Figure 5.6, we can see the face a bit more clearly:

Figure 5.6 – Close-up of the face we will retopologize in this chapter

As you can see in the preceding figure, the face has many features to take into account including the mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. It is generally good practice to start by laying loops of vertices around any holes in the model.

Defining loops

Let us put a row of...