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Hello Ryan, for the visibility of the mesh used for retopology, you now have an option in the Mesh Edit Mode Overlays (just at the right of the Overlays in Edit Mode) named "Retopology" ;). So the mesh appears above the sculpted mesh.
I really like the reiteration of how to perform techniques. The fact that throughout the tutorial I keep being reminded of how to add a loop cut, fill faces, etc. It really helps in learning these techniques. Solid tutorial thanks.
Ryan, I am having such a blast with this. I remember back in the 2.7 days squirming around in the mud with this and wanting to throw my monitor. You nailed it. I kind of wish I could get feedback from you on what I am working and get some one-on-one Q&A. But, I understand that may not be an option. Thanks, again!
Thank you very much for your support! Glad my videos can help. Yeah, I decided not to do one on one paid teaching, so that I can focus more of my time on creating these tutorials to reach a wider audience and more people.
I have sculpted the whole character and looking for video for retopology..... because it's too difficult for me. But you made it easy. You are amazing... love you
"Using 3 faces is better than 5" Triangles vs 5 sided n-gons, both can cause issues, but in general, an n-gon has less pinching, which is better for a smooth surface Consider this, when we subdivide a mesh, each quad face becomes 4 Now lets look at a triangle, it's 1/2 the space of a quad, but becomes 3 quads, so the geometry becomes dense in this area quickly 5 sided n-gons however become 5 quads, and are around 1.5 times the surrounding quads if a quad is a 1:4 ratio a tri is a 1:6 ratio and a 5 sided n-gon is a 1:3.333~ ratio if you have a high change in normal direction, both should be moved away, to a softer transition area, or hidden under clothes or hair etc
Thank you for posting! I actually have a lot of models I want to retopologize even though they're low poly because they are STLs with really awkward topology that goes haywire when I try to modify or subdivide so this helps a lot with that.
Oh nice! Perfect timing. I'm making a few characters from WoW and some have these "tattoos" that are actually supposed to be metal plates. I've been trying and trying to trace them out along the body so I can give them all just a tiny bit of actual 3D texture. This should be perfect for that. Assuming I can use this method to stencil them out, solidify them a teensy bit and then fuse back to the model. Thanks!
This video is not missing anything, thanks. I have a question for you in another topic. Can i use my own character with a Mixamo animation and a blender metahuman-rig together? Face emotions only work with shape keys or it is possible to extend those animations with the face rig manually? Thank you in advance, Ryan.
It doesn't work. Everything on mine is doing the exact opposite of yours. Mine is floating instead of snapping, the mirror isn't matching the panel at all and is just stretching out in places and it keeps clipping.
Make sure you're mirroring on the correct axis. I'm not sure why it's not snapping, but just make sure you have what you're trying to snap to selected, whether that be a plane, edge, or vertex. Playing around is extremely helpful for learning blender. Don't worry if it feels stupid, just have fun and keep learning. Good luck!
I find the retopology so confusing, I tend to make things low poly first before making it high poly, Once a person I know was asking for help with a file, it was near the 30MB size, I used decimate 2 times, and reduced the size to around 2Mb, the head model still looks exactly the same, he was quite surprised I lowered the file size for him. He's using the new head for a game, and it's working well for him.
