Can i get rid of these shadows without splitting edges?

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Hey, I did a rough demonstration on what I was thinking.

1- I selected these edges
2- Used the bevel tool
3- Used the subdivision modifier, I marked the places where I see most of the issues.
4- On the wireframe we can see that those places usually are where we have bad geometry. For this case, it seems that you have a character that is going to be animated.
I would advise you to do a retopology pass at least on this part, that way you’ll have a more responsive mesh. It may sound like pain in the ass but would help a lot on the rest of the project :stuck_out_tongue:

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no, it was smooth

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does retopology mean make it all over again…?

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Reitanna, go back to my tutorial, I made it so you don’t have any shader problem, and keep it low poly with a Subdivision Surface

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will it work for this different head shape?

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of course, why not?

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i just don’t know how to make this exact shape again, it’s kind of making me panic a little

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maybe you should follow some tutorials about modeling, low-poly modeling, face modeling, etc… :wink:

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do you think “tracing” the head will work? like taking a cube and extruding it to follow the shape of the head at all angles?

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retopology? Sure, you can try that

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is that what that is? i’m thinking of starting the ENTIRE model over just to be consistent, and because i had applied sub surf.

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so yes, retopologize, check some tutorials about that, you need to create a plane and snap to the high-poly