Hey! I’m working on a stylized character’s head and would love some feedback on the edge flow. My goal is to keep it clean and deformation-friendly for animation.
Does this topology look good, or are there areas that need improvement? Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Hello, there’s 2 main things that could be improved :
- The topology is a bit irregular and needs smoothing, especially under the eyes where the additional edge loop makes small, long faces
- For better deformations, you should get face loops around the eyes and mouth on a wider surface. Right now, with only one loop, you will have trouble animating the eyes and mouth smoothly
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I made another version—does this look better or worse? I’ve watched a couple of videos on topology and edge flow, but I’m still really struggling to understand it. Thanks so much for the reply—I really appreciate it!
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Looks way better to me, looks like the topology could be a bit more relaxed around the eyes though
I think the video below might help you
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Thanks! I hope I made it better this time. In this case, is it better to have loops around the eyes without including the nose (like a mask around both eyes)? For the previous attempt, I took inspiration from these videos:
Hope I didn’t overdo it with the edge loops.
I don’t know much about the character, but 
It’s for animation to form a ring between the mouth and the chin.
Of course, the eyes form the same ring.
But when I look at the current modeling, I think the shape of the ring of the mouth is too small.
In this case, it might be a problem with the animation.
See what’s wrong when you open your mouth using the shape key.
And I think my personal thoughts can reduce the edges around the mouth and eyes a little bit. (Cleaning the edges for animation)
I think good modeling is a criterion for judging whether there is a possibility of a problem in animation or not.
If you don’t have an animation plan, the topology doesn’t matter much.
And all videos are showing the same topology for animation.
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