Retopology Start

Retopology Start

To start off retopologising my base mesh, I decided to focus on the head as I knew this would be the trickiest part and would tend to have the most problems.

I used this handy tutorial to get started: 

https://www.3dartistonline.com/news/2013/06/topogun-tips-for-better-topology/

It helped massively when trying to get even flowing geometry around the head and hands. I also looked at other examples of good topology on 3D male models to cross reference and try and get the best result possible. 

The base mesh that I previously mentioned by Bao Vu came in really helpful as it's free to download so I studied it to see how the geometry was distributed throughout the model.

I keep in mind that this base mesh will be subdivided multiple times, so that it is important that I keep it quaded so that there aren't any artifacts later on.