Course for best practices in topology?

[Nathi Tappan]

Hi there, which course here at CG Cookie would you recommend if I’m interested in learning the best practices for modeling and topology?

[Omar Domenech]

I’d say first of all the Modeling Bootcamp. Pay no attention to having the old Blender interface, the course teaches core concepts more than pushing buttons:

https://cgcookie.com/courses/blender-mesh-modeling-bootcamp

Then retopology probably:

https://cgcookie.com/courses/retopology-with-retopoflow-3

And probably the modeling phase of the Human course:

https://cgcookie.com/courses/human-realistic-portrait-creation-with-blender

[Nathi Tappan]

Awesome! Thanks for the insight! 

I would have never guessed the Human course. Even if I’m more into hard-surface I’ll definitely add it to my learning path!

[Jonathan Lampel]

There’s not a ton of topology advice in the RetopoFlow course since it’s mostly just how to use the tool, but the Mesh Modeling Bootcamp Omar mentioned would be the place to go, and you can also check these courses for topology tidbits:

• https://cgcookie.com/courses/game-character-modeling-with-blender
• https://cgcookie.com/courses/modeling-realistic-characters-with-blender
• https://cgcookie.com/courses/creature-modeling-for-production

[Nathi Tappan]

Thank you sir! I’ll add them to my list too! It’ll be some busy coming weeks! 

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