not all faces on a mesh have to be quads, in this case the ngon helps flow the topology the way he wanted and doesnt need fixing because the mesh was being subdivided, ngons can be bad and most of the time they are but they can also be useful in a lot of cases

@@akkihole_ I see! I was always taught to never have an ngon. I'm so relieved to find out that they can actually be useful! Thanks for the reply <3

​@@Mummelade glad to see youve learned something new, a few takeaways i should mention -ngons when subdivided will be converted to quads (which is why this use case is acceptable) -ngons are only bad when unhandled, usually they are triangulated or redone into quads (most of game-ready topology is just ngons but triangulated) -ngons on flat surfaces do not affect shading for as long as the face is planar (although you should triangulate this ngon before UVing and texturing) -as a general rule of thumb, ngons should never be present in the export of your mesh, always triangulate them you're right, you should never have an ngon most of the time, but there are cases where they are useful like subdivision surface modelling of hardsurface objects, or sometimes even organics

@@Mummelade by the way, i love your art, you've got quite the skills and i look forward to seeing more of it, just thought id let you know :)

@@akkihole_ Awe! Thank you so much 🥰 I have a hard time trying to make videos since I'm working on other things, so it's really nice to have that encouragement.