3D Topology Explained for the Beginner

[@blanchefoxclaw8808]

Helpful! I'm just learning 3d modeling and it is good to know which is considered clean and messy (good and bad) topology. Thank you for this info!

[@bshukrallah]

Awesome, glad it helped!

[@magicmedia7950]

So much useful and concise info in such a short video.! This video deserves more views and likes.

[@bshukrallah]

Thanks for that comment! I appreciate it!

[@kKizz]

This is so helpful! Thank you so much. Clean, precise info with a good pace, no redundant stuff. I love this.

[@bshukrallah]

Thanks! Glad it helped out!

[@cattran8319]

Thankyou

[@bshukrallah]

No problem! Thanks for checking it out!

[@jjsmith1218]

Thank you so much! I've been trying to learn Blender for a while now but none of the tutorials I've followed ever actually explained what it was or why it was important! It's going to be so much less frustrating now that I understand. Thanks again!

[@facu_eze_peralta]

Very Helpful! Thanks a lot! Im suffering a lot with topology now.

[@bshukrallah]

No problem! Let me know if you have any questions!

[@facu_eze_peralta]

@@bshukrallah I have a lot! xD i need to practice a lot to learn how to make a good topografy.

[@bshukrallah]

@@facu_eze_peralta the best way to learn is by practicing. You can look up images online like "face topology" or "shoulder topology" for helpful images when making your models.

[@jackmakmorn]

Nice explanation video! I started with blender around 10 months ago and found out about typology mostly by trial and error, later with some courses. Though I am still a beginner in 3d modelling I think it often helpful to watch such videos aimed at beginners to remember the basics which might get a bit lost on every creative sector. For me this was helpful ☺🤘

[@bshukrallah]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing that, I'm glad this video helped you out! Good luck on your 3D journey

[@FlorianEagox]

Fantastic video, this kind of stuff should be included in all those "learn blender basics" tutorials.

[@bshukrallah]

Thanks! I appreciate that!

[@Curios_Cat]

Thank you very much for this educational video!

[@bshukrallah]

Thanks for watching, glad it helped!

[@johnwalker4787]

Awesome bro. I have just started out in Maya and was searching what exactly is good topology. Unfortunately there aren't a lot of good information on it. Your video made it easy to understand for me. If possible can you make a tutorial on solving mesh and modeling with good topology.

[@bshukrallah]

That mostly takes practice. Model, look at topology references, fix it, try again. Eventually you learn the patterns...

[@johnwalker4787]

@@bshukrallah Thank you

[@bshukrallah]

@@johnwalker4787 no problem! Glad it helped

[@elbadrey]

Good and simple 👍

[@bshukrallah]

Thanks for watching!

[@WaddleQwacker]

To be more accurate, you shouldn't say that tris and ngones are not suitable for animation. They are actually, as long as they are not in areas which will be deformed. The tank is a good example: even when animated, there are no deformations (except maybe on the tire's plastic part and stuff like that), It will be just about moving and rotating linked geometry parts around without deforming the actual geometry. So even in that case, a geometry full of triangles/ ngones and without good edge flow, is not that needed.

[@llyodchristmas5781]

tri's okay but not n-gons

[@purewinter5650]

Unless you're blowing the tank up into parts and using blend shapes for dents and what not.

[@llyodchristmas5781]

@Artisan You silly that's what I emphasize on that you can have tri's but not N-gons. Do you lack comprehension skill or were you dropped as a kid?

[@AlastorCreations]

also Tris are pretty much gaming standart 99% of all models meant for games are tris required always

[@girumon_vrc]

Hi! Any good tutorial videos for changing a 3d model's Ngons and tris to quads? Ive played with a lot of Sketchfab models and learnt alot from "good" and "bad" models, making quad based 3d models from scratch is one thing, but not really sure the steps of "Fixing" a bad topology model thats been already created.

[@bshukrallah]

You would need to retopo... I do have a video of that process from when I made a tie fighter (it's not the best... but may be worth a shot) there are tools like Zremesher in Zbrush that can take care of this for you also, but results will vary.

[@girumon_vrc]

@@bshukrallah Thank you im taking notes!

[@chukwudiebite7775]

Thank you sir for this video

[@bshukrallah]

Absolutely, thanks for watching!

[@Bohdisilky]

Would that bad topology of the tank mess up materials applied to it?

[@javedakhtar7596]

thanks, its informative

[@bshukrallah]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Bohdisilky]

I still don’t understand how to differentiate it. In the first example, how would it be bad for animation?

[@lucutes2936]

Are there any topology rules

[@bshukrallah]

Hi, it all depends on what you are going for, here are some tips though: Organic facial topology will look different than a hard surface machine mesh, and will animate a little different also. In areas that move, like the mouth, or an arm I would try to keep quads and keep up with a flow of polys like shown in the video, so the animation is smoother. If you absolutely need tris, put them somewhere that doesn't move, like the bottom of a foot, or top of the skull where it will be covered with hair. Don't be afraid to google images of topology for different types of models, such as arms, hands, faces, etc. Lots of people have done studies on deformation, so no need to reinvent the wheel.

[@lucutes2936]

@@bshukrallah thx

[@labscience8271]

Thank you sooo much. This helped. I'm a Blender user btw

[@bshukrallah]

Glad I could help!

[@nebraskajones2635]

Easy to understand and helpful!

[@MrAkurvaeletbe]

Bah I want to know the techniques used... i always start off with quads then a couple of hours into it i always get to a point where it all just messes up:((

[@bshukrallah]

It takes time and practice. Don't quit and try to fix the quads if possible. You can Google images of other faces and their topology to get ideas on the flow of polygons.

[@purewinter5650]

Topogun with the drawing tools that let you cover large surfaces quickly and evenly, then grab the verts and move them around freely? The extrude feature would help you around mouths and eyes, it automatically creates another 'ring' around the first set you made and you can real time control as it crawls out.

[@johnlannikk2701]

Thank You, very helpful

[@Phreephur]

Fantastic video!

[@bshukrallah]

Thanks! Hope it was useful!

[@theempyrean3249]

Brother I understood What is topology you explained it SOOO WELL but still i have a doubt how to adjust loops according to the Object we are trying to make? Is there any Idea? Means, whatever I try to make, it ends in Pretty Mess, not Mesh. If possible plz help Brother.

[@bshukrallah]

Hey! Sorry for the delay. It usually depends on the model, so you can usually search online for something like "face topology" or "arm topology"... Etc.

[@AdrianoFerreira-nb8cd]

is there any online reference for this stuff?

[@empGaming_Music_Movies]

google says 2-6 months for masterize 3D modeling, i'm learning 3D 1.5 months ago and my topo looks really nice but i've so much to learn. i do only 4 characters actually my last was hela and thanos but the most hard to do for me was Gipsy danger for sure animated, texturing, skin...

[@bshukrallah]

Just keep going and you'll improve! Thanks for watching!

[@empGaming_Music_Movies]

@@bshukrallah thx for sharing

[@whatalsaid]

I do all my modeling on Maya, and only ever use Zbrush for making normal maps, so I don't really have to worry about bad topology.

[@LovelyBigga]

Maya automagically makes good topology?

[@bshukrallah]

I used to do that too, model first in blender and ensure proper topology from the get go. However, I now actually prefer the flexibility to concept and sculpt in Zbrush not worrying about topology right away, until after I have pretty much wrapped up the model.

[@wolflahti412]

"I'm not going to define 'pinching'; I'm just going to tell you several times that it's bad."

[@jehdjezher]

very nice info bro.. keep it up

[@bshukrallah]

Thanks for watching! Glad it helped

[@ronydey2696]

GREAT GRATER GREATEST SIR HI SIR I'M RONY A VFX & CG STUDENT FROM INDIA

[@bshukrallah]

Hi Rony! Thanks for watching!

[@MR-wv5hl]

Excellent

[@coolire85]

Really helpful

[@bshukrallah]

Awesome! Glad it helped

[@rose_watr]

Creating Good topology is easy "Change my mind"

[@Zoids-bf6op]

what if you r merging many parts into one parts. Its impossible to avoid triangles. Triangles is a must to have equal dense spaces around the whole model. Example u r merging a complicated belt object with the body into 1 mesh. besides people bake the normals nowadays they dont subdivide is anymore. Maybe unless you are doing modeling for films than that may need subdivision then quads is very important i suppose? whereas n-gons is a must avoid since the renderer will not know how to triangulate since its not a 4 sided poly.

[@mohammednasir2064]

thank you

[@bshukrallah]

You're welcome

[@CybernerdShua]

Can topology affect performance. Let's say you're using a model in a game, will good topology change your computer's performance at all?

[@bshukrallah]

I don't believe so, if the poly count is the same. I do think the model with better topology will look, and animate better.

[@rexmediapro4341]

Thanks

[@caseychan6909]

Is 3D Topology == 3D mesh?

[@bshukrallah]

The topology is the "flow" or "layout" of the polygons that make up the mesh.

[@caseychan6909]

@@bshukrallah thank you.

[@tara.rankoth]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ianmcglasham]

Like it.

[@RizaBochiza]

I don't understand. Unreal Engine uses tris for all of their models and everything looks great.

[@bshukrallah]

Game engines typically convert quads to tris (just split them in half) The "flow" of the topology makes a huge difference.

[@Tremori_A]

I saw the thumbnail and said shit. I did topology ALL wrong

[@bshukrallah]

Hopefully this helped! Thanks for checking it out!

[@protonagaiako6201]

*talks about how to avoid pinching* *never actually explains what the hell that is*

[@bshukrallah]

Hi! Sorry about that. A pinch is basically an unsightly crease in the model. It just looks unpleasant/unnatural.

[@protonagaiako6201]

@@bshukrallah ah okay, thank you for the reply!

[@bshukrallah]

@@protonagaiako6201 no problem! Thanks for watching!