How to Master Topology and Edge Flow in 3D Modeling

Following up my last video on understanding topology and edge flow, this video will help you improve your understanding edge flow in any 3D software with 're'-topology. Maya will be used for this demo but the concepts and workflows discussed here can be applied to any 3D Software.
I will be showing you do’s and don’ts of topology and edge flow and show you and how to put these workflows into practice.
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Software used in Tutorial: Maya 2020
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#topology #retopology #edgeflow #retopo #autodeskmaya #3dmodeling
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Table of Contents
0:00 Introduction
1:11 Intro to Quad Draw in Maya
7:49 Start with face/edge loops
9:50 Don't make polygons too big/small
12:26 Localize Topology
14:33 Don't needlessly add edges
19:40 Triangles are ok
20:10 How to connect face loops
29:22 Topology time lapse narration
31:19 Study the Pros
34:21 Recap/Summary
34:50 Conclusion
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[@OnMars3D]

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[@ElhamAmmar-iz8qd]

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[@mangoflare]

Im both a student and self taught learning 3D artist and this video was very helpful, congrats you earned a sub

[@niemtang7130]

What an incredible retopology tutorial! Thanks for the valuable method, Sir.

[@OnMars3D]

Glad you liked it!

[@DjCtavia]

This video is pure gold. The amount of knowledge shared is right on the spot. Thank you.

[@edgarallanyee]

I regret not knowing this 12:33 extremely simple but valuable guide early on. Really appreciate this

[@OnMars3D]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@dwried]

I guess avoid 3, 5 and 7 or you have a disaster.. 🙂

[@cassidymiskowiec5661]

Bryce was my professor at Ferris! Love the video! it's in my study folder for sure!

[@ImortalFireman]

He was my instructor too! What a guy!

[@OnMars3D]

That's awesome, I've known Bryce for about 10 years now, it's always great to see his students support him!

[@skportfolio2683]

One of the best channels, thank you! so much helpful information about so hard topic for beginner!

[@Gixorn]

Incredibly useful information, even for someone who does not use Maya! Will definitely apply the theory on Blender.

[@Smoka24]

Amazing tutorial! Exactly what I needed and couldn't find in any blender tutorial

[@Andrea_404]

What a clean, on-point tutorial, it helps significantly. Thank you!

[@OnMars3D]

Happy to help!

[@Andrea_404]

@@OnMars3D :))

[@painted_original]

I found this channel yesterday, and defo will keep watching the vids. Thanks for the lectures !

[@OnMars3D]

No problem, always happy to share!

[@dmitriysyomchenko2203]

Pure gold! Thanks man!

[@maddysdaddystevem563]

All of your videos are really well done.

[@XanderZ0ne]

When I was still learning 3D, I had a fear of triangles lmao

[@OnMars3D]

Yeah, same here. As long as you are careful and avoid triangles in areas of deformation, they are fine to use.

[@SurajGupta_3D]

Same here, I blame my 3D teacher for scaring me to death about using triangle

[@skoolsyou]

This video is a blessing. Thank you so so much and hope everything works out for you!

[@OnMars3D]

Thank you so much!

[@bbffilm2514]

You answered so many questions I had for long time. Thanks, and please share more videos.

[@OnMars3D]

More to come!

[@akashsood7661]

I should have seen this before. Thanks for the rundown. :)

[@Rinkyu]

Best tutorial I’ve ever seen !

[@OnMars3D]

Happy to help!

[@Rackatiakka]

It took a while to understand what you were doing but that's awesome now that I see what you're doing. Thanks man.

[@OnMars3D]

Glad to help!

[@matslarsson5988]

Excellent video! 👍🏻

[@DarkAutumn3D]

That's how I like to describe it, too - "localizing topology to reduce 'damage' to the surrounding area."

[@OnMars3D]

Yeah, it's helped people understand to not just needlessly add edges throughout their whole model.

[@swidenjil]

Very well explained, thank you for this video.

[@OnMars3D]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mesio6674]

Thanks for great work, and imo for relaxing is good sometimes press B for smooth

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

Awesome! thanks so much!

[@Solanum.3d]

Fantastic video, thank you!

[@OnMars3D]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@YoUnfortunate_Event]

Incredible explanation I loved the video this helped a lot thank you

[@OnMars3D]

Happy to help!

[@samresto4782]

Thank you!

[@ronreyes395]

wow thank you so much!

[@alicesur8750]

Great content 👍 Thanks

[@synthesis117]

AWESEOME THHANK YOU!

[@eggchucker1]

I don't know why but I find topology fun

[@sebbosebbo9794]

the evenly distribution edge kind of brush direct in the editor and in retopo model phase is cool ....r. thx..

[@rahulrajdebnath83]

Kindly make more in-depth video on topology. If possible, how to retopo full stylize character. Thanks for superb content.

[@OnMars3D]

I cover stylized characters from beginning to end here: kzbin.info/aero/PL0WgCOFFlmqJQUckEciAP7YhpJAXOS84s

[@ElveraViljoen]

Thank you

[@SanjeevKumar-nu2dl]

want more like this

[@OnMars3D]

That's the plan!

[@Aldebaran80]

excellent deep topology tutorial

[@OnMars3D]

Glad it helped!

[@Aldebaran80]

@@OnMars3D you explain clear and direct, topology is a headache sometimes, and a good topology on hardsurface models for baking without any artifacts at edges and corners or cilinders, etc due to the normals is another nightmare too.

[@OnMars3D]

Thank you, I put a lot of effort into my videos so I'm glad you find them helpful. I'm working on baking texture maps (high to low) next with my cyberpunk grenade, so stay tuned!

[@Aldebaran80]

@@OnMars3D perfect! regards from Spain.

[@amayvki]

is there any tips on where should i place edge loops at the beginning?

[@mamunhossain1758]

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[@antonbayda2571]

Thanks for another brilliant video. Perfect narration and extremely useful information, as always. Your channel has been a huge discovery for me, I think it's 100 times more powerful than some popular channels like Flipped Normals. Any chance you can film a video on how to model an HP iPaq h1940? I think I've been struggling with the bottom part (where the buttons are) for like 20 hours and still can't figure it out(

[@OnMars3D]

Thank you! Have you seen my video on how to model panels: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGjGominhr2lrpo I would use this technique for where the bottom buttons are and then make the buttons themselves separate objects to keep everything modular.

[@antonbayda2571]

@@OnMars3D Thanks for the tip) I've re-watched the video for the second time and I'll try to implement the recommendations. Cheers)

[@OnMars3D]

Sounds good, let me know how it works out!

[@antonbayda2571]

@@OnMars3D Hey, so I've got this now ibb.co/SmPCd8M ibb.co/sv0dcQN ibb.co/k9bqfKh Though can't still figure out how to make these corners sharp without affecting the overall topology (pictured on the 3rd link). I'll be glad if you can advise smth.

[@Merkygloom]

Where can I find the guide image you used in the localizing topology section? It would be great to use for reference during retopo

[@vladimirsavkovic7701]

Pause the video and take a screenshot. Done :)

[@OnMars3D]

Hopefully you can grab a screen shot from the video but I will look to creating a 'Resources' page on my website to upload similar, high resolution references. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@subhamsarkar7765]

What about the horns?

[@OnMars3D]

This video is focused on high level workflows for understanding topology but I may cover the full retopo later.

[@fargeeks]

What software are you using?

[@funnyanimalworld7579]

Answer is do it alot to get good.

[@sunstorm4436]

Great tutorial, but aren’t we supposed to keep “poles” away from deformation lines?

[@OnMars3D]

That's correct, you want to minimize poles and triangles of areas of deformation.

[@pakapeta7772]

What is the difference between hide and isolate?

[@OnMars3D]

You can toggle isolate with Ctrl+1 on a selected object. Hide will actually hide the the objects in your scene regardless of isolate.

[@rshiya5018]

adding pole or that diamond shape wont cause issues for fluid simulation like bifrost or realflow? im havin a very hard time filling a logo from inside bud the retopo acts so wierd...

[@OnMars3D]

It shouldn't cause issues with simulation but I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve.

[@rshiya5018]

@@OnMars3D ​ @On Mars 3D thanks for answer, im trying to place a liquid emitter inside an object, but when i set the object as collider , its like the model is full of air and water will be pushed outside and only collides outer side of model, so i cant fill the object with liquid.

[@tomasla9345]

19:41 OMG! how dare you!!! i think i'm going to faint.......

[@OnMars3D]

As long as you're careful, you can use them to your advantage :)

[@alt5598]

Could you please suggest any organic modeling courses because i've been looking for such for a long time and can't find anything. Not a songle one organic modeling course. Can you suggest me some organic modeling courses or keywords I can use to find such? I don't think it's possible there aren't any. I'm probably just doing something wrong, plz help.

[@OnMars3D]

What type of organic modeling (characters, creatures, environments, props, etc)? If you want to go deep into organic modeling, sculpting then retopology is the way to go.

[@alt5598]

@@OnMars3D Creatures and characters is what I want to learn to make first and then start learning the other things you mentioned in the brackets. By the way doesn't organic modeling just mean modeling of living creatures or is something more than that?

[@NoirVI]

Is there a relax tool for regular modeling

[@OnMars3D]

Yeah there is, you can go to the Sculpting shelf and use the "Relax Tool".

[@NoirVI]

@@OnMars3D nice thank you

[@RR-kn1tg]

200 IQ retoporogy

[@lollerkiller900]

I'm really sad this is a Maya tutorial becuase i am usually using blender for Modelling. It seems to be a great tutorial tho...

[@OnMars3D]

This workflow can be applied to any software, all of these modeling tools exist in any 3D software.