Studying the Face’s Topology

Remember how important the preproduction phase was for a project? Well, it’s also important for any modeling task, and the face is one of the trickiest parts of the body to model. It’s useful to look at the reference drawings you created and quickly study the topology that could work for the face so you’ll have an idea of how to model before you begin, which is a much better approach than modeling blindly! Figure 7.7 shows a topology study for Jim’s face, with quick sketches over the reference drawings.

Figure 7.7 A representation of the edge flow around the main areas of the face such as the eyes, nose, and mouth (left), and a drawing of a possible topology (right)