Since I've taught 3D art, one thing that never changes is the mistakes we make when first learning modeling and topology. For years, I’ve seen repeated mistakes for both Sub-D and Low Poly modeling. So today, I'm going to show you the 5 most common topology mistakes, how to fix them, and a modeling tip that changed the way I approached 3d Modeling!

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Software used in Tutorial:

Blender 3.5
Maya 2023.2
Substance Painter 8.3.2

#blender #3dmodeling #3dart

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Table of Contents

0:00 Introduction
0:17 Mistake 1: NOT Localizing Topology
1:21 Mistake 2: NOT Protecting Extrusions
1:59 Mistake 3: Avoiding nGons and Tris
5:14 Bonus Tip
5:32 Mistake 4: Edge Density
6:15 RANT Polycount
8:01 Mistake 5: Modeling ALL details in base model
9:13 Wrap Up

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