Everyone tells you to learn topology but no one bothers to explain it, grateful for this video and will be watching it a few more times to really understand what was said. As someone who’s been working with blender on and off for over 4 years I know my hot keys by heart I can make anything if I’m following a guide but understanding these key points will go a long way to making my own meshes without relying on others. I’ve finally starting to understand and blender is actually fun now.
bro i was telling me the same things this guys is good, he take the proper time to make you really understand what matter and tell u every little ideas that blows up in is mind while making it. I think we all appreciate this kind of content. And god damn is on blender up to date with all the knowledge. thanks for all men.
Totally agree, there are a lot of time lapses here on TH-cam or people making advanced stuff but you always need to understand the underlying logic by yourself. I'm pretty amazed how difficult it is to find a step by step topology guide, I don't get why people are not able to teach a clear topology workflow.
As someone who only started working with blender a few months ago, I've watched enough topology videos that at some point I lost count. This one has been BY FAR the most informative, and I'm certain I'll be using it as a reference for years to come. Can't thank you enough!
I'm crying DX you are my best friend do you understand how many "learn topology"youtube vids I had to sludge through to found one that actually EXPLAINED DOING the topology instead of just the 5 million tools for doing it Thank You I love you!!
The main things I learned from this video is what e poles and n poles are, and how important they are. If you manage to wrap your mind around that and how to make paths with them, you are pretty much good to go. Also be wary of where you place your converging points, especially on curves and meshes you want to animate. Also don't overthink how you are going to achieve something, if you want to make a cut somewhere, do it then you think about how to make the topology good later, sometimes the solution might be simpler than you think.
Thanks for taking the time to create this video. Its the first topology video I've seen that actually explained everything in a way a beginner like me can understand. I appreciate the effort you put in to creating this. If you ever read this I hope you have a great day, it is well deserved.
Dude you are suuuch a good teacher. I'm not a beginner anymore but I watch this anyways just cause you teach so well. I wish I learned from you when I was starting it would have saved me so much time. Also your Gumroad has so many amazing things. I literally got everything it was like Christmas. Thank you.
Absolutely one of (if not THE) best vids on topology on TH-cam. I watched this video a few months ago not really understanding topology but been diving into understanding it more recently (going over redirects and reductions, poles etc) and you’ve managed to help in levelling up my understanding of it massively with this vid. Even just highlighting that n-poles are made during the redirects and reductions was something that wasn’t clearly explained/shown in other videos (I guess it’s obvious to them, but they didn’t really highlight it) but you gave me so many light bulb moments (& I haven’t even finished watching this vid yet 😂 I’m sure there’ll be many more). Thank you. 🙏 if you were to release a course that’s as high quality as this, going from beginner going over these fundamentals, to applying them to models and going into more advanced stuff, I think me and many others would probably purchase it.
A lot more useful than people simply showing how they modeled something, really helps to get an understanding of all the basic concepts everything is made up from.
I love watching this. I'm gonna print and learn those keyboard shortcut. For 4 years I was using Cinema4D and it's not as interesting to use. Blender seems pretty polyvalent. Great jobs man. BTW im a 65 y/o graphic and modeling and it feels good to watch this. I've just install it and it'll be wow to use with Unreal 5.4 I wish I could do those thing everyday but.... work off work on makes me tired and inconsistent.
i'm really glad this video popped off on the algorithm, because i got to find your channel and discover an astoundingly informative channel on blender modeling that i desperately needed
This is the best Topology fundamental video in youtube by far . I struggled through learning almost everything by other videos and forums ,and seeing all the informative points youve put here its almost basically everything you need to know about topology . Very nice work !
I watched this a few months back. This refesh3r is even more valuable. Thanks for being very clear and straightforward. This is a great video for beginners. Will save a lot of headaches. My modeling is much better because of this video specifically. Thank you 🙏
Best Blender/3D content on the 'tube'. Legit information that can be translated to any other package (I've been a Maya user for 20+ years). Well done, sir.
Great video, I actually find I enjoy how fast you run through it, which helps as I rewind and understand the keys you're using and doing since I'm on 4.0
Fantastic video, thank you so much. I've never rated my modelling skills, but I've been learning Blender (from 3DS Max) for about 3 weeks now, and for some reason I'm finding modelling in Blender is just so much more fun than I ever saw/experienced/had in 3DS Max (maybe it's the decades of hate I've held towards Autodesk finally kicking in and being awoken by the Blender software and community!). Your talk/demonstration/lecture (even!) was brilliant, and I'm guessing for me, it'll be a case of just playing around like you demonstrated and start making stuff in Blender :) Cheers!
You deserve a whiskey man. Best topology video I've seen. Have been using Blender for 3-4 years now. The reason why it's so effective, because NONE of us went to school learning Blender, topology and these things should be handled like classroom explanations/lecturers. And, I just recently learned how to reduce topology by "tying them up" - like you demonstrated here in 12:50 and all that jazz. Had a tough time wrapping my head around that, but finally got the hang of it. The one thing I still have a hard time wrestling with is cleaning up bevel corners (they are somewhat a nightmare). 44:33 type of stuff.
Best topology guide by far. Actually all your vids are easy to follow and informative. Only one thing more i would love too see is what buttons you are pressing.
When you are in perspective view and want to use the knife tool with straight lines to axis on a rotated face, just press shift + 7 (numpad) to place the face aligned to the view and press K and A to make the cut with 0, 45 or 90 degree.
What helps for such tutorial videos is to have a program that shows / records the pressed buttons like "ctrl+R" or what ever. "left click" " rigth click". It's easier to follow the tutorial that way. Great video though!
Absolutely amazing course! This is what matters most to me, the fundamentals. I went to school for game art and design but they did NOT break this concept down in any of the classes. Smh. Anyways thank YOU for explaining these concepts. Saved me so much time and energy by providing a proper understanding of good geometry and edge flow. Definitely subscribed.
This was super helpful. I’ve been having issues with topology, especially on characters. I think I’ll practice with some basic shapes for a bit, so I can get familiar with it.
@@pzthree Isn't there a Screen Keys Addon for Blender? I agree with bryan because anything that helps us learners is always a good thing in my opinion.
Glad I found you again. You had a couple similar tutorials using Maya, on I think it was called Digital Tutors at the time? I was relatively new but your vids changed my entire approach to topo. I highly recommend your content to anyone reading this. You won't be disappointed!
@@pzthree Well I'm glad I found YOU then.. lol You have the same style of teaching. Which is to say very easy to listen to, thorough but concise, and you explain the reasoning not just list the step by step. I still highly recommend your content.
Thank you so much. I don’t use blender. I started in Maya, learned Cinema 4D, I know use Houdini. Blender has saturated the internet with garbage meshes. I wish this video was required to watch before you can upload a blender made mesh to CG or Turbo. To this day if I see a Blender native file on either site I will not even consider the model to be viable. . I’ve bought hundreds of models… every blender native has been a clean up job dud. I work on a virtual production stage… I don’t have time to clean up backwards normals and change tubes that have a ridiculous amount of subdivisions, bad topo also greatly effects the UVs.. UVs ar a vertex attribute. So Thank you!
really great information!! i wonder how you come up with those rounded UI screen, could you tell please how to change an interface like yours. it seems pretty impressive 🤩🤩
My first hobby project, I thought would be easy. Who knew starting out with a concrete bollard would put me right in the crosshairs with a problematic topological riddle. 😅
would love to see the settings for your solid viewport shading. looks better than my rendered. on a side note, the screencast keys addon costs $1 on blendermarket. 41:40 i needed this.
**me struggling with an issue for 3 days** this guy casually mentions the solution like it's a foot note, thanks dude your channel is underrated
Timestamp may help someone having same issue.
What was the problem if i could ask
what problem
we still need the problem
Every time I open blender, I'm full of creative ideas and concepts. After I close blender, I'm hungry, tired and late for work.
Everyone tells you to learn topology but no one bothers to explain it, grateful for this video and will be watching it a few more times to really understand what was said. As someone who’s been working with blender on and off for over 4 years I know my hot keys by heart I can make anything if I’m following a guide but understanding these key points will go a long way to making my own meshes without relying on others. I’ve finally starting to understand and blender is actually fun now.
bro i was telling me the same things this guys is good, he take the proper time to make you really understand what matter and tell u every little ideas that blows up in is mind while making it. I think we all appreciate this kind of content.
And god damn is on blender up to date with all the knowledge. thanks for all men.
@@6biche yeah and the whole video he was dropping knowledge bomb after knowledge bomb. By the end, my jaw hurt from it hitting the floor so much.
Totally agree, there are a lot of time lapses here on TH-cam or people making advanced stuff but you always need to understand the underlying logic by yourself. I'm pretty amazed how difficult it is to find a step by step topology guide, I don't get why people are not able to teach a clear topology workflow.
As someone who only started working with blender a few months ago, I've watched enough topology videos that at some point I lost count. This one has been BY FAR the most informative, and I'm certain I'll be using it as a reference for years to come. Can't thank you enough!
absolutely agree - as a total noob I find this video incredibly useful
I'm crying DX you are my best friend do you understand how many "learn topology"youtube vids I had to sludge through to found one that actually EXPLAINED DOING the topology instead of just the 5 million tools for doing it Thank You I love you!!
Wow, this is one of the best blender tutorials I have ever seen
The main things I learned from this video is what e poles and n poles are, and how important they are. If you manage to wrap your mind around that and how to make paths with them, you are pretty much good to go. Also be wary of where you place your converging points, especially on curves and meshes you want to animate. Also don't overthink how you are going to achieve something, if you want to make a cut somewhere, do it then you think about how to make the topology good later, sometimes the solution might be simpler than you think.
I don't use blender, and I'm not even finished with the video, but with 10 years experience it always helps to come back to the fundamentals :)
To someone who has zero control over anything on blender, this is magic. Gonna be rewatching this one a lot.
I would watch this man fiddle around with meshes in blender all day long. The amount of control and expertise is insane
Thanks for taking the time to create this video. Its the first topology video I've seen that actually explained everything in a way a beginner like me can understand. I appreciate the effort you put in to creating this. If you ever read this I hope you have a great day, it is well deserved.
I only just learned about back-face culling now. That's amazing and saves so much time.
best topology video out there, i keep coming back to it and as i progress and every time i learn something new
Dude you are suuuch a good teacher. I'm not a beginner anymore but I watch this anyways just cause you teach so well. I wish I learned from you when I was starting it would have saved me so much time. Also your Gumroad has so many amazing things. I literally got everything it was like Christmas. Thank you.
Absolutely one of (if not THE) best vids on topology on TH-cam. I watched this video a few months ago not really understanding topology but been diving into understanding it more recently (going over redirects and reductions, poles etc) and you’ve managed to help in levelling up my understanding of it massively with this vid. Even just highlighting that n-poles are made during the redirects and reductions was something that wasn’t clearly explained/shown in other videos (I guess it’s obvious to them, but they didn’t really highlight it) but you gave me so many light bulb moments (& I haven’t even finished watching this vid yet 😂 I’m sure there’ll be many more). Thank you. 🙏
if you were to release a course that’s as high quality as this, going from beginner going over these fundamentals, to applying them to models and going into more advanced stuff, I think me and many others would probably purchase it.
A lot more useful than people simply showing how they modeled something, really helps to get an understanding of all the basic concepts everything is made up from.
I love watching this. I'm gonna print and learn those keyboard shortcut. For 4 years I was using Cinema4D and it's not as interesting to use. Blender seems pretty polyvalent.
Great jobs man.
BTW im a 65 y/o graphic and modeling and it feels good to watch this. I've just install it and it'll be wow to use with Unreal 5.4
I wish I could do those thing everyday but.... work off work on makes me tired and inconsistent.
i'm really glad this video popped off on the algorithm, because i got to find your channel and discover an astoundingly informative channel on blender modeling that i desperately needed
You can't imagine how much we thank god that you made this video
This is the best Topology fundamental video in youtube by far . I struggled through learning almost everything by other videos and forums ,and seeing all the informative points youve put here its almost basically everything you need to know about topology . Very nice work !
I watched this a few months back. This refesh3r is even more valuable. Thanks for being very clear and straightforward. This is a great video for beginners. Will save a lot of headaches. My modeling is much better because of this video specifically. Thank you 🙏
LIMITED DESOLVE!!! You saved my model! Thank you sir.
thanks, i was exhausted of tutos in 1 min, i needed to understand things
Best Blender/3D content on the 'tube'. Legit information that can be translated to any other package (I've been a Maya user for 20+ years). Well done, sir.
This is by far the best topology video I've come across bro. I subscribed immediately. Thank you so much for this tutorial .
Thank you so much for your video! A lot of tutorials explain what to do but never why!
Great video, I actually find I enjoy how fast you run through it, which helps as I rewind and understand the keys you're using and doing since I'm on 4.0
Been using blender for years but learned a thing or 3! Thanks for making this dude 🎉
This tutorial is a must have for beginners
Excellent video for beginners like myself
Fantastic video, thank you so much. I've never rated my modelling skills, but I've been learning Blender (from 3DS Max) for about 3 weeks now, and for some reason I'm finding modelling in Blender is just so much more fun than I ever saw/experienced/had in 3DS Max (maybe it's the decades of hate I've held towards Autodesk finally kicking in and being awoken by the Blender software and community!). Your talk/demonstration/lecture (even!) was brilliant, and I'm guessing for me, it'll be a case of just playing around like you demonstrated and start making stuff in Blender :) Cheers!
You deserve a whiskey man. Best topology video I've seen. Have been using Blender for 3-4 years now. The reason why it's so effective, because NONE of us went to school learning Blender, topology and these things should be handled like classroom explanations/lecturers. And, I just recently learned how to reduce topology by "tying them up" - like you demonstrated here in 12:50 and all that jazz. Had a tough time wrapping my head around that, but finally got the hang of it. The one thing I still have a hard time wrestling with is cleaning up bevel corners (they are somewhat a nightmare). 44:33 type of stuff.
Holy that is denser than my math lecture in uni, but so incredibly easy to understand.
Really good video, thank you.
About using creaes: You have to consider if your model is going to be imported into another software. Some software does not support Blender creases.
Best topology guide by far. Actually all your vids are easy to follow and informative. Only one thing more i would love too see is what buttons you are pressing.
I wish this had been the first video I found when I wanted to learn about topology, but better late than never!
Best video watched for the last couple of months, jam packed w knowledge
When you are in perspective view and want to use the knife tool with straight lines to axis on a rotated face, just press shift + 7 (numpad) to place the face aligned to the view and press K and A to make the cut with 0, 45 or 90 degree.
This video is pure gold, Sr.
Super excellent explanations and tips for everything. I left surprise by the bunch of cool stuff and information are in my mind right now. Thank you!
What helps for such tutorial videos is to have a program that shows / records the pressed buttons like "ctrl+R" or what ever. "left click" " rigth click".
It's easier to follow the tutorial that way.
Great video though!
finally a tutorial which makes sense, now i have more understanding of blenders modelling workflow, thank you.
your channel is blessing for me man. Thank you for all that stuff so much. Best explanation of topology on yt
Thank you so much for making this video. Easily the most useful topology video I have seen so far.
Finally i finished this tutorial and now i got:
+20/100 pt. topology skills
+10/100 pt. self security when doing blender
+30/100 pt. depression
🥳🎊🎉
This is fantastic, you're saving my life here!
Great and concise video with a lot of useful information. Will come back to it regularly.
Thank you very much, now I understand better how to handle the meshes
Absolutely amazing course! This is what matters most to me, the fundamentals. I went to school for game art and design but they did NOT break this concept down in any of the classes. Smh.
Anyways thank YOU for explaining these concepts. Saved me so much time and energy by providing a proper understanding of good geometry and edge flow. Definitely subscribed.
I love the little lumps that you said are bad topology. They exist in real life on actual products, they're undesirable there too
This was super helpful. I’ve been having issues with topology, especially on characters. I think I’ll practice with some basic shapes for a bit, so I can get familiar with it.
new to blender. this is a lot of info to take in. thanks for the fundamentals.
Incredible job, thank you so much for creating this! Especially those case studies you present for each topic.
Now THIS is a lesson! Thank you so much!
really nice, no fluff, to the point
Thank you so much for this lesson on topology my friend, it helped a LOT !
A pure masterclass!
This was great, thank you very much! I may have smiled a little in the end, it cleared up quite a lot.
It would be great if you had a plug-in to show which keys you were pressing at any given time, so we can always catch up on the shortcuts you use :)
To many custom keys for it.
@@pzthree Isn't there a Screen Keys Addon for Blender? I agree with bryan because anything that helps us learners is always a good thing in my opinion.
Subbed after watching this. Excellent teacher, made it very simple to understand.
Thanks man much needed at the moment of my life
Glad I found you again. You had a couple similar tutorials using Maya, on I think it was called Digital Tutors at the time? I was relatively new but your vids changed my entire approach to topo. I highly recommend your content to anyone reading this. You won't be disappointed!
I never worked for Digital Tutors.
@@pzthree Well I'm glad I found YOU then.. lol You have the same style of teaching. Which is to say very easy to listen to, thorough but concise, and you explain the reasoning not just list the step by step. I still highly recommend your content.
u r an absolute hidden gem.
i like your blender theme ❤
Very cool. I wanted to learn how to create optimised meshes and topology was one way to do it. You answered all my questions. Thanks
yes, more great videos Topology Fundamentals 2, answers a lot of questions cheers :)
Fantastic Tutorials here, keep up the Fine work.
This video is absolutely amazing thank you so much.
Thank you for being a 300 IQ teacher. Just thank you sir.
This is very helpful! Now I know the reason why everytime I use subdivision my model just crash. Thank you so much!!
Fantastic tutorial! Thanks very much for doing this. Very cool and much appreciated.
A lot to process, thanks for the content
Wow I am just a beginner even your simple plane looks good , thanks fır the great information subscribing ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
All of my appreciation about that amazing content at this lesson, Thank you very much : )
💪💥🗯🔥💭❤💨🙏🕊
great showcase tutorial
of 3d basic fundamentals.
thx....stable..nailed....
Thank you so much. I don’t use blender. I started in Maya, learned Cinema 4D, I know use Houdini. Blender has saturated the internet with garbage meshes. I wish this video was required to watch before you can upload a blender made mesh to CG or Turbo. To this day if I see a Blender native file on either site I will not even consider the model to be viable. . I’ve bought hundreds of models… every blender native has been a clean up job dud. I work on a virtual production stage… I don’t have time to clean up backwards normals and change tubes that have a ridiculous amount of subdivisions, bad topo also greatly effects the UVs.. UVs ar a vertex attribute. So Thank you!
I needed this so bad huge thanks
I'm a C4D user but this was very useful for me
So much info in this video, it's great. thanks a lot for sharing, this really helps me!
Fantastic overview.
Thank you for the class
Thanks for this Amazing tutorial.
Your content deserve more views, its superb.
At first glance, I thought 48:43 oh.... At 48:43: Please continue!!!!!!
This was super helpful thank you!
It's just a recomendation, but it will be good if you'll use blender option shortcat display operator
watched your video its super informative thanks, i use maya and its very helpful
Amazing video! Thanks for sharing
I love hoe extensive this is amazing!
what is this theme of blender u using and how u get that modifiers panel its looking cool, and thanks for this guides very helpfull
10:00 left off on learning more about edge flows and 4 ways vs 5 ways
i like his way of talking like sum ol' bastard used to select three vertices and merge em together
Awesome video! Is anyone else having an issue (11min into the video) with loop cut traveling straight through the piece instead of turning at the 90?
really great information!! i wonder how you come up with those rounded UI screen, could you tell please how to change an interface like yours. it seems pretty impressive 🤩🤩
Theme settings in preferences. Mine is on gumroad.
My first hobby project, I thought would be easy. Who knew starting out with a concrete bollard would put me right in the crosshairs with a problematic topological riddle. 😅
Awesome stuff as usual, Pz 😊
It so cool video guide Thank You so much🙏
The explanation is awesome really like it and appreciate it! ❤🎉
This is absolutely amazing... but why no screen keys? 😭
would love to see the settings for your solid viewport shading. looks better than my rendered. on a side note, the screencast keys addon costs $1 on blendermarket. 41:40 i needed this.