largento Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 In v. 17, we got a new feature: Retopology. Something like six years later, I finally got around to using it! :-) Here's a quick bit of niftiness. I needed a cartoon brain for the image I'm working on and it seemed a daunting modeling challenge. Seeing how someone else was able to do it with another piece of software, I realized I could do the same in A:M. I started off with a fairly dense sphere model I created with the Primitive wizard and cut it in half and worked it into a reasonable "lobe" shape. I created a new Cho and placed an empty model for the brain and the dense model and set to work. Once in model mode (with snap to surface clicked), I began drawing squiggly splines on the surface of the dense model, just trying to cover the area. I wasn't actually trying to recreate the actual brain structures. With that, I had a model with a bunch of squiggly lines that matched the shape of the brain. I created a cross section and used the Sweeper Plug-in to turn those squiggly lines into tubes. I then duplicated and flipped it to make the other side and Voila! A quick, squishy brain! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted September 16, 2017 Hash Fellow Share Posted September 16, 2017 If I only had a... oh, wait, there's one now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted September 16, 2017 Admin Share Posted September 16, 2017 Nice! That's a great approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Great stuff, Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuchur Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Great . Very nice utilisation of retopology. Best regards *Fuchur* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largento Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 Thanks, guys! Like I said, I was just matching what I'd seen in a tutorial, but I wanted to pass it on since I could see where there could be other applications. Like making hair for a cartoon figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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