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Here is the first version of the hand retopology. I added more edge loops and changed the edge flow so it could match up with the wrist. Is it normal to have lines that look like this when I use the loop cut tool to check edge flow? enter image description here Hand in object mode. roughly around 35k triangles. enter image description here

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Second hand in object mode. Roughly 30K faces.

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  • $\begingroup$ So how I'd describe this is that you have poles-- places where more or fewer than 4 faces meet at a single vertex-- in places that, under deformation, are likely to become highly non-planar. And, no, under subdivision, that's not good. Hand topo is a bit difficult because you usually want to be doing some vertex reduction (need more loops to represent fingers than arms). Here, 2 is better than 1, because 1 has a 6-pole (achtung! verboten!) in a location that's going to be highly non-planar, like 90 degrees non-planar. But version 2 isn't great either because of those poles at the thumb. $\endgroup$
    – Nathan
    Commented Feb 7 at 23:07
  • $\begingroup$ The issue is not so much UV unwrapping, ( much of a muchness, ) but how the surface will appear when deformed into the shapes you need for your animation. $\endgroup$
    – Robin Betts ♦
    Commented Feb 8 at 9:00

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