THUNDEER'S 3D LEARNING RESOURCES
⏹️ RETOPOLOGY
Resources for learning about retopology methods & tools.
Resources directed primarily for learning character creation in 3D.
Pick resources that fit your learning style, instead of brute forcing learning in a way you don't enjoy - that's why I tried including multiple options in each topic for you to pick from!
Blender
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Retopology (Blender)
Retopology (Blender)
📺 YOUTUBE
Retopology in Blender - Polybuild tool
Jamie Dunbar
Building Good Topology and Retopology — Blender Conference 2024
Blender, Jonathan Lampel
Retopology For Beginners | Blender Tutorial
Kenny Praise
Retopology doesn’t have to be complicated!
Art of Haf's
💻 BLOG POSTS
Topology Guide Illustration
Mark Ferrish
Life-saving topology cheat sheet
Redesigned a topology template as an Adobe Illustrator exercise, inspired by Peter Satera on Twitter. I created this in Nov 2020.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/eJxnzb
Live Retopology at BCON22
Blender Studio, Julien Kaspar
A recap of the live retopology session at the Blender Conference 2022
https://studio.blender.org/blog/live-retopology-at-bcon22/
The 5 Essential Face Loops
CG Cookie
Links are kinda scuffed, but this is another excellent cheat sheet for face loops
https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/8/1/e/81eb9f6f7345245dd5a18abe92e1abd96811cb53.jpeg
Face Loops cheat sheet from Mesh Modeling Bootcamp https://t.co/TYXWkjR1iR #b3d #MeshModeling #b3dtips pic.twitter.com/wFoGL0m4H1— CG COOKIE (@cgcookie) May 4, 2018
https://x.com/cgcookie/status/992394170978496517
📚 BOOKS
[digital] Modeling (2012)
🌀 MISC
PAID (60$)
Retopoflow 4
Orange Turbine
RetopoFlow is a powerful retopology add-on for Blender that helps make quick work of creating custom, clean, mid or low poly meshes on top of high resolution sculpts. The tools in RetopoFlow mode are designed to be used by artists and makes the retopology process more like quick sketching and less like monotonous pointing and clicking and make good topology practices like evenly spaced quads the default rather than the exception.
https://superhivemarket.com/products/retopoflow
A suite of retopology tools for Blender
https://docs.retopoflow.com/
This thread will be constantly updating.
(Last updated: 06/09/2026)