What I tell myself everyday.

To all the people watching, I can never ever thank you enough for the kindness to me, I'll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask is one thing, and this is.. I'm asking this particularily of young people that watch: Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism - for the record it's my least favorite quality, it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. I'm telling you, amazing things will happen." - Conan 'O'Brien

February 5, 2009

diverging edge loops

often I have to diverge or redirect edge loops by re-organising the topology of a geometry.
this is a really simple one that I just realised after a lot of convoluted clickings.. gr....

step 1
step 2

step 3

Done - orange lines show the change in flow!
edge loop tutorials and theories...
http://www.digitaltutors.com/forum/showpost.php?p=35554&postcount=3
http://www.subdivisionmodeling.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8000 (more advanced theories for edge loops.)
http://zoomy.net/2008/04/02/modeling-with-edge-loops/


http://www.subdivisionmodeling.com/forums/showthread.php?t=907