Hitting another point of failure here. the whole retopo is done, but the last part that needs to be made is the wing membrane. ive got the shape how i want, but im mentally struggling with thinking how to get the topology to work and be riggable... i may have to restart this one

Do you texture each piece as you retopo? Like, head retopo->headuv->headtexture, body retopo->bodyuv etc?

We definitely loathe retopo more than any other stage of model making. Even weight painting is more enjoyable than retopo

Gotten a lot more work done!!! now there are only 3 parts left to Retopo (i still need to make the wingarm membrane here in blender but dont worry that was planned) then i get to decide which step i wanna do next! options are
-UV mapping
-Rigging/Weight painting
-Textures(after uv mapping)
-Visemes

Thats got it! this time i laid down the verts i wanted and pinned them in place before placing the others and smoothing them. from there i was able to mark the verts as sharp and now i get the clear shape that i was after!

ive gotten even more of the fluff and other parts done, and now im getting to the small details and the tail. i looked it over again after trying to manually place a lot of the verts.... and i kinda hate it. to the bin! tomorrow i have a much better plan on how to pull it off in a way i like >:D

Genuinely so happy to hear that! I feel aimolarly tpward my own projects and good gods what a feeling.

Absolutely! But because social media has us making a brand out of ourself unconciously, most only post their BEST work. It creates an unrealistic belief that these people only ever make good work. And it can be insanely disheartening to those who are starting out.

But I'll get there! just because something takes a long time doesnt make it a failure. just because something doesnt turn out perfect doesnt make it a failure. remember that even the best artist you know still struggles and makes mistakes; and i hope that i get to see them #postyourfailurestoo

i was waiting for a perfect time to do it. waiting for the confidence to not make a mistake. but thatll never happen. if youre scared to do it. then do it scared. but DO it. even if it takes multiple attempts. 2 months after i was ready to move to blender ive only made it this far retopoing.

it was only the rings around the legs and arms! but it was a foot in the door. and it was enough!

and now, im sitting here after work, 2 weeks after i put those verts down, still taking it slowly. but i 𝑎𝑚 doing it. even if its taking a while. even if im scared i'll fuck up. and now look! whiskers!

it actually stopped me from continuing for like... a month. i delved into hyperfixations and enjoyed them, but berated myself for not continuing. eventually, i just... convinced myself to start. not to finish, and not even to do a lot. the next time i picked it up i put down like 50 verts.

and when i hit that point, even though i was proud, i was 𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒.
what if i couldnt live up to my own work. i knew how many more steps there were/are to making it. retopo, uvmapping, texturing, rigging, weight painting, visemes. all of it. what if i flounder in one of those

i took all that to heart! i went back, i pulled up more references. i 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. i spent another dozen hours working on it. i constantly looked back to the references, to the critique. i asked for opinions again from others. and then a week later i hit a point i was really proud of.

i s2g imma lose it with that auto adult marking for something sfw.
ANYWAYS. i couldnt shake that feeling, so i went around and i asked for critiques. someone sat down with me for like 2 hours and we went over stuff. he literally gave me the best art critique id ever gotten in my life.

and heres the head topo rn, this is the current part im working on. just need to finish the mouth bag and i can move on

Judge my torso Edge flow lol, im kinda proud

Stop it take a nap >8U youre gonna start making mistakes from dreariness and give yourself more work to fix when you wake up

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