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Facial topology followed by completing the rest of the head after a break. Switching into drawing much larger quads for the back of the head was a bit daunting as I don’t know for sure if it looks right or not; if there’s actually enough quads there, despite my anatomical research showing that there’s no need for such detailed topology on the back of the skull, especially compared to the face (as there’s significantly less muscles and more bone.)

Recorded the AM half of the rigging lecture on 15.11.18, as I knew this would be a complex topic to begin and I could fall behind super easily if my attention faltered- I definitely wanted to have a copy of the audio to go back through if I’d missed anything, and I’m glad I did as the tutor seemed to go very quickly through it and I struggled to keep up with him at points! I also shared the Drive link with the rest of the class, which they seemed thankful for.

09.11.18 — Finally completed both hands (well, with symmetry) of the Jill rig!! Doing the thumb turned out to be a bit more tricky than i’d first anticipated, as I’d already connected the faces of the actual hand together- so i had to delete these and open the topology back up again to fit the thumb in. I was a bit concerned there would end up being pinching around it, but I managed to fiddle with the width of the quads around the wrist to slim them down and made space for the quads that would connect the thumb, instead of getting stuck with a tri! i’m pretty happy with how they look so far and i’m enjoying drawing it out, even if maya is frustrating at times (the amount of times something has clipped through another object when trying to extend it...). I just hope it works well as a functional rig!