Fixing Stretched Polys Issue...

bkost

Hey guys, I was wondering how I may fix this without dynameshing this part of the model.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers

Bartalon

There isn't much you can do without retopologizing in some way. You could subdivide but it would be equivalently stretched in all subD levels.

bkost

Bartalon wrote: »

There isn't much you can do without retopologizing in some way. You could subdivide but it would be equivalently stretched in all subD levels.

Okay, thank you for the quick reply! I'm really new to zbrush...

Is there a way to retopo just this area? Any guidance is helpful. Thank you

Bartalon

You can retopo specific areas with Zspheres but it will come out as a separate subtool. You can also mask out everywhere but that section and subdivide it but it's a pretty messy method, and I think it also adds to your subdivision levels.

Why can't you use Dynamesh if you don't mind my asking?

bkost

Bartalon wrote: »

You can retopo specific areas with Zspheres but it will come out as a separate subtool. You can also mask out everywhere but that section and subdivide it but it's a pretty messy method, and I think it also adds to your subdivision levels.

Why can't you use Dynamesh if you don't mind my asking?

Doesn't Dynamesh mess with all of your fine details? I already have my face and body pretty detailed.

I just went with making a seperate subtool and sculpted out an ear!

Bartalon

Yes, Dynamesh will result in some loss of detail. Generally you will want to use Dynamesh to block out all the major details of your bust before subdividing and going into the finer details as to avoid your current dilemma.

You could always make a duplicate of your current model, re-dynamesh to get more polys, then use the Project All feature in the SubTool palette to get back all your details from your original mesh.