There are a few key concepts to take in from this class.
Once you begin exploring flows on your own, you’ll find that there isn’t a single fixed solution for any given example.
Each solution will depend on the surface and the specific situation you’re working with.

To determine the best approach, consider the following questions:

• Is the surface flat or curved?
• Is the surface close to the camera or further away?
• How do the corners behave? Is natural flow better, or redirected flow?
• Does the surface require detailed work later on? If so, how should we manage density?

For practice, it’s important to explore all these scenarios at the start of our topology learning.
Doing so will better prepare us to adapt topology effectively to different surfaces and situations as they arise.

TIP: When working on the assignments, try to make as many variations as you can per object.
See how many natural flows can you find, and from there create redirected flows variations.
There is no single solution that works the same across all forms.

This exercises are the foundation of every objects we are about to create.
All objects will need to have:

• Even spread
• Optimized density
• Strategically positioned corner redirections

Through this exercise we explore the basics quicker, which allows us to do fast corrections, adjustments and multiple repetitions.
Faster we go through multiple examples, that much stronger or clearer our understanding becomes.

Remember, form comes first, then the topology. Form is what matters and topology only compliments it if done well.

If you struggle to understand the topology flow, try first approach where you work with no openings.
Once you have natural flow established, add the opening and balance the topology around it.

In second approach, you’re balancing topology directly around the opening.
In both cases corner will be balanced with either redirection or density, but remember, redirection comes last.

Curved surfaces will require topology first, then the opening.