Reference for retopologizing closed eyes?

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I'm working on retopologizing from a sculpture, but the sculpture I'm working from has closed eyes, not open eyes, which is perplexing because videos only show what to model when the eyes are open.

How can I resolve this dilemma? Do I copy and paste another model's open eye and try to work from that somehow?

Answer 1 · 2025-03-17T06:11:22Z

Martin Bergwerf replied on Mar 17

Kent retopologizes a closed eye in his HUMAN Course:

https://cgcookie.com/lessons/retopology-eye

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Answer 2 · 2025-03-18T00:42:45Z

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replied on Mar 18

Oh...huh...I thought I watched that video and I did not see a retopologizing of a closed eye. He retopologizes an open eye and then does some extruding and shape keys to close it later.

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Answer 3 · 2025-03-18T06:12:28Z

Martin Bergwerf replied on Mar 18

Oh, sorry Sid,

It has been a few years since I've done this Course.

But yeah he closes the eye later and there you have your closed eye Re-topo:

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Answer 4 · 2025-03-18T12:27:28Z

Omar Domenech replied on Mar 18

I think Kent also does some retopo of eyes in the Piero course. I think I remember him using shape keys to open and close the eye so it makes some task easier. It's been a while since I saw that course, probably 10 years, but I bet there's still solid gold in it.

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