Are there any books or videos that properly demonstrate and explain how to model a character with proper topology? If you want a character where the various parts of the body for one look accurate and deform properly for animation without having a million polygons you need strategically placed edgeloops, this much I know.
But i'm getting really sick of finding dead links, showing not telling and staring at images of completed characters and somehow figuring out what to do on my own.
I recently purchased 'pushing Points: The Topology work book' but that was more focused on removing and controlling triangles, n-gons and poles. Even then it was all on flat surfaces. Didn't help my understanding of edge loops and how you use them since i'd need a character model with broken topology in the first place.
I also purchased an anatomy book for cg artists but that really was just 'here is the human body and some old paintings' Very nice paintings mind.
I respect that subdivision surface is important but it be nice to learn what the edge loops are before subdividing them.
