--- title: Learn Complete Retopology Workflow For Animation-Ready... description: A tutorial by Anna Beganska, a Senior 3D Character Artist with experience at Blizzard, Riot Games, and Epic Games, teaches the full retopology workflow for a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-complete-retopology-workflow-for-animation-ready-character-heads-qviuqgja7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Learn Complete Retopology Workflow For Animation-Ready Character Heads | daily.dev og:description: A tutorial by Anna Beganska, a Senior 3D Character Artist with experience at Blizzard, Riot Games, and Epic Games, teaches the full retopology workflow for a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-complete-retopology-workflow-for-animation-ready-character-heads-qviuqgja7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QviuQgja7.png og:image:alt: Learn Complete Retopology Workflow For Animation-Ready Character Heads og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Learn Complete Retopology Workflow For Animation-Ready Character Heads **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A tutorial by Anna Beganska, a Senior 3D Character Artist with experience at Blizzard, Riot Games, and Epic Games, teaches the full retopology workflow for a character head starting from a high-poly sculpt. Spread across three lectures, it covers creating mid-poly topology, optimizing down to low-poly, proper facial edge flow, and building a functional mouth bag interior suitable for deformation in both real-time and production-ready pipelines. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is a mouth bag in character retopology and why do I need one? A mouth bag is the interior geometry of a character's mouth that allows the inside of the mouth to deform properly during facial animation, such as when the jaw opens or the character speaks. It is a core part of a full retopology workflow for animation-ready character heads, alongside proper facial edge flow and mid-poly to low-poly optimization. _Artists refining facial rigs can find retopology breakdowns like this one on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Turning a 2D Concept of Two-Face Into a 3D Sculpture](https://daily.dev/posts/turning-a-2d-concept-of-two-face-into-a-3d-sculpture-qnuvjrko9) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Design a Game-Ready Medieval Character in 3D](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-design-a-game-ready-medieval-character-in-3d-y7blss7ak) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [New Native Retopology Modifier For 3ds Max Released](https://daily.dev/posts/new-native-retopology-modifier-for-3ds-max-released-pyeifrkdr) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#3d](https://daily.dev/tags/3d), [#game-design](https://daily.dev/tags/game-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/learn-complete-retopology-workflow-for-animation-ready-character-heads-qviuqgja7) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Learn Complete Retopology Workflow For Animation-Ready Character Heads","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-complete-retopology-workflow-for-animation-ready-character-heads-qviuqgja7","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-complete-retopology-workflow-for-animation-ready-character-heads-qviuqgja7"},"datePublished":"2026-09-29T17:11:00.814Z","dateModified":"2026-09-29T19:22:03.776Z","description":"A tutorial by Anna Beganska, a Senior 3D Character Artist with experience at Blizzard, Riot Games, and Epic Games, teaches the full retopology workflow for a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/76d7fed0d0352aead16646bd863d9093?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/76d7fed0d0352aead16646bd863d9093?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"80 LEVEL","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"80 LEVEL","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/78eebcd76c154e6bbfd565fed7dc4093","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-complete-retopology-workflow-for-animation-ready-character-heads-qviuqgja7","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"3d,game-design","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"80 LEVEL","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/80lv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Learn Complete Retopology Workflow For Animation-Ready Character Heads"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-complete-retopology-workflow-for-animation-ready-character-heads-qviuqgja7#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is a mouth bag in character retopology and why do I need one?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A mouth bag is the interior geometry of a character's mouth that allows the inside of the mouth to deform properly during facial animation, such as when the jaw opens or the character speaks. 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