*@Mark Stephen Gasoey* what is a polycount reference?

*@David Kintu* It's how dense your topology needs to be. It refers to the total number of polygons (faces).
Here's an interesting example of 2 extreme opposites. We'll try to hit something in between for the course ;)

*@Abdul Fahim* Even though there are various shapes to almost every human feature, there are always common elements between them. I can really recommend some anatomy books like these: https://anatomy4sculptors.com/collections/books?gclid=CjwKCAjwkPX0BRBKEiwA7THxiPOdnQAiI8zOPc3aaVgfSlrS4mIBXcCTAt7mqCi0GDxXQ-rbtjRgyRoCe64QAvD_BwE

They show a lot of simplified geometric shapes for how the body is commonly build.

*@Julien Kaspar* thanks

*@keraatona* Well done man! Always great to support the developers :D

*@Julien Kaspar* btw thanks for your great tutorial

and may i ask 2 things first i know that you said these characters will not work with vidio games is that because they are not riged? for me that is no proplom because i know how to rig characters but if that is not the reason then may i know what is it? seacond is there any advise for creating an anime styled character? agein thanks a lot for this tutorial it is great

*@keraatona* The character can work for video games but they are not going to be optimised for them. There are differences in the workflow, mainly in retopology & texturing. More about that in the retopology introduction.

I already saw some other people making anime characters and I can recommend not to make them too undefined. Anime characters are often pretty anatomically accurate except for the exaggerated eyes, nose & mouth, so don't let the flat coloring fool you :)

*@Julien Kaspar* thanks for anwsring me :)

*@Yermek Zakariyah* It is. You just have to set the price to 0.

*@Afolabi Samuel* I can't help if I don't know what the problem is ;)

@Michael Sheeler  That's what I would also like to know. Maybe @Julien Kaspar  knows a good alternative book for this topic.

@Ingmar Franz It's only available as an apple e-book, sadly. If you search for "The Art of Moving Points" it should lead you to an apple site where you can buy it.

@Julien Kaspar Thank you for your answer! I've found the book here: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-art-of-moving-points/id639498241%C2%A0  It looks to me that I have to create an account at Apple first in order to sign in because I currently can't see a "Put in into the Cart" button. Can I read that book without having an Apple device?   PS: The anatomy  books you recommend above have arrived at me some days ago. They're really densely packed with information. Looks like I've a lot to learn 😉!

@Julien Kaspar  I've found this link: https://kitestringonline.com/art-of-moving-points%C2%A0 But I don't know whether I can download the book from there and whether I need a special ebook reader or just a pdf reader. It's also an ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION which costs almost 20 Dollars a month. So, the book, if it's there, would cost effectively 240 Dollars!!!  The Kitestring page seems to  offer the book in the context of an online course dating back to 2013. Just the "Coming Soon" label is confusing me.

Purchasing the book in the Apple store doesn't make sense without an Apple device which I need to read it. Furthermore, I'm not sure whether I need to pay a membership fee for the Apple store. Maybe, the Blender Foundation could ask Mr. Tindall to sell his book in the Blender online shop. But this will probably not happen and so it doesn't make sense to link this book. If I can't read on my Windows PC than this book effectively doesn't exist.

@Julien Kaspar Good news from Brian Tindall. I've asked him about his "The Art of Moving Points" book and he answered me that he will publish his book in other formats as well, maybe already in the next few weeks! Cross your fingers😀!

@Ingmar Franz Sorry for not replying. So far I only every found it on the apple store and there I bought it as well. I would be very excited if it is accessible on more devices and stores! Keeping my fingers crossed as well.

@Julien Kaspar In the meantime I've found these videos by Brian Tindall related to his book on his vimeo account: https://vimeo.com/hippydrome

@Jordan Vianna Da Silva You can work like that and in a later video I am even directly using references in Blender. The reason why you should have a collage of references on another monitor is because you need your main monitor to look at your model. The only time I like to use references directly in my 3D viewport is when I need to directly compare it with the model laying over it. Adding all your references in the 3D viewport or image editors will just take away space or you will regularly need to navigate the viewport to see your references or see your model, or switch collections regularly to see either. Have your references on another screen and you use your space more efficiently.