Smoothing the rough edges

Blender provides a number of object modifiers that can be used to quickly alter objects in the scene. In this project only two modifiers, namely Multiresolution and Boolean, will be used. Modifiers can be stacked, turned on and off, and their settings can be changed on the fly. The modifiers are accessed in their own menu in the right-hand side bar.

Begin with an incremental save (Press F2, then Numpad +, and click on Save As Blender File) to set a save point. Then carry out the following steps to create a new modifier:

Multiresolution smoothes the mesh out by adding more vertices between existing vertices and putting them in a location that rounds the shape. In this case the final result looks good except that the top of the handle is too rounded so it doesn't join the body of the mug well. To flatten these curves out more points will need to be added to the original mesh. Fortunately modifiers do not change the original geometry until you click on the Apply button, so you can still modify the shape in Edit Mode.

To further modify the shape carry out the following steps:

The top end of the handle is now blunter and will sit inside the mug better. Save the work done so far before continuing further.