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I've been modeling a hermit crab and I don't know why but some areas of the mesh are really dark on some spots, like the legs and the claws. enter image description here

I hope you can help me fix it.

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  • $\begingroup$ Try to select all mesh in Edit Mode and press Ctrl+N to Make Normals Consistent... did it help? $\endgroup$ – Jan Kadeřábek Oct 8 '17 at 20:53
  • $\begingroup$ I've already try that it didn't work $\endgroup$ – Sigma17 Oct 8 '17 at 20:58
  • $\begingroup$ can you upload your .blend via this link so I can take a look at it? blend-exchange.giantcowfilms.com $\endgroup$ – Jan Kadeřábek Oct 8 '17 at 21:10
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This is called shadow terminator artifact and happens with some render engines on low poly meshes. It is a limitation that Cycles has, devs know about it.

Bug T37814: Artifacts in Cycles render for lowpoly models

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The solution is to increase the polygon count.

The black on the silhouette is another kind of artifacts you might encounter called rejection sampling - also does go away with polycount.

You can change also the shading method. Your whole surface is set to smooth - it is interpolating the surface normals making shadows where there probably shouldn't be. You may want to turn on Auto-smooth or set some sharp edges:

How to smooth shade an object while retaining hard edges?

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Also, when rendering with Eevee, check if Contact Shadows option for your Light source is on. This option tends to give similar edgy-looking shadows in render, even with Subdivision Surface.

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