Maya Modeling Basics:Toy (Part 1)
Part 1 of 6, this video from Andrew Klein covers the difference between NURBS and Polygons, and looks at creating the basic sphere shape for the body of our toy chicken.
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Tutorial “Painting Blend Weights”
In this tutorial, I demonstrate how to create an assortment of blendshapes using a small number of shapes and weight painting to distinguish between mesh parts 15min
Maya Modeling Basics:Toy (Part 2)
Part 2 of 6, this video from Andrew Klein covers editing NURBS geomenty using control verticies, detaching surfaces along isoparms, and creating a mirrored Instance using Duplicate Special.
Maya Modeling Basics:Toy (Part 3)
In Part 3 of 6, this video from Andrew Klein includes inserting isoparms, attaching surfaces, and using the hypergraph.
UV Mapping A Head
This video demonstrates the use of Maya’s UV editing tools, specifically the Smooth UVs Tool, to organize and flatten the UVs of a head.
Rotating Wheel with SetDriven Key
This time it is about optimizing simple animation steps.
Modeling an Airplane(Part 1-2) by Andrew Klein
In part 1 and 2 of this 10 part series, Andrew Klein covers cropping images and changing levels in Photoshop to create suitable image planes for Maya and looks at creating and setting a project in Maya.
Quick Tip: ZDepth+Nuke
Quick Tip: Creating a Simple Depth Map Pass Manually in Maya for Nuke Composites
Creating Ghost Arms
This is a simple walk-through, showing how to add cartoony motion blur arms to a bound mesh
Creating an a Explode effect
This tutorial will explain how to get some nice effects using a simple tool in Maya the “Transform Component”
Creating Machbox in Maya
Machbox in Maya from Krzysztof Zwolinski
Tutorial “Tires and Simple Tank Treads’
This is a simple method for creating a tire with a simple or complex tread pattern
Dynamic Chain with nCloth in Maya
In this tutorial we’ll make a dynamic chain using nCloth.
Modeling a Tractor Tire in Maya – Lattices and Bend Deformers
In this tutorial we’ll model a Tractor Tire by first laying out some guide curves and then creating a tillable pattern and using lattices and a bend deformer to create the final shape.
3D Timelapse – McLaren P1 Speed Modeling Autodesk Maya
Speed Modeling video of the McLaren P1 done in Autodesk Maya Got the second monitor so no epilepsy this time! 30 Hours total modeling time