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Jason Edwards Software: Maya 2011
Learn character modeling from Jason Edwards, Senior Modeler at Framestore. In these 16 chapters you'll see how to create humanoid characters in Maya. We start from a simple sketch and block out our character, adding more geometry as we go. By the end...
Jason Edwards Software: Maya 2011
In this project we show you how to create eyeballs with a realistic look for your characters. We start off by modeling the two layers of the inner and outer eye and cover some basic UV mapping techniques. From here we move onto lighting and shadi...
Jason Edwards Software: Maya 2008 & Photoshop
Learn how to create characters in Maya, and prepare them for rigging and animation. In this project Jay Edwards takes us through the workflow he used to create caricatures when he was working on the Headcases animated tv-show. Here you'll see how to ...
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Although it might be intimidating for new users, the Bezier Curve Tool is one of the fastest ways to create complex curves in Maya. In our video, we start off by showing you how to use the Bezier Curve Tool to model a wine glass in Maya 2022. From...
In our new tutorial, we answer a question that often gets asked - how to cut round holes in Maya. The method we use works for cutting any type of hole in geometry. Maya's modeling tools chamfer vertex and circularize vertex get us off to a quick...
Bifrost is not only capable of simulating fluids but you can also use it for cloth. In this short tutorial, we show you how to drape a cloth over a table in Maya. This will get you used to the node chains and workflow of creating cloth within...
Continuing the modelling which can be found here We look at some techniques to quickly UV an object in Maya. Scene file can be found
A tutorial on basic poly modelling in Maya 2020. This is a continuation of our getting started with Maya series and contains the information you need to make your first model in Maya. The reference image I used can be found
Continuing our getting started with Maya series we're going to walk you through the principles of UV mapping. If you've never done any UV mapping before this would be a good place to start.
