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Kurt Boutilier Software: Maya 7
n this project we create a giant spider model in Maya. The techniques shown here will work to create insect type models. We use a workflow with NURBS, polygons and subdivisions. Starting from a low resolution mesh we gradually build up detail. This i...
Kurt Boutilier Software: Maya
Learn to create humans in Maya with this modeling project. We start by building a polygon head, before we move on to the body. You'll see how to build a mesh with nice edge flow and good topology. By the end of this project you'll have the skills to ...
Kurt Boutilier Software: Maya 7, Photoshop
Learn frog modeling and texturing in Maya with this project. We cover the whole process from start to finish. After blocking out the basic body shapes with NURBS, we convert to polygons. The mesh is then UV mapped and sent to Photoshop for texture pa...
Kurt Boutilier Software: Maya 8, Photoshop
In this tutorial we build an Oliphant in Maya. We start off with the modeling, using NURBS and polygon modeling techniques. After finishing the Oliphant we continue with creating the saddle and straps. This is followed by UV layout and texturing in P...
Kurt Boutilier Software: Maya
Learn organic modeling in Maya with this short tutorial. This is a good beginner project, where you'll familiarize yourself with Maya's NURBS and polygons. We use image planes for the first parts of this tutorial. When our character is complete we mo...
David James Software: Maya 2011
Welcome to this Simply Maya project on how to make it snow where we'll cover the start to finish process of creating an animation of snow using Maya’s particle dynamics system. Topics covered in this tutorial are; Particle Simulations in MayaC...
David James Software: Maya 2011
Welcome to this Simply Maya tutorial on making it rain where we'll cover the start to finish process of creating an animation of falling rain with ground splashes. This project is designed specifically to help you take your first steps in using Maya'...
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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.
