yup, detach the uv of fins...

planar mapping, from side ways... with fins uv detached. dat's my way...

of course chirone, i will... :bow: :)

same condition here. i'm trying to learn riggin, rendering and vfx now, coz besides that i've covered pretty much everythin in Maya and also in pre/post production. i'm getting so much lazy now days....

:beer: first problem in Maya solved :beer:
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u may want to stick to it to know how to solve it but if it's that much troublesome, why don't u try reseting the preferences to defaults? i mean, just troubleshooting.

oh damn, how could i forget Jason Ryan! ya, his references/ tutorials are the ones that you shouldn't miss. i also don't know if he is into 2d animation now or not.

u r right. the studio i had worked and other studios i've studied about, they too follow this process. on the other hand studios like pixar etc might use this 'clay modeling' phase. from what i know,...

well, stwert, knowingly or unknowingly u've a book that's considered the greatest book in traditional animation!!!! congratulations...

n 3dNinja1, ya there is ... u can get the above mentioned...

if u want to be able to produce such kinda of stuffs ALONE, then u'll need AT LEAST 2 years to be ready. as u already know, things like that take a lot of time. Also is that last one a WIP?? the kind...