Nice model so far but it needs some specular and if you feel up to it some sub surface scattering :-)

Here is something I started a few years ago but never really finished... So I thought I would revisit it since I want to brush up on my Maya skills.

Alien Walk...

Lauris

To make this work properly you need to track the footage (if it is footage) and then from the track create a 3D scene with the table and put your character on it. Create a light to match...

I am trying to animate a ribbon bow untying itself using splines with extrusions and I am having great trouble creating the knot. Does anyone here know of any good tuts out there that will help me?
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So I might be better off with Windows XP 64-bit?

Hi all

Been a long time since I posted anything here but I have been pondering my next system.

I thought I would go Vista 64-bit version with Maya 2008 and the opportunity to add large amounts...

Simon

Go to your animation preferences and set your tangents to 'Clamped' for Default in tangent and 'Stepped' for Default out tangent. That should do it.

Well, it's what I use anyway :-)

Nige

Pole vector contraints are useful for elbows and knees.

This is how I use them. First create your joint chain, in the example shown I have created a simple leg. Then create an ikRPsolver...

Nice work mate and great seeing it for sale on TurboSquid.

How did you render it anyway? HDRI? Ambient Occlusion? I know you used mental ray but I have never learnt how to do this.

My only...

Nice work so far but you could make it better by putting some weighting into the characters walk. He walks as if he is being helped along by a helping hand kinda thing. He also looks a tad stiff as a...