Originally posted by lizardfolk Question, do you have to learn how to draw traditionally in order to model a 3d figure in Maya well? Or is that not necessarily a requirement. I would say yes only if you are doing projects on your own and you have nothing to model from. It's always nice to have a reference if you can't find one online that you want to use and change up to make your own then you're stuck drawing out one before modeling. I used to know how to draw pretty decently but I can't at all anymore. I can still model things but I need to find others pictures/drawings to use as references that I have to change up quite a bit in the modeling process to make it my own so I'm not "stealing" other peoples work.