Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1
This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.
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girlie head attempt
let me know what i can improve on or what im doing wrong.
this is poly'd and converted to subd
btw, is there any way to convert from sub-d back to poly without having subdivided faces? i tried all the settings in the convert option box and i keep getting more faces than when i converted to sub d
in lightwave you could just hit the tab key to go from poly to sub d and then subd back to poly. much easier that way
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the way im modeling it is im getting a rough outline to start out with and once the head is done im gonna go back and detail everything and make all the lines correct... should i point massage as i model or is it ok to do it at the end?
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i checked the verticy option like you said and it worked! that must have been the only option i didn't fiddle with. thanxOriginally posted by Ankalagon
You should make model clean and nice from begining til the end cos if you wait for too long you wil end up in mes!!! Jes play around with convert sub-d to poly option, check the vartex option i think and you should get what you want!! Nice model so far BTW!!!
now that ive got a rought shape of the head im gonna go back and detail everything nicely, next time i will detail as i go.
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Yeah heads are always a bit tricky when you first start doing them, but eventually you'll find a method that works best for you.
I usually just start with a poly cube and just get the general shape around the eyes, nose and mouth areas first, I dont actually do the ear hole until I'm happy with the main parts first. Also at this stage I would have far less polys too. Thats the beauty of subds, it allows for less, but smoother geometry similar to smooth proxy in poly menu, while you work the mesh to the shape you want, then, cut the detail in later. I attached an image for Rubber Chicken earlier last week so you can have it too. Its of an old man but the mesh is good over the pic. Study it and observe the edge flow around the nose and mouth areas, this is an absolute rule of head modelling also known as 'edge loops'. You are basically indirectly defining the way muscles under the skin work but are are using the flow over the skin surface. This will actually allow for easier use when animating the facial expression. Hope this helps
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the reference images im using at a bit tough to work with as they are not quite perfect profile images, she has her head pointed slightly down in the front one and slightly to the side in the side profile.
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ill have to ask her if she minds if i pass around pictures of her, hahah
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I don't know if this might help you out, but I have gone through so many methods and ways of modeling a head, and I finally came across a great tutorial (IMO) that creates a head in a very cool way, and it is the method that I have become familiar with in head construction, because of the fact that you define exactly where you want the detail to be.....anyways here is the link, check it out, it might be of use to you....https://www.thehobbitguy.com/tutorial...ing/index.html
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