Funnel Web Spider

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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# 1 07-02-2016 , 10:55 PM

nwjonesDotCom
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Hi everyone,
I'm a newbie to the Simply Maya forums. I thought I would start posting finished and unfinished work.

Here is a Funnel Web Spider I rendered a while back.

Modeling - Maya/Zbrush
Texturing - Zbrush(polypaint)/Photoshop
Rendering - Mental Ray

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Wires

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# 2 08-02-2016 , 12:08 AM

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Those are lovely renders, well done. How did you create the web strands? Or are those photo backplates?

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# 3 08-02-2016 , 12:24 AM

nwjonesDotCom
Join Date: Oct 2015

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Hi Stwert..

I did it the easy way - relatively.

I used this tool (https://weavesilk.com), to create textures (with a little bit of Photoshop layering etc):

1. An alpha (cutout opacity), (red image = Phoptoshop alpha)
2. Translucency
3. Spec (added a ridiculous amount of noise)
4. Normal Map - (noisy, overly sharpened image taken into "crazy Bump" for export)

So it is a 3D effect but nothing special. It works though.

Some textures used:
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# 4 08-02-2016 , 11:11 AM

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Fantastic illustrations

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# 5 08-02-2016 , 07:35 PM

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very nice indeed mate

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