Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i
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Had too many issues with the hand to ignore, so Ive started rebuilding that too. Coming on I think for the foundations. Next up to start shaping it out better and adding some of the smaller details...knuckles, nails...etc...
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edit: And shot 2.) The beginnings of the sculpt, just working at level 2 and a little at 3...rendering at 4.
Shot3.) close-up
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Edit: looking at this and thinking about it, its wierd...its only been a couple of weeks since I made the first character in this thread, but already I cant believe I ever went about making him the way I did it, let alone the sagat for the april challenge. Spending time and effort on a decent base mesh is definitely the way to go.
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Anyway, nice work.
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I see what you mean about making him fatter. Ive hit the point now where ive become 'precious' about it...i.e, worried about doing anything drastic. Guess I could always not save. I dont know. Hes got that odd fold in his belly which I wondered if id get criticised on. That might make it harder to make that area much larger without really stepping down to like level 1/2 and really starting over there.
The main direction I had in mind was I keep seeing it with all the strands of the muscles sculpted in. You know you see some characters where, not just the form of the muscles is put in,but the individual strands of the muscles too. I put some in already very lightly on his upper arm. I wonder sometimes if this is a good effect or not. Its not very realistic, but then other times it can look quite cool I think.
Thanks for your crit. Please shout up if you see anything that needs work.
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I have saved this as a seperate tool so I can work on this and go back to the original if it gets out of hand.
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He's getting pretty wrinkly/prune-like isnt he.... hmmmmmmmm
Little bit more work on him...
and started on a female aswell.
Dave, think I found my hardest part to model....her breasts were/are a nightmare.
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