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Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 29-11-2002 , 10:27 PM

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Just my new project, I found a place that is hiring modellers, and they want to see what other modelers and I can do, they had 2 female characters to choose from to model. The final model has to be under 3 thousand faces.

Ok i've only spent about 2 hours on her so far, i'm still roughing the shape in with nurbs, will be turning them into poly soon.

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# 2 29-11-2002 , 10:28 PM

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# 3 29-11-2002 , 10:29 PM

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# 4 29-11-2002 , 10:44 PM

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kurt, your model has too much clothes, the sketch you are supposed to model wears less. you work to make the clothes smaller i guess - i would like to see her dressed up as the sketch says user added image

but great start

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# 5 29-11-2002 , 10:48 PM

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oh and one advice, dont hand out your maya file unless you have the job. maybe it is just not possible to stay under 3000 faces - so they want you to try as hard as possible, take the model for free only to tell you some other guy got the job user added image

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# 6 29-11-2002 , 11:01 PM

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thanks for the advice duck, I know not to send anything unless I see a contract=)

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# 7 29-11-2002 , 11:14 PM

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Kurt, I wish you the best. The proportions seem to be pretty ok in your model except I'm not sure about the back of the chest area, cause I can't see it properly (or I've just had one beer too many user added image

). It seems to be a little thin there (the side view)....dunno...

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# 8 30-11-2002 , 01:16 AM

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in the front view.. the chest seems to me as a probem.. the breast seems to be too close... They look like they have been glued together user added image

.... if you can just make em apart a bit so that you get a good shape of a human breast... might wanna check out some references.. user added image

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# 9 30-11-2002 , 04:08 AM

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Ok five hours into the project, starting to shape more details. I wont add to much more detail to the straight body, I'll just start modeling the socks, shorts and arm bands using the same geometry. Female bodys are harder than I was expecting to model correctly.

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# 10 30-11-2002 , 04:16 AM

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now i have a better view, now the stuff seems fine.. great going.. nurbs, sub-divs???

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# 11 30-11-2002 , 04:20 AM

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Nurbs where the first pics just to rough out the shape, the newest pics are polys with a smooth.

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# 12 30-11-2002 , 04:23 AM

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so you are going to make the hands the legs, the head and then attach it to the body?

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# 13 30-11-2002 , 04:24 AM

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Kurt if they have you doing them virtual porn CD's ill errrmmm test um out for you mate no problem user added image

Seems to be coming along nicely m8.

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