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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The other head is the initial one I had in ZBrush when I first posted. A year later and I am gonna go back and fix it. Especially the ears... Just never knew all the settings...
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@ClearAir - The skin is a little harsh and I am at odds about how it will render out. I would prefer to have too much now and be able to tone down the strength later rather than be stuck with pores I can't see. As of right now they are sitting in about 6 layers and I plan on dropping it down to one through the morph target trick.
@Jay - Yeah I agree the ears need some work. Didn't really focus too much at all on my dad and spent a couple minutes on my mom, but after that I just moved onto the face.
Gonna try and keep them coming. Today I think I am gonna venture out to the creature domain and test drive dynamesh. Wondering how it will hold up at a high subdiv or whether or not I will have to stop at a point and take it into topogun to do the fine details...
Just amazes me how fast you can progress. A year ago I don't know what edge loops were...
Some progress over the last couple of hours. Really digging the dynamesh. Looks like it caps out at about a mil though so I am gonna have to mos def retopo to get to the level I want. Started this with ZSpheres. Just much more manageable at the beginning to lock down form...
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Only changed a few things since I had to hit the gym and go out to eat. Trying not to turn into this guy.
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Keep up the good work duder and look forward to seeing your progress with this
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But if you look at his work, especially the progress shots. You will see that he has nailed his proportions early on. The proportions and anatomy of your piece are not very clear cut. And once you retopo it, I think you'll find yourself making large proportional edits to your mesh, which would have been better done earlier on, before retopologising.
It might also help to think about how your creature is going to live. He has a rhino/triceratops head, so I imagine he will be doing a lot of ramming? Yet he has the lower body of a more flighty/light footed creature and might not have the power to throw that head around?
You might want to try a heavier set design. Head sunk lower, and a large arching back, so that the head is the first line of defense, and that armor frill can do some protective work. Maybe design the frill to arch around more, so it protects under the head a bit more, as this frill evolved on a dinosaur that walked on all fours, how might it evolve from a biped?
Anyway, nice start so far. It will be fun to see where you take this.
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I really find that people onZBrushcentral make these elaborate poses and this makes the thing impossible to rig. I plan on giving most of these away when I finish so that people in C4D can actually use them to animate. Just not a large market for it and I want to help facilitate this.
Thanks for the critiques though because I have gotten several comments on adding the muscles and it does honestly look better having done so. The "Frill" (Didn't know it was called that)around the neck is also something I have toyed with. Still up in the air as to whether make his back deep bumpy scales to transition to skin or a thick layer to surround the neck. Gonna have to think over that one....
Kind of always saw this guy as a dignitary or scholar when modeling him. A lover not a fighter.
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To add to the muscle talk mentioned above. I think the hardest thing to learn are the plane changes and not exactly the muscle itself. Knowing where exactly that radius and ulna dip to create the "v" shaped plane between the two muscles. Once you got that down you are golden. I will admit I know nothing of animal muscular and skeletal flow. Big weakness on my end....
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But like I said before I am not a 3D artist by trade. I have a degree in cinematography and freelanced as a DP in LA for 3 years before moving to the middle east to cozy up with Labyk...
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