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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 24-04-2013 , 12:14 AM

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Surfing with the Alien - Wip

Giving this another go (lost count already), I'm following Jay's Orgainic Modeling - Surfing with the Alien. I think so far so good this round and I managed to adjust to using my old 3 button mouse until my replacement gets here, yay user added image

. Getting the thumb right is giving me some problems though.

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# 2 24-04-2013 , 06:53 AM

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Nice start Genny the mesh looks nice and clean..................dave

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# 3 24-04-2013 , 09:20 AM

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Watching...... user added image

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# 4 24-04-2013 , 09:50 AM

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Looks good Gen...oh s**t he is watching....oh dear.

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# 5 24-04-2013 , 08:38 PM

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. LOL Ant I had the same reaction!

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# 6 25-04-2013 , 06:48 AM

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yepper, nice start Gen. The topology is looking nice.

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# 7 25-04-2013 , 08:43 AM

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Hey Genny this will be interesting as I dont recall seeing any of your organic modelling threads

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# 8 25-04-2013 , 03:50 PM

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Hey Gen, nice start man.

Take a look at my two reviews I did as well for Vol.1 and Vol.2
Haven't done Vol.3 yet. Hope Jay is not reading this..... user added image

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