first head modeling attempt in maya

Maya 2020 fundamentals - modelling the real world

Get halfway through a model and find it's an unworkable mess? Can't add edge loops where you need them? Can't subdivide a mesh properly? If any of this sounds familiar check this course out.

Watch

# 1 09-03-2003 , 02:16 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002

Location: germany, near frankfurt

Posts: 111

finally found some time to do some modeling in maya... well, not really *found* the time; rather took it user added image

the idea here is to make a basic head with as few polys as possible, then layout the UVs before detailing and personalizing. With this approach, I can re-use the basic head for a variety of characters... seems to work too user added image

so, here it is:

Quote

# 2 09-03-2003 , 03:28 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Dec 2002

Location: Idaho USA!!!

Posts: 492

Very cool.

BTW, I love your work with Lightwave. Awesome stuff.

https://www.darrylworley.com/

https://www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html

Quote

# 3 09-03-2003 , 05:15 PM

Kevin

Guest

Posts: n/a

cool philip! what it the poly count thus far on the head?

you seem to have a nice generic shape there that you can use for a lot of things

Quote

# 4 09-03-2003 , 05:22 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: BC, Canada

Posts: 2,250

Wow, this head looks really nice! It reminds me of someone from asia, for some odd reason, which is very cool user added image

"I should call you sugar maple tree cause i'd totally tap that" haha

email - mattwettstein@gmail.com

Quote

# 5 10-03-2003 , 10:55 AM

Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002

Location: germany, near frankfurt

Posts: 111

that's 136 polys for half of it, so total polycount is 272

Quote

# 6 10-03-2003 , 02:06 PM

Registered User
Join Date: May 2002

Location: Niagara Falls, Canada

Posts: 5,310

great start mate..... Only part to take a look at are, the outside of the eyes, hey go up pretty high compared to the inner side.

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination, knowledge is limited, imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)

https://www.artstation.com/kurtb

Quote

# 7 10-03-2003 , 04:13 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002

Location: germany, near frankfurt

Posts: 111

yep they do, guess that's why they have this asian flair user added image

I'm surprised though: would've thought the apparent lack of auditive organs was more obvious user added image

Quote

# 8 10-03-2003 , 04:23 PM

Subscriber
Join Date: Jan 2003

Location: BC, Canada

Posts: 2,250

How can that be only 272 polys! Is that before its smoothed? If not thats just insane!

"I should call you sugar maple tree cause i'd totally tap that" haha

email - mattwettstein@gmail.com

Quote

# 9 10-03-2003 , 05:21 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002

Location: germany, near frankfurt

Posts: 111

yes, that's the actual polys of the polygon proxy.

Quote

# 10 10-03-2003 , 05:24 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002

Location: St. louis Mo

Posts: 1,580

its Sub D's right?

Please check
My (old) website!

Quote

# 11 10-03-2003 , 05:36 PM

Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002

Location: germany, near frankfurt

Posts: 111

yep, here's an earlier screenshot:

Quote

# 12 11-03-2003 , 02:20 AM

Simply Maya OG
Join Date: Dec 2002

Location: Queensbury NY, US A

Posts: 1,438

Is her neck supposed to curve up in the front, or is it just my terrible eyes? user added image

- Hybrid

Quote

# 13 11-03-2003 , 07:46 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Aug 2002

Posts: 1,135

I can learn something here user added image

Can you please show the poly proxy of this sub-d model Philip?

I do not support Bush! Nor Saddam! Long live UN!

Quote

# 14 11-03-2003 , 11:04 AM

Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002

Location: germany, near frankfurt

Posts: 111

here it is converted to polys

Quote

# 15 11-03-2003 , 11:43 AM

Subscriber
Join Date: Oct 2002

Location: RO-Timisoara

Posts: 445

Wow, cool

It's a nice head... I pessonaly use the same method... but... but my heads don't look so well.

For Hybrid: yes there in the front vertices curve up because there is nothing at the botom of the neck, if you let the poly face on the botom of the neck, the margins will be rounded and closed.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein

Quote

Reply to this thread