Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2
This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with
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well, the exact effect im lookin for is when, like you take 2 blocks of cheese, heat them up a bit so its sticky, stick the 2 blocks together, then after a few seconds pull it apart and ur left with this strandy stuff in the middle connectin the two
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I guess blendshapes would be ur best bet for what ur trying to achieve. Have you used them before??
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i dont understand how it can help me in this situation tho
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What ud have to do is take ur model as it is, duplicate it several times, and then adjust each model accordingly.
I hope this helps. Im a bit tired now so i may not be making this as clear as i could lol
I tell u what, I'll knock up a file for u giving an small example
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The first solution that comes to mind to try would be to create blend shapes for the main block softening. Then, create the "gooey strands" out of geometry that is hidden. When you animate the two cheese blocks pressing into each other, key the visibility of the gooey strands on while the two blocks are hiding them from view and animate them stretching between the two main blocks as they are spread apart, using lattices, bones, or whatever.
That's the first thing that comes to mind, anyway.
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i only used cheese as an example, this isnt going to be an animation, just an image of 2 hearts pulling away from each other, but cant because theyre stuck together like the cheese would be
would this change anything?
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In this case the targets are wings in an upward motion and wings in a downward motion...hope it helps u out
Fiddle about with the sliders and u will see what i mean. Good luck!
btw u might wanna press play on the timline to get the bird into view first lol And if u goto display>show all you can see the targets i made...
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well i dont think blendshapes would suit this "project" because theres no need for animation
what im stuck on is creating strands of gooey stuff, any tips on how to do that? i just create a tube from a curve (using a mel script) but they just look like tubes, they dont look like strands of gooey stuff
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Ok well in that case u will have to model it. Tubes would probably be the best way, depending on the style ur after. I guess all u need to do is pay attention to the way the strands shape. So at the beginning of the extrusion, they are quite wide but as u get to the middle they get thinner and start to hang a little...I know it's difficult but u should see if u can find some references...Come to think of it, in The Matrix, Neo finds that his mouth has suddenly clamped shut and when he struggles to open it, the skin stretches and u can see the strands - kinda like what i think u are after. I have the DVD here so I'll post a still of it for u later...Got a few things to do first
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