Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i
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First Start with a Monster
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this is is the first monster i made with MaYa, not yet complete
but similar to the final version.
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The different parts dont seem to fit together at the joins, they look like separate objects the best exampe of this is between the neck and the torso, you need to think about animals in real life look e.g maybe a tortoise or something like that. The other area that stands out is the eyes not looking like a part of the head. You could bulge the skn area out over the teeth think of how it looks on a crocodile for example.
The skin texture is too similar all over, I would look at adding variation to it. Is it painted or procedural? you could add ridges down the back of the spine and things like that.
Ok that should be enough for you to be getting on with. Dont take my comments too personally this is your first model afterall and we all started somewhere
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Hey, don't be too hard on him! His monster beats the pants off my first Maya model! These suggestions are all very true, but they are the sort of things you only start to look for when you've had a bit more experience.Originally posted by Pure_Morning
The different parts dont seem to fit together at the joins, they look like separate objects the best exampe of this is between the neck and the torso, you need to think about animals in real life look e.g maybe a tortoise or something like that. The other area that stands out is the eyes not looking like a part of the head. You could bulge the skn area out over the teeth think of how it looks on a crocodile for example.
I see great potential here!
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and how do you expect somebody to notice these things if nobody tells him??Originally posted by -<{ JB }>-
[B]Hey, don't be too hard on him! .......... they are the sort of things you only start to look for when you've had a bit more experience.B]
he wasnt that hard and that's called constructive crit. so I dont think Pure_morning was trying to be mean or something-Emo
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Comin soon
soon u'll have a new shot!
I'm new of the forum so the next time i'll post this thread on WIP
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I know that Pure_Morning wasn't trying to be mean or anything. I was just pointing out that I don't think the constructive critisism was as helpfull as it would have been if powernemo had already had a bit more experience. I totally agree with Pure_Morning's observations (they're the sort critisisms I like people to point out to me on my own models), but I don't think that someone at this stage of learning should be terribly concerned with such fine techniques and details if they are still getting their head around some of the concepts in Maya.Originally posted by Emo
and how do you expect somebody to notice these things if nobody tells him??
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Continue to Critic
I think sometimes we are blind about our own creations, we need surely some1 another's "critic" to really open our eyes;
In effect i'm not too new on Maya but most concepts for me are yet unknown, then I did this model and i had presented to you just to have this critic! For this I made some changes to the basic figure it's not ready, cause I've very short time to model but a preview will come soon!
PS. I use the therm "critic" cause I don't know exactly a synonimous on English (i'm italian sorry 4 my language)
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The proper way to say it, is "Thanks for the critiques" or around here "thanks for the crits" (crit for short)
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I know my tips were for someone with a bit more experience but if powernemo now goes out and looks for ways to do these things then he has achieved something and learnt something new... isnt that the real point? Anyways no point in getting everyone riled up so if I was too harsh I'm sorry i just wanted to be constructive
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Nice first monster and welcome to SM powernemo, this is a really great place to share and improve your stuff imho.
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It's all cool. If no one was constructive then there'd be no point to this siteOriginally posted by Pure_Morning
Anyways no point in getting everyone riled up so if I was too harsh I'm sorry i just wanted to be constructive
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