Great work.

I also am a student. I'm specializing in character setup and this looks like a fun model to rig, if you'd like to see it move or in an animation (I have animators that would have a...

This was done completely in nurbs (which aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be once you get to know them). My first ever nurbs experience though. I'm quite satisfied with the results, but it...

Yeah, wish I could have spent more time modeling for this scene.

Created this for a shading and lighting class. Probably took about 25-30 hours to this point. I could probably do it in about 6 or so now. That was my first time ever shading and lighting anything,...

If you are up for changing drivers to try to ease the pain (no guarantees), then try the official 4.12 drivers. They seem to be the most stable for Radeon cards.

Seems like a graphics card/driver issue. Any ideas?

As you can see the grid is showing through objects, but only when they are not selected (when they are you can't see the grid). It seems random...

This is the general maya crash error. I could just tell you to use the search function, but this may be a bit different.

If you are using a radeon card, then try turning off triple buffering in...

That does indeed help a ton. Still can't get the rim light to look "natural" though. I'll play around with it some more.
Thanks.

I'm good on the fill and key, but I'm not getting the highlights that seperate the object from the darkness, as you can see.

Scene file for a quick adjustment if you know how?


Thanks.