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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 complex objects.

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# 31 15-11-2002 , 06:50 PM

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

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# 32 15-11-2002 , 09:50 PM

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very nice job. user added image

The only things I might pick on is that the face, at least from the side, seems a bit flat.

Also, I think I would position the thumb to be a little lower...

I've attached an image that I think illustrates what I mean.

Excellent work!

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# 33 15-11-2002 , 10:33 PM

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Thanks mike I'll work on the hands

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# 34 21-11-2002 , 03:09 PM

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hi! nice work there!
just would like to know, did you model all that in low-poly, with constant smoothing then reverting back to the unsmoothed version, or did you use smooth proxies?

i'm new to modeling and i really find it hard to manipulate polygons to make smoothed figures like that.

thanks! keep it up! =)

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# 35 21-11-2002 , 04:39 PM

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deryk, when I model, I start off with nurbs to get the basic shapes off the whole character. Then I turn all the nurbs into polys. Depending on the character I attach what I can into one peice of geometry. The boy above is 9 peices, head, shirt, body, pants, legs, shoes are all separate.

I work mostly in low poly but I do switch back in forth between Polys and sud-d's to get a look at what the model will look like once I smooth the low poly form. Sub'ds are great for adding detail, and once you have the details you want in you sub-d switch back to your low poly put a smooth on it and it looks just like the sub-d.

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