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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The clue's in the last line of my previous post.
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Could I be wrong, its been known...Arhhhhhnollld Schwarzennegger? or McBain LOL
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amen Bro!Originally posted by Some Guy
I'm guessing it's Bruce Willis.
Been doing a bit of tweeking on it to get the basic shape, its really hard to get decent ref as most of the time the pics he's either smiling , frowning or doing some other manerism!
Also its quite hard to actually go an model an actual person and not just use some ref as a guide and mod it from there.
Once i'm happy with the overall shape i'll dive into Zbruch to "attempt" to get details going. I'll post up some progress in a bit.
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The thing is that I wanted to have complete control over the topology of my base mesh, which I dont feel that I have in z brush at all, might be me not been comfy with the software but thats that really.
Also I dont really think that z brush gives you the option to box model, as saay you would in maya, max etc, Ive never really seen an example of box modeling a head using it, only using Z spheres and then going from there which is a bit of a pain for a head and it takes a while to get the topology right using that method too (IMHO) so really, for me theres not too much difference in speed.
If I was to bash out a head using Z brush (say using a sphere or a zsphere model then dividing a few times and not giving thought to the topology) then it would be a lot quicker but it wouldent really learn me much.
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Great site for things: www.zbrushcentral.com
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Im not hitting back here at Zbrush as I am the proud owner of Z3 but as far as edge loops go (speaking from production experience here) Maya is probably a little easier to use than Z right now. Select, click, done! Z is probably a little more finicky in that area. I think most people tend to model from another package first then export to Z to add the 'goods' after. Though you can start with Zspheres, spheres or a cube to get going. Though Ive found these model types are rarely used for animation, hence the use of imported meshes.
I wouldnt pidgeon hole Maya into just rendering cars out though, thats kind of ignorant, , consider the character modeling animation and rendering that goes on in movies and games.
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I love using z brush and I've tried to model from scratch using Z but couldent get my head round it for building up topology, even looking at Z central etc.
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Any crits or comments appreciated
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you're definitely beginning to get a likeness. the only thing that stands out for me is the mouth which just looks a little stiff at the moment. Yippee-ki-yay, mother****er!
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but seriously;
-the nose is a little to sharp
- the lips need to be smaller(less wide)
-the chin needs some more definition
- his jaw needs to be wider
see the picture, in maya turn the head to approx the same angle and crossrefference the image with your model
i know its a w.i.p. and you probably would be coming to this yourself, but i'm saying it nonetheless:p
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