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.
# 1 14-09-2007 , 10:40 AM
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I want to make a post-apocalyptic city ruin of new york(at least i think it is new york) based on a picture i found on the internet.
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I just started with it so i posted a small image,but you"ll get the general idea.

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# 2 14-09-2007 , 12:41 PM
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a bit further......
I eventually want to make it look like a jungle(like new york is abandonded for a couple of centuries

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# 3 14-09-2007 , 12:44 PM
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I like all of your works ... this is good 2 ... KUTGW i will be watching this ! user added image

# 4 14-09-2007 , 12:52 PM
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yep - that's new york - that's the brooklyn bridge in the foreground - i see that view every day I go to work.

looks like you've made a great start mastone - this should be interesting.

There's a writer called Alan Weisman who has just written a book about what would happen to cities like New York if man was to just suddenly disappear off the face of the planet - how long it would take for the subways to flood and collapse - what would degrade and what wouldn't - haven't read it yet , but it sounds interesting...

https://www.amazon.com/World-Without-.../dp/0312347294

and here's a link to an interview on the Daily show...

https://www.comedycentral.com/motherl...ml_video=91914

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# 5 14-09-2007 , 01:29 PM
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thanks guys
And i hope nobody have read that book, cause i'm just gonna wing the decay part:p

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# 7 15-09-2007 , 01:16 PM
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Thanks starisjwarsuser added image
I've started ruining new york, still lot's to do though:p

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# 8 15-09-2007 , 02:04 PM
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have you seen any screen shots from "I am Legend" staring Wil Smith - thats a wiped out New York as well (seems the season for it) and may be a great reference for you.

Great work so far keep it up


# 9 18-09-2007 , 08:41 AM
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thanks for the heads up tweety tunes, but i wanna do this my one way otherwise i will try to recreate another's (great) job.

I've started laying out uv's(i already did them but for some reason maya kept crashing which resulted in many do-overs), and ruffing in the texture(s).
First i want to texture everything with a basic color texture and later when i've textured everything and can see how well it works with each other i will start finetuning everything.
I'm not done with modeling everything (in case someone was wondering), but I don't want to lay out all the uv's at once in the end....
Here's my progress so far

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# 10 19-09-2007 , 07:55 PM
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Great stuff so far man, i am liking it a lot ...

Just a question, you know for your UV texture thing how it says digits like 1,2,3,4,5, etc ... is that some sort of default with Maya or is it a thing you have to download off the net? sorry if you don't understand me ...

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# 11 19-09-2007 , 08:01 PM
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Nah its not a built in maya one, you'll either have to make it or grab it form somewhere (or knock one up in Photoshop). Personally I only use the checker, good enough to see any stretching etc etc, although the colours look pretty.


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"although the colours look pretty."

Haha yeah they do, going to test and see if i like the color one user added image

# 13 20-09-2007 , 05:12 AM
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The texture came with a cd that came with a book:p.
And i think it is quite handy you see the stretch a little better and can easily see if the uv's are flipped or not.
And thanks for the compliment

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# 14 22-09-2007 , 12:29 AM
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Progress has been a bit slow, mainly because i had some computerproblems, but here's the progress sofar;
I've redone the colors on the bridge, painted a base texture for the land and road and added an ocean.

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# 15 22-09-2007 , 02:42 AM
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The ocean looks nice. Did you just use the standard ocean shader on it?

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