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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

This course will look at the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. We'll look at what makes a good model in Maya and why objects are modeled in the way they are.

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# 1 14-10-2011 , 05:54 PM

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OK folks,

After a couple years (I think it's been way over 3) and a username change (R@nSiD to the new one) since I last posted work or did anything in the wonderful app that is Maya. I have decided start over and create awesome stuff again. So I am going to start off simply and I am going to model a mug.

Yes, yes, yes you can all stop your tittering I said a mug. Well its been so long I need a refesher project to kick me off. I will be modelling and texturing it, so here is the start:

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So far you can see I have put the basics of the mug together and have started the top base for the handle.
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# 2 14-10-2011 , 07:29 PM

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I have to ask why are you using a tube to extrude from, a cylinder would use less polys.....dave

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# 3 14-10-2011 , 08:08 PM

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Yeah I realised that once I took the screenshots. It is poly cylinder now and the handle is done. I am now doing the UV Layouts

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# 4 15-10-2011 , 06:16 AM

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Where are the reference or is it just made up?

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# 5 15-10-2011 , 01:40 PM

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Where are the reference or is it just made up?

Originally Posted by honestdom

The reference sits on my desk. So I am using the life size item and not reference images. It's a simple shape so I can tweak anything if I need to. I don't always use reference images because sometimes they are not needed I used to model a lot of things without reference images. Like my steam punk ATV for instance, most of that was made up.

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# 6 15-10-2011 , 05:55 PM

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Now I have got to a reasonable stage of the mag, I have uv'd it out and put a wee texture on it.

This is not meant to be the worlds greatest model of a mug, just a way for me to get back into the fro as it were. I have not added any environment or anything else and i even think the render position is pretty poor, but I am going to move onto my next small project.

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# 7 16-10-2011 , 03:32 AM

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Next thing you should do is blow it up or fill it up...

Stopped the second render, was taking too F-ing long....

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# 8 16-10-2011 , 12:25 PM

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Well before I left the CGI world I loved dealing with physics. I still have realflow. So maybe fill it up and blow it up.

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