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by Jason Edwards Software: Maya 2017 - 16

Learn production techniques from Jay Edwards, Lead Modeler at Framestore. Starting off in Maya, we build a low-res base mesh for the body. The base me...

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Creating characters In Maya and Zbrush

Creating character renders in Maya 2017 and Arnold

by David James Software: Maya 2017, Arnold, Nuke

In this tutorial we cover the lighting, shading and rendering of Batman. We'll also look at splitting our image up in render passes, and the use of ...

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Points of interest in this tutorial:

• Basic Lighting in Arnold
• SSS Materials in Arnold
• Working with XGen
• AOV Setup in Arnold
• Working with multichannel EXR AOVs in Nuke

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Creating characters In Maya and Zbrush

Creating characters in Maya and ZBrush Vol2

by David James Software: Maya 2017

Building a full IK rig is a complicated process if you're new to rigging. This tutorial blends together several rigging techniques to create a featur...

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Points of interest in this tutorial:

• Human IK
• Custom rig controls
• Dynamic wires with nHair
• Animating a rig with mocap data

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Robot volume one - Modeling with animation in mind

by Jason Edwards Software: Maya 2017, Photoshop

Join Jason Edwards as he shows you how to go from primitive shapes in Maya to a textured concept design. We'd all love to have the time needed to...

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by Jason Edwards Software: Maya 2016, ZBrush

One of the biggest challenges facing 3D artists today is dealing with high resolution meshes. Whether that's from a quick ZBrush sculpt, or from scann...

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Points of interest in this tutorial:

• Sculpting base mesh in ZBrush
• Retopologizing high resolution meshes in Maya
• UV mapping in Maya
• High detail ZBrush sculpting for displacement
• Poly Paint

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Creating character renders in Maya 2017 and Arnold

Creating characters in Maya and ZBrush Vol2

by David James Software: Maya 2016, Nuke 9

In this tutorial we take a look at render passes and layers in Maya 2016. We then move on to Nuke to composite both the still shot and the animation. ...

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Points of interest in this tutorial:

• Ambient occlusion and volume fog
• Render passes in Maya
• Compositing in Nuke
• Animating backgrounds in Nuke

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Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 1

Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 2

Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 3

Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 4

by David James Software: Maya 2016, Mari 2.6

In this tutorial we cover the texturing and materials for the main house. The bulk of the texturing happens in Mari where we create color, bump, spec,...

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Points of interest in this tutorial:

• Mari basics
• Materials and textures in Mari
• Curvature, displacement, bump and ambient occlusion maps
• Materials in Maya

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Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 1

Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 2

Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 3

Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 5

by David James Software: Maya 2016

This tutorial covers the texturing and animation of environments. We also look at some techniques for complex paint effects. Topics include animation ...

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Points of interest in this tutorial:

• Complex Paint FX
• Animation with Paint FX
• Texturing flowers and leaves
• Materials in Maya

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Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 1

Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 2

Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 4

Spach-Alspaugh House and Environment Volume 5