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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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# 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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