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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 06-01-2003 , 01:36 PM

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as a newbie i want to work toward head modeling so where better to start i guess..

in the end i hope to seperately render and entire skeleton and put it together..

c how i go..btw..

i have smoothed it for the jpeg (hense the spike in the middle user added image

gunna go back and refine it a
shitload more b4 the final product

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heres what it really looks like atm
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# 2 07-01-2003 , 02:04 AM

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cool stuff vampire \/==\/

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# 3 07-01-2003 , 02:58 AM

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Good start bud=)

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination, knowledge is limited, imagination encircles the world. (Albert Einstein)

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# 4 07-01-2003 , 03:24 AM

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I agree. You're off to a good start. Anxious to see more progress.

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# 5 07-01-2003 , 04:08 AM

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i got as far as this and got stuck

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any suggestions? where do i go now?

i know it has the skull shape but the main thing i want to get rid of is the seam type thing down the middle..

any ideas?

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# 6 07-01-2003 , 05:57 AM

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hey you ever try the artisian brushes in maya. kick up the model in resolution. and start scuplting and pulling some mesh. its fun.

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# 7 07-01-2003 , 06:33 AM

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artisian brushes? can u exaplin how to use them very quickly?

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# 8 07-01-2003 , 12:57 PM

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current progress..added some tootypegs user added image

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# 9 07-01-2003 , 12:59 PM

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is it going to get vampire teeth ? ?
looking nice though

Thanks for wasting your time reading this line.

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# 10 07-01-2003 , 01:15 PM

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yeah the vampire teeth are a must user added image

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# 11 08-01-2003 , 04:30 AM

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update with more splits etc

schmik helped me by telling me to try keep most polys with 4 sides cleaned them up a tad and added more splits.

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# 12 11-01-2003 , 03:27 AM

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yeah sweet. vampires are cool hey are you a goth. or do you know any. hook me up yo,

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# 13 11-01-2003 , 03:49 AM

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i am also curious to your vampire obsetion user added image

let us know the story behind it! (unless its personal or something :-/ )

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# 14 12-01-2003 , 01:42 AM

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nothing much to tell really..just majorly infatuated with the whole mythology etc..and no im not a goth user added image

though some goth chicks are hot as)

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# 15 21-01-2003 , 09:45 AM

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decided to take another approach buy modeling the head and jaw seperately...and walla its dug me out of a what the hell do i do next hole..

heres what i have so far..played with some lights and shaders for the preview..

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