Mar/Apr - Noob - movestudios - Simply Maya User Community

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 01-04-2005 , 02:40 PM

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Mar/Apr - Noob - Guitar Player

This is the first time I ever visited this forum, and it has captured my interest. I will participate in this contest under the Mods' approval user added image

So ok, Im thinking about a Guitar-Playing Robot design.

Sort of a really bulky looking guitar holder which also has arms that extend to wrap around the instrument and play it. A third arm with only 2 fingers (the other two are hand-like) will be used to tune the guitar dynamically.

The plans are to animate and have sound and all to this model.

I am doing this project in free time in school, so progress may be uneven.

Question; do we submit the model or a set of graphics to this contest?

Woo!

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# 2 01-04-2005 , 02:49 PM

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welcome, sounds like a cool idea.

you submit images of your work in progress and a final render..
concept sketches are nice also but not absolutly reqired if I remember right.

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# 3 01-04-2005 , 03:01 PM

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Nice idea. Check this out. Here's a real guitar bot user added image

https://www.lemurbots.org/guitarbot.html

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# 4 01-04-2005 , 03:05 PM

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Changed the topic of your thread as it wasn't by the rules user added image

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Do a lot, Fail a lot and Learn a lot!

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# 5 01-04-2005 , 06:02 PM

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My topic wasnt right? :o Ahh I see, name of USER not PROJECT... :p

I did the guitar up..

Sorry about the lack of concept sketches, I will post them as soon as the scanner is brought back from the other classroom (we share one little CanoScan; budget.. ugh.)

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# 6 01-04-2005 , 06:54 PM

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Heres the concept sketch:

I labeled it "Erotic Guitar" because of the way the hands look while theyre playing the guitar:o

Oh well, schools over for the weekend, I'll do more work over the weekend in concepts... *sigh... user added image

I wish I owned more than just the PLE of Maya 6.