My Take On Kurts Simple Guy Tute

Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 11-12-2006 , 09:54 AM

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Hey all,

Thought I would do this one (need the practice and its freeeee) :p

The model has not been combined and is in Sub-D geometry, I am just at the end of the Part3 heading to part 4 so I will stick in here once I have finished it.

Anyway here are a couple of shots...

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# 2 11-12-2006 , 10:37 AM

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Wow great job! I like the muscles and the upper body. Looks great. When I did mine it looked horrible lol. Good job user added image

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# 3 11-12-2006 , 08:47 PM

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how about having the shoe as a subdiv?

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# 4 11-12-2006 , 08:57 PM

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Nice progress so far, are you going to take it beyond the tutorial such as adding more details and texturing?

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# 5 12-12-2006 , 12:03 AM

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Thx for the gr8 crits n comments folks.

The entire model will be back to ploy and smoothed but I will be taking the shoe to a sub-D to do the same process.

Gster yes pal, the plan is to texture him, rig him and use him to train in a little animation. As long as Kurt is happy with it, as it is his...

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# 6 12-12-2006 , 09:55 AM

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Modelling complete...

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# 8 13-12-2006 , 11:35 PM

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Hey Folks,

I have decided to go for a toon Weightlifter/Bodybuilder with this guy, as he reminds me more of that than Frankenstein.

I have done the T-Shirt and moving onto the shorts. Basically, create a UVMap in Poly Mode and Convert to Sub-D as a Proxy Object telling the Sub-D to Inherit the UV's from the Poly. I think this is easier than UVMapping a Sub-D Object. I will try generating a 3D texture for it, but Ill stick with this just now... Here is a couple of piccies and a render under that...

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