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
# 1 17-11-2004 , 11:37 PM
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Low poly female

Ive created a low poly female figure using a refrence images that ive found on the net . the head was created using the poly head tutorial in simply maya ....
what do u think so far ?

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# 3 18-11-2004 , 12:45 AM
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Not bad at all. :tup:

Arms might be a little thick and maybe a little high-res, but depends on what you're going for.

# 4 18-11-2004 , 11:15 PM
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Fix up those nasty polys around the head. Other than that, nice work. Keep going.


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# 5 18-11-2004 , 11:46 PM
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Theres a few polys flying aboout that cud be cleaned up. If ur going to put the long hair on like in the reference then u can get away with making the ear 'hole' into tidy geometry too. Look for making the lines flow with muscle movement. it'll make it easy to move, low poly or not. The shape and proportions look excellent, which, so i'm told over and over again, is the key to modelling.

good stuff, keep us posted

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A nice looking start. You should be able to drop a few edges if you want to thou.

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Hand

Still need some last touches but this is the basic shape of the hand . what do u guys think ?

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Here is the hand after some shaping and connected

Here is the hand after some shaping and connected

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# 9 01-12-2004 , 05:50 AM
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Looks a bit high poly for a low poly character. Looks good, though! What polycount are you shooting for?

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im not gonna give myself poly limite because its a low poly dummy . im gonna use her for learning texture and animations
for low poly characters so as long that its not sub d/nurbs or polys after mesh it will be good enough for me

# 11 01-12-2004 , 07:37 PM
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?!?! So if its not going to be sub-d's nurbs or polys, what is it going to be? magic? And generally when people say something is low-poly, that means it has a LOW number of POLYs. So its necessary to have a poly limit at which u clarify which is too much.

If your going to use her for animation u mite be a bit screwed as well. Theres too many tri's (3-sided polys/faces/bits with edges around them) and they can act a little bizaare when it comes too strecthing and bending. Real fustrating, especially around joints, where u have quite a few.

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