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 11-04-2006 , 09:33 PM
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Steam-Roller Creature

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i made this cool monster i call the steam-roller, this is not textured yet, but the normal map is shown on him, leave crits if you can!~
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Looks cool Joopson - but at the moment he looks a little off balance, as if he is leaning back - It may be the camera angle though - more views please.
 
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pretty cool! I want ZBrush too, but I have to be contended with about 6 other 3d apps user added image
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i know, messy wire
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umm... I hope you know that applying a normal map isn't applying it as a color... you need a normal map node and everything
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# 7 11-04-2006 , 11:58 PM
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I like his face, looks sort of grinnig. But he seems to have some sort of hole in his belly, why's that.
And what is a normal map and why is this map manifested in funky colours?
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oh, lol, i know normal maps arent supposed to be colored, but the normal map was rendering all messed up, so i attached the colors to it, lol,
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oh, lol, i know normal maps arent supposed to be colored, but the normal map was rendering all messed up, so i attached the colors to it, lol,

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Heh, user added image thats a way to fix it :p
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# 10 12-04-2006 , 12:07 AM
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hehe, rendered without colors user added image
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oh, the hole in his torso is to make him look very Emaciated, like he is dead, lol
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hole - blood = dead! :bandit:
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Yeah - looks like he is resting on his tail at the moment. I would focus on getting him standing up straight before you move on to the next stage. Basically you need to think about how your character is balanced - where his central weight is - and then work out how you want the various parts of his body to sit on this central line - usually a figure looks balanced when the central axis of each limb shift in opposite directions... I am not being very clear so I have drawn a quick exaggerated sketch to give you an idea. Hope this helps!
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lol, thanks, i already rigged him, so i can pose him like that, lol
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