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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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# 16 18-12-2004 , 05:37 AM

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looking good, like the nose ring :p

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# 17 18-12-2004 , 09:03 AM

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Nice man, looks very cool. Maya you should cut off the left horn as well user added image

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# 18 19-12-2004 , 07:58 AM

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finished modeling high rez, low rez next, then texture and rig.
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...done_front.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2..._done_side.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ront_persp.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ont_persp1.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...reek_wires.jpg

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# 19 19-12-2004 , 10:40 AM

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Looking superb Vlad. You work from high poly to low poly? I would of thought its easier the other way around?

However you work thou its looking good.

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# 20 19-12-2004 , 11:42 AM

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Wow it looks so much like the one in the film! Fantastic job!

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# 21 19-12-2004 , 02:28 PM

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Very nice! user added image

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# 22 19-12-2004 , 02:47 PM

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Originally posted by lonepig
Looking superb Vlad. You work from high poly to low poly? I would of thought its easier the other way around?

However you work thou its looking good.

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i think this is easier. now i can just reference the high poly and just model over it and know exactly where to place detail and where i can get away with least details.

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this is my first attempt at a low poly so i choose a method that suited me best. user added image

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# 23 19-12-2004 , 03:06 PM

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Ah makes sense I suppose. Best of luck poly chopping. You aiming at the 7k end I assume?

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# 24 20-12-2004 , 04:02 AM

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Looks great, cant wait to see a low poly of that.

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# 25 20-12-2004 , 06:54 PM

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Holy CRAP!!!!! user added image

I totally missed this one somehow! Amazing job vladimir!!!!! It looks just like the thing from the movie!!!!:tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:!

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# 26 23-12-2004 , 08:59 PM

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You're veeeeeeeerry good vlad !!! If you manage to make it with normal maps , I think it will be the best work from this contest (I like highres modeling myself , but I don't know how to use normal maps , and I didn't find any program that makes them, or tutorial ) good luck!!

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# 27 24-12-2004 , 03:30 PM

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very nice job with the high-res mesh. user added image

Let's see the actual entry now! user added image

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# 28 24-12-2004 , 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by mtmckinley
very nice job with the high-res mesh. Let's see the actual entry now!

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beleive it or not, i am have a lot of difficulties with the low rez.
its harder than i thought. until now polycount management has not been an impediment for me. eventhough 7k is pretty high rez for a game character, but i am trying to manage the edge networks to get a good bounding box fit on the high rez so that the normal map can average things much better.

this is btw my first low poly work:p
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# 29 24-12-2004 , 08:43 PM

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its at 1332 tris right now.
i still have the head to do. the teeth will be just a strip of poly with a texture map on it, the nose ring will probably be 20 polygons. so i think i am heading in the right direction for now. i'll add the sparing leftover polys to areas that need more details for the norm map to look better.
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thanx for the C&C.

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