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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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# 16 04-03-2005 , 02:25 AM

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wow working pretty fast there i see.
i am glad i am just a noob and i don't have to compete against you. but maybe i will be worthy enough to beat a NORM??????????who knows.....

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# 17 04-03-2005 , 02:26 AM

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one day hopefully not to long from now i hope i can be good enough to compete as a norm

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# 18 04-03-2005 , 02:50 AM

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looks great dude! I love the concept.

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# 19 04-03-2005 , 03:12 AM

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How is the little searcher doing? Did it get set aside for some other projects?
Looking forward to some renderings of the finnished model.

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# 20 04-03-2005 , 06:34 AM

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Very nice caligraphics, you have kept simple and clean
good modeling.

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# 21 04-03-2005 , 08:06 AM

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Originally posted by Eelco
How is the little searcher doing? Did it get set aside for some other projects?
Looking forward to some renderings of the finnished model.

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# 22 04-03-2005 , 08:08 AM

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Originally posted by dae
Very nice caligraphics, you have kept simple and clean
good modeling.

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Thanks Dae, no need to make it too complex. By the way, I am gonna try to let the lighting and rendering drive the image and not focus too much on textures.

so I am going to need a shitload of CPU power if I wanna do 500 light bounces hahah..

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# 23 04-03-2005 , 10:17 AM

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A little update .. I have started making the legs/feet, but im not quite sure this is the final look of them .. lets see what happens.

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# 24 04-03-2005 , 10:49 AM

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And a little closeup on the foot ..

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looks great, what would like nice to is if the propellers had that nice varnished wood look.

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# 26 04-03-2005 , 05:15 PM

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This is very cool, and I love the concept! I think the feet are looking quite good as they are.

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# 27 04-03-2005 , 05:19 PM

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are you modeling in NURBS?????
Because if you are, you're doing a beautiful job modeling with it.
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Thanks guys.

Actually its a mix of NURBS and Polys, but mostly NURBS. I am strugling a bit with them here and there tho user added image

I find NURBS best suited for Mechanical and Design type modeling projects, but I definately use polys for Organic shapes.

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# 29 04-03-2005 , 05:37 PM

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I like the "less is more" concept with regard to the texturing. This will look really cool just with shaders.

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# 30 04-03-2005 , 05:43 PM

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mhcannon is right . it would look pretty nice with just shaders .
i like the style . to me it seems like a fantasy cartoony somewhat character......I mean ROBOT....

why don't you just leave it the way it is because it looks perfect already..... user added image