PhotoReal Elephants,

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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# 1 23-04-2003 , 11:21 AM

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Hi Guys,

here are a couple of elephants what I finished a month ago,

what do you think?

everything was made in Maya (modeling, texturing) and the render was MentalRay and the composite is Shake.

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# 2 23-04-2003 , 11:23 AM

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and here is an other one

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# 3 23-04-2003 , 11:25 AM

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damn..this is where I ask: are you kidding or are they really models?

excellent likeness mate!! very impressive

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# 4 23-04-2003 , 11:29 AM

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Hi Kevin,

thanks

here is a link to a couple of making of images:

https://www.3dluvr.com/ward/eleph1.html

bye

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# 5 23-04-2003 , 11:40 AM

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excellent page! I love the way you have displayed it!!

tells its own story!

I can see you getting a lot of questions on that awesome texturing!

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# 6 23-04-2003 , 12:56 PM

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oh my .....!

thats thats thats.... i can't find a word to explain it... JUST LIKE REAL!!! first thought was you were joking... but this is perfect!!! absolutly perfect!!!!

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# 7 23-04-2003 , 02:13 PM

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Very nice....

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# 8 23-04-2003 , 03:35 PM

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DUDE!

Glad to see you are now part of SimplyMaya!

I saw your Elephant work on CGTalk I think?...not sure, but I was AMAZED!

GREAT job!

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# 9 23-04-2003 , 06:55 PM

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Simply great. Like a photo indeed.

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# 10 23-04-2003 , 07:00 PM

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Great work!
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# 11 23-04-2003 , 07:29 PM

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Excellent work indeed

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# 12 23-04-2003 , 07:44 PM

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very cool. user added image

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# 13 23-04-2003 , 09:27 PM

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WOW. Cooooooool

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# 14 25-04-2003 , 03:14 PM

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I think you should put them in the gallery lol better include a wire shot as well i also thought you were joking when I first saw them.

Great image very photo real.

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# 15 26-04-2003 , 09:22 PM

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Wow, thanks so much for sharing! Those definately are photoreal, and i LOVED that progress image you made.... truly a wonderful thing to do for all models! Anyways, keep up the great modelling, cya around!

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