Maya: Projects Tutorials and Assets
Subsurfacing Sushi
Procedural Fish and Rice, or Finally, a Use for Maya Wood
Weekly Walkthroughs provide a complete project, including geometry, file textures, shading networks, environment maps, gobos, and lighting rigs. The aim is to teach through deconstruction of a ful...
The Making of 'Smile'
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
This 'making of' demonstration and lecture began with the decision to create a new still image and record the entire process. Using Maya, UVlayout, Zbrush and Photoshop, 'Smile' was created in eigh...
The Making of 'Jester'
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
This 'making of' demonstration and lecture began with the decision to take a personal sketch, develop it in 3D and produce a lifesize print. This would require the development of high-resolution de...
The Making of 'Fume'
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
These chapters represent a technical overview of how the image 'Fume' was created using Maya, Zbrush and Photoshop. In contrast to some of my other work on Gnomonology, Fume was created without any...
Dusty Simplified Glass
in Overcast Light with Procedural Cork
Weekly Walkthroughs provide a complete project, including geometry, file textures, shading networks, environment maps, gobos, and lighting rigs. The aim is to teach through deconstruction of a ful...
Procedural Plums
in Sunlight with Procedural Water Drops
Weekly Walkthroughs provide a complete project, including geometry, file textures, shading networks, environment maps, gobos, and lighting rigs. The aim is to teach through deconstruction of a ful...
Styrofoam Helicopter
mental ray Physical Sun/Sky and Rotational Motion Blur
Weekly Walkthroughs provide a complete project, including geometry, file textures, shading networks, background plates, and lighting rigs. The aim is to teach through deconstruction of a fully rea...
The Making of 'Trin'
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
Trin was started to create a high-res 4k still image, yet evolved to become a looping ten second animation rendered in vertical HD at 1200x1920 to be displayed on a wall-mounted digital display. St...
