Maya: Foundation 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...
Intro to Keyframe Animation in Maya
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
This two part tutorial explores, in detail, how to keyframe animate in Maya using all of the core techniques available. We will focus on a classic bouncing ball animation and learn how to use the p...
Introduction to Maya
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
This lecture is from the Gnomon Workshop DVD: 'Intro to Maya' Over the past many years, Maya has become the leading 3D application used in the film, broadcast and game industries. Hailed for its...
Rendering Zbrush Displacement Maps
Using 16 bit Displacement Maps
This tutorial covers the following: 16 bit Displacement Maps Multi-Displacement 3 Setting Up a Mental Ray Render Using Maya's Approximation Editor Using the Imf_Copy Utility This tutoria...
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...
Transfer UVs in Maya 2008
Learn How to Transfer Attributes Using Maya 2008
In this tutorial, Ryan Kingslien shows us how to transfer UVs from one mesh to another with the exact same vert order.
Maya Tutorial: Modeling a Heroic Human Base Mesh
Learn How to Model a Proportionally Correct Base Mesh of 8 Heads
In this tutorial, we use Maya to create a simple but very useful base mesh of a humanoid male that is 8 heads high. 8 heads is the ideal proportions for heroic figures and perfect for comic book c...
Maya Modeling Foundation Tutorial: Modeling a Basic Hand
Use Maya's Box Modeling Tools to Create a Basic Hand
The Maya Modeling Foundation Series covers basic modeling tools in specific real-world examples. Each tutorial is designed to provide a basic overview of the most important tools for a modeler wor...
Rigging 101: Skeletons
Multi-Chapter Tutorial
The first step of rigging any character or creature is to build a skeleton. This lecture explains, in detail, everything that you need to know in order to create rig friendly joints. Using the char...
