Resit: Maya Tutorial Submission

World Animation Film Reviews

Mary & Max

Spirited Away

Sita Sings The Blues

Waltz With Bashir

Persepolis

Lighting & Rendering

Samples and Quality Control

Mental Ray Final Gather

Physical Sun & Sky

Mental Ray Portal Lights

Mia Material X Shader

HDR Lighting

Displacement Maps

Ambient Occlusion

Motion Blur

Mental Ray Proxies

Pipeline 1 UV's

UV Complete

Pipeline 1 Skinning 

Parts 1-4

Parts 5-7

Pipeline 1 Rigging

Parts 1-4

Pipeline 1 Facial Rigging

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Pipeline 1 Texturing

Parts 1-8

Pipeline 1 Creating a Turnaround

Turnaround

Pipeline 1 : Creating a Turnaround

Pipeline 1 : Texturing Complete 1-8

Texturing was something I was always uncertain with, but with the tutorial I have gained a better understanding, It was nice to go through a gradual change of the model looking more finished and reserved. My render settings for some reason were a bit out of whack and were taking way too long, went to a maya online helpdesk for assistance. I believe I may have the same problem that Deanna had with her copy a while back. Reverted my file to another platform to finish the tutorial on.

Pipeline 1 : Facial Rigging Part 3

Pairing the facial rigging to finish off the activity was easy to follow through, the controls easy to access and yield good results. Had a little trouble with the eyebrows but only because I messed something up earlier on, it works as well as it can do now.

Pipeline 1 : Facial Rigging Part 2

Part 2 of the tutorial was much more straightforward, and its nice to see something starting to happen with the character, the expressions look fluid and there wasn't any problems following along with the tutorial.

Pipeline 1: Rigging Complete 1-4

This was the first time I have ever rigged a character in all the years I've had on this course, I found following along to the tutorial easy, being able to limit the movement and making the model more clean with fluid movement does bring it alive. 

Pipeline 1 : Skinning 1-4

Pipeline 1 : UV Complete

I found creating the UV's a little complex but I am delighted to finally understand how to properly do the process. Up to this point I had been using other techniques to bring texture and design to my work.

Pipeline 1 : Body Modelling

Pipeline 1: Head Modelling Parts 1- 14

Part 1

Part 2

 Part 3

 Part 4

Part 5

 Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

Lighting & Rendering 2 - Mental Ray Proxies

This tutorial taught me how to use Mental Ray Proxies to help with maya's crashing issues. By exporting the object as a proxy then using the bounding box of the object. The overall result frees up the viewport and prevents maya crashes associated with the issue. 

Rendered Eye Group

Workstation For Eyes 

Rendered Tree

Workstation For Tree