Recent Posts Tagged With 'maya'

• Creating Orbiting Planets with Maya’s Particle Instancer

  Posted on Sunday December 27th, 2009 at 03:07 in 3d, tutorials, 3d graphics, maya, 3d tutorials

  Maya This tutorial will explore using Maya’s particle system and instancer to simulate planets with several moons orbiting the Sun. With a few expressions you can control the positions and rotations of individual particles which can control ge...

• Making Of Nightmare Stalker

  Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 03:33 in 3d, tutorials, render, 3d graphics, maya, 3d tutorials

  Software Used : Maya, ZBrush, & Photoshop Introduction : After seeing this concept online , I decided to have a go at re-creating it in 3D. I usually do hard surface objects and not character/organic objects so I fancied the challenge. The cha...

• Making of Jean-Luc Picard

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 03:34 in 3d, tutorials, render, 3d graphics, maya, 3d tutorials

  Software Used: Maya, Mudbox & Photoshop Introduction: Hi everybody! I’m Miriam Bonetti, I’m from Italy and I’m a modeler and texture artist for CGI film productions. In this Making Of I’ll show you how I created Captain J...

• Using nCloth with Character Animation

  Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 03:26 in 3d, tutorials, 3d graphics, maya, 3d tutorials

  Getting Started nCloth is a very powerful tool and is pretty easy to use. I’m no expert on it but I’ve been able to use it for things I’ve needed it for. Whether it’s a table cloth, curtains, capes, or in this tutorial, a cloak, nCloth has m...

• Making of the Rider

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 03:44 in 3d, tutorials, 3d graphics, maya, 3d tutorials

  Introduction This is the 5th challenge that I joined and my first artwork which was a grand winner. I am really happy to say that with all the efforts and hard work I did, it is really worth. With my previous challenges I can compare and see how my...

• Creating a Lava Lamp in Maya 2009 tutorial

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 03:17 in 3d, tutorials, 3d graphics, maya, 3d tutorials

  Software Used: Maya 2009 and Maya PLE This tutorial presents a step by step project for the modeling, shading, lighting and rendering of a realistic lava lamp. The steps should be straightforward for beginners to follow. This tutorial was written b...

• How to Create a Realistic Looking Dirt Layer using Maya Transfer Maps

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 03:21 in 3d, tutorials, 3d graphics, maya, 3d tutorials

  When attempting to add realistic looking dirt and grime to your 3d art, it can sometimes be a little too easy to go overboard. In this tutorial you will learn a simple technique of adding dust and dirt to your 3d objects, without overdoing it, to fi...

• Making of “The Tunnel” in Maya and Photoshop

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 04:21 in photoshop, 3d graphics, maya, 3d tutorials

  In this tutorial you will learn how to create a fantastic tunnel scene in Maya, and then add some final lighting touches in Photoshop. You will follow Abed Ibrahim through his process of modeling, texturing, shading, and rendering techniques, and fi...