Creating an African Tribal Mask for 3D Printing in Maya and Mudbox
In this Maya and Mudbox tutorial, we'll cover modeling, sculpting and painting an African-style mask. Software required: Maya 2016, Mudbox 2016, Cura.
What you'll learn
In this Maya and Mudbox tutorial, we'll cover modeling, sculpting and painting an African-style mask. We'll explore the process of exporting maps for animating and rendering in Maya. We'll also cover converting the high-resolution sculpt to a GCode slice file for FDM printing using a Lulzbot TAZ 5 3D printer. By the end of this Maya and Mudbox training, you'll have created a tribal mask ready for 3D print. Software required: Maya 2016, Mudbox 2016, Cura.
Table of contents
- Preparing the Image in Photoshop 6m
- Tracing Surface Ornaments Using the Pen Tool 10m
- Creating the Modeling Template 9m
- Beginning the Face 11m
- Finishing the Eyes 12m
- Shaping the Nose and Mouth 10m
- Finishing the Mouth 10m
- Joining Front and Back Shapes 10m
- Mapping UVs 9m
- Mirroring Geometry and Layout Shells 10m
- Importing Mask to Mudbox 11m
- Sculpting in Mudbox 10m
- Creating a Vector Displacement Mask Stamp 6m
- Constructing Decorative Beads 11m
- Incising Lines 8m
- Creating Carve Marks 7m
- Finishing the Sculpt with Wood Texture 8m
- Extracting the Normal Mask from the High-res Sculpt 10m
- Applying a Wood Texture 10m
- Painting the Beads 11m
- Applying Specularity 11m
- Painting Gloss 10m
- Exporting for Rendering and 3D Printing 11m
- Exploring Normal Maps Versus Displacement Maps 10m
- Animating a Model Spin 7m
- Slicing the Mask in Cura 12m
About the author
Eric Kunzendorf has been teaching computer graphics and animation at the college level for the last two decades at such varied institutions as Jacksonville University, the New Hampshire Institute of Art, the Atlanta College of Art, and the School of Visual Arts’ Savannah campus. He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Art history from Columbia University and a Masters of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from the University of Georgia. Eric has contributed to several works including "Mastering Maya 8.... more