Creating Stylized Females in Maya
Learn a production workflow to creating stylized female characters, working with art direction, and several time-saving techniques for modeling, UV layout, texturing, and material and shader setup. Software required: Maya 2008 and up.
What you'll learn
Learn a production workflow to creating stylized female characters, working with art direction, and several time-saving techniques for modeling, UV layout, texturing, and material and shader setup. Contains over 6.5 hours of project-based training for artists learning the artistic processes of creating stylized females as seen in animated feature films. Popular highlights include: Proportion and Scale; Modeling from Reference; Understanding Art Direction; Finding Focal Points; Modeling Smooth Shapes; Various Smoothing Methods; Creating Useful Topology; Rerouting Edge Flow; Attaching Geometry; Modeling with Deformers; Adding Detail Strategically; Procedural Textures; Creating UV Layouts; Texturing with 3D Paint Tool; Painting Texture Guides; UV Snapshots; Creating Textures in Photoshop; Shader and Material Setup. Software required: Maya 2008 and up.
Table of contents
- Blocking in Geometry for the Head 13m
- Modifying the Head Topology 9m
- Blocking in the Body 10m
- Building and Placing the Eyes 9m
- Modeling the Eye Socket 8m
- Starting the Nose 7m
- Shaping the Nose Area 9m
- Adding Topology for the Mouth 7m
- Completing the Mouth 8m
- Completing the Eye Socket 10m
- Modeling the Ear 12m
- Adding Brows and Lashes 14m
- Preparing the Pelvis 8m
- Modeling the Leg 8m
- Attaching the Leg 8m
- Building the Foot and Toe 13m
- Adding the Shoulder and Arm 11m
- Building the Base of the Hand 9m
- Building a Finger and Attaching to the Hand 10m
- Adding the Breast Geometry 10m
- Extracting Geometry for the Hair 9m
- Extruding Layers of Hair 14m
- Adding Clumps of Hair 16m
- Modeling the Skirt 10m
- Starting the Blouse 11m
- Finishing the Blouse 13m
- Adding a Belt and Bow 12m
- Building a Base for the Shoes 10m
- Adding Heels to the Shoes 10m
- Laying out UVs for the Head 15m
- Painting Simple Textures with the 3D Paint Tool 8m
- Laying out UVs for the Dress 6m
- Painting a Texture for the Dress in Photoshop 11m
- Laying out UVs for the Hair 12m
- Using the 3D Paint Tool to Paint Texture Guides 6m
- Painting the Hair Texture in Photoshop 9m
- Setting up the Hair Material 6m
- Using Procedural Textures on the Eyes 6m
- Adding a Car Paint Shader on the Shoes 3m
- Using Shaders to Fake Subsurface Scattering 7m
About the author
Justin thrives as a lead modeling author at Pluralsight. Growing up, Justin found a deep interest for the computer graphics industry after watching movies like Jurassic Park, Toy Story, and The Abyss. His ambition would lead him to work at Sony Imageworks in Los Angeles on movies like Monster House and Surf's Up. Justin has also had numerous articles, tutorials, and images published in 3D World and 3D Artist. As an author, Justin enjoys collaborating with fellow authors, especially on project... more