T0480 - Digital Tutors - Modeling Next-Gen Characters in Maya

Learn critical modeling techniques and a production workflow to creating clean topology, working within polygon restrictions, and building from reference art. Contains over 5 hours of project-based training for artists learning the creative processes of modeling characters for next-generation games.Popular highlights include:

• Blocking-in Form


• Primitive Modeling


• Adding Muscle Definition


• Modeling in Symmetry


• Working within Polygon Budgets


• Checking Silhouettes for Appeal


• Critiquing Models with Paint-overs


• Creating Efficient Geometry


• Reducing Model Resolution Manually


• Strategically Adding Detail


• Creating the Illusion of Detail


• Building to Reference Art


• Checking Models at Multiple Scales


• Creating Useful Topology


• Simplifying Shapes


• Working with Multiple Pieces


• Extruding Geometry to Add Detail


• Building Tubes and Pipes with Curves


• Combining Vertices with Merge


• Quickly Adding Geometry with Bridge Tool

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1.	Project concepts, constraints and reference art review	6:18
2.	Blocking in the torso / armor	12:20
3.	Blocking in the head and arms	10:22
4.	Blocking in the lower body	12:21
5.	Breaking up the upper armor	10:55
6.	Finishing the upper armor pieces	13:17
7.	Detailing the head	11:26
8.	Adding more detail to the head	9:57
9.	Finishing the head	11:30
10.	Adding hero tubes to the head	10:50
11.	Creating secondary tubes	9:21
12.	Detailing an arm and duplicating	6:15
13.	Detailing the arm band	8:11
14.	Beginning the hand and adding fingers	11:37
15.	Finishing the hand	7:38
16.	Adding the glove armor	6:07
17.	Adding shoulder guards	7:39
18.	Detailing the abdomen	8:44
19.	Modeling the pelvis	7:02
20.	Detailing the leg	8:38
21.	Adding thigh and knee plates	12:22
22.	Building the lower leg armor	12:53
23.	Building the boot	11:10
24.	Detailing the boot	11:33
25.	Starting the gun	9:58
26.	Integrating the gun into the arm	11:13
27.	Finishing the gun	13:09
28.	Adding final details	14:38
29.	Checking and reducing polygon count manually	14:10
30.	Using Maya's polygon reduction tool	5:24
31.	Checking your model using paint-overs	4:44
	Total Run Time:	5:11:42