T0557 - Digital-tutors 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. 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

Lesson Outline:

1.	Project concepts and reference art review	7:28
2.	Blocking in geometry for the head	12:34
3.	Modifying the head topology	8:56
4.	Blocking in the body	10:10
5.	Building and placing the eyes	9:06
6.	Modeling the eye socket	8:17
7.	Starting the nose	6:31
8.	Shaping the nose area	9:03
9.	Adding topology for the mouth	7:21
10.	Completing the mouth	8:15
11.	Completing the eye socket	9:30
12.	Modeling the ear	11:58
13.	Adding brows and lashes	14:22
14.	Preparing the pelvis	7:40
15.	Modeling the leg	7:56
16.	Attaching the leg	8:29
17.	Building the foot and toe	12:56
18.	Adding the shoulder and arm	10:41
19.	Building the base of the hand	8:55
20.	Building a finger and attaching to the hand	10:25
21.	Adding the breast geometry	9:38
22.	Extracting geometry for the hair	9:13
23.	Extruding layers of hair	14:03
24.	Adding clumps of hair	15:50
25.	Modeling the skirt	10:27
26.	Starting the blouse	11:15
27.	Finishing the blouse	12:31
28.	Adding a belt and bow	11:49
29.	Building a base for the shoes	10:11
30.	Adding heels to the shoes	10:01
31.	Laying out UVs for the head	14:38
32.	Painting simple textures with the 3D paint tool	8:07
33.	Laying out UVs for the dress	5:35
34.	Painting a texture for the dress in Photoshop	10:54
35.	Laying out UVs for the hair	11:57
36.	Using the 3D paint tool to paint texture guides	6:00
37.	Painting the hair texture in Photoshop	8:48
38.	Setting up the hair material	6:22
39.	Using procedural textures on the eyes	6:06
40.	Adding a car paint shader on the shoes	3:21
41.	Using shaders to fake subsurface scattering	7:28
	Total Run Time:	6:34:47