Creating A 3D Eye (Nurbs)

In this tutorial we will create a 3D Eye utilising Maya's Nurbs Technology. I will be showing you some extra tips and techniques that aren't usually shown when creating an eye, these tips will make sure that your images stand out better than anyone else's due to the 'thinking' behind them.

Lighting Techniques

The goals of lighting in 3D computer graphics are more or less the same as those of real world lighting. Lighting serves a basic function of bringing out, or pushing back the shapes of objects visible from the camera's view. It gives a two-dimensional image on the monitor an illusion of the third dimension-depth. But it does not just stop there.

The Maya User Interface Tutorial

First, let's take a look at the screen, as if you had just opened the Maya program.

Shadow Compositing

Background Shader in Maya to render with a background photograph doesn't support shadow colors, and its opacity control is very limited.

The Ever Dynamic Ball

An introduction to dynamics using a bouncing ball as the example.

Stiching

Learn how to attach poly objects together...in this example, the shirt and arms made in Body Building.
 

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