3D happenings and stuff

Zketching around..

2010-03-12T09:56:00.001-08:00

I started playing around with this model..paying attention to edges and such.

Check back later to see the finished piece

LA3D PARTY

2010-02-13T11:38:00.001-08:00

Character Concept

2009-12-27T14:29:00.000-08:00

Na'vi Girlfriend

2009-12-27T11:42:00.000-08:00

NAVI Girlfriend.

2009-12-27T11:35:00.000-08:00

Quintessential female torso

2009-11-28T13:21:00.000-08:00

Old man wip

2009-11-28T13:18:00.000-08:00

The Flash wip

2009-11-28T13:15:00.001-08:00

LA3D uWink event

2009-11-28T12:56:00.001-08:00

3D sketchbook

2009-11-28T12:34:00.000-08:00

Lucky Strike LA3D event

2009-11-28T12:31:00.001-08:00

Coming back strong

2009-09-10T07:45:00.000-07:00

I decided to revisit my Blog after almost a year of absence. I will be posting new links, tutorials and other goodies, come back soon !

DEMO REEL 2009 now in HD

2009-06-12T17:11:00.000-07:00

Demo REEL ! click here

and new cinematic work:

here

Wedge + Bridge

2008-02-17T15:40:00.000-08:00

Cut Faces tool

2008-02-17T14:57:00.001-08:00

Bridge options

2008-02-17T14:56:00.001-08:00

Bridge tool

2008-02-17T14:55:00.001-08:00

Append Poly

2008-02-17T14:53:00.001-08:00

Poly tools 101

2008-02-17T14:16:00.000-08:00

Polygon Extrude Lesson 01

2008-01-27T15:15:00.000-08:00

The Extrude tool is one of the most important modeling tools in your arsenal. Here I will give you an intro to the basic use and understanding of it.

The First Step is to create a Polygon cube (or any polygonal shape), Make sure you are on your
Polygon menu. Then go ahead and create your shape:

Next Create a curve, point snap its pivot point to the end of the curve by:
1) pressing insert on your keyboard
2) press and hold " C " and place your pivot point at the beginning of the curve.
3) press insert again to unlock your pivot.

now select your curve, right click on the cube select FACE and now press and hold "V" and point snap your curve to the center face.

Select your curve then right click on the cube and select FACE then Extrude, make sure the "extrude along curve" option is turned on. You can always check your input settings by checking the history in the attribute editor. Select your object and press "CONTROL + A"

NURBS "Ghost Catcher"

2007-02-27T10:26:00.001-08:00

WELCOME ! today we will create a "ghost catcher"

Thanx to the amazing design of the artist formerly known as Mike Overmann:

Step 1:

Step2 :

Step 3:

FinalStep:

Modeling with Nurbs

2007-02-21T13:45:00.000-08:00

Why NURBS surfaces ? you probably have heard about the horror stories about Nurbs creating all sorts of problems at rendering time..thanks to Mental Ray approx. methods that is all a thing of the past. NURBS are fast, stable and have pre-mapped UV's for textures and if transformed into polys, they will create a nice smooth mesh. So lets get to it and talk about the first part of this tutorial.

Anatomy of NURBS surfaces
Curves
Revolve, Loft, Extrude
Curve projection
Trimming
Round tool

Anatomy of NURBS:
The architecture of Maya is based on Hierarchies, lets brake down the main components and keys to the inner workings of NURBS:

Curves:
Every surface can be created by the correct positioning and use of curves. Creating curve networks allows for maximum control over the mesh. Other tools such as Extrude, Revolve and Loft are very powerful, specifically when working with the history of these tools.

Here is the procedure for projecting curves:

Create curves and surface
Select both
go to an orthographic view by slightly taping on your space bar
then go to Edit Nurbs --> Project curve on surface
then select your surface Edit NURBS --> trim tool

Welcome !

2007-02-21T13:11:00.000-08:00

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Welcome to the blog ! here you can review class material, you can post questions and or comments and you can check in for extra tutorials, links to other artist's web pages and plug- ins.

happy modeling !

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NOTE: Notice that I will be using MAYA 7.0, some menus in Maya 8.5 have changed. If you are running 8.5 let me know.