Motion Design School – Maya Modeling Essentials

Section #1

Intro

• Interface navigation and standard Maya tools.

Section #2

Modeling Basics

• Maya basic modeling tools.
• Learning the polygonal modeling process on the examples of simple objects.

Section #3

Hardsurface Modeling

• Creating a longboard model. Mastering creating the correct topology.
• creating a basic object form;
• objects grouping;
• adding details to a grid for smoothing;
• creating the final geometry.

Section #4

UV Unwrap

• Creating a UV map of a model in Maya. Preparing a model for texturing.

Section #5

Texturing

• Creating textures. Basic rendering in Substance Painter.

Section #6

Introduction to advanced modeling

• creating the base concept, development of the idea;
• pre-modeling preparation;
• preparation of references;
• working out the masses and proportions.

Section #7

Increasing the geometry detailing

• work with deformers;
• Boolean operations. Pros and cons;
• work with KitBash;
• creating a simple animation for checking the model functionality.

Section #8

Mesh modeling using clones

• What mesh is and how to use it for modeling covered on the example of the robot’s spine and eyes.
  Finishing up the scene.

Section #9

Preparing UV for the final model

• Subdivision of geometry into logical groups;
• Creating UVs;
• UV packing using UDIM.

Section #10

Introduction to Substance Painter

• Key aspects of texturing for PBR shading;
• Textures baking;
• Texturing methods of complex objects.

Section #11

Preparing the scene for presentation

• camera and animation;
• creating an expressive pose;
• final shaders setup;
• color and light as a composition method;
• introduction to Arnold renderer.