Today, I worked on adding a bowl of milk into Maya. The tutorial wasn’t that hard, and was actually kinda fun, and I really like the outcome! I didn’t have any issues during this tutorial, and didn’t struggle at all, so I’m lucky for that. The hardest part of the tutorial was probably modelling the …
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Today, I worked on 3 Point Lighting using Maya. This was another easy lighting tutorial, and probably my last one, but still very useful either way. In this tutorial, I was able to use three different lights in order to create my own lit image. I luckily didn’t have any issues during this tutorial, other …
Today, I worked on yet another short lighting tutorial in Maya. This tutorial showed me how to add blockers in front of objects to better control my lights. This tutorial was a bit difficult for me, due to how adjusting all the lights went, but still came out good. I luckily didn’t have any issues, …
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Today I worked on the Lighting with Blur tutorial video for Maya. This was a rather simple tutorial, where it showed me how to set up a simple render that blurs object farther way from the camera. This wasn’t the hardest thing in the world, but still very helpful in helping me understand how to …
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Today, I finished working on the Incandescence Lights 2018 tutorial for Maya. This tutorial, just like the other light tutorials, wasn’t the hardest in the world, but still helped me learn about how to use these lights. The issue that I had last time luckily didn’t pop up again, so that was good. I like …
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Today, I began working on the short 2018 video for Lights in Maya. So far, it looks pretty good, but it’s had some functionality issues. Not only when watching the tutorial, but when working on the assignment myself, the lights were super buggy and unfunctional. Luckily, I was able to get it into a good …
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fefef Today, I worked on the Neon Light 2019 tutorial using Maya. This was another simple 1/2 day assignment that didn’t take too long to complete, but was more complicated than the other one. All I did for this tutorial was create a glowing sign on a wall! The only issues I had were fireflies …
Today, I worked on the Mesh Light 2017 tutorial using Maya. This was a simple 1/2 day assignment that didn’t take too long to complete, but I was still happy with the results. All I did for this tutorial, was create a sign of text, put it on the ground, and make it glow! The …
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Today, I started working on animating the Mini Man in Maya. So far, it hasn’t come out too bad, but due to me having to actually move him forward, and him having a stiff leg for no reason, the animation looks a little.. off. I’ll also have to do some weight painting soon so his …
Today, I was able to finish UV Mapping the entire rest of my Hammer Boy in Maya. This assignment wasn’t the hardest, but also wasn’t the easiest either, so it was a fun experience learning about how to UV Map many unique objects. I don’t think what I did was too bad, but I definitely …
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