3d Modeling Animation With Maya

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Have fun creating anything you want in Maya. Create your own 3d worlds! Learn creature & character design/animation!

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.2

- Maya
- Polygonal Modeling
- Texturing
- Rigging
- Animation
- Lighting
- Rendering
- Character modeling
- Character Rigging
- Character Animation

What you'll learn

Maya
Polygonal Modeling
Texturing
Rigging
Animation
Lighting
Rendering
Character modeling
Character Rigging
Character Animation

* Requirements

* No

Description

***This course is being added to weekly*** This is meant to be a fun, introductory course on the full 3D pipeline using Autodesk Maya, the premiere 3D content creation and animation software. This course is specifically meant for students at the high school level or above. We are going to be learning how to use Maya, we will start learning polygonal modeling, then we will learn texturing, rigging, animation, lighting and rendering. We will even be doing simple character and creature modeling & animation.

It's my goal to get you up to speed feeling the confidence to model anything you want, texture it, rig it, animate it, light and render it. You'll finish this course able to do 3d modeling of any creature or character you want for games, videos, effects, or internet memes. 3d modeling and animation will open up new worlds of creativity for you! 

Learning can be difficult. That's why I encourage my students to have fun with the process and regularly take the time to not take the difficult process of learning too seriously. If you're not having fun learning 3d it's simply not worth your time, that's why I guarantee this will be the most entertaining course on 3d animation in Maya that you'll ever take! Join me as we have a blast learning to master Autodesk Maya together! 



Who this course is for:

  • Anyone interested in learning Maya and 3d Animation, Character Design, and Game Modeling

Course content

10 sections • 189 lectures

Introduction 13 lectures

Intro Preview 00:33

Why do you want to learn Maya?

Why do you want to learn Maya?

Installing Maya Preview 02:35

Maya UI Preview 05:17

Component Mode Preview 03:24

Extrude Preview 01:12

Bevel Preview 00:52

Subdivision Preview 05:55

Bridge Polygons Preview 01:55

Target Weld Preview 04:08

Delete Vertices, Normals, Fill Preview 04:54

Add Polys Preview 02:08

Maya Hotkeys

Take a quick optional quiz to help you memorize your Maya interaction hotkeys! 

Modeling Pt 2 6 lectures

Modeling Toolkit Preview 05:44

Sculpting Preview 04:42

Layer Panel Preview 02:40

Alien Tree Preview 03:30

Paint FX Tree Preview 02:29

Arnold Render Preview 02:57

Section 3: Materials & Texturing Basics 7 lectures

Anatomy of a material Preview 04:46

Creating a Material Preview 06:10

Seamless Texture & Normal Map Preview 03:17

Applying Textures Preview 04:24

Texturing Spaceship Preview 05:51

Uv Editor Preview 02:43

Fixing Normal Map Preview 04:30

Basic Animation 5 lectures

Quick Update to the Spaceship Preview 09:12

Setting Keyframes Preview 04:00

Using the Dopesheet Preview 06:26

Using the Graph Editor Preview 05:09

Animating the Camera Preview 04:40

Rendering 5 lectures

Playblast Preview 04:57

Test Render Preview 01:38

Setting up for Particle Effects Preview 03:22

Particle Presets for Afterburners Preview 04:06

Final Space Ship Scene Render

I would love to see what you came up with on this intro unit to Maya. Please upload a final render so I can see what you did!

Character Modeling 20 lectures

Intro to Evil Kermit Preview 01:22

Kermit_Front_Profile Preview 03:04

Project Structure & Autosave Review Preview 01:38

Image Planes Preview 00:56

Layer Panel Preview 00:56

Modeling the Leg Preview 03:30

Modeling the Foot Preview 04:02

Modeling the Body Preview 04:06

Modeling the Head Preview 04:37

Modeling the Arm Preview 04:52

Modeling the Hand Preview 03:47

Instancing Preview 05:06

Tweaking the Model Preview 07:08

Modeling Eyes Preview 02:02

Combining Meshes Preview 02:27

Texturing Kermit Preview 03:18

UV Editor Preview 03:41

Texturing the Mouth Preview 00:52

Final Face Tweaks Preview 03:06

Exporting Character as FBX Preview 03:48

Stinkfly Character 12 lectures

Intro to Stinkfly Preview 00:34

Modeling the Body Preview 01:44

Modeling the Ears....er Wings Preview 04:13

Modeling the Eyes Preview 01:17

Texturing the Fly Preview 15:04

Rigging Stinkfly Preview 03:33

Binding Skin to Joints Preview 00:53

Weight Painting Preview 05:16

Fixing Unparented Joints Preview 00:52

Animating Preview 05:17

Fixing Weight Painting Preview 04:51

Final Words on Stinkfly Animation Preview 01:37

Intro to Froggy 26 lectures

Froggy Bottom Introduction Preview 01:11

Importing Image Plane Preview 00:43

Creating Body, Face, & Eyes Preview 02:22

Modeling the Back Legs Preview 04:12

Extruding the Arm with a Curve Preview 04:38

Cleaning Topology Preview 03:26

Mirroring the Frog Preview 04:00

Tweaking the Model Preview 06:39

Organizing Model & Cleaning the Outliner Preview 01:54

Adding Frog Texture Preview 01:02

UV Smile Preview 02:50

UV Eyes Preview 03:34

Finishing UV's on the Body Preview 05:00

Image Sequence Texture Preview 01:51

Adding Leg Joints Preview 04:25

Adding Toe Joints Preview 02:47

Creating Arm Joints and Joint Display Size Preview 02:19

Finger Joints Preview 02:39

Keeping Organized Preview 01:49

Body and Head Joints Preview 01:37

Mirroring Joints and Binding Skin Preview 01:47

Weight Painting Preview 07:15

Set Driven Key to Animate Texture Preview 03:57

Animating the Frog Preview 06:12

Secondary Animation Preview 03:00

Exporting Froggy Bottoms Preview 01:45

Big Chungus 47 lectures

Intro to Big Chungus Unit Preview 00:34

Importing Image Planes Preview 00:42

Modeling the Chungus Body Preview 03:13

Modeling Arms & Hands Preview 09:20

Modeling the Foot Preview 04:28

Modeling the Head and Ears Preview 04:38

Mirroring the Body Preview 03:44

Adding Nose & Mouth Preview 06:30

Eyes & Teeth Preview 05:57

Maya Interface Issues Preview 02:04

Fixing Topology & Edge Flow Preview 06:20

Ears & Eyelids Preview 03:21

AUTOSAVE interval Preview 00:55

Final Modeling Tweaks Preview 04:41

Texturing 1: Ears and Body Preview 06:11

Texturing 2: Hands Preview 05:34

Texturing 3: Teeth & Eyes Preview 05:11

Broken Textures & Deleting History Preview 05:34

A painful trip to Mixamo Preview 01:54

Rigging pt1 Leg, Arm, Body Preview 04:11

Mirroring Joints Adding Ear and Jaw Joints Preview 02:49

Skinning the Chungus Preview 02:19

Painting Skin Weights pt 1 Preview 07:04

Mirroring Skin Weights Preview 01:16

Setting Up Eye Controls Preview 04:21

Fixing some things on the rig Preview 02:07

Blend Shapes pt One Big Mouth Preview 02:59

Blend Shapes pt 2 Blinking Preview 02:12

Blend Shapes pt 3 Big Belly Preview 03:59

Importing Audio Preview 01:51

Adding Multiple Cameras Preview 09:57

Camera Sequencer Preview 03:49

Channeling Creativity Preview 04:12

Animating the Foot Preview 05:00

Animating the Ears Preview 03:46

Sliding Animation Keys around Preview 02:01

Copy Paste Keyframes Preview 02:51

Animating the Belly Preview 02:25

Turning the Body Preview 04:07

Fixing Eyes and Teeth Preview 03:14

Animating Mouth Preview 10:29

Adding Closing Mouth Shape Preview 03:46

Lip Sync Animation pt 2 Preview 03:34

Final Animations on Chungus Preview 05:25

Adding Final Blend Shapes & Sequencing the Camera Preview 07:32

Image Sequence Preview 07:22

Rendering More Image Sequences Preview 07:51

Shrek 48 lectures

Importing Image Planes Preview 01:02

Modeling Leg Preview 06:02

Modeling the Body Preview 03:45

Modeling the Arm Preview 02:26

Modeling the Hand Preview 10:20

Creating Symmetry Preview 02:10

Modeling the Head Preview 04:13

Shrek Ears Preview 03:01

Fixing Geometry Anomalies Preview 03:13

Adding Eye & Nose Detail Preview 05:35

Fixing Geometry Preview 07:09

Mouth & Eyeballs Preview 03:58

Modeling the Shirt Pt1 Preview 04:55

Modeling the Shirt Pt2 Preview 05:04

Modeling the Shirt Pt3 Preview 03:13

Modeling the Jacket Preview 07:46

Crease Tool Preview 04:26

Final Modeling Tweaks Preview 10:53

Just Kidding Opening Shrek's Mouth Preview 04:53

Shrek Tongue Preview 02:44

Shrek Teeth Preview 09:43

Nostrils and Other Fixes Preview 07:40

Final Clothing Tweaks Preview 03:29

Adding Material Preview 03:22

Texturing the Belt Preview 04:45

Texturing the Shoulders pt1 Preview 04:54

Texturing the Shoulders pt2 Preview 05:47

Texturing Bottom of Shirt Preview 03:44

Texturing the Top of the Shirt pt 1 Preview 05:31

Texturing the Top of the Shirt pt 2 Preview 02:51

Fixing Jacket Preview 01:11

Attention to Detail Preview 02:11

Finishing the Shirt Preview 04:55

Re-linking Jacket Texture Preview 00:26

Adding Texture to Shrek's Body Preview 01:21

Texturing Shrek's Boots pt1 Preview 08:25

Texturing Shrek's Boots pt2 Preview 01:21

Texturing Shrek's Boots pt3 Preview 02:01

Texturing Shrek's Legs Preview 01:08

Texturing Shrek's Hand pt1 Preview 13:21

Texturing Shrek's Hand pt2 Preview 08:21

Fixing Geometry Issue Preview 02:10

Texturing Shreks Face pt1 Preview 08:34

Texturing Shreks Face pt2 Preview 09:48

Texturing Shreks Ears Preview 04:24

Texturing Shrek's Eyes Preview 02:04

Tweaking Shrek's Face UV's Preview 07:14

Texturing Teeth & Tongue Preview 06:56