3D Hair Creation with Maya XGen
Basic concepts
A course by Juan Paulo Mardónez , Designer
About the video: Basic concepts
Overview
“From photographic references, I will show you how to dissect the fur challenge, dividing it into smaller parts until you reach the smallest unit: hair or fiber. I will explain some key concepts, such as segments, interpolation, inherited properties, properties, among others; that you must know to immerse yourself in this retailer, but exciting fur creation process. ”
In this video lesson Juan Paulo Mardónez addresses the topic: Basic concepts, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Hair Creation with Maya XGen. Learn an effective and simple method to create a 3D character's fur.
Partial transcription of the video
“Basic concepts In this lesson I will teach you the basic principles that allow to realize the hair in 3D and to understand it, the direction, interpolation and segments. Let's go. These basics apply to any application, Not necessarily Maya. The first thing is what the hell is the fur. The fur is this phenomenon or texture which occurs in animals and in certain creatures, and what we will do is analyze it to its essence or even your smallest unit. So, if we look at this texture or this hair and we started to look in detail, we will realize that we can find a basic unit We will call that basi...”
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Course summary for: 3D Hair Creation with Maya XGen
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Maya -
Areas
3D, 3D Character Design, 3D Design, 3D Modeling

Juan Paulo Mardónez
A course by Juan Paulo Mardónez
Juan Paulo Mardónez is the general director and owner of Leyenda, an animation and visual effects studio in Santiago, Chile. In 1994 he began his career as a graphic designer and soon after he went fully into 3D creation. In this couple of decades he has worked in all areas of 3D production of his company. He currently works with his Legend team "from the trench", learning and solving problems.
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