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My first attempt in modeling in Maya

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animation_4d 2013-01-08 15:26:59 UTC #1

Hello friends,
I'm Sarat from India and this is my first attempt at modeling.

I'm a beginner at modeling & would like some critique & helpful tips and tricks.

Goofy has oval eyes and cannot have usual sphere eye rig.I want to animate him. So the solution that I have but dont know how to do is to have a circle for pupil that can float on OVAL insted of moving the oval. Plz help.

The cloaths are little off & not sitting properly because I will apply dynamics and have it sag.

Is it wrong to model this way insted of T pose. Will it cause Rigging issues?

Plz make me your friend and teach me something.

Regards & thankyou.

Maya File of the Model uploaded in Rapidshare.com
http://rapidshare.com/files/3131155000/goofy.ma

rixch 2013-01-08 20:05:54 UTC #2

Very nice first model there you should see my first models lol (they suck xD)
Not sure about the eyes but try with Geometry constraint, constraining the iris to the rest of the ball and then, point constrain it to the controller, I made a test and it worked
The pose is a bit tricky for the rig because of the deformation in the armpit but I don't think it's that hard although ive never tried it that way.

Keep the good work xD

animation_4d 2013-01-09 00:34:42 UTC #3

HI!

Thanks for your kind words.

Geometry constraint : I'll try your suggestion right now & let you know of the result & if I'm doing it correctly or not.

Once I rig the character then all the problems will show up. I hope you guys will help me out.

Thanks for your encouragement. It gives me motivation.

Regards.

animation_4d 2013-01-10 13:30:09 UTC #4

My second model.

Why is it taking so long to get the quads just right. Is it just me or every ones problem?

The number of verts on hands was 20 & that of arms was 8. And it took a lot of time to work arround it.
Same problem with connecting head with body. 18 vs 8.

How much time is ideal to dedicate in modeling one character? Say in a studio environment.

Thanks everyone ...

Maya File of the Model uploaded in Rapidshare.com

http://rapidshare.com/files/1101275232/baby\_pass01.ma

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