Dan22's Maya Learning - Models

Hello guys, many of you may know me from being a level designer. However since moving to Unreal Engine 4 alot of the levels are now made with meshes and not BSP so this has put me in a position were I have to learn how to make models. I have since gotten Maya and 3DS Max however I will mostly be using Maya for making models since 3ds max takes ages just to make a cube and edit it.

I will show you guys stuff I produce, now don't think that i'm a pro at making models since I only started yesterday and most of the models I show will be rough and probably not textured or smoothed. This is just motivation for me to keep learning and show work that I do on the way.

Anyway, lets get cracking. Be nice I only just started xD

Miscellaneous Bottle (Day One):





Painting (Day One):





Lamp (Day One):




More to come soon as I mess around in maya.

(Note sure were to put this thread since there isn't a section for modelling)

 

Looks awesome for your first day, good job!

 

Got some time to Model today!

Learning how to UV and add materials to my models!

Anyone Hungry? 8)

 

Some more models for learning how to UV correctly, I think I have the hang of making UV's and making textures for models


Tin Can UV and Texture:




Tin Can Final:







Flesh:





WIP Security Camera:

 

Sexy models you have there.

With those tin cans I bet you'd make a great DayZ dev

 

My First Ever Decent Model Made!!!!!!!


Took me around 1hr 30 minutes to make however the results are pretty impressive, still WIP!

Carving out the model from scratch:








Adding Normals to the Cleaver:



Quick UVing and Texturing:



Still in progress, going to post final product once finished but what do you guys think so far?

 

Nice work although I feel you could have used less edgeloops on the lowpoly, and put more emphasis on the normal instead


also I actually made a similar thread to this about a year ago
http://forums.cloudsixteen.com/index.php?topic=2214.0

not trying to jack your thread, just thought we might exchange some stuff we did

 

Yes, these models arn't made for use in games. However I went back and lowered the polys on the cleaver.

Got some time to model today and yesterday and I also did some nice renders for you guys!

Cleaver Ambient Occlusion Render (3DS Max):



"Look Behind" Spelling Blocks:



Old Wrench:




Wrench Ambient Occlusion Render (3DS Max):





Front of Iphone (In Maya):







Back of Iphone (In Maya):





UVs (In Maya):





Final Render of Iphone (In 3DS Max):






Before:



After:



Been Learning how to make nice renders of my models in 3DS Max (Since I dont have the version of maya to do it) and I must say its looking good. What do you guys think?

 

Holy shit, these are fucking amazing, [member=3343]Dan22[/member] ! :'D

 

Thank you for the kind words!

I have new models I made today for you guys! Hope you enjoy!

Electric Guitar:




Electric Guitar Render:





Metal Barrel:





Funny Model:

Spoiler

Thats for this time guys, Hope you like it!

 

Now I am starting to learn how to hand paint my models in photoshop!

Modern Knife (Geometry):




Painting Model in Photoshop:



Model UVs:



3DS MAX (Render):



Beer Bottle Geometry:



Painting Model in Photoshop:

 

(Not sure if double posting is allowed in development section but I need to post updates and for it to be noticed)


Shorty Shotgun (In Maya):






Shorty Shotgun Render (In 3DS MAX):





Update on modelling: I just got ZBrush And Autodesk Mudbox today so hopefully character modelling and level modelling coming soon!

Thanks as always and looking for feedback

Hoping to get textures for this shotgun done tomorrow

 

Hey guys, been busy with college but learning how to paint my models and make them look abit beter, Heres a simple shield I made:

Final Product:





Texture (Hand painted by me in Gimp):




Also beginning to learn how to draw concept art for my models ect,

Sword Concept Art (I will be making this soon):




Thanks again for reading! More updates soon and let me know what you think!

 

Great job Dan22, your models have gone from "good start" to orgasmic in the course of about 1 month.

 

Very nice Dan, well done.

 

These look amazing! 10/10 dan!

 

Military F1 Grenade ( Made and Hand Painted by me)