Character and Narrative: Maya Modelling Continued - Tools and Techniques

Continuing on from the session earlier in the week, I completed the Maya model in my own spare time, as I wanted to get on with it and complete it. Again I found the process quite simple until I reach the hand, which is where I struggled a few times and made multiple mistakes.

Arm and Leg

Foot

Continuing to use the extrude tool mainly, I was able to complete the main body and head of the model with ease and I was really pleased with how quickly I was able to pick up the tools and use them effectively. I worked my way through the tutorials and I had managed to complete the hand and the first finger with little trouble, however, when I came to do the second finger I started to experience some problems when duplicating the first finger and when I had to snap the vertexes together.

First Finger

Second Finger

After re-watching the tutorial to see if I had done something wrong, I realised that I had done everything as Mat had and it was confusing me as to why it wasn't working for me. At this point I was getting really frustrated and annoyed that I couldn't get the duplicated finger to move. However, the problem was simply caused by me not selecting the fingers properly, and it was solved by me paying more attention to what I was doing. Although I am confident in using the software, I need to pay more attention to how much time I am spending sat at the computer, as I make more mistakes if I forget to take a break. With this in mind I will make sure to take more breaks so I don't make little mistakes like this one in the future.

Completed Hand

Completed Mesh

Overall, I am really pleased with the progress that I have made over the last few days and I feel that this task is going really well. I'm able to overcome problems I encounter and I have managed to make a model and a good quality to work with.