Digital-Tutors - Modeling a Female Character for Animation in Maya

Advanced | 3h 35m | 1.29 GB | Project Files 5 MB | Required Software: Maya 2012

In this Maya tutorial we will look at using polygon modeling techniques to complete a female character. Throughout these lessons we will cover the foundations of modeling a high resolution female that will deform properly when animated. Along the way we will learn how we can avoid many common beginner mistakes and develop a workflow that is efficient and effective. We will also learn a lot of basic and advanced female anatomy, and how to capture high resolution realism with simple geometry. By the end of this course you will have a great foundation for building your own female characters for film, broadcast and video games.

1. Introduction and project overview 01:56

2. Starting the body with a cube 07:21

3. Continuing to block out the body 09:28

4. Adding more detail to the hips 05:33

5. Shaping the legs 11:00

6. Blocking out the breasts 03:52

7. Shaping the breasts 09:14

8. Adding more detail to the midsection 07:29

9. Finishing the midsection 09:44

10. Starting the head with a cube 06:18

11. Continuing to block out the head 06:02

12. Finishing the blocked out head shape 07:01

13. Building the eye 08:54

14. Adding a tear duct to the eye 04:00

15. Reshaping the cheekbone 03:15

16. Creating the lips 08:35

17. Building the nose 09:45

18. Modeling the neck and jaw 05:57

19. Building eyebrows 06:39

20. Making eyelashes 05:08

21. Adjusting facial features 01:56

22. Building and attaching an ear 11:18

23. Fixing face topology 02:30

24. Blocking out a hand 07:40

25. Adjusting the palm and thumb 08:42

26. Model the index finger 03:41

27. Create the other fingers 05:40

28. Finalizing the hand 01:46

29. Blocking out a foot 05:47

30. Begin modeling the toes 05:57

31. Finishing the toes 07:57

32. Finalizing the foot 11:02

33. Finishing the female 02:00