Toolkit 3 || Tutorials Part 4 - Mel Scripting

Mel Scripting

Part 2: Building a Shelf

As an extra exercise instead of downloading software I decided to set up a shelf for my preferred normal map generator which is found online;

For the icon, I went to the source code for the website and located their favicon.

Part 3: Random Placement

I can see how this would useful in creating random shapes for all sorts of situations, like bubbles or asteroids. Usage of the 'rand' and 'float' could come in useful for other things like making random movement in joints by using the transform.

Toolkit 3 || Tutorials Part 3 - Rigging Techniques and Mel Scripting

Rigging Techniques
Part 8: nCloth Attract to Matching Mesh

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This one didn't work as well on my home computer, the simulation animated differently because of the frame skips, which was interesting... I should probably upgrade my graphics card but then I'll have to upgrade my motherboard too and then I'll have no computer for a couple days.

Part 15: Object Exchange

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Mel 1: Practical Mel 
Part 1: Creating an Interface

This is a sample of the template I did, it has some informal language in it to prove that its mine.

Toolkit 3 || Tutorials Part 3 - Rigging Techniques

Part 6: nHair Dynamic Rigging Part 1

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Part 7: nHair Dynamic Rigging Part 2 

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Toolkit 3 || Tutorials Part 2 - Rigging Techniques

Rigging Techniques

Part 3 - Curve Driven Squash and Stretch

Part 4 - No Flip Pole Vector

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Toolkit 3 || Tutorials Part 1 - Photogrammetry and Rigging Techniques

Photogrammetry

Option 1 (Static match) - Non Compositing (Single Pass) Integration of Objects

Rigging 3: Rigging techniques

Part 1: Basic Squash, Stretch and Volume Preservation

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Part 2: Conditional Squash and Stretch

Toolkit 2 || Submission Post

Autodesk Maya || Jetpack Jones Tutorials Part 5: Skinning and Rigging

After the skeleton was finished while I ws skinning the fingers my home computer began crashing while adjusting keyframes, so I looked up solutions, found out that my graphics drivers were to blame, then I reinstalled them. 

Made a mistake, had my vertices parented to different bones. This caused a sort of drag when the bones are moved. Made a new save after I fixed it.

Arm and spine is now finished.

Autodesk Maya || Lighting and Rendering Tutorials: Part 7

Part 20: Fog (Legacy) and Atmosphere

Part 21: Displacement

Part 23: AOVs [Arbitrary Output Values]

Part 25: Motion Blur

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Part 26: Caustics

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Toolkit 2 Progress Report

Autodesk Maya Jetpack Jones Tutorials Part 4: Arms and Legs

Autodesk Maya || Lighting and Rendering Tutorials: Part 6

Arnold Part 19: Depth of Field

Using aspect ratio blur for more energy, like the camera is zooming in really fast toward the eyeball creatures.

Arnold Part 24: Stand Ins (Proxies)

Autodesk Maya || Lighting and Rendering Tutorials: Part 5

Arnold Part 14: Physical Sky Light

I used a more natural yellow light in these instead of the white light, becasue it looks more natural.

Arnold Part 16: Mesh Lights

Arnold Part 17: Ambient Occlusion

Arnold Part 18: Photometric Lights

Arnold Part 22: Subsurface Scattering

Autodesk Maya Jetpack Jones Tutorials Part 3: Body Blocking

initial torso block with limited polygons to support the basic shape of the figure

Putting in the new edge loops to support the neck and arms.

More geometry is added to even out the shading of the model; it is best to keep the edges as equal in size as possible, especially for the rigging stage.

Autodesk Maya Jetpack Jones Tutorials Part 2: Head

Toolkit 2 || Check In

Maya Head Model

Lighting and Rendering 2 Exercises
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Weightlifting Moom (Youtube)

Collaboration Animation Contribution

Character Design Workshop Production Bible (Scribd)


Life Drawing (scribd)

Autodesk Maya || Lighting and Rendering Tutorials: Part 4

Arnold Part 8: HDR Images

Arnold Part 9: Sky Dome Light


Arnold Part 10: Stylised External Lighting


Arnold Part 11: Standard Surface Shader


Arnold Part 12: Toon Shader


Arnold Part 13: Geometry Override Sets

Autodesk Maya || Lighting and Rendering Tutorials: Part 3

Arnold Part 6: Light Filters

Gobo:


Barn Door and Light Decay:


Light Blocker:


Arnold Part 7: Stylised Internal Lighting

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EXR (Converted into JPEG)

Autodesk Maya || Lighting and Rendering Tutorials: Part 2

Arnold Part 5: Maya Lights

Point Light (Normalised)

Directional Light

Area Light

Spotlight