Maya, GeneralSetting up Maya 2022When first installing Maya 2022 you will have to enable a couple of important settings. Let’s go through the most important settings. Go to…
Evergreen, TutorialsEvergreen - Resource CollectionIn this section you will find all sorts of resources you can use to create awesome 3D Scenes. General Maya Bonus Tools for Maya 202…
Evergreen, TutorialsEvergreen - Tutorial CollectionTutorials Pay Sites Pluralsight - Formerly digital-tutors, one of the first video Maya Tutorial Sites The Gnomon Workshop CGTalk Maya…
Scripting, MayaPyMel Development: With VSCodeStep 1: Install Visual Studio Code VS Code Step 2: Install VSCode Plugins Python Extensions: ms-python.python MayaPy: fxtd-odyssey.mayapy…
Blog, Maya, LightingTutorial Result - Arnold Lighting TutorialBrent Le Blanc makes great Tutorials on Look development. I recently watched his great introduction to Arnold Lights. Takes an indepth look…
Blog, MayaMaya Bonus Tools 2018The Bonus Tools are a little odd, they are created by Autodesk but are not supported by them. So the tools are not directly included with…
Rendering, MayaArnold: Black Light source when using an high Exposure ValueWhile creating the lights for the generator room I ran into a very odd issue. The light source of my mesh Light suddenly started to render…
BlogArch Viz Day 3Today I did not have a lot of time, so I only added some doors, and added some basic lighting. The Light source is the Arnold > Physical Sky…
BlogArch Vis Experiment Day 2Now I started to block out the layout of the apartment and with using the Outliner and File References I started to model the first piece of…
BlogArchViz ExperimentsAfter a very long time I finally found some time to start experimenting with Maya again. Hopefully over the next couple of days I will find…
Rendering, MayaNotes: Arvid Schneider - MtoA 111: Anisotropy Cap's ShieldArvid Schneider is an awesome guy that creates extremely high quality tutorials. Check out his website and Youtube Channel. He made a great…
Scripting, MayaInstall Maya 2017 on Ubuntu 16.04Autodesk officially only supports Fedora/RedHat. This is probably due to legacy reasons, since larger Corporations were using RedHat. There…
Maya, ModellingCreate a Pile of StuffThis technique is a very quick and dirty approach to creating a pile of stuff. The downside using this technique is due to the fact that…
Rendering, MayaMaya 2016: Wireframe Rendering using Mental RayIf you want to show off your awesome modeling skills, there is no better way then to show off the models wireframe. You could do a quick…
Rendering, MayaLighting with IES Light ProfilesThe IES (Illumination Engineering Society) standard format file stores information about the distribution of light from a real light source …
RenderingTeapot for Shader TestingThe ultimate solution for testing shaders, it has hard edges, it has curvature, it is the one and the only teapot you will need for all your…
Scripting, MayaMaya Render All Files In Autosave FolderFor a university assignment, I had to “display” my modeling progress. My instructor wanted me to do a screenshot every 60 seconds. However…
Rendering, MayaMental Ray: Infinite White Background LightingWe will be taking a look at how you can light your scene using the “infinite white background” look. This look is commonly used to present…
Maya, ModellingQuick Tip: Polygon Display Face CentersBy default, you select faces in Maya with the whole face. I recommend changing this setting to “Center”. It makes it easier to select faces…
Maya, ModellingUsing the Bridge ToolThe Bridge-Tool creates a bridge between edges or faces. To use the tool you need to select on both sides the same number of edges or faces…
Rendering, MayaMental Ray: Create a Retro Neon SignToday we will be creating a cool looking neon sign. Neon signs were extremely popular in the US from 1920-1960. These days you will still…
Maya, RenderingQuick Tip: Remove Specular Highlight from mia_material_xThe mia_material_x has an artificial specular highlight, seemingly reflecting the light source, even though no light source is “visible…
Scripting, MayaCreate a Camera and Autosetup for RenderingWhen rendering with Mental Ray I always use a dedicated RenderCam. To create this camera I usually do the following Create the Camera Rename…
Maya, ModellingRotate Tool: Snap to AnglesSometimes you want to rotate an object 90°. The most common technique is to open up the Channel Box and manually enter the value. We will…
Scripting, MayaSet and load Renderer at StartupNow and then Maya forgets to load “mental ray”. To avoid the hassle of having to manually load the plugin, I wrote a simple script that is…
Maya, ModellingQuick Tip: Duplicate Object Along CurvesYou cannot use the “Duplicate” or “Duplicate Special”-tool to duplicate along with a curve. We are going to use an animation-tool to get a…
BlogDT: Modelling your first CharacterThe course takes around 1hour and covers the basics of modeling in Maya. If you do not have any experience in Maya it is a great starting…
Maya, ModellingQuick Tip: Round Holes and Extrudes in Poly ObjectsLet’s take a quick look at how to punch holes in Poly Objects. It is possible to do this using the “Mesh > Booleans > Difference” Tool…
Scripting, MayaUbuntu 13.04: Maya 2014 Install scriptSadly Autodesk does not provide Debian Linux packages. This makes it quite difficult to get Maya running on Ubuntu. Here is my modified…
GalleryHistoric Speedmodelling: StradivariWouldn't a solid gold fiddle weigh hundreds of pounds and sound crummy?
Rendering, MayaUsing sIBL-sets for MayaImage Based Lighting (IBL) allows you to use High-Dynamic-Range (HDR) images as. To efficiently use sIBL images you would need to set up an…
GalleryHistoric Speedmodelling: Back to the FutureIf you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
GalleryHistoric Speedmodelling: Vehicle with a Gasmotor propulsionRoads… where we're going we don't need roads
GalleryHistoric Speedmodelling: Ferris WheelJune 21, 1893 The Chicago Wheel is presented at the World’s Columbian Exposition. It was constructed to rival the Eiffel Tower.
GalleryHistoric Speedmodelling: Swiss Army Knife"With a little bit of imagination, anything is possible." MacGyver
GallerySpeedmodelling Challenge 60: Clock Towerlightning is going to strike the clock tower at precisely 10:04 PM
Blog, UniversityLogo IdeaFor one of the design courses at the university of Ulm I created a logo. While for a typical logo you would have to take the brand into…
GallerySpeedmodelling Challenge 58: Get your BearingsHe was a punk - She did ballet - What more can I say?
Blog, UniversityYing Yang ClockThe last couple of weeks I was working on my final project to complete the course “Praktikum 3D Modellierung” at the LMU-Munich. For my…
Blog, Tutorial ResultTutorial Result TIE-IntercreptorThe TIE-INTERCREPTOR was first seen in StarWars - Return of the Jedi. The geometric shape of the starship is ideal to learn basic 3D…
GalleryTripledot ProductionsAt school I was involved with a lot of technical and media stuff. I started to create a couple of smaller videos and document school plays…
