Tutorials

(last updated 02-2026)

Unreal Engine

• Unreal Academy - A official collection of resources to learn Unreal Engine

Maya

• Autodesk Community Hub - Offical Forums for Autodesk Entertainment Products

Pay Sites

• Pluralsight - Formerly digital-tutors, one of the first video Maya Tutorial Sites
• The Gnomon Workshop

CGTalk Maya Tutorials

Unfortunately, the legendary CGTalk forum has shut down. Here are a few links from that collection.

Portals

• http://www.creativecow.net/

Schools

• http://www.3dsense.net/
• http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials.html

Specialist

• Molecular Animation
• Cloud Tools

General

• http://www.3dluvr.com/content/article/11
• http://lesterbanks.com/
• Introduction to 3D Modelling Using Maya 2016

References

• http://www.fineart.sk/
• Anatomy
• http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
• Gemstone Cuts CAD Software

Modelling

• Tank Threads
• Poly Head

Shading

• Eyes

Lighting

• Various Lighting
• Stanford Global Illumniation

Animation

Video Tutorials

General

• Customize Maya
• Maya 2016 for beginners
• Working with Real World Measurements

Modelling

• 3D Modeling tutorial for the human head. Focus on edge flow
• https://vimeo.com/stoehr/videos

Shading

• Earth
• Fast Wireframes
• Maya 2010 - Render Passes

Particles

• nParticles - (Maya 2015)

Youtube Channels

• Maya Learning Channel
• mayatoolbelt
• MikeHermes65
• deepfriedectoplasm
• Pixelbahn (Maya 2011)

International

• http://www.3dmaxfarsi.ir/tag/%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%84%d9%88%d8%af-%d8%a2%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%b4-maya/
• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFB3C6D1AFFDCA319

Books

• Autodesk-Hyper-Realistic-Creature-Creation
• Mastering Maya 2016

Research

• http://www.debevec.org/

Blogs

• http://digitalartsguild.com/

ZBrush

• zbro365

Programming

• The New Boston
• World of Level Design
• fzdschool
• AcrezHD

Historic Maya (pre Version 2010)

• http://www.worldofmaya.com/t_tutorials.html

• http://www.maxschoenherr.de/animation/Maya/MayaPit/pitIndex.html

• http://www.jackals-forge.com/tutor.html

• http://www.anticz.com/anticz.htm

• http://www.blackorb.com/mayagiraffe3d.html

• Gas References

• http://www.thehobbitguy.com/tutorials/polymodeling/page01.htm

• http://www.blackorb.com/maya3dtutorial.html

Maya 4

• http://www.noir.org/3dTutorials.html#Maya
• http://www.web3dservice.com/maya_tutorials.html

Maya 7

• http://www.maxschoenherr.de/animation/Maya/Maya4Pit/pitIndex.html

#Personal Sites

• http://www.menithings.com/
• http://chrisevans3d.com/tutorials.htm

Render Engine

Mental Ray

• Mental Ray Approximation Editor