The purpose of this tutorial is to guide you through the process of modeling in Maya. It illustrates some of the modeling techniques used in Maya that some of us might have forgotten about. Then we are going to export our model to Zbrush for details. Once the Zbrush phase is done, we are going to...

Here's a tutorial discussing two materials, both using falloff, and how I made them. The first material is based on my Lifeline image.(image) First, download the file (r4) complex_mats_falloff_a.zip. This material is several layers, first, I used a cellular displacement map to make the big ...

Lead Compositor John Lafauce, Jr. revisits the ardous task of head replacement and shares his Shake compositing techniques on this unusual film. THE STAGE IS SET After a family is suddenly murdered while enjoying an intimate dinner in their home, Master "Betty" Pain and his evi...