Using the New(er) Sculpting Toolset in Maya in a Polygon Modeling Workflow
With examples: A Moai head, a sun face, a stamped face, and a rock.
In recent years, sculpting tools have become highly popular among 3D modelers. In this chapter, we look at the sculpting tools supported by Maya by stepping through some basic examples. We also begin to look at the use of materials in Maya.
Sculpting has become an increasingly popular form of modeling. Sculpting, compared to using traditional polygon modeling tools, is in many ways a better intuitive match with the way an artist thinks. One way in which many 3D artists work is to first rough out the basic, overall shape of a model by using a 3D primitive like a sphere ...
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