Along the way we'll take in a few keyboard shortcuts, which can greatly increase your efficiency. On first opening Maya, things can feel a little daunting, so we're going to break the UI down into chewable chunks. In this tutorial we're going to get to know Maya's interface. Modeling: Polygonal Modeling Theory Learn the Maya User Interface (UI) If you're a newcomer to this software, then this series will be an invaluable read! The following tutorials are currently available: 1. I did not apply retopology as it was not needed in this case – the output following ZRememsher in ZBrush was good enough.In this series we'll be taking a comprehensive look at all of the basic elements of Maya, starting with the user interface and the general tools. I did the UVs in Maya in a standard way without any tricks. Later on, I got rid of the extra loops, which got incorrectly displayed following ZRemesher and which do not affect the geometry. This option worked for me well and saved me some time. In order to do low poly, in my projects I often go to the bottom level of Divide and use this mesh to unwrap.

Consequently, I added a Divide level for further sculpting and detailing. For instance, once I add an object, I refine the silhouette if needed, use the DynaMesh tool followed by ZRemesher to manage the number of polygons, and create a more uniform mesh.

Later on, I imported the objects from Marvelous Designer into ZBrush for further polishing. So I used it in the pipeline for creating other elements of clothing besides the cloak. I got to know this software not long ago and really enjoyed the high degree of control over screen tasks that it allows. The clothes and the cloak were created in Marvelous Designer. The head sculpting required a standard set of tools, including ClayTubes, Standard and TrimDynamic brushes, due to certain face texturing technology I apply at a later stage, I won’t go into detail at this point.

Maya character modeling