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MAYA 2017 CHARACTER FACE RIGGING TUTORIAL - BASIC JOINTS AND SKINNING
Get the EXTENDED CUT of this tutorial: methodj.com/maya-face-rigging-tutorial/
Download the character used in the video here: methodj.com/complete-female-character-model-with-uvs/
This MAYA FACE RIGGING BASICS TUTORIAL covers the solid foundational topics every character face rigger needs. Topics covered:
Creation and placement of joints to create proper animation.
Synching our topology with our joints for ideal deformation.
Animating our joints to create emotion poses.
Painting skin weights to ensure proper deformation and animation of our face.
Iterating on joint placement, topology shape, skin weighting, and animation, to create more appealing face shapes.
This topic is so complicated, so in-depth, that this video is just PART 1 in a multi-part series. The next videos in the series will specifically cover material not shown here, such as phonemes, set-driven-keys, and creating a control panel for animation.
The crucial techniques presented here cover the hard work of establishing the initial skeleton and skin weighting - the lion’s share of the work! The very same techniques are built on top of to create mouth shapes for talking - and that whole process will be MUCH easier after watching this video!
This video assumes you’ve already seen my JOINTS and SKINNING video - or are at least familiar with the topics covered there.
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MAYA AUTOMATIC 1-CLICK CHARACTER SKINNING - MAYA 2016 DELTA MUSH TUTORIAL
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DOWNLOAD THE EXTENDED CUT HERE: wp.me/P3V1aP-TL One click character skinning! Character skinning in Maya can be a pain - but this video shows you how to do EASY CHARACTER SKINNING with Maya's new DELTA MUSH deformer. This video is an excerpt from the MAYA 2016 JOINTS and SKINNING extended cut tutorial video - the extended cut is over an hour long, and introduces new content like a guide on join...
MAYA CHARACTER RIGGING TUTORIAL: JOINTS & SKINNING
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Get the EXTENDED CUT of this tutorial: methodj.com/maya-joints-and-rigging-tutorial/ Download the character used in the video here: methodj.com/complete-female-character-model-with-uvs/ This basic Maya character rigging tutorial shows how to create joints and skin your character to the resulting skeleton. Knowing joint creation and character skinning in Maya is the first step to animating chara...
MAYA FEMALE HEAD MODELING for animation tutorial
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Download the IMAGE PLANES used in the vid: methodj.com/female-image-planes-series-1/ Too fast? Download the EXTENDED CUT video, it's 3X longer! methodj.com/maya-female-body-and-head-modeling-tutorial/ This Maya tutorial shows how to model the female head and face. Creating attractive women is a must for any character artist - this tutorial shows how to create a female head that not only animate...
MAYA FEMALE CHARACTER MODELING TUTORIAL
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Download the IMAGE PLANES used in the vid: methodj.com/female-image-planes-series-1/ Too fast? Download the EXTENDED CUT video, it's 3X longer! methodj.com/maya-female-body-and-head-modeling-tutorial/ This Maya character modeling tutorial shows how to model the female body, with a focus on creating proper topology. I show the body modeling process from start to finish, beginning with simple pol...
EASY EYES - a MAYA 2016 EYEBALL modeling & texturing tutorial
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Make great eyes quickly and easily, following this Maya 2016 modeling & texturing tutorial! The basic eye can be modeled entirely in Maya using simple spheres and textured with ramp shaders. The tutorial also covers a dead-simple texture creation technique, that will quickly add higher-resolution detail. Seriously, you'll be able to build these eyes in like 10 minutes. Give it a shot! The geome...
MUDBOX 2015 BODY SCULPTING tutorial - Bodybuilder character
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This Mudbox body sculpting tutorial shows how to create a hyper-muscled bodybuilder character in Mudbox. This character sculpting tutorial focuses on creating the kind of ripped superhero physique games and films require nowadays! I show how to apply photo reference to a character to make character sculpting a much easier process! I also detail the specifics of the tools I use, and describe whi...
Mudbox head SPEED SCULPTING - 'Bulldog'
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Just a quick sculpt of the Mudbox base head for fun. Just under 2 hours of sculpting, compressed down to 13 minutes. The guy reminds me of someone but I can't place him yet.... Basic progression: 1 reshaping the base head with Grab 2 blocking in shapes with Wax and Bulge 3 cutting in details with a sharp negative brush 4 adding fine details, like wrinkles, with smaller brushes 5 Stamp and Repea...
MUDBOX CHARACTER TEXTURING: photorealistic skin projection painting tutorial
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Download the extended cut video: methodj.com/maya-complete-bodybuilder-body-and-head-modeling-with-complete-textures-tutorial/ Show your support if you want to see more tutorials like this - click subscribe and share! This Mudbox texturing tutorial covers projection painting - this is one of Mudbox's most powerful features! Using stencils, I show how to quickly and easily texture a character mo...
UV MAPPING MADE EASY! UV unwrapping tutorial for Maya 2015 / 2016 / LT 2016
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Download the completed character mesh here: methodj.com/complete-bodybuilder-character-model-with-full-textures/ I show how to make character UV MAPPING a simple process in this short tutorial. using the new Unfold 3D tool found in both Maya 2015 and Maya LT 2016. It makes unwrapping a snap! In addition, I show how to create UVs even more quickly using Maya 2015's BONUS TOOLS! UV Mapping is nec...
Maya HEAD MODELING for ANIMATION tutorial
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Download the image planes used here: methodj.com/male-bodybuilder-image-planes/ Too fast? Download the extended cut video: methodj.com/maya-complete-bodybuilder-body-and-head-modeling-with-complete-textures-tutorial/ This Maya tutorial covers the head and face modeling process from start to finish. I show the process I use to model the head and face, first focusing on creating good topology and...
Maya bodybuilder CHARACTER MODELING tutorial
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Download the image planes used here: methodj.com/male-bodybuilder-image-planes/ Too fast? Download the extended cut video: methodj.com/maya-complete-bodybuilder-body-and-head-modeling-with-complete-textures-tutorial/ This Maya tutorial covers the body modeling process from start to finish. I show the steps I take to build the body from simple primitives, and the specific settings and tools I us...
How to use IMAGE PLANES for character modeling in Maya 2015
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Learn how to add pictures / photos as a background image to your Maya viewport to model on top of! Maya's Image Planes are a powerful tool: by using reference images directly in the Maya viewport, 3D modelers can create much more realistic and dynamic models, more quickly, in Maya! The finished image planes are available here: methodj.com/image-planes-for-character-modeling/ I show you how to s...
Maya hard surface GUN MODELING tutorial part 3 - professional detail
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The Maya gun modeling tutorial series focuses on hard surface modeling techniques in Maya 2015. In this final modeling video, I focus on creating an extremely high resolution model - I discuss subdividing models to get the proper level of detail, applying bevels to create a realistic manufactured look, and insetting complicated detail into existing models. Prop artists are a growing segment of ...
How to DETAIL CHARACTERS in Mudbox - a Mudbox 2015 CHARACTER SCULPTING tutorial
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How to DETAIL CHARACTERS in Mudbox - a Mudbox 2015 CHARACTER SCULPTING tutorial
SCULPTING with TRANSFER DETAILS : Mudbox's most powerful tool
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SCULPTING with TRANSFER DETAILS : Mudbox's most powerful tool
GUN MODELING in MAYA part 2 - bevel, mesh smooth, & boolean
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GUN MODELING in MAYA part 2 - bevel, mesh smooth, & boolean
GUN MODELING in MAYA part 1 - hard surface modeling tutorial
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GUN MODELING in MAYA part 1 - hard surface modeling tutorial
How to SCULPT CHARACTERS in Mudbox - beginner sculpting tutorial, pt 1
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How to SCULPT CHARACTERS in Mudbox - beginner sculpting tutorial, pt 1
Maya 2015 PHYSICAL SUN AND SKY tutorial | lighting made easy
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Maya 2015 PHYSICAL SUN AND SKY tutorial | lighting made easy
IMAGE BASED LIGHTING tutorial - do it the quick and easy way! | a Maya 2015 lighting tutorial
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IMAGE BASED LIGHTING tutorial - do it the quick and easy way! | a Maya 2015 lighting tutorial
How to make BORDERLANDS style CHARACTERS : a texture creation tutorial!
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How to make BORDERLANDS style CHARACTERS : a texture creation tutorial!
MUDBOX 2015 HEAD and FACE sculpting, detailing, and painting tutorial
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MUDBOX 2015 HEAD and FACE sculpting, detailing, and painting tutorial
Create CHARACTER CONCEPT ART without drawing in PHOTOSHOP!
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Create CHARACTER CONCEPT ART without drawing in PHOTOSHOP!
Sculpting MUSCLES in MUDBOX 2015: a character sculpting tutorial
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Sculpting MUSCLES in MUDBOX 2015: a character sculpting tutorial
New SUBSURFACE SCATTERING in MAYA 2015 tutorial - MILA SCATTER
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New SUBSURFACE SCATTERING in MAYA 2015 tutorial - MILA SCATTER
MILA MATERIAL tutorial - new to Maya 2015!
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MILA MATERIAL tutorial - new to Maya 2015!
Create CHARACTER CLOTHING DETAIL the fast way - a MUDBOX tutorial
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Create CHARACTER CLOTHING DETAIL the fast way - a MUDBOX tutorial
Mudbox BASIC HEAD SCULPTING tutorial
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Mudbox BASIC HEAD SCULPTING tutorial
MUDBOX IMPORT UVs - this tutorial will save you a lot of headaches!
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MUDBOX IMPORT UVs - this tutorial will save you a lot of headaches!

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Surrrealframes
    @Surrrealframes Місяць тому

    What about proper topology?

  • @GL1TCH_DOCTOR
    @GL1TCH_DOCTOR Місяць тому

    9 years later and this video is still amazing for noobs like myself

  • @NOBLEFILMS1987
    @NOBLEFILMS1987 Місяць тому

    Thank You So Much For Showing Me How To Model A Human In Maya Professor Taylor!

  • @chloeallensae
    @chloeallensae 2 місяці тому

    hopefully you will see this comment --- I need help. Im following this tutorial and am up to the part where u extract the bottom faces at 6:00. But - when extracting all the individual faces become separate. But if i switch off separate faces in settings the entire thing stays as part of the main gun and doesnt extract. I separated them all and combined then back together but now it wont do the smooth mesh preview????

  • @EmmanuelYawson-lg7rr
    @EmmanuelYawson-lg7rr 3 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @kinoomich
    @kinoomich 3 місяці тому

    i want this app to be alive and had million tutors. It is MUCH better than Zbrush.

  • @showdown4241
    @showdown4241 4 місяці тому

    he used very long method + going from tutorial 1 to 2 has soo many changes done in backend . so pls be carefull . dont smash ur brain while working <3 . its 2024 james if u could make a new hard surfacing model tutorial . people will be gratefull to you including me . and it's been 9 years hoping u would make one .

  • @thedeepdebagdad6574
    @thedeepdebagdad6574 4 місяці тому

    bro casually saved my scolarship thank you james taylor you deserve more recognition

  • @HanxTyler
    @HanxTyler 4 місяці тому

    Great tutorial, thank you for your work

  • @faryanblender8946
    @faryanblender8946 5 місяців тому

    Can I use this method even when I want to sell the game-ready assets I make?

  • @jacjkontheroad
    @jacjkontheroad 5 місяців тому

    I got some troubles about the way you did some topology. In the cheeks area for example.there are loops kinda confused. But I generaly took a lots of good informations. Thanks for the job.

  • @Bruhtatochip742
    @Bruhtatochip742 6 місяців тому

    He has a body type like Brock Samson. Now I just want Patrick Warburton to voice a playable vault hunter.

  • @halflife2750
    @halflife2750 6 місяців тому

    Good tutorial master!! 🎉 Model graphic tablet? Thanks!

  • @Tranoiz
    @Tranoiz 6 місяців тому

    You doing good? It’s been almost a decade!

    • @MethodJTV
      @MethodJTV 6 місяців тому

      Wow, has it really been a decade since I started this channel? Big things have definitely changed for me. I still think about making videos but I'm not sure I have it in me anymore. Thanks for checking in, hope you are doing well yourself!

    • @thesteammachine1282
      @thesteammachine1282 8 днів тому

      @@MethodJTV Im sure you still have it mate . From curiosity , are you still teaching 3d or in some cool game dev company ? And thank you for the borderlands texturing tutorial . My best guess is to focus on pixel art and voxel modeling as it seems is going to be the new norm for years to come.

  • @businessclank1564
    @businessclank1564 7 місяців тому

    I’m currently making nightwing and this makes more sense then a cube

  • @krishnasrivastav8048
    @krishnasrivastav8048 7 місяців тому

    Why did you stop making videos sir?

  • @krishnasrivastav8048
    @krishnasrivastav8048 7 місяців тому

    I watch your videos daily because I also want to be like you.

  • @diegoperdomo3035
    @diegoperdomo3035 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for this great tutorial! Do you still use the same workflow today? Or do you start directly in Zbrush with a sphere?

  • @smsbabu143
    @smsbabu143 8 місяців тому

    Could you please explain how to bake delta mush

  • @Akii-Chain
    @Akii-Chain 8 місяців тому

    Years back, I always thought that it was just their lighting that created that amazing look, but no, they treated their models like a visual novel and drew in practically all the details. The last few games may not be well received, but damn is their visual style, so damn stylised and well done, absolutely love it for models.

  • @SolomoNomolos987
    @SolomoNomolos987 8 місяців тому

    Great video. I learned a whole lot! Thank you so much! You're really talented I'm sure you know!

  • @cirnofumo7352
    @cirnofumo7352 9 місяців тому

    I did this tutorial around 2016 as a way to learn 3D modelling and Maya so I could one day work professionally as a 3D artist in the game industry. I would come home after work, and do this tutorial over and over again until I memorized every step and detail, sometimes until 1-2am. Then get up and head to the job-site for 8:00 PM, doing labor work. Now, It's 2023 and I've worked for small indie studios, Disney and now at a AAA game studio as a 3D technical & environment artist. I still use the techniques in this video to this day. Thank you.

    • @MethodJTV
      @MethodJTV 9 місяців тому

      This is amazing to hear. I remember those kinds of 1 am nights from my own struggle to succeed! I'm so happy my work helped you achieve your goal. I'm proud you made it! Way to go!

  • @boonplayzyt
    @boonplayzyt 9 місяців тому

    Did u make all of these with mouse?

  • @mikeliszemitis8946
    @mikeliszemitis8946 10 місяців тому

    THE BART, THE (IN GERMAN) :D

  • @mlight8443
    @mlight8443 10 місяців тому

    Man, i really hope you come back and make a video for IK/FK rigging the arms and legs. Im incredibly stumped at the moment. Random problems with joints rotating when I parent to controls, or connect the IKs, especially when there are more joints between the IK than your standard 3. Could use your insight on this subject.

  • @honkhonk5000
    @honkhonk5000 11 місяців тому

    This rocked! A few things i wish you would’ve covered when you were moving a little quickly but you can’t cover everything. Great tutorial.

  • @ArTKYT
    @ArTKYT 11 місяців тому

    Hey, what about the boob joints of the end?

  • @mdatiqmahmud-8621
    @mdatiqmahmud-8621 11 місяців тому

    sir really you are a boss of maya

  • @nyoomyum
    @nyoomyum 11 місяців тому

    How do we connect the body to the head?

  • @luqu1t050
    @luqu1t050 11 місяців тому

    Did you make this template available for download somewhere?

  • @devendharanlakshminarayana8056
    @devendharanlakshminarayana8056 11 місяців тому

    nice video sir, i would like to know how you brought a reference image at the initial part of the video

  • @tempstep4058
    @tempstep4058 Рік тому

    James, why not continue making these videos? You got some gems here, and they're still relevant and usable.

    • @MethodJTV
      @MethodJTV Рік тому

      Thank you, I appreciate it! I've thought about making more videos, but nothing has really sparked joy, so to speak. Still searching.

    • @tempstep4058
      @tempstep4058 Рік тому

      @MethodJTV Animation? Walk while tossing a ball up, for instance? Texturing? Movement of characters and camera movements? I don't see these things on UA-cam much, and your videos are short, quick and to the point.

    • @tempstep4058
      @tempstep4058 Рік тому

      @MethodJTV Interactions? Collision, keeping feet on the surface while avoiding sliding? Cloth physics? Hair physics?

    • @tempstep4058
      @tempstep4058 Рік тому

      @@MethodJTV Pretty much giving those characters you made some life.

    • @MethodJTV
      @MethodJTV Рік тому

      @@tempstep4058 hey, these are all great suggestions, thanks for the input! 👍

  • @Jay-dp8po
    @Jay-dp8po Рік тому

    can anyone tell what he did on 18:18

  • @tristainzirid9923
    @tristainzirid9923 Рік тому

    why would you make the images behind a paywall on methodj..?

  • @MLS.22
    @MLS.22 Рік тому

    Are you gonna upload more videos later? you explain everything so simple, i learned everything from you, thank you 🤟

    • @MethodJTV
      @MethodJTV Рік тому

      Very glad to hear my videos helped! Honestly I don't know if I'll make more. I don't have the motivation for it right now.

    • @MLS.22
      @MLS.22 Рік тому

      @@MethodJTV if you like do personal video maybe about your journey, what you have done, your experience, etc.. you teach us, but we didn't know anything about you 😜 I hope you achieve your goals 🤙 regards

  • @MLS.22
    @MLS.22 Рік тому

    We miss you bro

  • @SergioDarknes
    @SergioDarknes Рік тому

    Кто-нибудь поведайте мне, как сделать такой ШИКАРНЫЙ графон из начальной анимации???

  • @w0nnafight
    @w0nnafight Рік тому

    maybe you can upload the full uncut version for free since its been 8 years and methodj is shutting down?

  • @cyd_hunter99
    @cyd_hunter99 Рік тому

    I have needed this help for so long, you have no idea how big a help this is for me, thank you so much!

  • @mahtwog4964
    @mahtwog4964 Рік тому

    Nandri nanba...

  • @PdxEmo03
    @PdxEmo03 Рік тому

    I am new to 3D modeling and I'm doing college classes for learning it, this video really helps with the assignment I'm which is making my own bodybuilder model XD.

  • @sruojitbrahama8428
    @sruojitbrahama8428 Рік тому

    Sir Fantasticks model you crate, Grate job Sir

  • @saifff1
    @saifff1 Рік тому

    Thank you for this. Great work. Mud box is such an intuitive and beautifully designed logical piece of workflow. It's so underrated and sort of abandoned by the developers. It beats Zbrush hands down in areas of simplicity. But of course I am aware of the huge detailing powers of Z. Would you know a way or a workaround to make Boolean operations within Mudbox? It's a pity there's not many tutorials for tips and technique for it. :)

    • @MethodJTV
      @MethodJTV Рік тому

      I agree, mudbox is great. I don't think there is a way to actually boolean anything though. I do all my base mesh work in Maya and import for sculpting

  • @therealKrak
    @therealKrak Рік тому

    12:27 this model is for animation so although the double row of the laugh line is important for animation you delete it? I don't get it. Why deleting it if it's important? And how do I follow this tutorial if I want to keep the "important" double row?

  • @misterbadd3661
    @misterbadd3661 Рік тому

    you should do a tutorial on how to do teeth

  • @thefriendlyaspie7984
    @thefriendlyaspie7984 Рік тому

    looks awesome but looks super tedious and boring to do it .

  • @krishnasrivastav8048
    @krishnasrivastav8048 Рік тому

    Very helpful video

  • @krishnasrivastav8048
    @krishnasrivastav8048 Рік тому

    Thank you sir

  • @lego1168
    @lego1168 Рік тому

    Great tutorial, if you made a new one for whatever reason though, using the buttons on the menu would be a lot more helpful then using shortcuts we cant see.

  • @ElitexPrestige
    @ElitexPrestige Рік тому

    how to get it for 🆓