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This is my most recent CG model- Black Shuck. This is my second time working with him (the first time was in my Flash animation ). He's also my first Maya model!

As some of you guys know, I usually do my 3D work in Blender. However, I recently discovered that if you attend a participating school, you can join the Autodesk education community and download tons of their products for free (they're student versions, but fully functional; you just can't do commercial work with them). This didn't do me any good for a while though, because my computer was too weak to handle such big programs. However, on my birthday my awesome parents surprised me with a computer that's actually powerful enough to handle those programs. I now have Maya, Mudbox, and Sketchbook Pro. I figure I'll try out 3ds Max over the summer. Maya is enough to figure out for right now.

I spent the first week of Spring Break learning Maya, and the last week making this guy. He's rigged and ready for animation. As soon as I finish something, I'll upload it.

You may notice that his fur is a little patchy, like he has mange. I had so many problems with this guy, throughout every step of the process, that I'm just letting his fur be. His eye glow problem (how one is glowing more than the other) is something else I've just let go. Right now I'm just trying to figure out why his keyframes mess up when I use my IK controls.

I plan to make another Shuck, but later, like at the end of summer vacation. Then I can compare the two and see how much I've progressed.

Tools
Autodesk Maya 2011
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (to make his eye texture; I didn't do any retouching on the render)

Description
This is my most recent CG model- Black Shuck. This is my second time working with him (the first time was in my Flash animation ). He's also my first Maya model!

As some of you guys know, I usually do my 3D work in Blender. However, I recently discovered that if you attend a participating school, you can join the Autodesk education community and download tons of their products for free (they're student versions, but fully functional; you just can't do commercial work with them). This didn't do me any good for a while though, because my computer was too weak to handle such big programs. However, on my birthday my awesome parents surprised me with a computer that's actually powerful enough to handle those programs. I now have Maya, Mudbox, and Sketchbook Pro. I figure I'll try out 3ds Max over the summer. Maya is enough to figure out for right now.

I spent the first week of Spring Break learning Maya, and the last week making this guy. He's rigged and ready for animation. As soon as I finish something, I'll upload it.

You may notice that his fur is a little patchy, like he has mange. I had so many problems with this guy, throughout every step of the process, that I'm just letting his fur be. His eye glow problem (how one is glowing more than the other) is something else I've just let go. Right now I'm just trying to figure out why his keyframes mess up when I use my IK controls.

I plan to make another Shuck, but later, like at the end of summer vacation. Then I can compare the two and see how much I've progressed.

Tools
Autodesk Maya 2011
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (to make his eye texture; I didn't do any retouching on the render)