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Animate A 3D Looping LEGO Trench Run in Maya
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Animate A 3D Looping LEGO Trench Run in Maya

Level Up Your Animation Skillset
Created byLucas Ridley
Last updated 11/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • Deeper understanding of creating an entire scene from scratch
  • Animation techniques to capture and adjust animation easily
  • Using MASH to animate and create the environment
  • Animate lasers with nParticles
  • Use paid AND free plugins to capture animation
  • Light & Render your scene

Course content

3 sections • 16 lectures • 2h 24m total length

  • Download Course Files Here0:13
  • Animator's Journey0:10
  • Brick It Plugin Intro3:08

    Explore building and animating the Millennium Falcon using the lego-based Brick It plugin in Maya, compare paid and free options, and learn to download PDFs, Sketchfab models, and license attribution.

  • Modeling Millennium Falcon 112:06

    Install and load the LEGO briquette plugin in Maya, and set up a Python shelf. Use vertex snapping and world-space movement with Arnold stand-in colors to assemble the Millennium Falcon.

  • Modeling Millennium Falcon 213:25

    Build the Millennium Falcon Lego model in Maya using PureRef for reference, copy-paste from PDFs, and snap, color, and duplicate bricks while managing pivots, grouping, and versioned saves.

  • Working With 3D Model Downloads3:18

    Download free 3D models from SketchFab or TurboSquid, follow license terms and attribution, then map textures to an Arnold shader in Maya using the albedo and normal maps.

  • Model Trench Environment7:36

    Model a looping trench environment in Maya by shaping a four-sided cylinder, twisting faces to flatten them, flipping normals, extruding for thickness, and using a MASH network for instanced variation.

Requirements

  • Proficient using Maya's interface (I move kind of fast and expect you've opened and used Maya a little bit)
  • Paid plugins are used, but the course can be completed using free alternatives as well.
  • I use Maya 2022, but any version of Maya that includes MASH and Arnold can be used (I think back to 2016.5 is okay)

Description

In this intermediate Maya animation course, we will walk through every step of the process to create an animation with a Millenium Falcon with 3D LEGOs in a Star Wars-inspired trench run environment using Autodesk Maya.

If you've never opened Maya before I recommend getting familiar with the interface before jumping into this course as I move kind of fast. This course is ideal for people who have taken my Maya for Beginners course and are looking to expand their skills, especially for people who find animating difficult I demonstrate some cool tricks in this course for you.

You just need a copy of Maya (they offer a free 30-day trial) and some prior experience using Maya to be able to follow along.

I do discuss a few paid plugins but I also offer free alternatives as well so you don't need any paid plugins if you don't want to follow those aspects.

This course will put it all together:

  • Create a project from scratch

  • Use instances and stand-ins with Arnold

  • Animate easily with your iPhone or mouse

  • Animate with clever tricks to enhance and loop your animation

  • Adjust animation quickly and easily

  • Animate lasers using particles

  • Light and Render your animation

By the end of the course, you will feel more comfortable and confident using Maya and creating a scene from scratch from model to final render.

Who this course is for:

  • Novice's to Intermediate Maya users who've opened and used Maya but are still intimidated making an entire scene

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