Intermediate | 1h 50m | 759 MB | Project Files 356 MB | Required Software: MARI 1.5, Photoshop

Animation Rigging for the low poly man
English | Video: h264, yuv420p, 1024x768, 407 kb/s | Audio: aac, 22050 Hz, s16 | 711 MB
Genre: Video training

The rigging section of this tutorial shows you how to get your model ready for animation and covers blend shapes, skeleton creation, painting weights for smooth deformations of your geometry, IK handles to move the legs, as well as adding hand and foot controls using locators and set driven keys.

Simply Maya: Orc Head - Modelling, Texturing and Lip Sync
English | Team: N/A | .mov | 1.3 GB
Genre: Video Training

Stylized Creatures - Orc Head Project Key Features This complete project covers the modeling and texturing of an orc head, so if you\'re into fantasy creatures this is the perfect tutorial for you. Follow along as we begin this project by setting up image planes to use as reference to guide us in getting the right proportions for the orc head. During the modeling process we use NURBS and you\'ll learn to work with this geometry type by scaling and moving hulls, inserting isoparms and detaching surfaces.

Simply Maya 3D Cartoon Set Design - The Med Lab
English | Audio: mp3, 24000 Hz, 56 kb/s | Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 800x600 | 1.9Gb
Genre: eLearning

This is a complete tutorial series covering modeling, texturing and mood lighting of a cartoon set, with a little bit of dynamics towards the end to add to the final render. It is a very entertaining beginner project and great if you're new to using Maya. This twelve hour long series comes with the unposed model of the mad scientist and during the modeling tutorial we will build the med lab to create the complete scene.

Simply Maya - Particle Dynamics Rain | 101.24 MB

Simply Maya Stylized Characterizations The Pilot Girl
English | Audio: mp3, 24000 Hz, 56 kb/s | Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 800x600 | 1.15Gb
Genre: eLearning

This is a good tutorial for new users who want to familiarize themselves with the three different geometry types available in Maya and how to convert between them during the modeling process. Cartoon modeling is a lot of fun and doesn't require that you invest as much time as you would have to with a highly detailed organic model to get a nice end result so it's always a good place to start when you want to learn modeling in Maya.

Maya 8.5 Tutorial - This tutorial is geared for intermediate Maya users. If you're into mechanical robots then this tutorial will be a lot of fun. We will begin by using image planes of the side and front views. The modeling techniques used will be shaping in nurbs, converting to polygons to add details, and then into sub'ds to define the final shapes.

Simply Maya - Assault Mech | 487.48 MB

Simply Maya The Complete Jedi Starfighter Project
English | Audio: mp3, 24000 Hz, 56 kb/s | Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 800x600 | 1.6Gb
Genre: eLearning / Maya Tutorials

This complete project covers the modeling and texturing of the Jedi Starfighter. The model is made from polygons and NURBS and where we need to bring out extra detail we convert to subdivisions. By using the three different geometry types available in Maya you'll learn how to get the best results in the fastest way during the modeling process.

SimplyMaya - Sci-Fi Gorilla | 990 MB
DivX 800 x 600 15fps, mp3 24kHz 56 kb/s, Joint Stereo
In this interesting project where we create the sci-fi gorilla organic modeling meets hard surface. We work according to multiple reference images and start by sculpting out the gorilla body working on getting the general shape and proportion right.