It's a Maya Idea 7

I dont feel like writing about this right now, but he has bumps on his back and is temporarily mirrored so he is a complete polygon deal thing.

It's a Maya Idea 6

So here is the rough shape of the Eye. It maybe reworked to include an eyelid. The little bit of bump map on there is temporary just to add a little interest to this picture. It is a default bump pattern, I will eventually make a cusstom map for the dinosaur.

If you havent been following the "It's a Maya Idea" then click the DINO label at the bottom of this post to see the project from the beginning.

Itsa Maya Idea 5

Okay so here is a smoothed version of the head where I extruded some lips and added gums and teeth. Plus I changed the shape of the head and neck a little.

Some small technical stuff.
- Named and organized my geometry.
- Parented the talons to the feet.
- Parented the teeth to the gums.
- Saved to a new file and cleaned my history.

Itsa Maya Idea 4

So I didn't do much this morning but i curved out the toes of the dinosaur and put some toenail/talons in there.

Itsa Maya Idea 3

Okay so today I spent about 15 - 25 minutes putting a crude leg on the side of the dinosaur. I basically just extruded out a face then a few more faces from there. I creatd another edge loop throught the body so I could make more detail in th leg without messing up the area where the leg and body intersect.
It still neds a lot of work

So if you click on this it will be the same size there is no higher res version of these just because they are work in progress pics. When I put some more drawings or comics up I will resume uploading a bigger one too for when you click on it.

Itsa Maya Idea 2

Okay so here is day two!
I did about 30-45 minutes of work on it this evening.
I started with loading the pictue I drew yesterday into maya so i could use it as a rough template.
Then I made a cube and divided into section. I pulled and extruded those sections until it had a similar shape as my picture.
Then i played around with the curves and smooth the edges out a little.
I also split the edges along where i want the mouth to be then extruded edges inside to create what will be the inside of his mouth.

Oh! plus I cut him in half and deleted one side. SO now i dont have to do everything twice and try to make it symmetrical. I can just make a side then mirror it over when the time comes.

Itsa Maya Idea!

Okay I had an Idea look at this picture then i will tell you about it.

Okay so I am making a very simple character in 3d using Maya.
I will go from concept to completion, and have a textured rigged weighted character.
I picked a really simple character so i can get it done and get a handle on each step as i do it. Plus then i can post my progress every few days or so and you can all see the progress.
This picture if you click on it is the same size I didn't up a higher res because there is no detail or anything to admire. It is just a rough character idea I drew in a few minutes if that.