Wine Glass - Model, Shading, Light & Render

Reference for various colors in the glass:

Various models of a wine glass:

Reference of output looking forward to achieve:

Rigging - Continued

When rigging a Biped Character (Eg. Human), draw joints separately for lower body, i.e.:

1. From Hip To Foot
2. From Pelvis To Head
3. From Chest To Hand (Wrist)
4. From Wrist to Fingers (Individually)

Note: 

• To Duplicate Joints - Mirror Joint Option can be used.In animate menu - select Skeleton - Mirror Joint
• When mirroring, make sure that you select the Child Joints and not the Parent Skeleton.

In Animate Menu - Select Skeleton - Joint Orient.

Orient Joint:

It is required to make sure that the joint orientation is matched with the world orientation.

Note: 

• In Outliner, select the complete joint , then Joint Orient.
• To view Joint Orientation : Display - transform display - Local Orientation Axis.

Making Of Oscar - The Warrior (Part 1)

Oscar – A Concept Character’s Modeling

Character Design by : Brian Reynold 

Reference Image: www.images.google.com

The following Reference Was Used in Maya 2012 for:

• Front Viewport Reference (1st Character)
• Side Viewport Reference (2nd Character)

The character was started with the blocking of his torso by a cylinder with 10 divisions in height. The cylinder was then stretched and squashed (in Vertex Mode) to match the Torso in Front & Side View.

Later with the help of another 2 cylinders, the arm & leg was blocked & modeled by using the same method for torso.

Here’s the  modeled screenshot  & the file for the character:

In Polygon Model View:

In Smooth Polygon Model View:

File Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?bloc1r65mm3c703

Rigging

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  Kinematics:

  Kinematics can be defined as Bone Engineering

  • Forward Kinematics (FK) – Used mainly for Rotation based animation.
  • Inward Kinematics (IK) – Used mainly for Movement based animation.
  Tool Used: Joint Tool (in Animation Tab)
  
  Few Important Notes:
  • Joints/Bones are always in Parent – Child Relationship.
  • IK
  • Joints stay of the actual length but IK can stretch
  • Grab the IK controller & not the bone for movement.
  • Make sure that there’s a little bend in the bones while drawing for IK
  • Press & hold D to change the size & bend relative to the other joints.
    

  Skin Binding:
  
  Steps:
  • Select Joints.
  • Select the Object (Eg : Cylinder with sub-divisions)
  • Goto Menu Skin (in Animation Section) – Bind Skin – Smooth Bind

  IMP: In Hand Rig, the main joint is the Elbow Joint.
  

  Exercise 1:

  Create a simple Box Model of Hand. Create Parent – Child Relationship & setup a simple Joint.

  
  IMP:

  • P is used for Parenting
  • Always Select Child First & then the Parent Object for Parenting.
  • Pivot is Moved to the Edge of the object for Correct Rotation of Hand.

  MAYA Project : Exercise 1
  Video Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZSmsYs9bBs
  Project File Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?usyacikqptcyodi