Master 3D modeling in Maya by creating your own roller coaster and theme park elements. Perfect for beginners and intermediates looking to enhance their skills.
This course is all about using Maya to create a super fun roller coaster! You'll learn to build the ride, its track, and even some cool theme park elements. Perfect for beginners and those with a bit of experience, you'll have a blast learning along the way!
Learn how to utilize various 3d modeling tools and methods in Maya to create a fun theme park ride - a ROLLER COASTER!
In this Maya based course, we will cover various tools and methods to create our very own theme park ride, the roller coaster. We will focus on creating the ride itself, including the track, the car models, and , however within the bonus section we will also be creating some of the elements associated with theme park rides - walkways, trashcans, grass, gates, flags, and turnstiles.
This course is aimed at the beginner / intermediate Maya or 3D user, which means a very basic understanding of core 3d terminology and workflow is assumed. All other methods, tools, techniques and workflows, will be explained to the extent that an understanding of the "why" certain methods were used, will be gained. This will serve to deepen the knowledge of the tools/techniques and allow them to be used in the future on your own projects.
The style of this course will be both tool/technique and element/project based. What this means, is that not only will you learn how to use a particular tool or technique, but you will also put them to use by building various elements geared towards this project.
We will be utilizing Maya 2013 (recommended) for the duration of the course, however most of the methods and/or techniques can be completed in prior versions as well as many other 3d applications.
If you do NOT have Maya 2013, Autodesk offers educational versions of their software FREE of charge. Here is the link for more details: http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/maya
INCLUDED WITH COURSE:
Scene Files (Maya Specific)
Reference Images
Bonus Scene Files (Unspecific 3d format - OBJ, FBX, etc..)
Bonus Models (Maya Format and OBJ / FBX)
Bonus Simple Modeling Light Setup Script
COURSE LENGTH:
Over 12 Hours for Main Course Material
Over 3 Hours Bonus Material
Learn how to create a cool roller coaster track and car
Learn how to create a fancy 3d sign / logo
Learn various modeling tools and methods
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Virtual Dreamz, Inc. is an indie Development and Multimedia Studio out of sunny South Florida, providing high-quality multimedia content, design, web and animation.  Envision - Invoke - Inspire.  About your Instructor - Brian Heinrich       An experienced 3D and multimedia designer with a passion for creativity and an eye for design. He possesses an extensive skillset including all facets of 3D/CG...
Great course
I have not completed the course yet, but so far everything is going great. The instructor responds quickly to questions and is very helpful.
I am only on the 4th unit so far but I really like how it teaches you the best way to work :) I watched a few other tutorials and the instructors don't seem to work as efficiently as this guy.
This course is very clear and easy to follow, great content and great explanations for all steps work and all the tools in Maya.
-the Instructor is very responsive to all messages and to all questions in Q&A section And gives a detailed explanation of the question.
Bem didático e estruturado
Very nice course, I am understanding clearly and I am learning a lot! I am still building the rollercoaster but so far everything is working very well. I am using Maya 2016 and I am an intermediate 3D modeler, but is good to remember basic stuff.
Update: I finally finished the course and I love it! I ended updating to Maya 2017 and finished the project on that version, I am still working on it because I want to apply color to the models but I enjoyed this project a lot, Thanks for a great experience!!!
Love the course and its models
Excellent course taught by an even better instructor! Walks you through everything in a very easy to understand matter. Added my own touch to the coaster throughout the process to make it more personal. Would highly recommend for anyone with an interest in themed entertainment design or a fun introduction to CAD modeling.
If you're looking for a tutorial that will walk you from start to end. This is it, the teacher he's awesome, slow moving and explains task to do all along the lesson. His teaching method is awesome and step by step explained. I've taken tutorials from those pay a year websites and I just get frustrated and just stop the lessons, another project not done. I've learn a lot with this tutorial and honestly waiting for his next tutorial.
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Ana H. P. C.
Excellent course! Easy to follow and covers the tools in a way that was simple to understand. Just wished animating the car on the tracks was covered.