Modeling Minute: Free, Quick Modeling Tutorial Series

davidmlally

Hey all, I'm kicking off a new series of tutorial videos called the Modeling Minute that are intended to be a quick, low commitment way of sharing some modeling ideas and maybe even starting discussions about alternative modeling techniques. I'll keep this thread up to date as I create more videos. Thanks for watching and feel free to let me know what you think here or on Twitter (@davidmlally)!

I'd also love to hear any ideas for things you would like to see as a tutorial!

Modeling Minute: Ropes
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Modeling Minute: Soft Selection
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Modeling Minute: Maya's Modeling Toolkit Symmetry
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Modeling Minute: Baking Normal Maps in Maya
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Modeling Minute: ZBrush Decimation Master
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Modeling Minute: Polygons to SubDiv + Crease Editor in Maya
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Modeling Minute: Splintering Wood
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Modeling Minute: Shrink Wrapping
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Modeling Minute: Poles & Polyspheres
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Modeling Minute: 2D Tailoring for 3D Cloth in Marvelous Designer
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Part 2 in the Marvelous Designer to Maya and nCloth Saga.
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SEASON 2

Intro Series: The Basics
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Intro Series: Part 2, Faces, Edges, and Points
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Intro Series: Part 3, Modeling with Simple Shapes
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Intro Series: Part 4, Additive Modeling I
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Intro Series: Part 5, Additive Modeling II
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Thanks for watching!

Cheers!

Eric Chadwick

Cool stuff!

I think it would help if you label which software you're using at the start. First two are Maya, but that wouldn't be obvious unless you've already used Maya.

davidmlally

Good note Eric, I think I'll start doing that moving forward. Thanks!

wright.tom85

Hey, I learned something new today.
This is cool. I like it. Or maybe I just like that they're not the usual tutorials where the speaker talks like an Ent.

weeeeeelll, to bake a nooooormal maaaap, fiiiirst you'll haaaave to oooopen....

davidmlally

Haha, yeah, that's part of the idea! These may not be all-inclusive, but hopefully it shows enough of the general workflow to get people moving. Thanks for checking them out!

davidmlally

New Modeling Minute for this week. Will also add it to the original post. Thanks for watching!

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huffer

It's a great idea. Many times I need to do a specific thing and I can't find the resources fast and easy, instead having to look at hours long video tutorials with needless introductions.

davidmlally

Thanks! I'm hoping to have a bit of a back catalog of tutorials after getting more going, hopefully 1 or 2 per week for a while.

Joopson

Nice little videos! Very helpful; there were some things with Soft-Selection I didn't know how to do.

And I'd never played with the crease editor either, so this helped me get started.

Thanks!

davidmlally

Awesome Joopson! Thanks for the comment!

davidmlally

New Modeling Minute here: Splintering Wood. I'll also add it to the original post. Thanks for watching!

Modeling Minute: Splintering Wood
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davidmlally

Hey all, here's a new Modeling Minute on Shrink wrapping! Hope it's helpful to some-
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Fwap

These are awesome, can't believe i didn't see this thread when it first started.

davidmlally

Thanks Fwap!

One more here for the weekend. Taking a step back to review pesky poles:
Poles & Polyspheres

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davidmlally

Been a while. New Mod Min here for 2D Tailoring for 3D Cloth creation in Marvelous Designer. Mostly a brief overview of the workflow, nothing too specific.

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davidmlally

Part 2 in the Marvelous Designer to Maya and nCloth Saga.

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Quack!

Good stuff man, nice resource.

I loathe long drawn out tutorials, so these short to the point ones are a boon.

davidmlally

Awesome. Thanks for watching!

Torch

Hey these vids are great, thanks David! Is there any chance you could do a marvelous designer vid with some info on the new OBJ to Garment function? Still learning it but would like the option to use an OBJ and modify the material/folds if needed. Thanks

Monophobe

I was just coming to ask pretty much the same thing. I know you're aiming to do quick look type tutorials/vids but something that covers MD in more depth would be great as I'm struggling to find any decent tutorials on it so far. Especially covering things like pins; do they always just snap to the nearest point on the avatar or can they be moved? Took me long enough to work out how to even make one (apparently W is meant to convert selection to a pin but it doesn't on my machine so I have to right click and choose it). Also just basic pattern editing tips - e.g. is it possible to take a circle with a circular hole cut in the middle of it and then slice that shape in half? I expected to be able to cut between points but so far no luck. Any help would be hugely appreciated and I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one.

davidmlally

Apologies that I never got around to doing more in-depth MD videos, but with newer versions of the software, I suppose the game has changed a bit anyway. I hope you found the resources you've been looking for. I see that Digital Tutors has also added some MD training, which is great. I'm hoping to create a few new videos coming soon, and I'll try to add MD4 to the list.

Thanks to everyone that has been supporting these little tutorial videos on Vimeo as well. With CGHub shutting down, this is really the only place that I've posted them, so it's great to see them getting views even after all this time.

-David

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davidmlally

Awesome, thanks for watching. Good news, more tutorials are on the way. Here's a little Promo for the first set:

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Check back soon.

davidmlally

Kicking off Season 2 with a new Intro Series. We're starting with "The Basics":

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Thanks for watching!

davidmlally

The second part of the Intro Series is now available, Faces, Edges, and Points. This series is intended for absolute beginners.

Intro Series: Part 2, Faces, Edges, and Points
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Intro Series: Part 3, Modeling with Simple Shapes
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GlowingPotato

This is Gold

davidmlally

Awesome, thanks for watching.

cookedpeanut

Great videos, but I'd like to know the song in the intro of the video. Really like the bass!

davidmlally

Thanks man. The song name is credited at the bottom of the last card at the end. Purchased on the Vimeo Music Store. Enjoy!

CreativeHD

These are really awesome, would love to see more!

davidmlally

Thanks, hopefully more to come soon!

Burpee

Awesome man! thanks!

davidmlally

Thanks for watching!

yongheWang

WOW！ nice！man！

davidmlally

Thanks for watching, hoping to deliver some more soon!

Justo

Hey David, thank you for making these, I've already learned some cool tips. Suggestion: Make a video about Zbrush's different ways of polishing objects in the Tool>Deformation, and how it may be beneficial in the Crease Objects + Zbrush combo. Me personally, I've never managed to get those same smooth edges identical to the ones I'd obtain by subdivision modeling. It's hard to describe with words how it looks, but I'll say they look "muddy".

kunalht

these videos are great!! very helpful.
Thanks!

davidmlally

Hi Justo, that's a great idea. I'll take a look and see if I can figure something out that might be a good solution.

Thanks for watching kunalht!

davidmlally

A few new videos for the Intro Series! If you or anyone you know is just getting started in 3D modeling, please share! Share the sweet sweet 3d modeling love!

Intro Series: Part 4, Additive Modeling I
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Intro Series: Part 5, Additive Modeling II
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