[Maya Help; Advice, learning, more!]

Seiyaru

So I am a student currently at a community college doing Game art and design. While the program is good, they're very broad and their time with hands on in programs is limited to 12 weeks then you move to a new program. So far I've run through a lot of adobe products, very few autodesk (besides Maya) and not much else besides some core art stuff.

I was told last night by a helpful twitch streamer about Polycount and so here I am! He said that all my questions could be answered so I will just leave it sorta open ended with a few.

• What are the best resources for Maya? I have Lynda.com sub but that's about it. Found Polycount.
• What programs for a 3-D modeler are currently industry standard? I was gonna use Mudbox but I heard Zbrush is better?
• I probably have a lot more but can't think of anything, I am honestly just excited to start learning some more stuff hopefully

DireWolf

Hey welcome. For a start check out Digital Tutors. They have good resources especially for people starting out.

Software wise, you can't go wrong with Zbrush if you ever want to try sculpting. Check out Zbrush Central and decide for yourself You'll get your mind blown, I guarantee. Pixologic also offers a little free sculpting app called Sculptris. You should download it and see if you enjoy sculpting.

Seiyaru

Yeah I've used Sculptris, its fun. Zbrush I intend to download and check out but primarily I wanna learn Maya, and get fairly good in it at the basic level before I hop ship to other stuff to learn. I'm gonna bookmark Zbrush central though, love having more resources at hand.

Seiyaru

For Zbrush is there a student version? Atm I can't afford 800$ for a program that isn't my primary intent to learn but damn The Order team did an amazing job truly spectacular work in that post.

Seiyaru

Also, kind of just wondering where / how to start. I have only been school taught so the independent learning thing is new to me. Sorry I am pretty damn green to this stuff.

DireWolf

Zbrush -they used to offer triap version. I can't find it anymore however hmm

For Maya I suggest you do any project base tutorial. Meaning the ones that walk you through creation of something from start to finish. Try to complete a few of them and you should then be able to start tackling you own project modeling what you yourself want.

Seiyaru

Alright, appreciate the help.

Side note, has anyone used or heard of 3D Motive.com? I kind of like the videos listed. But 200$ a year is it a scam site or legit does it help to learn from it?

DireWolf

3D Motive is genuine as far as I know. Cant vouch on quality since I haven't watch many of their tuts.

Check out the Gumroad reviee thread we have here, see if there's anything you like.

Seiyaru

I searched up Gumroad reviee on the forums but couldn't find the topic you were talking about? Appreciate all the help and go back btw. Been awesome!

DireWolf

My bad, I meant review lol.

The thread is here.
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137585