So I am a New instructor teaching 3D Modeling, Any suggestions on a good series of Maya tutorials?

bipolarbear45

So I recently got hired as an Instructor at a community college near me.  The school that I am working for is teaching Maya so I am looking for some good tutorials that I can give to the students to learn the some more advanced skills about modeling or animating in Maya.  I am browsing around and I found a couple that would be good but I would love to hear any suggestions that you all have.  Thanks! 

pmiller001

so youre an instructor, but youre going to recommend tutorials to your students? Then what are you going to actually teach them ? 

Brian "Panda" Choi

3Dmotive.

bipolarbear45

Thank you.  I will take a look at 3dmotive.  

Brian "Panda" Choi

pmiller001 said:

so youre an instructor, but youre going to recommend tutorials to your students? Then what are you going to actually teach them ? 

I was originally as critical, but I think bipolarbear means "additional materials outside of the basics I am slowly running ya'll through if you want to do more than pass this class."

bipolarbear45

Yes, that Is exactly what I mean.  Sorry, I didn't word it well.  The lesson plan is good to go right now and It covers things like bakes, PBR, and Zbrush stuff.  I wanted something more to give to the students who want it so that they can get an advantage.  I will be personally bogged down with all of the other stuff that I have to teach to those who are a little behind which is totally fine.  I just didn't want to hold anyone back is all. 

Andreicus

bipolarbear45 said:

Yes, that Is exactly what I mean.  Sorry, I didn't word it well.  The lesson plan is good to go right now and It covers things like bakes, PBR, and Zbrush stuff.  I wanted something more to give to the students who want it so that they can get an advantage.  I will be personally bogged down with all of the other stuff that I have to teach to those who are a little behind which is totally fine.  I just didn't want to hold anyone back is all. 

I can recommend these tutorials for Maya:

Gnomon: 

- Introduction to Maya 2017: https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/introduction-to-maya-2017 ( very good but i suppose that you are already teaching the basic/intermediate stuffs so you can skip this )
- Creating a Sci-Fi Alleyway  by Devon Fay: https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/creating-a-sci-fi-alleyway
- Creating believable 3D Environments by Seth Thompson: https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/creating-believable-3d-environments ( for film and pre-rendered stuff but it is still useful for real time graphics )

Lynda:

- Maya Motion Graphics Workflow with MASH: https://www.lynda.com/Maya-tutorials/Maya-Motion-Graphics-Workflow-MASH/461032-2.html?utm_campaign=nkq2Q4rlQQ0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube-earned ( good to learn Mash for instancing and procedural distribution of meshes )

Pluralsight:

- Professional Tips for Modeling Complex Shapes part 1 to 4: https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/tips-modeling-complex-shapes-2082 ( very good tutorial series on troubleshooting modeling problems and on how to model hard surface stuff easily )

pmiller001

bipolarbear45 said:

Yes, that Is exactly what I mean.  Sorry, I didn't word it well.  The lesson plan is good to go right now and It covers things like bakes, PBR, and Zbrush stuff.  I wanted something more to give to the students who want it so that they can get an advantage.  I will be personally bogged down with all of the other stuff that I have to teach to those who are a little behind which is totally fine.  I just didn't want to hold anyone back is all. 

oh ! excuse me. My mistake. Well in my experience MIchael pavolovich's quick tutorials helped me immensely. Very "to the point" and they're not very long. 

bipolarbear45

Awesome. Thank you so much, everyone.  You all have provided me with so much information.  I have a couple of weeks before the semester starts so I am going to spend that time sort of digesting all of this and prepping.