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1. Re: Maya Nurbs Face Modelling from a sphere?

   

   Reply by Sage · Jul 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   What's up? I found this http://www.caligraphics.dk/id2.php?content=tutorials.php&tutorial=ID2/head2/head2.htm I love the sentence at the end of the tutorial. Read it, it's priceless. here are the keywords I used maya +modeling +nurbs +sphere http://www.geocities.com/susantio/head01.htm I love the sentence at the end of the…

2. Maya Nurbs Face Modelling from a sphere?

   

   Topic by Jeremy Lindstrom · Jul 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   As some of you know I quit work to finish my degree and push me into doing more artwork, luckily I have a generous wife that makes some decent scratch. Anyhow, my instructor informed me they've drastically changed the curriculum since I left and to catch up I should practice making some human faces using a nurbs sphere…

3. Re: Maya Nurbs Face Modelling from a sphere?

   

   Reply by Daz · Jul 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] What's up? I found this http://www.caligraphics.dk/id2.php?content=tutorials.php&tutorial=ID2/head2/head2.htm I love the sentence at the end of the tutorial. Read it, it's priceless. [/ QUOTE ] See Dekards post.

4. Re: Maya Nurbs Face Modelling from a sphere?

   

   Reply by noritsune · Jul 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   I thought the majority of Gnomon tutorials (the Alvarez ones) were NURBS-based. 'course, they aren't free.

5. Re: Maya Nurbs Face Modelling from a sphere?

   

   Reply by Daz · Jul 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   True dat. Dreamworks turned me down on lack of Nurbs experience (apparently. But I think there was more to it than that). There must be something on learning-maya.com but tbh, I too have not had much luck finding good Nurbs tutorials.

6. Re: Maya Nurbs Face Modelling from a sphere?

   

   Reply by Jeremy Lindstrom · Jul 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   Thats possibly why they are trying to teach us them first.. But I find it odd, I pay so much for class and the guy can't even help me and it seems so archaic there's not even a real tutorial for what he's asking for.

7. Re: Maya Nurbs Face Modelling from a sphere?

   

   Reply by Daz · Jul 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] Can you really get the same amount of control and detail with a nurbs head than a poly one? [/ QUOTE ] http://jjcoolio.cgsociety.org/gallery/ You tell me. Btw, what jeffro said. If you're gonna model a Nurbs head, use the patches method. Modeling from a Nurbs sphere is archaic. Still, its come from a tutor, so…