Blanx

This link will take you to the website of Blanx, which is a studio that does work in commercials and such using 3d animation and other digital effects. I recommend taking a look at their showreel, its a fun ride through their work and worth the few minutes it takes to check it out.

Beginner animation

It is a simple animation but it like me because has many interesting things, as the one to deform the robot and it looks like water it is very nice.

Gladys Villar

Caustics and Mental Ray examples

This clip was cool to watch. It is of minimal animation with mostly lighting effects. I thinks its interesting how lighting alone can change the feel of the entire scene.

I saw a few examples in here that the caustics and mental ray tutorials went over. I think that having the reflection of the object and the refraction of its light adds a whole other element to the scene.

bathroom textures and lights

Amazing stuff

Final Fantasy has been famous for their innovative animation and realistic CGI since 1997, when Final Fantasy VII came out.

Their newest relase Final Fantasy XIII is due to come out soon for the PS3 console and its sure to look even more amazing than all of its predecessors. I really have no clue as to how to even begin attempting to create characters like these. It seems like a great combination of mapping, texturing, and lighting -not to even mention modeling- but as of now it is way beyond my comprehension.

The image above, its an example of the movie clips they insert throughout the game to help the story move along, and the image to the left of this, is an example of the gameplay graphics.

If you're into RPG's, definetly check out this game, and if you like detailed modeling, its a must see.

Take care!

~Roddy

Tomek Baginski - "Fallen Art"

Hi,

Here you can see the short film by Tomek Baginski "Fallen Art". With this short he won the first prize (Golden Nica) of the Ars Electronica Festival in the section "Computer Animation / Film / VFX" some years ago. Very good.



Best,
Julio

Mayang's Texture Library

If you click on the title of this post you'll be taken to Mayang's free texture library. Its an excellent place to look for realistic texture samples to use as launch points for making textures in Maya. The files are large, so you have a lot of pixels to work with, and its completely free. You are limited to only downloading 10 full size textures every day, though. Check it out!

Cool Animation

This is a very good but weird animationa about the life of a fruit that fell from a tree and became an animal. Hope you like it

Alejandra Elias

Faces

Faces video
Elizabeth Martinez

GLASS TUTORIALL!!

HI THERE

I FOUND THIS COOL SITE WHERE IT IS EXPLAINED HOW TO DO GLASS MATERIAL, REALLY HELPFULL FOR THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT.

TAKE CARE...

JESSICA ESPIONOSA

http://www.spafi.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=468&Itemid=29

Nissan 350-Z modeling tutorial

Hi guys, I found this page and I think it's awesome, maybe because I'm really into cars but even though is very impressive what you can do with one cube, check it out it's really worth it

Michael Ortiz ;)

http://www.3dm3.com/tutorials/maya/350z/

A Visual FX Demo Reel

In this video one can be seen combination of a human with a robot done in Maya. In the end it is possible to be seen as they give the movement him to the robot.

Gladys Villar

3D Environment Speed Render

karla :)

Spine 3D animation studio

This is a website for a company called Spine. They are a 3D modeling and special effects company that specializes in 3d landscapes. They have multiple videos with greenscreen and live interaction and fully rendered environments. Click the title to go to the site or here is the link.

http://www.spine3d.com/?gclid=CJeY4oSR5I4CFR8ZIwod4Rz9Uw

Great Simple Little Animation

Hey everyone,
This is a little animation that has been floating around and is on youtube.
I think this movie is really simple and touching.
The scenery doesn't look very complex but I think its an interesting exercise in story and character.

here is the link again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs

-Jerad

Particle Systems and more..

Hi,

This video is a sample of some possibilities offered by maya particle systems and some more tools that we can use..



Best,
Julio

Space Maya

Hi, I found this space done in Mayan and me was made very interesting see as they are applied the materials and as it is managed to create objects and to cause that they are real.

Gladys Villar

Render documentary

This clip is awesome!! All modeling was done on Maya and realistic renders were achieved from Renderman Running on Visual Fx HDRI's..PLEASE WATCH IT!!

sketchup modeling

this shows you how to modelate a female character... its interesting and esay

Kiwi!!!

Hi! I liked this video and it's all made with Maya from a student at The School of Visual Art in New York, it's a small animation it last around 3 minutes, I hope you enjoy it.

Alejandra Elias