Lighting tutorials

Maya Lighting tutorials:-

Assignment 2

In my new place, I would like to build Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal is a tomb located in India, built by Mughal Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Ottoman, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and was chosen as New Seven Wonders of the World.The Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures. Building began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, and employed thousands of artisans and craftsmen. Ustad Ahmad Lahauri is generally considered to be the principal designer of the Taj Mahal. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal

My place is white marble building stands on a square base has four gates and four minarets, one at each corner. Also, it has five marble domes, one in the middle which is the biggest. In front of the building, there is great water tank on which you can see the reflected shape of the tomb. Also, you can see the shadow of the minarets and the tomb at noon.

Below are some reference pictures:

Assignment 1- Block City

My block town consists of several kinds of tall buildings which have different height, shapes, and forms. Actually, my imagination lead me to build what looks like to the skyscrapers of New York. Just imagine that this blocks are at Ashland downtown and you can see the whole city from skyscrapers :)

Maya tutorials

Hello,

Here are some Maya tutorials:

Maya Modeling Tutorial - Knurl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mqma1y1rzw

http://mayandmax.blogspot.com/2007/03/first-subdivision-polygon-maya-8.html

Just playing!!

Just playing with Maya :)

Wireframe

Here's an example of wireframes by Sean Binder who's winning entry for the Autodesk Mudbox Creative Contest. His website: www.seanbinder.com.

Maya Shortcuts

Maya Shortcuts

1 Display Smoothness Low
2 Display Smoothness Med
3 Display Smoothness High
4 Display Wireframe
5 Display Shaded
6 Display Shaded and Textured
7 Display with lights
8 Paint Effects Panel
q Select Tool
w Move Tool
e Rotate Tool
r Scale Tool
t Show Manipulator Tool
y Last Tool Used
a Frame All
f Frame Selected
z Undo
Shift-z Redo
g Repeat Last Action
F8 Toggle Object/Component Mode
Ctrl-a Attribute Editor
Delete Delete
x Snap to Grid
c Snap to Curve
v Snap to Point
p Parent
Shift-p Unparent
Shift-w Key Translation
Shift-e Key Rotation
Shift-r Key Scale
s Set Key
-,+ Manipulator Display Size
Alt-LMB Tumble View
Alt-MMB Track View
Alt-RMB Dolly View

First render :)

Hello this is my first render :)

Thanks

something stupid

here's a link to the class site.