In December, I finished the course “Introduction to Computer Animation with Maya” at the School of Visual Arts. Our goal for the course was to model a toy that we brought to class, then texture, rig, light, animate, and render a video. My toy was the ever cute/terrifying Bob-Omb from Super Mario. The CG animated video above is my final project, a short walking sequence with some appropriate music and sound effects to complete the mood.
Although it has similarities to other creative programs, learning Maya from scratch was difficult. My teacher Alex Cheparev was really great, and having someone teach you makes the learning process much smoother. He works as a modeling supervisor at Charlex in New York, and you can look at some of his work here.
