During Thursday’s lecture, we were introduced to Maya. I have never once touched this software and so was quite nervous to begin using it, especially after hearing how complicated it can be. We’re using Maya to model our fantasy worlds, so it’s an extremely important software to know how to use, or in my case, learn to use.
I was definitely a little overwhelmed by the number of controls and buttons when first opening Maya, especially when recognizing how finicky it could be when modelling something. We had several technical tasks to do, the first of which was to model a barn, then a chair from a reference image, and finally a treasure chest. I found the treasure chest to be easiest as we could work off a grid the lecturer had sketched out. This has been the most efficient way for me to model thus far, and so I intend to sketch out my own models for my fantasy world to work off in Maya.
I still find the software confusing and difficult to use, but with practice I know I’ll slowly begin to understand it more. I’m quite excited to learn to be proficient at it; I imagine creating something from scratch and seeing it come to life must be quite surreal, especially after the rendering and texturizing. This is how my treasure chest looks so far:
