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Game Development Maya Modeling Tools Introduction to Curves and Surfaces Advantages and Limitations of Surface Modeling

Posted by Elijah Simmonds
Elijah Simmonds
259 Points

How to make character

I want to know how to make my own maya characters.

3 Answers

Justin Horner
STAFF
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello Elijah,

Check out this resource from Autodesk to get started creating your own character.

I hope this helps.

Annet de Boer
Annet de Boer
900 Points
Annet de Boer
Annet de Boer
900 Points

Hi Elijah; Maya 3D is expensive software; Blender is a free to use open source alternative to it: https://www.blender.org/

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

Elijah Simmonds I agree with what Annet told you, if your main objective is to build your own models for fun, don't especially spend money into an application such as Maya. Blender is a great free alternative (I've been using it).

Also, if you want to create your own character and export then that one to the unity engine, there are some available ressources for doing it using Blender.

For exemple, check that youtube channel, there are tutorials about that, which are really well explained.