Working with deformers 01
This video demonstrates a quick, easy and efficient way to work with multiple deformers to achieve a somewhat complex and precise shape. (Ok.. It’s not really that complex of a shape. hehe.. )
Anyways.. The basic idea is; “Deformers are friends, not food” and “Wire deformer for president!”.

Modeling a die in 15 seconds
This method is a result of my continuous endeavour to find quick ways of obtaining different shapes. Keeping it simple and with as few manual tweaks as possible. Visual estimate is for organic modeling. hehe..
So if you want to model a die that’s not a cube with a simpel bevel, here’s one way to do it.

twistModelling – revisited
Since I wrote the Twist Modelling Tutorial I’ve come up with a new way of creating the “segments” for the spiral using deformers.
I probably won’t write another version of the tutorial any time soon, but here is a screencapture showing how I do it.

UV mapping a tennisball
I’ve been getting these mails on this topic, so here it is..
A short video on how approached the UVmapping in the tennisball tutorial.

UV mapping rails, wires, ropes etc.
In this video I demonstrate how I approach the tedious process of UVmapping rails, wires, ropes etc.
I also use cbUVcheck.mel and cbMassUVTransfer.mel to show how they work.
Note to self; Update video with new and faster approach.

How to: Transparent Maya Icons
I have gotten som questions on how I make my shelf-icons transparent.
So here is a little walkthrough for those it might concern. Note that this is pre Maya 2011.

Texturing: Creating Believable Chalktextures
In this tutorial I go through a quick way to create chalklooking textures using a pencil on paper and Photoshop.

Maya Modeling: Soccer Ball Modeling
This is a modeling tutorial using polygonal edgeloop-modeling and MJ Poly Tools to quickly achieve the look of a tennisball.

Maya Fur: Adding Fur to the Tennisball
After writing the Tennisball Modeling tutorial I got requests on how to set up the fur to make it look more like a real tennisball. This is more of a Step by Step document on how I did it than a tutorial.

Maya Modeling: Tennisball Modeling
This is a modeling tutorial using polygonal edgeloop-modeling and MJ Poly Tools to quickly achieve the look of a tennisball.

Maya Modeling: Spiral Modeling
This tutorial goes through a quick and easy technique for achieving a spiral. Using Maya’s Curve tool to get the spiral you’ll do it in no time.

Maya Modeling: Twist Modeling
This tutorial goes through a modeling technique for making a twisted surface using polygonal modeling. It can be used for making the handle of a baseballbat, a screw and much more.

Maya Modeling: Braid Modeling
In this tutorial I go through a technique for modeling a simple braid. Some tools used are EP Curve, extruding along a path, converting from NURBS to polygons and more…