Create A Stylized Car In Maya: The Complete Workflow – Part 1

Create A Stylized Car In Maya: The Complete Workflow – Part 1

on Aug 6th 2012 with 20 comments
Tutorial Details

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Create A Stylized Car In Maya

Today we’re launching an exciting new tutorial series focused on stylized vehicle creation in Maya. In this massive, multi-part tutorial, you’ll follow professional CG artist Shaun Keenan of MZP Studios, as he walks you through the entire process of creating a high-end, production quality stylized car from scratch using Maya.

Through out the series you’ll gain valuable insights into the tools and techniques used by professional artists, while working your way to a fully realized model. In later lessons you’ll learn how to add detail and construct the car’s interior. A topic rarely covered in car modeling tutorials. Whether you’re a beginner creating your first car, or an experienced artist just looking to brush up, this series is a must watch.

In part one, you’ll start blocking out the car body. Shaun will explain the importance of creating proper topology even at this early stage. An important step which will later save time and make separating the model into sections that much easier. You also learn how Zbrush can be used to quickly fix mesh errors and finally how to build the car’s wheel wells, front grill and bumpers.

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Introduction

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Video 1: Blueprint Creation

Video 2: Start Blocking Out The Car

Video 3: Blocking Continued

Video 4: Final Blocking

Video 5: Smoothing With Zbrush

Video 6: Final Adjustments After Zbrush

Video 7: Creating The Wheel Wells

Video 8: Detailing Cuts

Video 9: Modeling The Grill

Video 10: Modeling The Front Bumper & License Plate

Video 11: Modeling The Rear Bumper

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My name is Shaun Keenan (Fusedgore) and I'm a self taught CG artist. My specialty is Modeling, Product Visualizations and Architectural Renderings. I have been using Fryrender for around 2 years. You can check out more of my work at MZPStudios. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me Here  

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  • Stephen Cordes

    Fantastic – been waiting for one of these to come along! Thank you so much!

  • http://twitter.com/floricultor @Floricultor

    Now we’re talking! Amazing tut! We need more tutorials like this for maya. Maybe a set of tutorials to built a small toon city scene. Thanks for this! I’ll be doing this today and post the result later on CG=TUTS+ page!

  • Andre

    I don’t use maya, but this tutorial series is awesome. Everybody can learn something from these tutorials, doesn’t really matter what program you use.

    Thanks Shaun for sharing this well explained tutorial series, I hope to see more tuts from in the future. Hint: Maybe a character/city modeling tut.

  • http://www.mzpstudios.com Shaun Keenan
    Author

    Hey thanks allot for the feedback .I just hope you guys all enjoy the tut .

  • Guy

    This has been really useful to introduce me to maya. I’d love to see it through by the same manner of guidance till completion. Hope to see more Tuts to finish it off soon.

  • Bartek

    Hello, what’s the name of the tool for setup image planes you’re using in this tutorial? Thanks for answer.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jiireigedamola Jiireigedamola@gmail.com

    Please Aurhor, i am from Nigeria and i love to be an Animator but my country is not well developed we lack everytin including INTERNAT SERVICE, please can u mail the full tutorial on Maya to be please.

  • Brandon

    Thanks for the amazing tutorial, I do have a question about some of the technicality, like how to get your shortcuts into the try like the edgeloop tool and the merge vert tool, and what ever the red blob looking button was

  • samar

    i need blueprint A Stylized Car

  • http://maxphilipproduction.blogspot.de/ Max Philip

    I’m 3ds max user.
    I like this tutorial, because this model is not so typical realistic as many others. It gives me a lot of fun to do some rehearsals for such comic results as we can already see.
    Thank you for your post.

  • http://www.benheighway.com Ben

    @brandon…looks like the “red blob” you are talking about is at least a center pivot script? Not sure, but I agree, I would like to know exactly what some of the mel/python scripts Shaun is using in his custom shelf. Especially that inset tool. That’s nice.

  • http://www.mzpstudios.com Shaun Keenan
    Author

    The Red Blob your talking about is a mel script that shortens center pivot,clear history and freeze transformations of any selected object .Just a simple 3 line script .To bring shortcuts into the shelf all you need to do is select a tool with ctrl+alt held down .

  • rm3d

    hey Shaun this tutorial series is awesome, thanks for sharing your know how on good modelling practice.

    my one question is where did you get the inset faces(instead of extrude) mel script(if it is a script) ? it seems to be a smoother way of extruding holes in the mesh. lol

    Cheers Ryan

  • http://www.mzpstudios.com shaun keenan
    Author

    The inset tool is and should be on creativecrash or which used to be highend3d.com

  • johnRock

    hey dude, I just started this tut and I find really usefull that inset script.
    I already went to creativecrash to try get it, but it seems there is no longer there, I even found some links by googling it but there is always a message saying that it couldn’t find the script ( this in creativecrash.com).
    I (and I bet a lot more people) would be really apreciated if you could share the script here or sending it by email.

    Cheers John

  • http://www.mzpstudios.com Shaun keenan
    Author

    Here is the link ,but remember in 2012 and above inset is on the extrude tool.

    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4593901/Maya.Inset.031411.zip

    • Back

      Do you mean offset? that`s not exactly what max`s inset does

  • Avatar2013

    Hello, what’s the name of the script for setup image planes you’re using in this tutorial?

  • http://www.mzpstudios.com shaun keenan
    Author

    Thats a personal script I have written and use .

  • Milad

    Awesome tutorial Keenan, but you should do something about your presentation and teaching style. Dull, drowsy, breathing too much into the mic ;and makes me want to just lie down and sleep :P Your material is great but it’s like your being forced to do it :/