A Collection of 30+ Useful Maya Tutorials

Making of the Rider

The tutorial is on creating a maya image using brail tools.

Making of Varga In MAYA

Here is a summary on the workflow used for a character with lots of images and some print-screens directly from the applications used such as Maya, Mudbox, and Photoshop.

High Polygon Realistic Character Creation

This tutorial is an overview of creating high polygon realistic 3D characters.

Making of Quiet Room

Learn to use Autodesk Maya in modeling the objects and use Photoshop in texturing by following this tutorial.

Texture Map NURBS Dragon

Here is a tutorial that will guide you in converting NURBS to polygon, and then export the polygons to 3D paint program.

Revolution

In this tutorial, you will be guided in creating a highly revolutionized image with Maya.

Street Cop Workflow

Create a highly realistic street cop image using Maya by following through this tutorial.

Making of Gladiator

Learn to use preset effects like grains, light color enhancement, epical environment mood in creating your image with this tutorial.

Making of Fatjon’s Performance

The tutorial is on sculpting details for images and creating a mysterious atmosphere in Maya.

Character Walk Through

The tutorial is on creating one of the characters for the phenomenal hit movie, the Harry Potter series using Maya.

Using Sun and Sky in Mental Ray

This tutorial will guide you in using one feature in Maya’s mental ray.

Making of Cheese Platter

Here is a tutorial using Autodesk Maya 8.5 and Adobe Photoshop in creating a food-themed image.

Making of Skullhead Mobster

In this tutorial, you will be guided in creating a skullhead image using Maya.

Making of the Joker

This tutorial uses Maya for the base model, ZBrush for details, and Photoshop for texturing and matte painting, shave and haircut for the hair and mental ray for rendering in creating the famous character, Joker.

Create a Gear and Render it Realisticly with Mental Ray

The tutorial mainly focuses on rendering using Mental Ray, an HDRI map, and Maya 6.0.

Facial Animation Rig for Delgo

Learn to use NURBS curves to influence objects on a poly mesh through this tutorial.

Making of The Last Elf

Create a highly realistic character using Maya.

Making Of Balcón Mediterráneo

Here is a tutorial on creating a 3D version of the Balcón Mediterráneo in Maya.

Model a Spitfire War Plane

Create your own war plane using Maya in this tutorial.

Making of the Fruit Tarts

This is a tutorial on food using Maya, Photoshop and rendered with Mental Ray.

Creating CG Nature

The tutorial will guide you in creating terrain, trees and grass using Maya.

Breaking Subsurface Scattering into Render Layers in Maya

In this tutorial, you will be guided in the process of breaking the subsurface into render layers and compositing them in post.

Making of Sohrab

Here is a tutorial in creating one famous character in Maya.

Maya-Mentalray Studio Lighting

This tutorial is on the proper utilization of studio lighting in Maya and mental ray.

Making of Tiger Zoo

Create a realistic wildlife image using Maya in this tutorial.

How to Create a Model of a Sport Car – Nissan 350-Z

A step-by-step tutorial on creating 350Z’s body using polygonal modeling in Maya is illustrated in this tutorial.

Making of Portrait of a Troll

The above tutorial is on creating a troll image using Maya and its various tools.

3DnuTTa’s Rim Design Tutorial

Here is a tutorial on creating another Maya image using a different set of tools.

Creating Optimized Caustics in Maya Mray

Learn to create the caustics effect in Maya using this tutorial.

Modeling Morgane

Create another realistic character in Maya by following the techniques in this tutorial.

Making of Ingrid Bergman

This tutorial is on re-creating a famous person through the use of Maya.