Maya Recipes for 3D Artist

Disclaimer: These recipes are meant as a helpful guide. Artists are free to get creative and make changes as they like!

Please share any corrections or additions with Mr. Miller at armiller2@wsfcs.k12.nc.us.

Recipe Name Actions
Knife / Dagger
Zork Living Room
Material Demonstration and Recipe
Basic UV Wrapping
Torch
How to make Smoke using Effects
How to add a backdrop image
How to create water WITHOUT using BOSS (CPU rendering)
Pool Table
Animating Rain and Puddles
Basic Crowds with Mash
How to model a city road
How to model a building on a city street
Simple Street Lamp
Displacement, Bump, and Normal Maps in Maya
UV Planar - Wall Graffiti
How to texture a Minecraft cube
Creating Mountain Terrain in Maya (Two Methods)
Fire (Bifrost aero)
Make Particles to Follow a Path