If you need to create stunning effects on a tight deadline for finicky clients and demanding art directors, this book is for you. Go from Post-it Notes to positively dazzling with the unique insights and practical advice in this innovative guide from a working professional Maya artist. Need to create plasmatic energy by lunch? Animate a field of sprouting daisies before tomorrow’s meeting? Fashion a force field by Friday? With Maya’s flexible toolset and the unique tutorials in this book, you’ll learn how to solve real-world problems, improvise, and finish your professional assignments on time and with flair.- Animate a zombie hand transformation, UFO glow, and streaking energy with textures
- Make a tentacle shake and slither using expressions and joints
- Use Paint Effects to create twitching nerves and bacterial hair
- Split crystals with Rigid Body Dynamics
- Animate a collapsing rope bridge using Maya Hair
- Master particle instancing and collision effects
- Get a handle on scripting with MEL
