Maya Monday (94 Tutorials)

Animation Layers in Maya #MayaMonday
November 2, 2020
Harvey Newman explains how to use Animation Layers in Maya, a non-destructive way to create and blend multiple levels of animation in Maya.

Sheen or Velvet Shader in Maya and Arnold #mayamonday
October 26, 2020
ReimagineFx walks you through making a spooky ghost with a purple sheen by using the Velvet Shader in Maya and Arnold Renderer.

Bifrost Visual Programming Masterclass for Autodesk Maya
July 27, 2020
Watch the Bifrost Visual Programming Masterclass from The Maya Learning Channel. Create a disintegration effect on production assets…

Set Up Maya To Flip Your Keys #mayamonday
March 2, 2020
Brian Horgan has a tutorial about how he set up Maya to flip your keys and do things a little differently. In the video, he explains it all.

Maya Monday: Surface 2.0, The realistic ARKit experience
February 24, 2020
Arvid Schneider created an iOS app called Surface 2.0, a Surface Database app. It’s made for both pros and newer users to Maya.

Maya Monday: More about Bifrost for Autodesk Maya
February 17, 2020
Bifrost, the visual programming environment in Maya, is powerful. Learn to use it with this series of tutorials from Autodesk.

Maya Monday: Corrective Joint Based Rigs
February 3, 2020
Kiel Figgins, the Lead Animator at Industrial Light & Magic Anim Rigs, shares his collection of Corrective Joint Based Rigs.

Maya Monday: Destructing Elements with Pulldownit
January 27, 2020
Envato’s CGI Tuts+ series from Uriel Deveaud, Destructing Elements in Maya With PullDownIt, a dynamics solver that can simulate fractures and cracks.

Maya Monday: Blood Flow with MASH in Maya 2020
January 27, 2020
This tutorial from 3D Splanchnic explains how to animate blood flow through veins with Maya 2020. There are other medical tutorials here as well.

Best of 2019: The Top 10 Tutorials at Toolfarm.com
January 7, 2020
According to our website stats, these were the Top 10 Tutorials of 2019. It’s interesting that most are technical, not about VFX.

Maya Monday: Make Maya Go Faster #MayaMonday
December 16, 2019
Here are some fantastic tips to make Maya go faster with these easy tips from Malcolm Andrieshy and the Maya Learning Channel.

Maya Monday: Ultra Short Maya Modeling Tutorial #mayamonday
November 25, 2019
In this Ultra Short Maya Modeling tutorial, Mike Hermes explains how to use a pizza pie icon to regulate the steps of your parameter adjustments.

Maya Monday: Create Hair and Fur with Maya, XGen, and More… Plus Freebies
November 11, 2019
Learn about creating hair / fur with Maya using XGen, and working with V-Ray Next for Maya and Corona Renderer in Maya. Get Shave and a Haircut for free!

Make a Jurassic World Dinosaur in Maya + Pixologic™ ZBrush® #MayaMonday
October 21, 2019
Soni Kumari at CG Tuts has put together an amazing 11 part series on making a hulking, bipedal T-Rex dinosaur with Maya and ZBrush. For fun, I’ve thrown in some interesting T-Rex facts along the way.

Substance Painter Texturing – Vintage Theater Chair #mayamonday
September 30, 2019
Brent Le Blanc shows you how to use Substance Painter texturing of a Vintage Theater Chair for film and games. He uses advanced procedural techniques.