Maya Monday (93 Tutorials)

Polygon Modeling a Vase in Maya
March 27, 2017
A quick tutorial explaining how to model a basic vase using polygon primitives.This was featured in Maya Monday: 5 Modeling Tutorials for Beginners.
Easy Hand Modeling Tutorial in Maya
March 27, 2017
Another from Alex Cheparev, check out this very simple hand modeling workflow. Alex uses box modeling and simple polygon tools within Maya 2016. This was featured with Maya Monday: 5 Modeling Tutorials for Beginners.

Maya Monday: mental ray vs. Arnold for Maya + Other Renderers
March 20, 2017
In Maya 2017, Autodesk has replaced NVIDIA’s mental ray with Arnold for Maya software. mental ray is no longer being licensed by Autodesk. This is really only a problem if you’re opening older projects or want to follow an older tutorial that uses it.