Maya® Character Creation: Modeling and Animation Controls

Acknowledgments

I first want to thank all the professional character artists who contributed directly, or indirectly, through inspiration, to the information contained in this book. A special thanks to Tim Naylor of ILM, and Maricela Perdomo of Tippett Studios, for taking the time to provide insights on working as professional character modelers and rigging artists.

I also want to thank all the excellent Full Sail students who contributed images of their characters for use in this book, including Chris Frobose, Sat Nam Kaur Hartigan, Peet Cooper, Gregory Hearne, Allan Norico, Ken Shaffer, George Vasiliadis, Travis Burcham, Michael DelGiudice, Adam Fisher, Zachariah Inks, Jonathan Mariucci, Giles O’Dell, James Procopio IV, Samson Tsehaye, Chelsea ...