Apple iPad Construction in Maya 3D - Time Lapse

This is a time lapse video of me constructing a first generation Apple iPad in 3D in Maya 2011 (Student Edition). This is the very first time I have ever constructed a complex object in Maya without any tutorials whatsoever. I am fairly proud of this, so don't burst my bubble to much. I understand that I used some very unorthodox methods to construct this object, but alternative methods proved to not work well for me.

The music is from the EVE Online soundtrack. I am NOT the producer of this song. All right belong to CCP Games.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Apple
• iPad
• Maya
• 3D
• 2011
• Mac
• Autodesk
• Photoshop
• Adobe

[TheGamekid93]

hey cool video so any chance in sharing you PC specs with us?, am interested in purchasing a mac but cant decide between imac or a mac mini, which one have you got and what system specs

-thanks in advance

[kstrehan]

@TheGamekid93 Hey! I actually don't use a Mac when using Maya. Through my experiences, Maya has major issues with Mac OS X. I own a MacBook Pro, but I really only use that for basic stuff lol. I build my own desktops, primarily because I am a PC gamer. My current desktop has the following specs:

NVIDIA GTX 570

Intel Core i7 2600K

Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 RAM (Hoping to upgrade to 16 soon)

MSI P67A-GD55 Motherboard

Seagate 2TB HDD

Thermaltake 850W PSU

Thanks for watching!

[GazAnders69]

You did awesome here dude, your unorthodox approach to it was very interested as the conventional way is always the way most people follow, which reduces their creative side in my opinion and limits improvisation when presented with problems the software (Maya) can throw at you. Great work and never lose that unorthodox approach :)

[kstrehan]

@GazAnders69 Haha thanks! Yeah, I was having some issues while doing it the way I normally approach modeling, so I had to go back and do some weird work-arounds. In the end, it looks pretty good. And as long as the goal is reached, it doesn't matter TOO much how we get to that goal.

[TheGamekid93]

@kstrehan yh me too i only plan on using the mac for basic things such as concept art on painter and adobe creative suit,zbrush at the very most... that's a neat build i plan on building something like that in given time anyways thanks for the quick reply

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[SaiFi0102]

awesome dduuude

[UltraSoftwareReviews]

Awesome!