beach chair :D

[DahWan]

i have been making this chair for my friend... i yust started it, and i yust want some C&C on it.
this is the reference:

[DahWan]

got the base chape...

[Ninto]

Hi, there's a small and easy to be fixed problem on your basic shape. I made the correction in orange on the attachment. This part should be separated from the chair as it's a pivot to make the chair fold like when you take it with you too the beach :)

[DahWan]

upgr.
thanks for feedback ninto ;)

[Josiah]

This actually looks pretty cool. Could you post a bigger pic of the fineshed model so we can see the texture?

[DahWan]

i dont know how to texture in maya :hmm:

:o

[Orkron]

This actually looks pretty cool. Could you post a bigger pic of the fineshed model so we can see the texture?
Lol, that's the reference

[iQ.]

Lol, that's the reference
hehe.

DahWan, keep it up.

[DahWan]

if anyone wants this model to be good, can you please find any tutorials of UV texturing in MAYA... please? :o

[ludenhud]

First you go and find youself a better ref-picture and pay attention to the smallest details, then you make a search for uv-mapping +maya. Good luck

[DahWan]

ok i have added screws now, next up is the fabric and fixing thst problem you said ninto :dance:

[DahWan]

got the cloth :P
it is NURBS........
anywaaay here is the pickture.
PS, ninto i got your upgrade :D

[DahWan]

can anyone send me a tutorial that simply tells me how to do UV mapping.
a page like www.digitaltutors.com
=/

[iQ.]

Have you searched here? (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=uv-mapping+maya&btnG=Search)


Btw. the uppdate looks good but the chair does not look so comforteble. *spell*

[Puckducker]

Yeah dahWan, it looks pretty nice....but I think you'll find that there is no center bar....you can see in your ref pic how the material of the chair actually hangs down and there is no bar proping it up like in your model (as well as having a bar there would be pretty uncomfy)

The part where you have a bar is probably just attached to the ends of the chair to allow it to rotate., rather then being one large bar running across the entire length of the chair.

[DahWan]

in a matter of fact, i have searched there, IQ. but that search aint gona learn me how to do UV mapping.
puckducker: i dont understand.

[Puckducker]

Remove the center bar that I highlighted. It should not be there, and isn't there in your reference picture. This is why the chair looks uncomfortable.

[DahWan]

oh, ok. that was better =)

[Ninto]

Hey DahWan, sorry for the late reply. The chair is looking accurate now (with the exeption of the thing that Puckducker mentioned), good job :D

For UV wrapping in Maya, maybe you can check here:
http://www.learning-maya.com/index.php?option=com_bookmarks&Itemid=36

It says it has 40 UV mapping tutorials, I haven't checked them, but maybe you can find something you like :)

[DahWan]

thanks for the help guys. i am getting the hang of UV mapping now... i havent posted here for a while neighter, but when i get home i'll finish the oucky upgrade ;)
it would really help me if anyboady could send me a head mesh i could texture.
but when i try to uv map my michey mouse face, i only get the eyes there and an ear there and the top of the head overlapped itself there... with other words, its chaos.

[DahWan]

here it is. the next will be UV mapping. but i dont have ay textures. anyone has any help there??

[DahWan]

i find this object impossible to UV map. it is like a million errors! the geomitry is perfect, but errors is everywhere anyways. and i have stayed away from booleans.
can anyone try for me?
the most enoying error is that whatever i select the moving, scaling and rotating tool stays somewhere else. in this case, in the midle of the grid. help me plz =(

[Puckducker]

You need to center all your pivots....and why not create the textures yourself? Creating red and white stripes should be pretty easy to do in any program, even paint.

[DahWan]

eh, thanks for the tip, but what do you mean to "center my pivots"?
remember i am a noob

[vofff]

go to ur panel Modify->Center Pivot

[DahWan]

oh, thanks =D

[DahWan]

but would anyone here please try to UV map this monster of a chair?? :P