3DS Maya is used for many different things. Maya has been used to create graphics for many cinematic films with Pixar's Renderman, including the Academy Award winners, Monsters, Inc., The Matrix, Spider-Man, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Avatar, Finding Nemo, Up, Hugo, Rango, and Frozen. It is also used to create visual effects for television programs, including Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Once Upon a Time, Bones, Futurama, Boardwalk Empire and South Park.The biggest factor of choosing between the two actually has nothing to do with the application's toolset, but your operating system. Maya is available to Windows, Linux, and OSX platforms. 3ds Max on the other hand is only available to Windows operating systems, which means if you're a Mac or Linux user, 3ds Max is probably not the best choice.
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Payment?A large amount of 3D animators in the U.S report yearly incomes ranging from $45,750 to $82,860. The other half of animators make an hourly earning of $32.72 with an annual earning of $68,060. The top ten percent of U.S 3D Animators make $109,370 or more per year.
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What do you NEED?Degree Field(s)Computer animation, visual effects, and/or 3D animation
Degree Level Associate's or Bachelor's degree; however, an artist with no degree and a good portfolio can also obtain an animation position Experience Employers require less experience for entry level positions (1+ years) than for high level positions (5+ years) The things listed above are some of the things you need to have/know in order to pursue a career in 3D animation One school you can go to for 3D animation is the Art Institute. |
This is a human skeleton, this could be used to model a real human characteristic. I could try and use this and or animate this for a project in the future.
This is a character model from a game called Team Fortress 2 and his name is Scout. He carries around a baseball bat and a small handgun. Scout can run faster than most other characters.
This is a chipmunk and it was a character model that I found that was considered an easy model to make and I hope to try and make this possible in my Character Model project.