The Globe

Globe created and rendered in maya.

Globe

Mountain and the Sky

Rise like the sun, stand like the mountain, charge like the lion, die as a hero

Mountain and the Sky

MAYA 8.5

XRay for Maya

Often we require to look through an object in viewport. Here is a simple script that toggles xray property of an object.

//XRay Toggle utility tools.//
//Paste this code in a text file and rename it to xray_toggle.mel
//Copy xray_toggle.mel file to your Script folder (..\user\My Documents\maya\8.5\scripts)//
//put this line in your shelf "xray_toggle" as a button //
//Either use Button or Hotkey Ctrl+Alt+x //
global proc xray_toggle()
{

int $temp[];

string $obj_selected[]=`ls -sl`;
if ($obj_selected[0]=="")
{
error "Toggle X-ray : Select an object";
}

for ($i=0; $i<size($obj_selected); $i++)
{
$temp = `displaySurface -q -xRay $obj_selected[$i]`;

if ($temp[0]==1)
{
displaySurface -x 0 $obj_selected[$i];
print ("Toggle X-ray : X-ray property of "+$obj_selected[$i]+" removed successfully\n");
}
else
{
displaySurface -x 1 $obj_selected[$i];
print ("X-ray : X-ray property of "+$obj_selected[$i]+" activated successfully\n");
}

}

}

global proc string get_hkey()
{
string $prev_assig = `hotkeyCheck -k x -alt -ctl`;
return $prev_assig;
}

global proc set_hkey()
{
string $get_hkey = get_hkey();
if($get_hkey=="")
{
nameCommand
-ann "X-ray Toggle : Select an object "
-command "xray_toggle"
Object_xray;
hotkey -altModifier -ctl -keyShortcut "x" -name "Object_xray";
}
}


Tested on MAYA 8.5.

In the land of sands

The other day i had a dream. I was in the lonely land of sands. Loneliness was so strong. Here I’m trying to reflect that loneliness.

In the land of sands

Travel in a Desert

Travel in a Desert

This is one of my latest 3d creation. I used maya for 3d modeling, texturing and  lighting. I did this for my friend Benher. This is hanging as a scenery in his living room.

© Vikram Sharma

Natural Phenomena: Clouds

A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. Each of these droplets of water is smaller than a grain of flour, and they are so light that they can float on air.

Air contains water usually in the form of an invisible water vapor. When warm air rises, it expands and cools down. Cool air can’t hold as much water vapor as warm air, so some of the vapor condenses onto tiny pieces of dust that are floating in the air and forms a tiny droplet around each dust particle. When billions of these droplets come together they become a visible cloud. Clouds are white because they reflect the light of the sun. Clouds reflect all the colors the exact same amount so they look white.

Types of Clouds

High Clouds = Cirrus | Above 18,000 feet  -> Cirrus, Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus
Middle Clouds = Alto | 6,500 feet to 18,000 feet -> Altostratus,Altocumulus
Low Clouds = Stratus | Up to 6,500 feet -> Stratus, Stratocumulus, Nimbostratus

Cirrus	Cirrocumulus
Cirrostratus	Altocumulus
Altostratus	Stratocumulus

Some interesting Cloud Formations

By Request

Here is a special version of my art Group Harmony. Someone requested it and here it is. Usually i do not create my art on request but since this guy has emailed me 12 request emails so here is a render specially for this guy called ARMAN. Hope he is happy now.

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Created clouds with Maya Fluids

A month ago i tried to create clouds in maya using fluids. Maya fluids can be used to create amazing clouds. Here are some renders.

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Concept art: Group Harmony

Concept art: Group Harmony

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another version

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Programs used:

• Maya – 3d modeling, lighting and rendering
• Photoshop – color grading, border and text

A month ago I noticed a group of trees near my house. Immediately i had an idea of creating this in maya. So after a weeks work here is the final render.

Creating and distributing grass in MAYA

Today i tried to create a grass in maya and then distributed it randomly using paint tool and mel scripts. The result of the test is as follows.

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It took 4 hours to render this image and i can say it is quite good. Grass is looking quite pretty. As for the render time it is resonable for 337,469,152 polygons to be rendered. Maya is really powerful tool for artists.

Mysterious Skies

Mysterious Skies is a set of 20 sky images for digital painting and illustration.

I have created a set of 20 skies. These skies can be used in digital paintings. These images are free and can be used for whatever purpose. I am working on some more skies and hope to release them soon.

Download Mysterious Skies

or Download from badongo

For the love of uncharted lands

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Programs used:

• Maya – modeling, lighting and rendering
• Photoshop – color grading, border and text