#autodeskmaya
"I wanted to interpret this old NASA Glider into what it could’ve looked like if it were made spaceworthy. Also an experiment in greeblies. And also untextured. I’m a modeller not a texturerer." - November 26, 2023

#3dspaceship #3d #3dart #autodeskmaya #3dmodeling
November 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Notes for Autodesk Maya: notes, checklists and draw-overs that live outside the scene.

Draw over the shot, pin a note to a spot and tick it off, then send it to the people you work with through a shared folder.

A $2 tdToolKit add-on.
twodollartools.com/tool-notes

#AutodeskMaya #animation
November 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
@autodesk.bsky.social Hits Los Angeles is coming to Gnomon on Thursday, November 5th!

Join us for an evening of presentations and networking with professional artists and Autodesk experts.

RSVP at the link in replies.

#autodesk #autodeskmaya #gnomon #3dsmax #3dart @autodeskedu.bsky.social
October 28, 2026 at 12:24 AM
A texture, rebuilt as 3D pixels on the mesh in Autodesk Maya.

Scale them in, extrude by brightness, wave them, color them live from the texture, and let them ride the character's walk. $2.
twodollartools.com/tool-mosaic.html

#AutodeskMaya #motiondesign
October 26, 2026 at 3:22 PM
FBX in and out of Autodesk Maya, laid out plainly.

Combine clips into one file, bring every take onto one rig, and see what's inside an FBX before you open it, with the exact command beside the options. $2.
twodollartools.com/tool-fbx.html

#AutodeskMaya
October 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Save Autodesk Maya scenes as numbered versions, each with a comment on what changed.

Open, import or reference any of them from one list, and rename a whole set at once. Versioning without an asset manager. $2.
twodollartools.com/tool-file-browser.html

#AutodeskMaya #animation
October 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM
What is selected in Autodesk Maya, listed as you select, and isolated in one click.

Take things out of the isolated view and put them back without touching the selection. It knows each viewport too.

In the $2 tdToolKit base package.
twodollartools.com/tool-selection-info.html

#AutodeskMaya
October 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
More time sliders in Autodesk Maya, each on its own range and anim layer.

Scrub any of them, zoom with the range slider, drag keys right on the bar, and so much more! $2.
twodollartools.com/tool-timeline-plus.html

#AutodeskMaya #animation
October 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Group your Autodesk Maya tools into one panel.

Open tools in a Canvas and they dock, tab and stack inside it. Give it a theme, lock it, or dock it in Maya as a panel of its own.

The Canvas comes in the $2 tdToolKit base package.
twodollartools.com/tool-canvas.html

#AutodeskMaya #techart
October 19, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Select the vertices of one mesh that sit within a distance of another in Autodesk Maya, and change the distance on a slider while you watch.

Type it, take what is inside too, or swap the pair.
twodollartools.com/tool-proximity-selection.html

#AutodeskMaya
October 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Rename a batch in Autodesk Maya and see every new name first. A name already in the scene turns red before anything changes.

Numbers or letters, search and replace with regex, prefixes and suffixes.
twodollartools.com/tool-renamer.html

#AutodeskMaya #rigging
October 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Make your Autodesk Maya tool box your own.

Pick an accent and every tool takes it. Change a tool's own colors, the font and the corners, then save it as your theme.

The Theme Editor comes in the $2 tdToolKit base package.
twodollartools.com/tool-theme-editor.html

#AutodeskMaya #techart
October 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
X-Wing fighter, Star Wars IV, A New Hope. #noai #starwars #autodeskmaya #3dart #juliettelavallee
October 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Shot Sculpt for Autodesk Maya: fix the shot, not the rig.

Sculpt right on the posed mesh, add deformers, sticky soft mods and jiggle, and give each fix its own weight over time on a track.

A $2 tdToolKit add-on.
twodollartools.com/tool-shot-sculpt.html

#AutodeskMaya #animation
October 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Anim GIFs for Autodesk Maya: one button turns the timeline into a GIF, ready for a chat or a review note.

Any camera, any size, just the frames you want, boomerang, and fewer colors for a small file.

A $2 tdToolKit add-on.
twodollartools.com/tool-anim-gifs.html

#AutodeskMaya #animation
October 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Meet Cleare! 🔵✨ The sassy blue AI counterpart to Luxion from #TrappedInADatingSim.

🇯🇵 『#モブせか』より、ルクシオンの相棒である青いAI「クレアー」の #3Dモデル を作りました!金属の質感と青く光るコアの表現にこだわっています。

#3DArt #Cleare #クレアー #b3d #Blender #AutodeskMaya
October 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I’m learning #autodeskmaya
October 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Outliner for Autodesk Maya: Maya's own icons and keys, plus the jobs Maya leaves to a script.

Select a hierarchy by type, constrain from the right-click, strip one node's reference edits, and theme every line.

A $2 tdToolKit add-on.
twodollartools.com/tool-outliner.html

#AutodeskMaya #techart
October 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
New panel from my Animated Cyberpunk Comic Series.
Sign up to the newsletter at : https://thetalosproject.com
I use Maya and Redshift to create the shots.
#autodeskmaya #redshift3d #cyberpunk #comics #animated
October 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Keep the shelves you already have in Autodesk Maya. Import them as they are, with icons, commands and right-click menus.

Then drag buttons into place, fold them into sections and color each one.

In the $2 tdToolKit base package.
twodollartools.com/tool-shelf.html

#AutodeskMaya #techart
October 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Weight Manager: every per-point map on an Autodesk Maya selection in one list. Skin, deformers, blend shapes, nCloth.

Copy, edit and transfer them by closest point, across different topology. $2.

twodollartools.com/tool-weight-manager.html

#AutodeskMaya #rigging #techart
October 7, 2026 at 2:47 PM
tdToolKit is out today: a dockable tool box for Autodesk Maya, where every tool costs $2.

Pay once. No subscription, no license key. Unzip it, restart Maya, and it's there. Updates are free.

Maya 2024 to 2027, tested on Windows.

twodollartools.com

#AutodeskMaya #techart #3DAnimation
October 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
September 25, 2026 at 5:48 PM
3D Character Animation Reel!

#AutodeskMaya #3DCharacterAnimation
September 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM