A great overview of the UV mapping process in Maya for both organic forms and hard surface forms from Southwest University of Visual Arts, most likely meant for their students, but also very helpful for everyone else :).
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Erik Westlund FYI: There is fourth tutorial on UV mapping organic forms. Enjoy. http://vimeo.com/32430409 0 November 24, 2011
Erik Westlund
FYI: There is fourth tutorial on UV mapping organic forms. Enjoy.
http://vimeo.com/32430409