3D Animation for the Raw Beginner Using Maya

356 ◾ 3D Animation for the Raw Beginner Using Maya

Overall, we might want to apply our texture with a cylindrical mapping but to smaller

pieces of the Moai, perhaps doing the neck, face, and torso separately. We also need to be

careful about exposing the seam when we animate and render our model.

Next, we create a file texture and choose a photograph of a granite rock. We apply it

to the Moai. We will look at two closeups of the left side of its face. Figure13.38 shows

the cylindrical mapping, and Figure13.39 shows the automatic mapping. This time,

the automatic mapping is better by far. The cylindrical mapping stretched out parts

of t ...