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Duncan Brinsmead is a principal scientist with Autodesk. He is the creator of Maya Paint Effects, Maya Hair, Maya Toon, and also worked extensively on Maya Fluids and nCloth. Duncan holds an MA in Music Performance from Juilliard and enjoys playing piano as well as creating digital realizations of symphonic works in his spare time. The nuances and sensibilities from his musical background certainly find expression in all aspects of his work.

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Scene Files from Tech Talk

I finally had a chance to upload the Maya scene files from my Siggraph tech talk. They are free for all to download, use and share without restrictions.

Posted: Dec 03, 2009
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Comments: 22
Views: 2823
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Siggraph Tech Talk

I'm giving a Tech Talk titled "Fun With Maya" today at Siggraph in New Orleans.

Posted: Aug 05, 2009
Category: Autodesk Maya, Tips and…
Comments: 13
Views: 5897
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Maya Fluid Effects Dvd now online

The entire contents of the Dvd "Maya Fluid Effects" is now available in full to subscription customers. And many of the tutorial videos are also available free to all on Youtube.

Posted: Jul 10, 2009
Category: Autodesk Maya, Example…
Comments: 10
Views: 7372
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Farnsworth House Render

Alessandro Prodan has created one of the most natural looking foliage renders I've yet seen, using Maya Paint Effects rendered in Mental Ray. http://marlas.cgsociety.org/gallery/

Posted: Apr 29, 2009
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Comments: 8
Views: 7100
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crosshatch shading

One can construct crosshatch shaders in Maya without needing any special plugins.

Posted: Dec 17, 2008
Category: Tutorials
Comments: 12
Views: 15957
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Plasma Ball with Paint Effects

Creating a plasma ball can be difficult with standard tools, but is actually fairly easy using Maya Paint Effects.

Posted: Nov 28, 2008
Category: Tutorials
Comments: 6
Views: 11602