Project 1: Solar System

This is Project 1 where the goal was to familiarize with ourselves with Maya. In order to do this we followed a tutorial from the book Introducing Autodesk Maya 2016 by Dariush Derakhshani.

Part 1: Tutorial

This is where I followed the tutorial and created an animation for a solar system.

Part 2: Solar System Changes

This is my animation with all the three changes included.

Change 1: Adding texture to the planets

The first change I did to the solar system was changing the planets, moons, and sun colors from the one recommend from the tutorial to realistic looking ones by looking up textures from online.

Change 2: Changed the size of the planets

The second change I did to the the solar system was alter the planets' and sun's size in an exaggerated way so it look warped or disfigured by adjusting with the scale of the planet and using the sculpting feature.

Change 3: Added a camera

Lastly I added a camera to the animation. Through some trial and error I was able to use add a camera and constrain it to a motion path where the camera is also revolving at the same time the planets and moons are revolving.