Maya Basics Tutorials From Escape Studios

Maya Basics Playlist

Welcome to Escape Studios' Playlist of Beginner-Level tutorials in Autodesk Maya. 

These Maya tutorials date from 2016, and are free for everyone to enjoy. 

Maya Basics by Escape Studios is a complete introduction to 3D Basics in Maya in a series of 36 short videos, recorded at Escape Studios in Maya 2016, including modelling, lighting, animation and rendering.

You can find the Maya Basics Playlist here. 

Vimeo Tutorial Channel

Escape Studios Vimeo Tutorial Channel

The Escape Studios Vimeo Tutorial Channel is our main hub for our animation and VFX video tutorials, making it easy for our students to find tutorials to support their classroom studies.

Animation & VFX
Our tutorials cover Animation, 3D VFX, Compositing, Rigging, Motion Graphics, Storyboarding & Character Design, Unreal Engine and Cinematography.

Vimeo Channel
Online learning forms one of the Five Pillars of "The Escape Method", which you can read about here
. Our goal is to provide online digital support to supplement classroom studies; video tutorials make it easy for students to catch up quickly and painlessly.

Introduction to Maya

We also have a series of videos on Autodesk Maya basics by Escape Studios tutor Michael Davies. This playlist offers a basic introduction to the Maya interface.
https://vimeo.com/album/5389397

Copying and Pasting Curves in Maya

Copy & Paste Curves in Maya

In this short tutorial with Alex Williams, we show how to copy and paste curves in Autodesk Maya. 

To find out more, read this blog post here. You can find the video at the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRmKouP2CPo

Copying and Pasting curves is especially useful for animating walk or run cycles when you might want to replicate the walk or run over a series of steps.

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for one of our courses, follow this link.