Contents -- Preface -- Part I: In the Beginning -- 1 Getting Ready -- What You Will Get Out of It -- What You Need to Know -- Understanding Simulation -- Maya nCloth and Nucleus -- Conclusion -- 2 Biology 101: Imitating Life -- Finding Common Ground -- Layers of Anatomy -- Conclusion -- Part II: Reference Material -- 3 Design and Conquer -- Sketches -- Sculpting -- Reference in Maya -- Conclusion -- 4 Base Mesh -- Advantages of Digital Sculpting -- Disadvantages of Digital Sculpting -- Conclusion -- 5 Sculpting in 3D -- What Is Digital Sculpting? -- Sculpting in Maya -- Mudbox -- Conclusion -- Part III: Modeling -- 6 Modeling a Creature (Warkrat) -- Suitable Geometry -- Triangles Versus Quads -- Tracing in 3D -- Conclusion -- 7 UVs -- UV Placement -- Conclusion -- 8 Creating Texture -- Terminology -- Extracting Maps -- Normal Maps -- Displacement Maps -- Transfer Maps -- Rendering Maps -- Conclusion -- Part IV: Anatomically Correct -- 9 Nucleus -- Nucleus -- Conclusion -- 10 Skeletons -- Skeletal Motion -- Building an IK System -- Modeling Bones -- Bone Orientation -- Rigging -- Conclusion -- 11 Muscles and Tendons -- Muscles -- Tendons -- Custom Muscles -- Conclusion -- 12 Skin -- Setting Up the Anatomy -- High-Resolution Skinning -- Conclusion -- Part V: Production -- 13 Animation -- Initial States -- Muscles and Bones -- Conclusion -- 14 World Dynamics -- Object Interaction -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.