3D Model a Disco Ball in Maya Tutorial

Learn how to model a disco ball in this Autodesk Maya 2022 tutorial. Use detach components to add some randomness and a hand made quality to the mirror ball shape and the disco ball reflections. Reflective objects like disco balls don't look shiny because of the color, they look reflective because of all the colorful objects around the object. To make cool reflections in the disco ball you can use a skydome light with a bright HDRI image.

0:00 Maya Tutorial Disco Ball Intro
0:26 Change rectangles to squares
0:49 Detach Components
1:17 Stagger disco ball mirror faces
2:00 Extrude disco ball faces
2:30 Add Randomness to Extrude
3:28 Assign a Material
3:50 Add lights to scene
4:39 Add a dance floor
5:08 Put objects in scene to reflect on disco ball
6:00 Add skydome light
6:22 Add HDRI to skydome light
7:30 Fake Caustics in Arnold in Maya

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