LinkedIn Learning - The Fundamentals of Medical Animation Course

Emily Holden31 December 2018 Comment

It all started well over a year ago now when I was approached by someone from LinkedIn Learning, formally Lynda.com (LinkedIn bought Lynda.com back in 2015). My name had been brought up by another instructor who does the Essential Maya Training courses as they had seen that I had been creating medical animation tutorials on my YouTube channel...

Medical Animation Tutorial: How to Model DNA in Maya (Two Ways) Part One

In this tutorial we are going to look at two different ways to model a basic DNA structure in Maya using Animation Snapshot and the Twist deformer. This is the Part One of what will be a two part tutorial to animate your DNA strand. Subscribe to make sure you don't miss out on Part Two!

Tutorials, Featured PostEmily Holden21 March 2018medical animation, medical art, medical animationdna, maya, autodesk maya, modelling, how toComment

Animate Lighting using MASH in Maya 2017/2018. Medical Animation Tutorial: Neurons (Brain Cells)

In this tutorial, you will learn how to animate lighting using the MASH toolset and Mesh Lights with the Arnold renderer in Maya 2018 (or 2017). This is one of the classic medical animations we see of neurons firing in the brain. It took me a while to figure this one out so I hope you will find it useful!

TutorialsEmily Holden13 February 2018medical animation, arnold 5, autodesk maya, maya, maya 2018, maya 2017, youtube, brain cells, neurons, neural networkComment

"How Emily beat the odds by delving beneath the surface" - I was interviewed!

I had the joy of being interviewed for Impulse Magazine, a magazine run by the students of Napier University. It was a great experience as it puts everything into perspective and gave me the opportunity to reflect on how far I have come since art school.

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