Week 1 Exercise

 For the first week of class, we had to create a basic object using Autodesk Maya primitives. I created a simple rocket ship. This wasn't too difficult, especially since I had used similar programs like Blender3D before. The most difficult part was probably lining up the fins and getting them to look right.

I also made a simple scene using the rocket ship as well. The planets were pretty easy to make, considering that they're just spheres. Hopefully in the future I can learn about adding color + animation + more complicated shapes!



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