After watching this tutorial, you will know how to model a tire in Maya. I’ve been modeling vehicles for over the past 10 years and in this video you will learn my favorite way to model a tire. We will cover the best way to use reference, how to use radial symmetry with Duplicate Special and instancing, and how to model detailed tread using quad draw. At the end, I will also show a easy way to model lug nuts and valve stems, so make sure to stick around for that. Enjoy!

Model available for download on Artstation here: https://www.artstation.com/a/5574454

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Software used in Tutorial:
Maya 2020
Pure Ref

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Table of Contents

0:00 Introduction
0:27 Using Reference to Build Base Tire
5:20 Refine Base of the Tire
9:28 Building the Tire Tread with Quad Draw
13:50 Using Duplicate Special to Refine the Tread
19:15 Refine Tread and Tire
32:35 How to Model Lug Nuts
41:14 Conclusion

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