Maya Tutorial

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First Lesson of Maya learning the basics with the task to make a simple house at the end. I feel I was able grasp all that was taught to us in the first lesson and make the house with what we learnt. Looking forward to the lessons to come and seeing what else I'll be able to do with the software.

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