Paint Effects is Maya’s flexible system for interactively painting brush strokes and particle effects on a 2D canvas or on 3D geometry. Preset brushes such as plants, hair, fire, feathers, and others can be used to get amazing effects quickly. This tutorial explains how to create a Maya logo out of growing grass. The focus is on setting and animating the Paint Effects brush and strokes.

The following topics are discussed:
- Brushes vs. Strokes
- Assigning brushes to a stroke
- Changing brush parameters
- Loading brush settings into the template brush
- Making multiple strokes share a single brush
- Animating the growth of the grass along the strokes
- Using the same strokes with other brushes

Download pdf Growing Grass Logo Maya Tutorial