VFX artist (and YouTuber) Rusty Hazelden covers V-Ray from seemingly every angle in this guide to using the V-Ray renderer in Autodesk Maya.

The four-part, 34-minute tutorial is free for the viewing. If you already own a copy of Maya 2019 and V-Ray for Maya, you can download the project files and get hands-on — but it’ll cost you $20. As a bonus, your payment will encourage Hazelden to create more of these. Good tutorials don’t come easy!

Watch The Art of V-Ray Volume 1 below, or visit Hazelden’s YouTube channel to check out more modeling and rendering how-tos: The Art of RenderMan Volume 1 and The Art of NURBS Modeling Volume 1.

The Art of V-Ray Volume 1, Chapter 1

The Art of V-Ray Volume 1, Chapter 2

The Art of V-Ray Volume 1, Chapter 3

The Art of V-Ray Volume 1, Chapter 4