It all started as a simple idea to provide myself and my team with a tool that offered a quick solution to creating an eye for characters that prevented the need to constantly rebuild from scratch. That idea grew into a bigger, more thoughtful tool that I am proud to introduce and offer to you. I use CE Eye Maker on every single character I produce, both in a professional studio environment, as well as for personal projects and I am proud to finally be able to share it.
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Creating believable, expressive eyes has never been faster. CE Eye Maker is a professional-grade Maya tool that delivers a fully rigged eye complete with a powerful procedural shader system — all controllable through a clean, intuitive UI.
Whether you're crafting a realistic human character or a stylized creature, CE Eye Maker adapts to your vision. Choose from a library of built-in presets ranging from simple, realistic, or fully stylized, or dive into the custom controls and build your own look from scratch. The procedural shader gives you deep flexibility without the complexity — no manual node wiring required. Save your owns presets with the built-in preset manager and share presets with others that also have CE Eye Maker.
What's included:
Fully featured eye rig
Procedural shader with extensive customization controls
Preset library spanning realistic, simple, stylized, and animal eye types
Build and manage your own presets
Custom UI for intuitive, real-time adjustments
Custom Shelf for Maya
Compatible with Autodesk Maya and Arnold renderer
Who it's for:
CE Eye Maker is built for character artists of all levels — from students learning the craft to seasoned professionals on tight deadlines. If you spend time building eyes in Maya, this tool will save you hours on every project.
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FAQs
And key details worth noting.
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The tool has been tested from Maya version 2023 - current.
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Your license will support 2 installations. This can work well for a home machine/work machine setup, or for a desktop/laptop setup.
In the case an additional installation would be needed, please contact me directly to provide a solution.
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The Eye is intended to be used with Arnold CPU rendering. At the moment, GPU is not supported.
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Yes! There is clear documentation on installation and removing, as well as a video walk-through of how the tool works.
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If any meaningful updates are developed (such as bug fixes or additional UI or rig improvements, I plan on rolling that out as a to existing customers.
If there is a complete overhaul of the tool that is an essential update, that would potentially be offered as a separate version.
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Currently, the Eye Maker is fully supported on Windows and Mac OS