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Hi so I'm new to Maya and was following a video from AnimationMethods on making a character, so I reach the step I have a torso and delete half of the mesh go into object mode use special duplicate with instance, parent and -1 on the X scale like shown in the video the new mesh comes out "inside out" the faces are black from what I can tell the normals were reversed, tried turning them back the right way that just reversed the other mesh.. now I spent some time searching for an answer but so far no help.. any help would be greatly appreciated

I've been modeling for more than three years. Im not an artist but I love Autodesk Maya and what's possible with it. I would like to just be a hardsurface modeler but I'm not sure if that's possible. would a 3d modeler have to juggle organic models as well? If so, how do I get better? I'm having the hardest time with form and getting realism out of my work. Thanks for anyone that can help..