What are you delivering in 4 days?

Deliverables


Movie: Turntable of Char lit and textured, transitions to AO to faces


Movie: Fly-through/turntable of set showing textures to AO to faces

Wireframe shader instructions:

http://blog.ayanray.com/2010/01/the-best-way-to-render-wireframe-in-maya/

Lab 3/15/2012

Cover in Class

• Skylight
• HDR
• AO pass

To Do
Animate your camera fly through and turntable

Class 3/12/2012

UV and textures should be complete.

Today we will shade and animate cameras.

We will cover Env Lighting

Lab 3/832012

Instructor show UV tool

see http://www.castorlee.com/maya-tools/auto-uv-mapper

Show instructor your status

Great talk from Brett Victor

In another example of software taking over the world.

See full 1 hour talk here: http://vimeo.com/36579366

To see the animation example shown in class fast fwd to minute 29:04.

Lab 2/23/2012

Models Due at the BEGINNING of Class on Monday 2/27/2012

Have your Char in a turntable scene and your Environment in a turntable scene to show (Open GL, a Maya scene, not a render) , a grade will be taken.

Class 2/20/2012

Begining of the last week to complete modeling assets...

Lab 2/16/2012

Continue Modeling Environment Assets...

See all Shorts nominated for Oscars at The Belcourt

Schedule here:

http://www.belcourt.org/events?id=78525

Bring inspiring piece to class, Assignment #8

Bring one inspiring reel/work relavant to our class to share.

Class Critique: Review each others Chars

Complete in class feed back form

Review Gantt chart with instructor, continue environment and set models

Show Updated Gantt Chart

Show Updated Gantt Chart to instructor

Class Critique: Review each others Chars

Assignment #7, class

Assignment #7
Due: Feb 6th

1.) Bring additional reference for your environment and asset modeling to show instructor. 

2.) Show at least 1 asset modeled.

3.) Update google doc gantt chart with SPECIFIC assets and when they will be completed between now and end of week 8.

Class
Model assets/environment

Submit Final Char Model

• Submit Final Char Model
• Render turntable with and with out wireframe

Church in Norway

This church looks too awesome to be real.

Assignment #6

Due: Thursday Feb 2nd

Deliver Complete Character

Begin asset and set design

Assignment #5

Due Thursday 26th

Halfway done with Char or more.

Learn to texture in Mudbox 2010

Assignment #4

Due: January 23rd

Drop link to your Gantt Chart on the top of your class Directory.

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Show Character progress to this point.

Assignment #3

Reminder: NO CLASS MONDAY January 16th, MLK Holiday


Due: Thursday Jan 19th:


Review with instructor,


Show:

• Leaving the last 3 weeks of our 11 weeks of class for lighting, render, comp create a Gantt chart of your project process (weeks 2-8)  Include all assets begining with the Hero
• sketch a layout of your set with props etc. 
• textures found and edited for the Hero
• show character design drawing of Hero
• What 3D package will you be modeling in?
• show initial progress on Hero model

To assure yourself an 'A' on all assignments be sure to do more than is asked of you. 

VFS modeling Reels

Assignment #2

What is a Gantt chart?

Length: 1 page

    Write a paragraph defining what is a gantt chart, what environments are they used? How could a gantt chart be implemented in this class.  

Answer the question: What software might help with implementing a gantt chart?

Include images and examples of gantt charts.

Assignment #1

Gather Inspiration and Reference

    This quarter you will model, texture, light and render a scene defined by you.  Look at other 3D works that inspire you collect them, think of frames from movies or artwork that you like and are passionate about, gather them into a slide show (PPT or other) to review with the class.

Student Survey Form

Please go here and complete.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGdvOGlVTXhQbkFoUUlPRVBqaWw4N3c6MQ