3D Modeling & Animation M

Unit 1: Professional Responsibility

• First week procedures & AUP/Legal & Ethics
(.5 wk)

• Copyright, Fair Use, Plagiarism, and Cyber Safety
(.5 wk) 

• Portfolio/demo reel, professional presentation

Unit 2: Foundational Modeling Concepts

• History of Computer graphics and animation (1 wk) 

• Working in 3D spaces

• 3D Modeling Terminology

• Blender (or Maya) Interface Intro

Unit 3: From Model To Render

• Blender (or Maya) Box Modeling

• Adding a texture

• Adding a light

• render a turn around video

Unit 4: Animation

• Review 12 principles of animation

• bouncing ball 3D

• OR Sack of Flour

Unit 5: Character Animation

• Humanoid Walk Cycles in 3D using Max Rig

• Short scene using Max Rig

Unit 6: Character: From Design to Rig

• What makes an effective character design?

• 2D turnaround

• 2D to 3D

• Bones, Controls, and Hierarchy

• Test your rig with a walk cycle

Fall CCA

Unit 7: Making A Story

• Review of Types of Shots

• Storyboard animatic

• Camera in 3d - layout

• Layout animatic

Unit 8: Texture

• Materials in Blender (or Maya)

• Apply materials to a test scene

• Procedural textures

• UV mapping

• 2d maps to 3d art

Unit 9: Lights

• How lighting contributes to the story

• types of lights

• ‘paint’ a scene with only lights

Unit 10: Advanced Rendering 

• Raytracing 

• Ambient Occlusion

• Subsurface Scattering

Unit 11: Final Animation

• Put it all together to create a very short, short.

Spring CCA

Additional Activities:

Demo Reel

Blender model: donut

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Additional Activities:

• Sack of flour or bouncing ball animation

• Sample Rig Walk

• Sample Rig Short Action

Additional Activities: 

• Texture mapping of character

Additional Activities: 

• Light and render a test scene

• Advanced Rendering of Character

Cycle 1:

-Professionalism

-Teamwork

-Problem Solving

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Cycle 2:

- Job Seeking Skills

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Cycle 3:

-Communication Skills

-Self Management Skill

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Cycle 4:

-Civic and Social Responsibility

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