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Tuesday, September 21st

Tuesday, September 21st

Class Hours: 9:40 – 2:05
Mr. Cronin

Notes

  • Beautiful example of 3D environmental design. Give me this on 1000 acres.
  • Jackie is going to be the CAWD Rep to the CTE Student Council!

9:40 Attendance and Article

9:45 Blender

  • Mattresses
    • Edge loops / Subdivision surfaces
  • Sheets / Quilts / Simulations
  • Solidify for thickness
  • Decimate (remove detail)

10:35 Morning Outside Break (10 minutes)

  • 10 Minutes outside / just out our door.
  • Throw the Frisbee, toss the football, kick the kickball, or just get some Vitamin D and not be at a desk.

10:45 Class Critiques

Ryan will be giving constructive criticism today. He will be picking out one thing he likes, and one thing he would improve, for each project.

  • Bedroom 1st Draft
    • “(lastName)Bedroom_1.jpg” through “(lastName)Bedroom_3.jpg”
  • DH4 – Bedroom Layout
    • “(lastName)DH4.jpg”
  • Student Agency Project (Blender)
    • “(lastName)Agency_1.jpg” through “(lastName)Agency_3.jpg”

11:35 Blender

  • Normal Maps / How they improve our materials realism.
  • What is a normal?
  • The differences between:
    • Diffuse (the picture)
    • Roughness (where the shine is allowed)
    • Normal (the lighting / the shadows)
    • Specular (the power of the shine)
  • Planks
  • Fabric

12:00 CAWD Project: Bedroom Final Draft

Our CAWD Week 5 project will be the Final draft of our Bedroom.

Keep working, adding detail, making it as good as you can.

One of your renders needs to utilize a low depth of field effect.

Create 3 renders at 720p called:

  • “(lastName)BedroomFinal_1.jpg” through “(lastName)BedroomFinal_3.jpg”

12:15 Lunch (30 Minutes)

  • No food in the room / eat in the Cafe.
  • You are welcome to return to the room when you have finished eating and work / hang out.

12:45 Attendance and Article

12:50 Guided Practice

1:10 Afternoon Outside Break (10 minutes)

  • 10 Minutes outside / just out our door.
  • Throw the Frisbee, toss the football, kick the kickball, or just get some Vitamin D and not be at a desk.

1:20 Afternoon Production

Work on any of the assigned CAWD projects:

  • Bedroom Final Draft
    • “(lastName)BedroomFinal_1.jpg” through “(lastName)BedroomFinal_3.jpg”
  • DH5 – Bedroom Orthographic
    • “(lastName)DH5.jpg”
  • Student Agency Project (Blender)
    • “(lastName)Agency_1.jpg” through “(lastName)Agency_3.jpg”

1:55 Dailies

2:00 Dismissal

GAWD Instructors:

Matt Cronin

Will Bohmann

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A little about GAWD:

Serving high school students interested in Gaming, Animation, and Web Development in North Western Vermont.

Students continue at:

University of Vermont Ringling School of Art and Design Northeastern University Rochester Institute of Technology Concordia University

Students find careers at:

Dealer.com Union Street Media Rovers North Prudential Investments DockYard
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