Wednesday, September 8th

Class Hours: 9:40 – 2:05
Mr. Cronin

Notes

Today is a White day – no CTE academic classes.
Students with an afternoon “B” EHS class need to leave for the day (and lunch) at 11:55.
Milton, Islands, Georgia, Westford and Essex Town students to take buses are to be released at 1:35pm if still in CAWD, and I am to send your names into the main office where they will follow up with you and your family.
Remember that we have built in time for our CAWD specific projects in the AM, and the PM can be used for your Agency projects / DH. If you are never here for the afternoons, you will likely need to complete the projects as homework, or get here right at 9:20 and get some extra time to work – but only 8% of our students in CAWD are gone both afternoons. If you work hard while in class, you should be fine.

9:40 Attendance and Article

9:45 Blender

Merging files
Lathing through Spin
Converting to Mesh
Working off reference image – concept art?
Boolean (sometimes you have to)
Auto smoothing adjustments.

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

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

CAWD Project – The Farm
- “(lastName)Farm_1.jpg” through “(lastName)Farm_3.jpg”
DH2 – Free Sketch
- “(lastName)DH2.jpg”
Student Agency Project (Blender)
- “(lastName)Agency_1.jpg” through “(lastName)Agency_3.jpg”

11:35 Week 3 Group Chess Project

Wednesday through Friday this week are going to be working in small groups creating a Chess set in Blender. This is a group grade. The projects will be turned in by the Creative Director during our presentations (show up in their folder) next Monday.

First – our groups:

Fasching, Asa
DeCell, Schuyler
Murray, Eric

Connolly, Rory
Adams, Eli
Gelineau, Cyprien

Sample, Garrett
Spofford, Emmit
O’Neal, Kaden

Watson, Lance
Blow, Emma
Noble, Tom

Mathiowetz, Alex
To, Kenny
Davis, Daisy

Martinez, Jasper
Bevins, Ryan
Dahal, Siddhartha

Bright, Finn
Van Ornum, Ethan
Cincotta, Andrew

Postlewaite, Jackie
Lamotte Matthew
Pine Hayden

Members in bold are the Creative Directors. I don’t answer any questions related to the Chess project from anyone except the Creative Director. The CD is the manager of the team, and will be in charge of organization, shepherding the team to success, and answering questions for the team. If there is a question that the CD can’t answer, it can go to me – through the CD. I only talk to the CD.

First the CD’s are to get the teams together. Look at the pieces that have to be built:

Pawn
King
Queen
Rook
Bishop
Knight
Chessboard
Optional
- Table?
- Box for pieces?

Using Art supplies and paper from our Depots, the CD is going to organize who is in charge of making what. Sketch out concept art, the general aesthetic, whatever pre production your team needs to know who is creating what.

At the end of this meeting your team should know what they are in charge of producing.

Save all assets into your “week_03” folder inside your Google drive.

When you are ready to submit your assets to your CD, you will place copies on the public drive. Copies. Use the “chess” folder and create your own folders inside as needed.

The CD will put the assets together, do final material and lighting tweaks, and create the final 3 renders. The 3 renders will be called:

“(cdLastName)Chess_1.jpg” through “(cdLastName)Chess_3.jpg” at 720p.

The CD will turn the work in for the group for our presentations, but all group members should get copies of the final renders for their Portfolio as this a group project.

The Creative Directors are to be in contact with all team members throughout production time this week. Well managed teams tend to do well. Teams and members left on their own, without active communication, tend to do poorly. (I have had teams with little communication end up with 3 Kings created at the end. Oooff).

Get to it! Feel free to move around the room as needed. Please keep the volume reasonable.

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

All of our weekly projects have been assigned:

Group Chess Set Project
- “(cdLastName)Chess_1.jpg” through “(cdLastName)Chess_3.jpg” at 720p
DH3 – Chess Pieces Sketch
- “(lastName)DH3.jpg”
Student Agency Project (Blender)
- “(lastName)Agency_1.jpg” through “(lastName)Agency_3.jpg”

Start working on one of the three assignments, or CAWD English.