Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:40
Mr. Cronin
Notes
- Happy Glorious May Monday! Welcome to Week 32! Let’s make our folders now…
- We had ketchup on the rug on Friday I had to clean, please no food in the room, and if you see some random visitor with food lets tell them or tell me and I will tell them. Please. The rug really ties the room together.
- From this point of the year on we are going to have all Monday morning (until break) for Last Looks. We are simply getting to the end of the year and can’t have missing projects! You know what is crazy? This only impacts 2 Last Looks sessions after today, that is how close the end of the year it is.
- From Petyon that we did Game Testing for:
- “Just wanted to say thank you again for having me, it meant a lot, and the feedback from your class was genuinely useful. I’ve already gone back and made changes based on what I heard, so the build is in a noticeably better place than when I brought it in. On top of that, I’ve also made some significant content additions since then including a full survival mode that are in need of testing as well. With that in mind, I’d love to fit in one more round of playtesting before the school year wraps up if you’re open to it?”
- Petyon is coming in this Thursday from the 10:15-10:45 for another round of testing, please plan for this in your workflow!
10:05 Attendance and Article
10:10 Last Looks
RBT Client Work (Part 2)
- Presented from the GAWD Dev server
DH31: Mouth
- lastNameDH_31.jpg
Week 31 Agency
- lastNameAgency_1.jpg through lastNameAgency_3.jpg
10:50 Morning Break
11:00 Critiques
Each week we will upload our work on Monday. I will then present your work to the class. Each project I will pick a student to practice giving constructive criticism. Constructive criticism is a type of feedback that offers specific and actionable advice to help employees to improve. In the professional setting we need to be to talk professionally about the work, even if you don’t “love” the person who created it.
If selected, you will pick 1 thing that works, and 1 thing to improve upon next time. Remember we are separating the Design from the Designer. We are looking for actionable input.
11:30 DH32 – Hair
This week the focus is going to be on hair that will be found in our Portraits. Hair only!
You should really be zeroing in on what your final Portrait will be (gender, aesthetic, hair style) and that is the type of hair that you should be practicing this week. Make the project useful, you are doing it anyway.
Everyone could herp derp and sketch Matan, or you could do something for your family, or a friend, – make it a nice portfolio piece. So think about this before you choose which resource to watch to improve your skills!
Some examples from last year, and 2024.
Save your file as lastNameDH_32.jpg.
11:35 Study Guide
11:55 Lunch
- 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.
12:25 Attendance and Article
12:30 Web Design
- Setting up a proof of concept clicker functionality.
- Let’s just program and have fun and talk about what the code is doing and break stuff.
12:50 Jobs
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson tells the story of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and his impact on technology, animation, and design. The biography explores his creativity, leadership, and work with Apple and Pixar, helping create products and films that changed modern culture.
1:10 Afternoon Break
1:25 Speed Design
Speed Designs are 10 minute sprints in CAWD where we practice. It could be any medium – 3D, 2D, video, programming, etc.
1:40 Afternoon Practice & Production
DH32: Hair
- lastNameDH_32.jpg
Week 32 Agency
- lastNameAgency_1.jpg through lastNameAgency_3.jpg
2:15 Dailies
2:20 “19 Minutes”
Every day in GAWD will end with “19 Minutes” of silent reading. Closing down our day with silent reading provides many benefits:
- Improve Literacy Skills / Reading Stamina
- Create space for a small reading meditation where we can disconnect from the world and get lost in a story
- Unplug
At the end I will 3 students and ask for a 1 sentence explanation of what happened.
2:40 Dismissal
