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Week 13 Day 1

Week 13 Day 1

Class Hours: 9:40 – 2:05
Mr. Cronin

Notes

  • Welcome to Week 13.
  • Nice illustration that is asymmetrical left to right, but symmetrical up and down.

Example Files

9:40 Attendance and Article

9:45 Presentations of Work

This morning we are going to turn off our screens and present the three CAWD Homework projects you completed while learning remotely. We have about 3 minutes per student so we will have to be expeditious.

This week Daniel will be modeling appropriate constructive criticism.

Constructive criticism is the process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others, usually involving both positive and negative comments, in a friendly manner rather than an adversarial one.

We are going to separate the design from the designer. You can hate with a burning passion a colleague at work, but a professional designer can still give valid, relevant input.

Monitors off – let’s begin.

Supplemental Presentations

10:25 Mask Break (10 Minutes)

  • We are going to take a 10 minute break (seat to seat) outside to take our masks off and get some fresh air.
  • Plan on having a jacket, shoes to walk on grass, and potentially even an umbrella. You could even leave the umbrella on the floor at your station for the year if interested.

10:35 Blender

3d classroom in Blender
  • Review of Weight Painting – a 3 bone fish for a bit more organic movement? (After this it is up to YOU to decide now many bones you think your fish needs?)
  • Eyes on our low poly fish
  • Giving emotions to our fish:
    • Neutral
    • Sleepy
    • Surprised

11:45 Lunch (30 Minutes)

12:15 Wipe Down / Clean Stations

12:20 Final Setup of Reef / Fish

This is it! Today is the final time in class to work on the pre-production work for our Reef animation.

We are starting Reef animation production in class tomorrow morning.

What should we do today? Finalize the set:

  • Complete the reef modeling and assembly (rocks + sand + corals)
  • Do some camera tests around the “Town Square” to ensure we don’t see the end of the 3D world
  • Choose your fishes for your story
  • Rig as needed / Weight Paint
  • Add eyes
  • Practice / start animating if you are really ready.

This is going to be a work sprint to 1:05. We start animating tomorrow.

1:05 Mask Break (10 Minutes)

1:15 Academics

2:05 Dismissal

Cawd Instructors:

Matt Cronin

Will Bohmann

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Serving high school students interested in Computer Animation, Game Design, and Web Development in North Western Vermont.

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