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Welcome to 3D Character Design & Animation. Designing and modeling characters is one of the most exciting of all artistic challenges. Characters make stories. Characters engage the viewers. Characters live. The skills you learn in this class start you on a pathway to careers in video games, televison commercials, films, industrial animation and more! In this class you will design and animate four characters and then assemble your animations into a single reel or portfolio. We will use three programs: Sculptris, 3D Max and AfterEffects. 3D Max and Sculptris are available free for you to download from the internet. It is strongly encouraged that you do so if you want to succeed in this class. |
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| PROJECTS | SYLLABUS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PROJECT 1 - ORGANIC CHARACTER PORTRAITWITH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS (Sculptris) MORPH TARGETS (3D max) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Example | Facial Anatomy | Modeling a Face in Sculptris | Applying Materials to Your Character | Animating Emotions with "Morpher" in 3D Max | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PROJECT 2 - MECH CHARACTER (3D Max) Animated with CAT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Example | Mech Designs | Mech Anatomy | Box Modeling in 3D Max | Animating Mecha Using Motion Capture & CAT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PROJECT 3 - ORGANIC FULL FIGURE CHARACTER (Sculptris) ANIMATED USING CAT (3D Max) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Example | Modeling a full Character in Scupttris | Rigging Your Character in 3D Max CAT | Animating Your Character with CAT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tips and Trick for CAT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PROJECT 4 - LOW POLY ANTHROPOMORPHIZED ANIMALS (3D Max) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Example | Comparative Anatomy | Low Poly Modeling in 3D Max | Types of Anthropomorphism | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PROJECT 5 - YOUR REEL/PORTFOLIO (AfterEffects) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Example | Presenting Your Characters | Rendering Your Animations | Assembling Your Reel in AfterEffects | File Types | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RESOURCES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3D Max Booklette |
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| FILMS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We'll screen several 3D animated films. The films below have especially well modeled/animated characters and information useful to artists. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rango | Open Season | War of the Worlds Character Design Extra |
Alice In Wonderland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VIDEO CLIPS and SOUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The "I" drive on your computer contains a libray of files to add sound (footsteps, animals sounds) toyour animations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sheet | form | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WEBSITES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Here are few links to websites that will help you succeed in this class. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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