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Author: Nicole ThompsonClass: For this week we had a few guest speakers: – Zoe Woods – Blue Zoo (UU 2018 grad) – Aisling McElroy – Italic Pig – (UU 2018 grad) – Greg Woodcock – Dimension Studio (Swansea 2008 grad) Zoe wanted to work in the game industry and has worked on many different shows asContinue reading Week 4 – Guest Animation Career Talks
Morning Class: During the morning, we watched videos 14 to 20 that were uploaded to Blackboard. They explained the process of creating and using trim sheets and how to upload them and their textures into Unreal Engine. With the extra time we had before lunch I watched the Fossil Photogrammetry Demo. Afternoon Class: AfterContinue reading Week 4 – Modular Assets & Trim Sheets
Class: At the start of class we previewed some of the showreels we found last week and were given some feedback that we could apply to our own when we make them. – It’s good to have a title card with your email on it at the start and end of the showreel. –Continue reading Week 3 – Showreels
Morning Class: For this morning’s class, we reviewed all of the presentations and were given some general guidance on how to continue with our groups. Plan out a Gantt chart to allow the group to see what needs to be done by when. Create some concept art of props Afternoon Class: After lunch, aContinue reading Week 3 – Presentations
Class: For class we looked over some jobs that Alec found on the various job websites and reviewed some of the research that was tasked last week. We then looked into what is important in a CV and some examples of good and bad ones. Alec also showed us how to create grid layoutsContinue reading Week 2 – Job Role Seminar & CV Design
Morning Class: At the start of today’s class we participated in a quiz on menti about the previous videos that we were told to watch for this session. Caither came first, Neave second and I DON’T WANNA BE A WATERMELON was third!!! After that we were told to watch the second part of theContinue reading Week 2 – Intro to Unreal
Class: During the class this week we looked at the assignments and what is expected of us, for example, interviews, CVs, etc. We then looked at the different jobs that are involved in the industry. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Homework: For homework we were tasked with researching different roles in animation, looking through job sites to findContinue reading Week 1 – Job roles in Animation
Class: During the class we reviewed what was required of us for the assignments. We were later tasked with watching the recorded lecture videos posted on Blackboard and we were placed into groups for Assignment 1. I was placed into group 2 alongside Simas, Danielle, Samantha, James and Archie who were tasked with creating anContinue reading Week 1 – Module Intro
—Character Concepts— Whenever I think of cute characters I think of cats, rabbits, simple designs, etc. I looked up a variety of different themes that I would consider cute and worked from there. Based on the references, I sketched some potential designs for my character. I really like the clown design so IContinue reading Assignment 2 – Organic Modelling
—Ideas for the Animation— ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ —Concepting— ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ —Animatics— ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ —Assigning Modelling Parts— ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ —Block Out of Environment— ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ —Modelling Process— —Table— —Chairs— —Cupboard— —Counter— —Assembly— —Deteriorate— ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ —UV Unwrapping— —Table— —Chairs— —Cupboard— —Counter— —Final Adjustments— —Clean Up— ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Continue reading Assignment 3 – Portfolio