Week 7 – Organic Modelling Intro / Animation Practice and Introduction to Rigging

WEEK  7 – ORGANIC MODELLING INTRO / ANIMATION PRACTICE AND INTRODUCTION TO RIGGING   3D Digital Literacy: This week, Henry began teaching us how to sculpt more organic models using the program Blender.   Animated Narratives: In the morning we practised animating with the Ultimate Walker Rig and having a simple jump on the spotContinue reading Week 7 – Organic Modelling Intro / Animation Practice and Introduction to Rigging

Assignment 1 – Introduction to 3D Modelling – 7th March – 50% – Complete Compilation Post

ASSIGNMENT 1 – Introduction to 3D Modelling – 7th March – 50% (COMPILATION POST OF ALL WORK AND REFERENCES DURING ASSIGNMENT 1 )   WEEK  1 – MODULE INTRODUCTION: We were introduced to the new semester and given our next modules that we would be working on. We would be focusing on 3D Digital LiteracyContinue reading Assignment 1 – Introduction to 3D Modelling – 7th March – 50% – Complete Compilation Post

Week 5 – Sketchfab – Animation & 3D Previs

WEEK  5 – SKETCHFAB – ANIMATION & 3D PREVIS   3D Digital Literacy: In class we, learnt how to import our Hard Surface model and PBR textures from Substance Painter to Sketchfab. We also were shown how to add change the settings and lighting on the model on Sketchfab. Alec also talked us through importingContinue reading Week 5 – Sketchfab – Animation & 3D Previs

Week 4 – Texturing And 3D Animation

WEEK  4 – TEXTURING AND 3D ANIMATION   3D Digital Literacy:   For our 3D Digital Literacy class on week 4, we had an introduction to the Substance Painter software. We had to download the program and open the default folder which has a sample character model. We learnt how to add painted texture toContinue reading Week 4 – Texturing And 3D Animation

Week 3 – UV Mapping and Animation in Maya

WEEK  3 – UV MAPPING AND ANIMATION IN MAYA   3D Digital Literacy:   During Week 3, we had a lecture on how to UV map using Maya and adding textures to our models. We learnt how to use the UV editor to add UV mapping onto models, and how to align the map texturesContinue reading Week 3 – UV Mapping and Animation in Maya

Week 2 – Modelling and Animation Analysis

WEEK  2 – MODELLING AND ANIMATION ANALYSIS   3D Digital Literacy:   During Week 2 in our 3D Literacy lecture, we were given a lecture by Alec about Modelling. He talked us through modelling concepts and constraints, looking at the modelling pipeline, modelling against references, and object history. He continued by taking us through anContinue reading Week 2 – Modelling and Animation Analysis

Semester 2: Week 1 – Module Introduction

WEEK  1 – MODULE INTRODUCTION   We were introduced to the new semester and given our next modules that we would be working on. We would be focusing on 3D Digital Literacy and Animated Narratives. We were given our first assignment due for the 5th of March, where we will have to Model, UV unwrap,Continue reading Semester 2: Week 1 – Module Introduction

Week 13 – Final Animation & Portfolio for Semester 1

WEEK  13 – Final Animation   Our final week of this semester, Week 13, was mostly about finishing our parts of the group animation. Over the weekend, I had completed my animation line art and sent it into my group for evaluation. I was told that it mostly worked really well but I could addContinue reading Week 13 – Final Animation & Portfolio for Semester 1

Week 12 – Presentations and Assignment Update

WEEK  12 – PRESENTATION AND ASSIGNMENT UPDATE   For Week 12 we had to create and prerecord a 10-minute presentation in our animation groups for this Thursday. We were given a final year’s animation pitch which was really helpful as a guide for us on what we could include and talk about in our presentation.Continue reading Week 12 – Presentations and Assignment Update