Computer Animation

Schedules
*unless otherwise noted, previous lessons will be continued on the dates with blank columns.

Date	Anim 210 Intro to Comp Anim	Date	Anim 310 Comp Anim I		Anim 344 Comp Anim II	Anim 444 Comp Anim III
	Course overview: Program web \| Blackboard Autodesk Maya Educational license Tutorials \| Forums Showcases	25-Aug	Course overview: Program web \| Blackboard Autodesk Maya Educational license Tutorials \| Forums Showcases	24-Aug	Course overview: Program web Showcases Project info & Storyboard	Course overview Critiques Animation festivals Early career
	Computer Animation - Career Path Getting Started	27-Aug	3-D Modeling: Cups \| Shelves \| Dvices \| Spoons \| Wires \| PVC \| Lighthouses Sweep Mesh	26-Aug	Adv Modeling: Box modeling: Buttons \| Patterns \| Rope \| Perforated Tube Sweep Mesh	What makes an animation good? What makes an animation character good? Colors in animation Inspirations01 Inspirations02
	Intro to 3D modeling Keyboard shortcuts	1-Sep	Continued	31-Aug	Adv Modeling: NURBS Modeling: Revolve \| Loft \| Birail \| Extrude	Pre-production (the blueprint) Idea Generation Character & Storyboard Scripting (if applicable)
	3-D Modeling md1 \| md2 \| md3 \| md4 \| md5	3-Sep	3-D Modeling: Retopology \| Quad Draw	2-Sep	Adv Modeling: Digital sculpting: Mudbox \| Sculpting	Pre-production
	3-D Modeling md6 \| md7 \| md8 \| md9 \| md10	8-Sep	Assignment 1: Modeling I	7-Sep	Labor Day	Labor Day
	Assignment 1	10-Sep	Lab: work in class	9-Sep	1st Critique	1st Critique Project info Storyboard
	Lab: work in class	15-Sep	Lab: work in class	14-Sep	Texturing Bump vs Displacement Baking texture Substance Painter	Production process (the creation) Modeling & Texturing Rigging & Skinning AdvancedSkeleton Lighting & Camera Animation Rendering
	Lab: work in class	17-Sep	3-D Modeling What makes an animation character good? Character samples Assignment 2: Modeling II	16-Sep	Continued	Production process
	Assignment 2	22-Sep	Lab: work in class	21-Sep	Lab: work in class	Production process
	3-D Modeling: Low-poly modeling Ngons	24-Sep	Lab: work in class	23-Sep	Lab: work in class	Production process
	Lab: work in class	29-Sep	Texturing UV Mapping Worn edges aiStandardSurface \| aiMixshader \| aiCurvature \| aiNoise \| aiRange Assignment 3: Texturing	28-Sep	2nd Critique	2nd Critique main 3D models
	Lab: work in class	1-Oct	Continued	30-Sep	Lab: work in class	Production process
	Texturing (coloring) Assignment 3	6-Oct	Fall Break Day	5-Oct	Fall Break Day	Fall Break Day
	Texturing (coloring)	8-Oct	Lighting Camera Depth of Field Motion Blur Colors in animation	7-Oct	Rigging Advanced Skeleton	Production process
		13-Oct	Lab: work in class	12-Oct	Continued	Production process
	Continued	15-Oct	Assignment 4: Lighting Rigging Paint Skin Weights IK Handle Eye blinking Constraints Advanced Skeleton	14-Oct	3rd Critique	3rd Critique Models & textures Camera & lighting Rigging Rendered stills
	Lab: work in class	20-Oct	Continued	19-Oct	Lab: work in class
	Lab: work in class	22-Oct	Continued	21-Oct	Lab: work in class
	Lighting Assignment 4	27-Oct	Lab: work in class	26-Oct	Animation Graph Editor Shape Editor Set driven key	Production process
	Lighting	29-Oct	Rendering Editing Shooting ratio	28-Oct	Continued	Production process
	Lab: work in class	3-Nov	Storyboard Assignment 5: Project Info & Storyboard Assignment 6: Rough cut	2-Nov	FX Tablecloths \| Bed sheet \| Cushion Flag \| Gravity \| Shatter \| Snow \| Fire \| Water Boss Editor \| MASH	Production process
	Lab: work in class	5-Nov	Animation 12 Principles of animation Graph Editor	4-Nov	Continued	Production process
	Camera Assignment 5	10-Nov	Lab: work in class	9-Nov	4th Critique	4th Critique Rendered stills & movie files
	Rendering	12-Nov	In-progress critique	11-Nov	Lab: work in class	Production process
	Lab: work in class	17-Nov	Lab: work in class	16-Nov	Lab: work in class	Post-production (The Polish) color correction sound design VFX (if applicable)
	Lab: work in class	19-Nov	Lab: work in class	18-Nov	Lab: work in class	Post-production
	In-progress critique	24-Nov	In-progress critique	23-Nov	5th Critique	5th Critique rough cuts draft of demo reel
	Lab: work in class	26-Nov	Thanksgiving Break	25-Nov	Thanksgiving Break	Post-production
	Lab: work in class	1-Dec	Lab: work in class	30-Nov	Lab: work in class	Post-production
		3-Dec	Final due	2-Dec	Final due	Final due
	Final due (Dec. 2nd)
	Final due ((Dec. 3rd))