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	20-Jan	Course overview: Program web \| Blackboard Autodesk Maya Educational license Tutorials \| Forums Showcases	Course overview: Program web Showcases Project info & Storyboard	Course overview: Critiques Animation festivals Early career
	Computer Animation - Career Path Getting Started	22-Jan	3-D Modeling: Mug \| Shelf \| USB drive \| Spoon \| Wire \| Lighthouse	Adv Modeling: Box modeling: Buttons \| Patterns \| Rope \| Perforated Tube	What makes an animation good? What makes an animation character good? Colors in animation Inspirations01 Inspirations02
	Intro to 3D modeling Keyboard shortcuts	27-Jan	Continued	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	29-Jan	3-D Modeling: Retopology \| Quad Draw	Adv Modeling: Digital sculpting: Mudbox \| Sculpting	Pre-production
	3-D Modeling md6 \| md7 \| md8 \| md9 \| md10	3-Feb	Assignment 1: Modeling I	1st Critique	1st Critique Project info Storyboard
	Assignment 1	5-Feb	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class
	Lab: work in class	10-Feb	Lab: work in class	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	12-Feb	3-D Modeling What makes an animation character good? Character samples Assignment 2: Modeling II	Continued	Production process
	Assignment 2	17-Feb	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Production process
	3-D Modeling: Low-poly modeling Ngons	19-Feb	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Production process
	Lab: work in class	24-Feb	Texturing UV Mapping Worn edges aiStandardSurface \| aiMixshader \| aiCurvature \| aiNoise \| aiRange Assignment 3: Texturing	2nd Critique	2nd Critique main 3D models
	Lab: work in class	26-Feb	Continued	Lab: work in class	Production process
	Texturing (coloring) Assignment 3	3-Mar	Lighting Camera Depth of Field Motion Blur Colors in animation	Rigging Advanced Skeleton	Production process
	Texturing (coloring)	5-Mar	Continued	Continued	Production process
		10-Mar	Lab: work in class	Continued	Production process
	Continued	12-Mar	Assignment 4: Lighting Rigging Paint Skin Weights IK Handle Eye blinking Constraints	3rd Critique	3rd Critique Models & textures Camera & lighting Rigging Rendered stills
	Lab: work in class	17-Mar	Continued	Spring break	Spring break
	Lab: work in class	19-Mar	Continued	Spring break	Spring break
	Lighting Assignment 4	24-Mar	Lab: work in class	Animation Graph Editor Shape Editor Set driven key	Production process
	Lighting	26-Mar	Rendering Editing Shooting ratio	Continued	Production process
	Lab: work in class	31-Mar	Storyboard Assignment 5: Project Info & Storyboard Assignment 6: Rough cut	FX Tablecloths \| Bed sheet \| Cushion Flag \| Gravity \| Shatter \| Snow \| Fire \| Water Boss Editor \| MASH	Production process
	Lab: work in class	2-Apr	Animation 12 Principles of animation Graph Editor	Continued	Production process
	Camera Assignment 5	7-Apr	Lab: work in class	4th Critique	4th Critique Rendered stills & movie files
	Rendering	9-Apr	In-progress critique	Lab: work in class	Production process
	Lab: work in class	14-Apr	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Post-production (The Polish) color correction sound design VFX (if applicable)
	Lab: work in class	16-Apr	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Post-production
	In-progress critique	21-Apr	In-progress critique	5th Critique	5th Critique rough cuts draft of demo reel
	Lab: work in class	23-Apr	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Post-production
	Lab: work in class	28-Apr	Lab: work in class	Lab: work in class	Post-production
		30-Apr	Final due	Final due	Final due
	Final due (Dec. 2nd)
	Final due ((Dec. 3rd))