Assignments 12/18/18

Dear Students,

I will be out sick today. Please work on your assignments in class for the entire period. If you need help, ask a fellow classmate for assistance.

ANIMATION 1:


Please review for the Photoshop section of you exam. I will ask you to make a postcard so take a look at that particular video assignment from Photoshop Unit 01. Here is a video that explains how to find large images that are suitable for print.

ANIMATION 2: 

Please continue working on your storyboards and character designs. Remember for the storyboards I need a folder that contains one drawing per document. So I want to be able to click through the images and see only one drawing per file e.g.

File 01 - Single drawing
File 02 - Single drawing
File 03 - Single drawing
File 04 - Single drawing
File 05 - Single drawing
File 06 - Single drawing
etc

This allows us to view one drawing at a time and see how the story moves forward. If we have six drawings on one document the discussion can get confusing. So the first image file has just one drawing on it, the second image file has just one drawing on it etc.

ANIMATION 3:

I'd like everyone to assemble their work in a google slides presentation. Put your pieces in order by date. If you animated this semester you can produce a video in Adobe Premiere instead of a Google slides presentation.
 

Assignments 12/17/18

Dear Students,

I will be out sick today. Please work on your assignments in class for the entire period. If you need help, ask a fellow classmate for assistance.

ANIMATION 1:

I want you to create four animated clips using the different tween options that are available in Adobe Animate.



In the first clip I want you to animate a tween using the "Classic Ease." Notice that when you select this option the spacing is even throughout the entire animation. Each drawing moves the same distance as the previous drawing. Notice that the graph in the properties is a straight line (linear).




In the second clip I want you to animate a tween using the "Ease in." Notice that when you select this option the movement starts slow and then increases in speed. Take a look at the graph in the properties. The graph shows less distance traveled at the beginning and as time goes on, the distance each drawing travels increases.




In the third clip I want you to animate a tween using the "Ease Out." Notice that when you select this option the movement starts fast and then decreases in speed towards the end. Look at the graph in the properties. At the start the drawings are moving large distances as time moves forward and then you can see as we near the end the drawings move shorter distances.




In the fourth clip I want you to animate a tween using the "Ease In Out." Here we have a movement that starts slow, increases in speed in the middle, and then slows down again towards the end. Look at the graph and notice that the larger spacing is in the middle of the line, and the shorter distances are at the beginning and end.

Please turn in all four files as:

1st-Last, First-Linear Spacing
1st-Last, First-Ease In
1st-Last, First-Ease Out
1st-Last, First-Ease In Out



ANIMATION 2: 

Please continue working on your storyboards and character designs.



ANIMATION 3:

I'd like everyone to assemble their work in a google slides presentation. Put your pieces in order by date. If you animated this semester you can produce a video in Adobe Premiere instead of a Google slides presentation.

Assignments 11/29/18

Dear Students,

I will be absent Thursday for an all day FADA meeting. Please use your class time to complete assignments. The substitute will not be able to answer questions so please ask for help from a fellow classmate if you are stuck.

ANIMATION 1:

Please continue working in Adobe Animate. I'd like you to complete Unit 01 today.

ANIMATION 2:

Please continue your short action #3. Use the video reference to help plan your animation.

1. First find the storytelling poses. Which frames show the action clearly? You can exaggerate the poses in Animate. You don't have to draw the pose exactly as it is in the video. Remember exaggeration is one of the 12 principles of animation.

2. Find your extremes. Draw those on the timeline.

3. Put in your breakdowns. You can change these to make improvements to your arcs.

4. Then check your timing. Does something need to slow down or speed up? Do you need to add any pauses?

5. Draw your in betweens. Don't forget to slow in and slow out at the beginning and end of a movement!

6. Show your work to a partner.


ANIMATION 3:

Continue working on your portfolio.

Assignments 10/18

Dear Students,

Please see previous post for assignments. You will be doing the same thing today as yesterday. I will be back on Monday.

Assignments Wednesday 10/17

Dear Students,

I will be out on Wednesday. Please use your class time to complete assignments. The substitute will not be able to answer questions so please ask for help from a fellow classmate if you get stuck.

ANIMATION 1:

Please work on your homonym/euphemism assignment in class.

ANIMATION 2:

Please work on the stairs assignment in Maya or Adobe Animate.

ANIMATION 3:

Continue working on your portfolio.

Assignments for 10/15/18

Dear Students,

I will be out on Monday. Please use your class time to complete assignments. The substitute will not be able to answer questions so please ask for help from a fellow classmate if you get stuck.

ANIMATION 1:

Finish your imitation assignment in class. Show it to someone and have them give you feedback before you turn it in. Is the story clear? Can they read it without you explaining any of the panels?

ANIMATION 2:

Finish your forward walk in Maya or Adobe Animate.

ANIMATION 3:

Continue working on your portfolio.



REMINDER: Field trip is on Wednesday. Bring back the permission slip by Tuesday at the latest!

Maya Unit 07 - Exercise 1

Assignments 5/14/18

I am out today attending a graduation ceremony. Please follow instructions below for today's assignment:

Animation 1:

Please do exercise 4, squash practice in Maya Unit 06. Here is a video introduction that explains the animation rig and what to do in the exercise. I have also put this video on the File Grab on the server.

If you are already done with exercise 4 you can proceed to exercises 5 and 6. Links to videos are here:

Animation 2:

Please continue working on your original model. The FADA show is on May 23rd. I'll need you to turn in the rendered model on the 22nd.

Assignments 5/2/18

Hello students. I will be on a FADA field trip today. Here are the assignments:

Animation 1:

Please complete the second video in Unit 5, Graph Editor.

Animation 2:

Please continue to work on the Cartoon Mouse model.

Assignments 4/20/2018

Students, please finish up all assignments due for the 5th marking period and turn files into the drop box. They need to be in by 3:35pm.

ANIMATION 1:

Make sure you have sent in all files to the server:

Unit 1: Entire Project folder zipped up (compressed)
Unit 2: Extrude tool and Dining Room
Unit 3: Edge Loop Tools 1 & 2, Append Tool, and Symmetry Tool

If you would like to start the first exercise in Unit 4 you can copy the video and project folder from the server (TM30 Server) or access the video on Youtube. You can also download the project folder here. Then follow these steps.

1. Copy the zip file from your Downloads folder to your Documents folder.
2. Move the zip file into Maya Projects.
3. Unzip the file by double clicking on it.
4. Open Maya
5. Set your project folder: Go to File>Set Project
6. Select Maya Unit 04 - Project Folder and click Set

ANIMATION 2:

Turn in the Penguin model even if you aren't finished. Partial credit counts. If you haven't turned in the Bear model please turn that in as well.

Assignment 3-23-18

ANIMATION 1:

After you have finished the castle tower tutorial you will create your own original castle scene in Maya.

You can build any kind of castle you like with the tools that you have learned so far in Unit 01. My recommendation would be to start with a large object in the center of your scene with translate X and translate Z set to 0 in the channel box.

If the foundation or base of the castle sits in the center of the scene it will be easy to duplicate walls and towers and rotate them around the foundation.

Please help each other out and share information. If you are stuck, find someone in the room who can assist you. 

When I return on Monday I expect the castle to be at least 50 percent complete.

ANIMATION 2:

Please start modeling the bear based on the reference images that you drew in Photoshop. If you need to review the extrude tool or edge loop tool there are videos in Unit 11. Otherwise start following along with the cartoon bear video in Unit 12.

Assignment 2/13/18

Hello students. I will be out on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please work on your final project in class. For those of you that have questions, see if you can get another student to help you. Someone in the room will be able to solve your problem. Spend a few minutes and try and find that person. See you all on Thursday.

Assignment 1/29/18

Animation 1: Frog vs Fly Animatic

In this project you will create a simple animatic about a frog and a fly. No need for a detailed background. The fly is just a dot on the screen. The drawing of the frog uses a minimal amount of lines, just enough detail to recognize what it is.

There is only one rule when developing the story for this project: you have to think of a twist in the plot. If the frog simply eats the fly, it would be boring. That's what the audience is expecting. If the fly buzzes from one side of the screen to the other while the frog does nothing that would also be boring. There needs to be a conflict and there needs to be a surprise.

Remember this is an animatic, not full animation. You only have to complete the key drawings you need to tell the story.

Your project settings: 

24 fps

1280x720

Length: 5-10 seconds (approximately)

Animation 2: Work on your short film

Please continue working on your short film with your team. I'll be back tomorrow.

Fall Semester Final Exam Review

Here are the links to videos that review the content for the final exam. Please watch these videos and pay close attention to details so that you perform well on the day of the final.