Friday, 21 October 2011

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Week 1 Recap

Hello everyone! 

Just a little intro on myself:
My name is Michael Jang, currently attending the Digital Animation program at BCIT.
The only 3D(animation) I have worked on can be seen here http://vimeo.com/21053956. But
If you'd like to see my earlier (highschool) portfolio, click HERE (http://michaeljangportfolio.webs.com/)


Anyways,


Week 1.


Classes include Texturing, project portfolio, 2 - 2D animation classes, 3D animation, 3D design, and 3D Production.


2D Animation definitely builds the foundation that everyone will use in their movies/reels. We're starting out small, at a bouncing ball, using the fundamentals of squash and stretch, along with a few other little tricks.

3D Animation  's first class was pretty simple, but expected. Using Softimage, we're having to create characters out of basic poly's, which is challenging but quite fun. (I hate Softimage >:[  )

3D Design/Production   Definitely my favorite classes. I'm grouping them together for now since they're practically the same course, but will eventually branch out and be quite difficult. We're starting simple with creating a snowman, and practice with parenting,naming, and groups. As I looked around the class I noticed we all had grey, untextured models. I decided to texture/bump map/light up this assignment, giving it more "Flair!" (pictures next post)