iTunes-U Course on Maya
There are some free videos here that you may find fun and useful.
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Some Maquettes for Fun While You’re Working on Yours
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Summer Internship Opportunities
Please visit the resources page to see updated postings for some of the many student opportunities for internships that usually roll around in the summer. I’m very familiar with the Sony Imageworks program (which is a great program) and know all of the interns from last summer (several are graduated and employed now). I’ve also heard of people who have participated in others with positive feedback. They are very competitive, and you need a portfolio setup, but it’s definitely worth applying — if you get a chance to do one of these, it’s a great opportunity! If you have questions or would like tips for your portfolio and reel, please let me know. -
Optional Extension on Project 2
The project 2 deadline is extended until Tuesday, March 20 (class right after break), if you choose. However, if you present clips tomorrow, you can receive up to 5 bonus points on the project grade if all three are completed. Completed and rendered clips may be uploaded through Tuesday, March 20 and presented then as well.
However, the project 3 deadline will still remain on Tuesday, April 3. With this in mind, you should consider doing your model sheets and maquettes if you have not finished them and begin modeling your character in Maya so that we can spend the two weeks after break on rigging material. We’ll need to keep on schedule with the characters so that we have a comfortable amount of time to animate, light, render, and edit the production in that last month of the semester.
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More Free Rigs
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Modeling Reminder
If each of the production unit teams, particularly the director, art director, and model supervisor can get together a list of models (preferably with art direction — reference photos, sketches, color renderings, whatever works to get the visual idea across) by Tuesday’s class, I’ll share these with the 220 sections later in the day as options for their Project 2 where they model, texture, and light. It’s convenient it is lining-up like this during this semester, so take advantage of it and maybe save a little extra work while getting them involved as well.
Incidentally, since the two production ideas have been chosen, the model supervisors and leads should start talking to their modelers whether specifically listed or the whole class to arrange models. And — it would be good to coordinate who is modeling what for their character project to make sure that each character is covered!
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Tuesday Lip-Sync Reminder
Please remember to bring a rig that you like and have tried enough that you’re somewhat comfortable with it that also has facial rigging — at least a mouth open/close and stretch/narrow. Also, bring an audio clip (say a favorite movie line, as an example) that is a few seconds long that we’ll use for your lip-sync animation. There is a link in the earlier Project 2 posting to a site that has some .wav files from movies, but there are plenty of other sites, and you can “rip” your own as you choose. -
Video Clips Tuesday and Thursday
Here’s a link to a .zip file with all of the video image sequences from Tuesday.
Here’s a link to a .zip file with all of the video image sequences from Thursday.