assignment recap list

  ASSIGNMENT #1
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ASSIGNMENT #2
I'd first like you to go to BLOGGER.COM, and sign up for a new account. 

 TASK#1
 After you have successfully signed up for your blog, return here
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TASK 2: Write your first blog entry.
  Part I.  Post images and write about work you completed in weeks 1 & 2.  Below are examples of work we've done.

Fundamental Design - Simplified value perspective

Advanced Design - Simplified City with Primitives in Maya 2014, rendered with Mental Ray

Part II.  Write a multi-paragraph entry in which you discuss the following, in detail:
- How long have you been in the course?
- How clear has the material we've covered been?
- Is the subject interesting to you personally? Why or why not?  (if not, how could it be better?)
- What would you like to gain from this class by the end of the year?

TASK PART #2 

1.) WARM UP - On your blog, please post definitions for the following terms, from sources that you find on the Internet:  Also include one or more sentences translating that definition into simple, common terms, whenever possible.

-  Hierarchy

-  Parenting (computer graphics)

-  Key frame

-  Playblast.

Watch the GorillaCG video on hierarchy, below.

Hierarchies from The Guerrilla CG Project on Vimeo.

2. Mr. Webb demonstration:  Open the simplified human models, and parent sections of the body to establish a hierarchy.

[MAYA 2014 process:  select the child object; hold shift and select the parent, then press 'p'--both objects should light up]

3. Animate a 48 frame walk cycle, run cycle, and freestyle animation.

4. Students render a play blast and post to their blog portfolios.

[End of Tasks for Periods 4, 5, 7, and 8]

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

- Watch ALL the GorillaCG Project videos here:  https://vimeo.com/channels/guerrillacg/videos

-  How To Render a Playblast Tutorial  (albeit for an older version of Maya): http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/SoundAndVideoTutorial/playblast.html