Welcome to the AAU Fall Semester of 2013
This is a persistent online site I use to allow students in my class to solicit and offer feedback on their animation. There are a few important notes;
1. Conduct yourself here as you would in the class. Play nice with others and be supportive and constructive with your comments. Limit the posting to information relevant to the class.
2. I use participation here as part of your class participation mark. Participation accounts for 20% of your total grade! If you're shy this is a great way to be involved in the classroom discussion. You get points for posting your work or for giving feedback on other people’s animation. Bonus question: ask me how to get 100% on your participation grade.
3. Title each post with your name, for example: “David Latour: Blocking Pass 1”. Your blogger ID may not be something I recognize. You don't want to miss out on participation marks when you post here.
4. This blog is as helpful as you make it. Be active with comments, post your work regularly and take advantage of this venue. Monitor this site at least once a week. I will use this as a forum to make general announcements and answer common questions, so you don't want to miss out. Any post from me will have "INSTRUCTOR POST - ..." in the title: make sure you read them carefully.
Even If you're new to blogging you'll find this a pretty painless and straightforward process. If you have something from class you'd like to show, use the following steps:
· Playblast your work (16:9 ratio, 640x360, convert to .mov, with H264 compression)
· Post the movie file on any video streaming site (YouTube, Vimeo)
· Copy the “embed HTML” from the streaming site
· In blogger click "new post" on the upper right corner of the screen and click on the "edit HTML" tab on the top right of the new post and paste the code in the window.
5. Blogger works best with Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome. If you have technical issues: try switching your browser. Make sure you login with the Google ID that you were invited with or you won’t be able to post or comment.
Every time someone adds a new post or comments on an existing one, I get a direct email. I try to look in here regularly and offer critique and guidance as well. This blog will be available to you as space allows, which means you will be able to continue posting here after the end of term. (You may even see former students offering feedback here.)
Every time someone adds a new post or comments on an existing one, I get a direct email. I try to look in here regularly and offer critique and guidance as well. This blog will be available to you as space allows, which means you will be able to continue posting here after the end of term. (You may even see former students offering feedback here.)
Welcome to the blog and have a great time.
*Your first assignment: Post your name in the comments of this welcome message with a sentence or two about what you hope to learn in this class.
*Your first assignment: Post your name in the comments of this welcome message with a sentence or two about what you hope to learn in this class.
17 comments:
Hey! I'm Jonathan Marshall, and this semester I'm hoping to learn how to animate faster and more efficiently, while still maintaining strong posing and story. I need to work on polishing and finishing pieces in a timely manner.
My name is Mario Grilli. I hope to sharpen my animation skills so I'm not ashamed to show people my work.
Hello! My name is Keni Chaffee. I'm really excited to take this class and create nice, pretty, polished animation. I really want to learn how to animate better in maya and pay attention to elements like staging and performance.
My name is Mario Grilli. I hope to sharpen my animation skills so I'm not ashamed to show people my work.
Hey everyone! This is Crystal Godat from Character 3. I hope to learn to only get better at fine tuning my animation skills and expanding my knowledge of Maya. I also hope to bring the charm of 2D animation in the world of 3D as well.:)
My name is Sean Carsner and in this class, I hope to learn advanced and useful animation techniques as well as add another good animation for my portfolio.
Melanie Thio (ID 03333393)
I hope to learn more about Maya. There are plenty of buttons and options which I don't know the function of.
(ps I don't know why I can't use my name but oh well)
Hello, this is Jaimie! I really want to build a good work flow. Whether its pose to pose, layering, or what ever it may be. I want to understand acting inside and out. I love the psychology behind animation :)
Hi Everyone! I'm LoFlo.
This semester I'm hoping to learn how to manage my timing by finally getting a hold on that pesky graph editor.
I'm also hoping to get more personality out of my poses.
Here's to an awesome Fall 2013 everyone!
Jason Chang
I hope to learn how to animate more efficiently/quickly and improve on the quality of my animation.
Hi Everyone! I'm LoFlo.
This semester I'm hoping to learn how to manage my timing by finally getting a hold on that pesky graph editor.
I'm also hoping to get more personality out of my poses.
Here's to an awesome Fall 2013 everyone!
Hi, I'm Jessie Manuel. I hope that I learn to get better at blocking and polishing in a timely manner.
Hi, I'm Shalako Cumberbatch. I want to learn how to be a better animator overall. Also create demo reel worthy work.
Hello I'm JiYeon Kim. In this semester, I'm hoping to learn better poses, polishing and ways to streamline an animating process =)
hi my name is Lee Wulc and i'm really hoping to lear how to polish better and workflow.
Hi everyone, this is Korinne! In this class, I hope to learn how to work faster and more efficiently, and at the same time improve on the quality of my work. I also hope, through the required class participation, to be less shy and be more involved in class discussions :)
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