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SPRING 2016 FINAL - PART 1
CULMINATING SURVEY
 
- Complete the survey at the following link:

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Today is the last day to turn in any extra credit, or extended make up assignments.
Final Project & Surveys 
Odd Periods - Tuesday, June 7th
Even Periods - Wednesday,  June 8th 

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8bit Animated Art
Create 6 Animated GIFs and 6 Animated Voxels, for each of the categories listed below.  Submit via email.
 
6 Animated GIFs - with Piskel [Pixel Art Creator]
3 Animated Voxels - using Voxel Builder
 
The categories of your animations are as follows:
-Character animation cycles (3 actions, for example- walk,jump, slide, high five,
toe tap, dance)
-Vehicle (2 actions)
- Non-vehicle machine action (eg. a blender turning on, a fan spinning, etc.).
 
Turn in your designs via one email to [email protected] 

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TASK: Create 3 animated GIFs in pixel art style, based upon animation cycles, using Piskel.
Export as Animated Gif, to submit today via email>> [email protected] 
 
DEMO: Creating an animation cycle with Voxel Builder.
-Create 3 animation cycles in voxel form.
We will use Quicktime to screen capture your animations, and submit by next Wednesday.

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Draw pixel art illustrations for all of the following:
 
(1) Design a character (human or animal),
(2) a hand tool,
(3) a sports item,
(4) a vehicle,
(5) a building,
 
 Additional app resources
PISKEL - Pixel Art Creator
 
3 Steps to create pixel bit characters in Adobe Illustrator

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Monday Research and Writing Task - 8bit/pixel art & voxel art
TASKS - In a Microsoft Word document, record the following and submit via email (as usual) to [email protected] 
(a) What is 8bit/Pixel art? What is Voxel art?  How are 8bit and Pixel art the same as Voxel art?  How do the art styles differ?
 
(b)  Copy 40 pictures total:  Collect 20 pictures of 8bit art.  Also collect 20 pictures of Voxel art, separate the two categories of pictures.
 
(c) Find online links to two online apps that allow you to make Pixel Art, and find two more web apps for making Voxel Art.
 
Remember, for credit, submit your Word document to Mr. Webb by email. (TODAY - Since there is no more make up work for the rest of the semester.
 

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Make Up Week- any past assignment not submitted (0pts on School Loop), or earning incomplete credit, can be redone and submitted this week for credit.
 
Submit tasks via email to [email protected] 
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Extra Credit. (20pts)
Read the 10 year anniversary issue of Clutter Magazine
 
Reconstruct one of the vinyl toy models using SculptGL

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TASK - Design 4 colorful, painted characters, in the style of Aardman animation, using SculptGL.
 
 *NOTE: You must use Chrome to use either site, since they rely on the WebGL plugin enabled.
 
Switch to the paint mode and color your model.
 
Upload a copy of your model to Sketchfab, and export an .OBJ file of your models to email to Mr. Webb: [email protected]
In the subject heading, please include your name and class period

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Read the article 63 Vinyl Artists you should know, then use SculptGL (or Sculptfab) to quickly design a prototype character toy for 3D printing.
 
Screenshot your model from the front, top, side, rear and bottom (Command+Shift+3) then export an obj file.  Submit both to Mr. Webb via email for credit:  [email protected] 

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Digital Sculpting Development
1.  Watch this video, on digitally sculpting a human mouth.  Then try 3 separate attempts to follow its procedures in Sculptfab or ZBrush (installed on your computer)
https://vimeo.com/5225109  - Export your 3 models as STL files and email to Mr. Webb, [email protected] 
 
2. Read 30 Best tutorials for Beginners Learning ZBrush
 
3.  Read the blog article, ZBrush Tutorials
 
-Attempt to follow as many tutorial steps as possible, and be prepared to apply steps and discuss in our next class.
 

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Online Digital Sculpting Task
 
Then follow along with the tutorial here>>>https://vimeo.com/71035111
(The video is also attached below for download)
 
TASK: Complete parts 1 & 2
1.) In Microsoft Word, type notes from the video, including: a.) navigation controls (how to rotate, grab, and zoom  your object), b.) list all of the available brushes - and write a short description of what that brush does, c.) describe the brush modifiers (symmetry, negative, and intensity)
 
2.) And sculpt one of the Hiroshi Yoshii character models that we examined in the last class, using the Sculptfab or SculptGL online sculpting apps.
 
 
 
 
*NOTE: You must use Chrome to use either site, since they rely on the WebGL plugin enabled.
 
Switch to the paint mode and color your model.
 
When finished, save your Word document and export an .STL file of your models then email both to Mr. Webb: [email protected]
In the subject heading, please include your name and class period
 

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Design simple character models in the style of Mr. Hiroshi Yoshii
Task - Develop simple, colorful, and highly interesting characters from primitive geometry that is smooth sub-divided and poly-painted. Your final characters will be exported as OBJ files for display in a class-wide virtual art gallery.

I. Follow Mr. Webb's Demonstration
- Starting from primitive objects (Cube, Sphere, Cylinder)
- Extruding Faces & topology
- Subdivision Modes
- Polypainting
- Exporting the final model

II. Design at least one character for each of the following types:
- A biped (upright 2-legged walking character, like a human)
- A biped with inverted knees (like an ostrich or emu)
- A quadruped (4-legged character, a dog, horse, etc.)
 
*The principles that we will cover in the demonstration are practically useful across every 3D app.  But to complete this project's task we'll mostly rely on Clara.io (since you can use it from home), Autodesk Maya, and Adobe Photoshop Extended (which has great 3D object texturing tools) 
 
Attached is a sample bipedal character, modeled by Mr. Webb
 

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TASK - Research and Writing - CreativeCrash Maya Scenes
Sign up for a free account to download sample Maya Scenes to render, critique and observe.
 
-Download 5 scenes, set up Maya to render, Write critique, Send a copy of the link to the Maya scene with your written critique to [email protected]
 
-Render with Mental Ray
What your critique should include:
1.)Summary of the scene (describe in detail what is included with the scene - props, objects, photo-textures, etc.),
 
 
2. Description of some items viewed in the scene (how are those items meant to be used - are they directly animated or editable, or are they meant to be mere background details),
 
 
3. Inference of at least one method you could use to build a similar scene, including an estimate of the time required to construct the scene if you were to use pre-built models such as those from the Google Warehouse.
 

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Collaborative Task:  Research and find a folk tale (other than Aesop's Goose that Laid the Golden Egg) to depict graphically.  Like the previous assignment, draw each of the main characters, and two environments where the story likely takes place.  Write notes to clarify visual details, and use color throughout your illustration.
 
For this assignment, use digital art tools. (Photoshop, Illustrator, Sumopaint, etc.)
 
Place all of your designs onto the same document, and type your name & your partner's name, along with the class period and date as well.
 
After you complete the task, please send your finished document to Mr. Webb via email: [email protected] 

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Using Autodesk Maya and Clara.io, students will design virtual production locations, with lighting, props (furniture), and surface details/textures that are rendered in a realistic style with global illumination and ambient occlusion.
 
5 distinct locations need to be modeled, lot and rendered by Friday.

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TASK 1 - Read the article, "Artella Ushers in the Promise of Easy
and Affordable Global Creative Production Collaboration." If the article is inaccessible, you can read the Artella blog instead (http://blog.artella.com/)  
 
In a Microsoft Word document type responses to each of the following prompts:

-What is Artella? (What does it do, why was it created, who
invented it?)
-How does Artella help in film, video and animated productions?
-How much does it cost to use?
-Who are the intended users of Artella?
-How does Artella compare or contrast with Clara.io?
 
 Submit your completed document (proof read for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors before submitting) to [email protected] 

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Keyframing animation.
Using Clara.io, Maya, and Blender, students will practice basic keyframe animation techniques on 3D objects.
Applications include: Translation, Rotation, and Scaling; Combination Mechanics, and Using Scale and Rotation combinations with ease-in and ease-out methods to simulate acceleration due to gravitational forces.
Final scenes will be submitted by email to [email protected] 

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Collaborative project 1 - With at least one partner, build a pentagon-shaped courtyard around a 3D modeled house, surrounded by five walls 60cubes wide by 40 cubes high

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4/6 & 4/8
Character emotional sketches, 
Students attempt to draw charters exhibiting 5 different emotional states, while focusing on forms & structural details that provide solidity to the impression of the emotions. 
Done on paper or digitally - one set of 5 per each class.

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-Open Toonz exploration
-Flipbook animation task
-Prop design assignment.

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Today we'll introduce manipulating a Maya character rig to:
1. Create a walk cycle
2. Perform a common action (Wave, smile, etc.)
 
Download the Maya file below, and follow along with Mr. Webb.

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(1) Download the Crenshaw High School campus model file and import to Maya.
 
Task: Closely examine the digital photograph of the campus entrance.  In Maya, extrude the faces of a cube to create the front gate entrance doors of the campus.
 
Save your scene as "firstname-lastname-CRENSHAWdoors" (Maya Binary format)
Email to Mr. Webb: [email protected]
 
 
(2) Register for and download the Akeytsu animation app beta

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Today we will learn about assigning materials to objects, and rendering scenes in Autodesk Maya.
 
Email 3 renders today as JPEG images to [email protected]
 
Render categories include:
a.) 5 plastic cubes
b.) 3 reflective spheres
c.) Texture and material combinations

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APPLIES TO ALL PERIOD 8 STUDENTS
 
Then render five images of objects, each with different materials and lighting (casting shadows).  Submit for email to [email protected] 
(Worth 30points) 

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Read the Cartoon Brew article titled, "CalArts Animation Student: "If I Don't Draw Black Characters, Who Will?"" 

Then complete the writing prompt on the attached Google Form.
Submit today.
 
Click this link to access the page where you will write your reflection>>>http://goo.gl/forms/0Nw6WwRfgT
 
If English is not your first language...
Para esta tarea, si el Inglés no es su lengua materna, y que preferiría escribir su reflejo en otro idioma, como el español, es posible que decida hacerlo.

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**You get credit for completing and turning in the tasks with an asterisk next to the number.
 
1.) Follow the Vector Diary tutorial for using Adobe Illustrator's Live Trace function to create silhouettes, here>http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/illustrator-tutorial-perfect-silhouette-with-live-trace-tutorial/
 
2.*) Find 5 pictures of athletes in motion on shawdog.com, and use the Illustrator technique shown in part 1 to create silhouettes of each photo.  Save and send your JPEG images in one email to [email protected]
 
3.*) Extra Credit - Research the Renowned African American Woman Artist & Designer Kara Walker <Click her name to Google Search the artist.
In a Microsoft Word document write a short biography (2 or more paragraphs) about her life, and her most famous works of art.  Copy and paste five images, one of the artist and four of her work, within the document.  Save and submit via email to [email protected]  

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RESEARCH AND WRITING TASK - Charlie Harper
Who was Charlie Harper (the artist)? <To get you started, the link opens a Google Image Search for Charlie Harper.
 
In a Microsoft Word document, please type (well-written, and proofread) answers to all of the following questions, such as:
(a)
-What is the origin of Charlie Harper, as in, when was he born, where was he from, what was his family life like?
-What were some qualities of the artwork that Charlie Harper produced?
-During what period was Charlie Harper most prolific in his profession?
 
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- Charlie Harper's paintings, as well as the work of other artists such as Aaron Douglass and Mary Blair, were often defined by overlapping geometric shapes, filled with bold color.  What were three possible motives these artists had for using this style of painting?  And, describe with as many details as possible, what distinguishes Harpers work from the art of Douglass and Blair?
- Describe how the artwork of Charlie Harper has potentially given rise to the flat design movement.
 
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Collect 15 images made by Charlie Harper at the bottom of your Word document.  Please caption each with a sentence describing the content of the artwork.
 
TO EARN CREDIT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT, PLEASE SAVE & SEND YOUR MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT TO [email protected] 
 
**EXTRA CREDIT
See the attached Lotus Flower Tutorial, and follow the steps to create a colorful version of your own in Adobe Illustrator.  Here is also a video version of the same tutorial steps:  https://vimeo.com/24382683
 
Save and export your result and email for up to 20pts extra credit - based upon accuracy.
-Extra credit points only apply after the research and writing assignment has been completed and turned in. 

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Vector portraits with WACOM tablets.  In this lesson we'll refine our self portraits by drawing with the digital graphics tablets, and then explore the application of color with additional layers in Adobe Illustrator.
 
-You will need a digital photo of yourself from online, or using Photo Booth.
SUBMIT VIA EMAIL FOR CREDIT - [email protected] 

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Celebrity Vector Portrait.  Using Adobe Illustrator's drawing tools, we'll practice with celebrities for the first detailed vector illustrations of people.

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Use Adobe Illustrator to construct a vector illustration by tracing any two photographs from the shawdog library at the following link.
 
 
Save your work as an illustrator (.ai) file, and export a JPEG (.jpg), and email to [email protected] by the end of today's class for credit.

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ART TASK
Using Adobe Illustrator's shape tools (such as the Rectangle Tool [M], and the Ellipse Tool [L]) create a Flat Design image that includes a.) two people, b.) one vehicle, c.) and an environment setting, using only the colors in the enclosed swatch picture (flat-design-3.jpg; see attached).

Instructions to obtain the swatch picture's colors.
Step one. Open the Swatch picture in Illustrator (File>Open).

Step two. Press V for the Select Tool (aka. Black Arrow tool) and click on the     swatch picture. Then hold Command-C to copy the picture.

Step three.Hold Command-V to paste the swatch picture onto the document where you will be drawing the different Flat Design objects.

Step four. Press I to activate the Eye Dropper tool. With this tool you can click on any color in an image and sample it for use as your Fill or Stroke color.
 
Please save your document as an Adobe Illustrator file (.ai), AND export it as a JPEG image (.jpg).  Then, email your research work (Microsoft Word doc) along with the art task (.ai & .jpg) files to Mr. Webb:  [email protected]

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GRAPHIC DESIGN - FLAT DESIGN
RESEARCH AND WRITING
In a Microsoft Word Document, complete the prompts listed below
1.  What is Flat Design?
2. What features make Flat Design identifiable?
3. Describe the origins of Flat Design.
4. List two examples of companies that rely heavily on Flat Design, then copy and paste an image endorsed by each company in advertisement.

IMAGE EXAMPLES
-Copy and paste collections of 5 advertisements that use Flat Design
-Find and copy 2 images of people or human-like characters, that are shown in a Flat Design style
-Attach 3 more images that depict man-made objects drawn in Flat Design style.
 
Email your Microsoft Word doc to Mr. Webb:  [email protected]

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Using the text at the link for reference, design human-shaped robots with circles, triangles and squares as limb parts, and draw tube-like shapes for connective tissues and joints.
 
(Additional instruction in class.  Paper or Digital drawings due at the end of class)

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Using Adobe Illustrator's Pen tool (P), Blob Brush (Shift+B) or Shape tools, draw and color any five beasts from the book at the attached link >>The Art of How to Train Your Dragon
 
Submit to Mr. Webb via email to [email protected]  for credit.

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Simplification methods continued.
Today, we'll use Adobe Illustrator's shape tools, along with the Pen Tool, to draw objects that have forms.  From there we will begin to transition to depicting articles of clothing, objects found in households, and simplistic human forms.
 
For credit, each student will submit an Adobe Illustrator file of designs completed in class to [email protected]

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In-class practice, drawing characters from the Avatar: The Last Airbender digital book as vector graphics.
 
Save 5 Character Drawings and email to Mr. Webb
 

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Spring 2016 Student Registration.
Please fill out the form at the following link.  It is to ensure that Mr. Webb can identify your work, sent via email, and identify your blog, etc.
 

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Vector Art Introduction
1. Play the Beziér game - http://bezier.method.ac/ - to learn about drawing vector shapes with curves.  
Upon completion of the game take a screenshot of the congratulations window to submit to Mr. Webb for credit.  (SUBMIT YOUR SCREENSHOT TO [email protected]) 
 
2. Follow the Crown drawing inkscape tutorial - http://tuts.ahninniah.graphics/inkscape-tutorials-how-to-draw-a-crown/
Customize your crown with added gems, your initials, or other symbols to distinguish it from others.  Upon completion, export a .png or screenshot your design and email to [email protected] to earn credit.

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Introductory assignment:
Spring 2016 Goals - Students design a small paper booklet with words and pictures, by hand, which detail three or more specific goals for the semester, their course of action to meet those goals, and positive byproducts which may come about as a result of their successes.

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Introductory assignment
HOUR OF CODE.  Instructions:  Go to the following links below and complete all of the Hour Of Code instructional blocks.  Once finished, screen grab your certificate of completion (Press COMMAND+SHIFT+3) and submit it to Mr. Webb via email at: [email protected] 
 
 
(2 - Worth 15pts) Ti84 coding lessons https://education.ti.com/en/us/solutions/ti-codes
 
(3 - Extra Credit - 15pts) Javascript on phones

http://code.org/api/hour/begin/codecademy

 

***PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL NOT EARN CREDIT FOR SIMPLY "DOING" THE LESSONS, YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION AFTER FINISHING ALL REQUIRED TASKS.