Welcome to Spring 2025: Animation 1B

 Dear Students,

Welcome back to Animation 1B! This semester, we’re taking the foundational skills you learned in the fall and building upon them with a focus on CG animation techniques. Here’s what you can look forward to:

  • Mastering provided character rigs to create dynamic and expressive animations.

  • Exploring scene blocking, stepped keyframing (pose-to-pose and straight ahead), and the art of exaggeration and polishing.

  • Finalizing animations with lighting, rendering, and compositing.

Each week, you will complete:

  • Reading Assignments on animation principles and professional workflows.

  • C-E-R Typed Responses to deepen your understanding of animation techniques.

  • Visualization Assignments to refine your skills in planning and executing animated scenes.

You’ll also engage in collaborative projects, allowing you to develop animations as part of a team. Skills Performance Exams will help you demonstrate your technical growth, and our PBL will involve creating short, polished animations that showcase your storytelling and technical skills.

Let’s make your characters come to life in amazing ways this semester!

Sincerely, Mr. Webb

"Let's Go Bobcats" - Character look development render and concept by Mr. Webb
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