Mondays class 4 (03/11/14)

Assessments Due 11/11/14

Mondays

WH&S

1. Hazard report

2. 3d Printer Observation

3D animation

  

1. Shark modeled in blender

                  Export as a pdf and blender file.

2. Shark animated in blender

                  Export as an mp4 and blender file.

Tuesdays

2D animation

1. Stencyl block game.

Create three levels of varying difficulty             

Animate the main block character

Export game as a stencil file and a flash file.

2. Use a Sprite sheet to create a character in pre made stencil game.

Export game as a stencil file and a flash file.

3. Use your own character design to create a walk cycle

                  Save a copy as a pdf.

4. Add your characters walk cycle to a pre made game.

Export game as a stencil file and a flash file.

Tuesdays class 4 ( 28/10/14)

2D Animation

 1. Start on the final assignment.

 2.Design and draw up a character. (If you don't have one you can use a pre existing sprite sheet)

 3.Using Illustrator, Photoshop interpret and draw your character up into at  walk cycle using at least 4 frames.

4. Drop the frames into The Template Platform Stencyl game provided.

5. Create additional frames for your characters other movements e.g Jump/duck.

6. Export your final game as both a stencil and flash file and hand in a digital folder to your teacher by the due date.

Submit

•  Your block game with animated character and 3 levels as a Stencyl and flash file.
• Your Character dropped into the platform template game provided.

Mondays class 3 (27/10/14)

WH&S
1. Follow a class on WH&S
2. Fill out your WH&S Hazzard identification report.
3. You can submit the report via Moodle here or in class by the 11/11/14

3D Animation
4. Complete the blender tutorials from last week
5. Start on the Modelling a shark assignment. You can access the assets from the 3D Blender Moodle page via this link
https://learn.rit.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=771&notifyeditingon=1#section-7

Tuesdays Class 3 (21/10/14)

1. Finish off the crash courses from last week.

2. Follow a demonstration on using sprite sheets to add a character to a pre existing game.

3. Find a sprite sheet of a character you might like to animate. Make sure it is on a transparent background.

here is a link to some sprite sheets

http://www.spriters-resource.com/

4. Use Photoshop or Illustrator to add your character to a the Platform template game.

Mondays Class 2 (20/10/14)

WH&S
1. Follow as your teacher explains the
WH&S hazard Risk Assessment Table

Hierarchy of controls

Standard operating procedures for the 3D Printer.

2. Follow a demonstration on using the TAFEs 3d Printer to print off a simple model.

3. Under observation from from your teacher you need to print of a simple model using the 3d Printer. Follow all safety precautions and procedures.

4. Fill out the hazard identification report and submit to your teacher.

Both the observation and the hazard report need to be completed by the 11th of November 2014

____________________________________________________________________________

3D

6. Follow and complete all of the beginner tutorials from the link bellow.

http://cgcookie.com/blender/cgc-courses/blender-basics-introduction-for-beginners/

7. If you have finished the tutorials ask your teacher for a copy of the shark image jpg to start your final assignment or down load it here.

Final assignment - Modelling and animating a shark in Blender

Follow the pdf instructions and complete the shark animation.

Here is a link to the PDF instructions for modelling your shark

http://gryllus.net/Blender/PDFTutorials/03ASharkModeling_iTunesU/SharkModeling.pdf

Here is a link to the PDF instructions for animating your shark.

http://gryllus.net/Blender/PDFTutorials/07ASharkAnimation_iTunesU/SharkAnimation.pdf

Save a copy of your finished animation as a blender file also render out your animation as an mp4.

Submit both the blender file and mp4 file to your teacher by 11th of November 2014.

Tuesdays class 2 (14/10/14)

1. Finish off animating your main block character from last week.


2. Complete the Crash courses for Stencyl.

Crash course 1
http://www.stencyl.com/help/view/crash-course/

If you finish start crash course 2

Crash course 2
http://www.stencyl.com/help/viewArticle/170

3. Discuss your character design with your teacher and work out how to your character moves and how to import your character in to a pre prepared Stencyl game.

4. Take a look at the following pages

• Instructions on animating in stencyl 

http://www.stencyl.com/help/view/animations/ 

• Link to pre existing sprites on a transparent background

http://www.spriters-resource.com/

Tuesdays class 1 (07/10/14)

Today we looked at:

1. Walk cycles in animation.

http://vimeo.com/7908382


2. Four or Five key walk cycles

http://bestanimationbooks.com/2012/05


3. Eadweard Muybridge  as a reference for movement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge


4. Stencyl 

http://www.stencyl.com/

• We opened up the Stencyl 'block game'
• Created two more levels of increasing in difficulty.
• Linked the levels together.
• Started animating the main block character using photoshop.