Monday, September 14, 2009

Imd I

We ran out of time on Friday! Complete the Friday blog post work by the end of lab today.



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Friday, September 11, 2009

IMD I - Castles are DUE!

You will need to submit the following in a blog post before the end of the period.

1. Render 4 white camera views of your castle.

2. Answer the following questions in the same blog post.

What have you learned about 3D Modeling?

What has been your biggest challenge in 3D?

What would you do differently if you were to do your castle model over again?

Was your research sketch helpful?

3. Make sure you bring your concept sketch on Monday we will be scanning them.



TEXTURE and CAMERA NOTES

to create a white texture:

M to open the materials editor

Select the gray box next to the diffuse label

Change the color to white

ctrl + A to select all in the file

hit the assign material to selection button to apply the material



To create a camera :

Go to the camera page (look for the camera icon)

use a target camera, hit C to change a view to camera view

Thursday, September 10, 2009

IMD II - It's a Knight not a Dragon (sorry Harley)

Get your knight on. Make sure you read the fine print.

IMD I

Wrap up your castle design during lab, we will be creating cameras and rendering tomorrow!




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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

IMD I - 9.9.09 !

No lecture today, lab time for the Castle project.

I've added links to IMD I blogs. If your name is not listed you'll need to email me your blog address (copy and paste from the address bar) and your full name. Send the email to franzderek@gmail.com

Assignment Due FRIDAY: Customize (stickers, art, etc) the cover of your new composition book, make sure your name is visible on the cover.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

IMD II - Happy Tuesday!

Warm up: Please answer the following questions in your essential question google doc.

1. The following people might be good resources for me (Explain why they are good resources):

2. Some possible resources for research are:

3. How will family, community, or industry benefit from this project?

4. What skills or understanding do you expect to develop and demonstrate in this project?

In Lab:

We will look at constructing the knight by creating an editable mesh.

IMD I - I hope you had a great weekend!

We'll start class by your grading concept sketches and doing a little review of the construction and navigation tools.

We'll spend the rest of lab working on modeling the castle.