Week 10 2025 Creature Landscape

October 20 - 23, 2025 

Objective: Modeling objects by sculpting.

Assignment: Creature Landscape

Details: Create a landscape for your creature. Use the sculpt tool to manipulate a plane.

Save As: 01_Creature_Landscape_XX.blend

Video Tutorials:

Blender 2.83: 017 Creating a Creature

Blender 2.83: 018 Sculpting Landscape

Blender 2.83: 020 Trees Add On

Week 9 2025 Creature Sculpting

October 13 - 17, 2025 

Objective: Modeling objects by sculpting.
Assignment: Create a creature using meatball & sculpting modeling.
Save As: 01_Creature_XX.blend

Video Tutorial: Metaball & Sculpt Modeling

Texture Painting in Blender for Beginners (Tutorial)

Texture Painting - Quick Start Guide - Blender

Week 7 2025 Breakfast Layout

September 30 - October 3, 2025 

Objective: Creating an Image Texture
Assignment: Cereal Cover Design
Details: Using Photoshop create a new cereal company.

Save As: 01_Cover_XX.psd

Render As: 01_Cover_XX.jpg

Photoshop Design:

Creating a Cereal Cover in Photoshop

Objective: Adding Image Texture
Assignment: Create a Breakfast Table Layout. (50 pts. Cereal Design)
Details: Add your Cereal cover to a box. Model a bowl, spoon, Glass or cup, Fruit. Include a second texture on one of your objects.

Save As: 01_Cover_XX.psd

Render As: 01_Cover_XX.jpg

3D Layout:

Video Tutorial: Blender: Applying a texture to a face.

Video Tutorial: Blender: Creating other models.

Week 6 2025 Animate Simple Objects

 September 22 - 25, 2025 

Objective: Spin Objects.
Assignment: Animate Simple Objects (50pts)
Description: Open your simple objects or landscape project. Import from other blender files and create a scene to animate your objects.

Save As: 02_Animate Simple Objects_XX.blend

Links: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0b3HfFSFaFg

Week 5 2025 Chess Animation

Sept. 15 - 19, 2025 

Objective: Use keyframes to animate.

Assignment: Chess Animation

Details: After Creating your Chess Pieces and laying them on the board animate five or more moves.

Once your animation is done, render it out and submit your video file.

Save As: 00_ChessAnimation_XX.blend

Render As: 00_ChessAnimation_XX.avi

Example:

Video Tutorials:

Blender 2.83: 012 chessboard animation

Blender 2.83: 013 Camera Set up & Rendering

Week 4 2025 Chess Pieces

September 8 - 12, 2025 

Objective: Spin Objects.
Assignment: Chess Pieces (50pts)
Description: Use the spin tool to create six different chess pieces.

Save As: 01_Chessboard_XX.blend

Render As: 01_Chessboard_XX.png

From Blender

Blender: Spin Object

 
Assignment: Chess Board
Details: Layout your chess pieces on a chessboard

 

Week 3 2025 Landscape

September 2-5, 2025 

Objective: Selecting Faces.
Assignment: Create Mountains and a building structure. (Landscape.blend)
Details: Subdivide a plain and create a landscape. Then Create a building on the landscape. Use color
Save As: 01_Landscape_XX.blend
Render As: 01_Landscape_XX.png

Tools
Subdivide
Selection: Circle Selection: (C), Block Selection: (B).

 Video Tutorial: Blender: Subdivide, creating mountain landscape.

Week 2 2025 Simple Objects 1-2

August 25 - 29, 2025

Objective: Basic Modeling.
Assignment: Simple Objects 1-2 (50pts)
Description: Details: Each week you will create a new model. Add color and take two pictures of each model you create. Upload to your portfolio.

Save As: 01_SO_XX.blend
Render As: 01_SO1_Table1_XX.png, 01_SO1_Table2_XX.png
Render As: 01_SO2_ObjectName1_XX.png, 01_SO2_ObjectName2_XX.png

Week 1 2025 Robots

August 18 - 22, 2025

Objective: Learn to model objects.
Assignment: Boxing Robots 50 pts
Details: Model two robots fighting in a boxing rink. Add detail and color.

YouTube	Freeman Graphics
Blender 2.83: 005 Robot
Blender 2.83: 006 Adding Color on Model Robot
Blender 2.83: 007 Duplicate Robot & Create Boxing Ring

Week 1 2025 Blender Basics

August 18 - 22, 2025

Welcome to 3D graphics. This semester you will be learning how to use two or more 3D programs. 3D takes lots of patience and practice but can be very rewarding. Each week you will be given an assignment and also be required to model a simple object on your own. Each model you create you will be required to take 3 different angels and place it into an electronic portfolio.



Assignment:
-Disclosure 50 pts.
-Simple man 50 pts.
-Model 1 50 pts

  

Assignment: Create a Robot

Blender Basics

Week 36 2025 Portfolio & State Testing

 May 13 - 16, 2025

1-Submit Portfolio (100pts)
https://goo.gl/forms/ler1PEhnRR6D9Qgn2

2-Pre-Test (50pts)
https://forms.gle/zgt2Xxzcgk5PPjZA6


 3-Test Review (50pts)
Starters & 3D ANIMATION: STRANDS AND STANDARDS
http://hhs3danimation.blogspot.com/p/testing.html

:-) (-:

4-State Test (100pts) May 16th

https://signin.youscience.com/
Period 2: S6IRI3R8H
Period 3: CIKKC33ES

Week 36 2024 Digital Short Edit

May 12 - 16, 2025

Assignment: Digital Short Edit
Details: After rendering all five or more clip use a video editor to connect and create your final Digital Short Animation.

Digital Short Requirements:

-Create a Digital Short that will be 30 second long.
-Minimum of 2 characters.
-5 different angles.
-5 textures for this project.
-Title & Credits.
-Include Sound Effects.

Example: 3D Digtial Short Project Edit

Video Tutorials:

iMovie

Adobe Rush

YouTube	Freeman Graphics: DG		Rush
Rush: Video Editing: Part 1 New Project, Import images & Video
Rush: Video Editing: Part 2 Scaling, Cutting, Transitions, Credits
Rush: Video Editing: Part 3 Adding Audio, & Exporting

Adobe Premier

 

Week 35 2025 Backgrounds & Environments

May 5 - 9, 2025

Assignment: Backgrounds
Details: Set up a background for your digital short.

Project Details: Create a Digital Short that will be 30 second long. Minimum of 2 characters, and use 5 different angles. Use a minimum of 5 textures for this project.

Links: https://hdrihaven.com/

Video Tutorials:
Blender 2.8 How to setup an hdri environment background

Week 34b 2025 Character Design

April 28 - May 2, 2025

Objective: Modeling Objects
Assignment: Characters
Details: Model your first character for your Digital Short.

Project Details: Create a Digital Short that will be 30 second long. Minimum of 2 characters, and use 5 different angles. Use a minimum of 5 textures for this project.

Week 34 2025 Digital Short Project

April 28 - May 2, 2025

Objective: Story Telling.
Assignment: Digital Short Project.
Details: Create a Digital Short that will be 30 second long. Minimum of 2 characters, and use 5 different angles. Use a minimum of 5 textures for this project.

Timeline:
Week 34 (April 28-May 2)
-Storyboard (50pts)

Week 34 (April 28-12)
Modeling
-Characters (50pts)
-Backgrounds (50pts)
-5 Textures (50pts) 

Week 35 (May 5 -9)
Animation & Sound FX

Week 36 (May 12 -16)
Animation & Rendering
Test Review

Week 37 (May 19-23)
Portfolio Final

Test Review

Week 37 (May 19-23)
Portfolio Final
State Test

Assignment: Characters & Backgrounds
Details: Model your first Character and background set.

Week 33b 2025 3D Animation Using Physics in Blender

April 21-25, 2025

Objective: Explore Physics and Modifiers in Blender.
Assignment: Physics
Details: Explore the Modifiers in Blender and create a project using three different effects.

Download Blender: https://www.blender.org/

Older Version of Blender: https://download.blender.org/release/

Project Files	Video Tutorials
001Physics_Rigid Body	https://youtu.be/IVi01SpVXBQ
003Physics_Mesh	https://youtu.be/iA8r3NlUdU8
004Physics_cloth	https://youtu.be/6ManVsT4QKs
001Particles	https://youtu.be/l4qfSbojgDU

Video Tutorials:
All 54 Modifiers in Blender Explained in 10 Minutes

Examples: 

Week 33 2025 Physics & Modifiers

April 21-25,  2025

Objective: Explore Physics and Modifiers in Blender.
Assignment: Physics
Details: Explore the Modifiers in Blender and create a project using three different effects.

Video Tutorials:
All 54 Modifiers in Blender Explained in 10 Minutes

Examples: 

Week 32 2025 Ball Bounce

April 14-18,  2025

Objective: Squash & Stretch
Assignment: Ball Bounce
Details: Create a ball and a flat plan. Use the principles of squash & stretch and animate a ball bouncing across the screen.

Week 31 2025 Animated Textured Text

April 1 - 4, 2025

Objective: Create 3D text with texture on it.
Assignment: Animated Textured Text.
Details: Create text. Add two textures to your text. Create a scene with three more textures in it.
Links: https://www.1001freefonts.com/ or  http://www.dafont.com/

Save As: 00_Text.blend
Export As: 00_Text1.png, 00_Text2.png

Example:

Objective: Use key frames to animate text.
Assignment: Animate Text.
Details: Add Key frames to lights, camera, text or background to create animation.

Objective: Create 3D text with texture on it.
Assignment: Textured Text.
Details: Create text. Add two textures to your text. Create a scene with three more textures in it. Links: http://www.dafont.com/

Video Tutorial:

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Week 27 2025 Race Course

March 3 - 7, 2025

Objective: Subdivide & Selecting.
Assignment: Race track or course
Details: Create a race track for your vehicle to follow a path.
Video Tutorials:

Blender 3D: Creating a Race Track

Blender 3D: Following a Path

Blender 3D: Multiple Camera Set up

Blender 3D: Rendering from Multiple Camera

Week 25 2025 Vehicle

Feb. 18 - 21, 2025


Assignment: Create a vehicle.
Drawing: Start this project by drawing on paper. Sketch out your vehicle on paper first. Once you get back to school we will start modeling your vehicle in Blender.
Description: Create a vehicle that will navigate through a course. Car, truck, train, snowmobile, motorcycle.
Video Tutorials:
Blender 3D: Creating a Toy Truck with Loop Cuts

Week 24 2025 Floorplan Animation

February 10 - 14, 2025

Objective: Key frame Animation
Assignment: Animate Camera through you building. (50 pts)
Description: Set the position of the the camera then animate it through your building for 10 seconds. About 250 frames.


Video Tutorials:

Blender Floor Plan 3: camera set up

Adding a Light

Blender Floor Plan 4: Animation

Blender 2.83: 013 Camera Set up & Rendering

Week 23 2025 Floor Plan

February 3-7, 2025

Objective: Block & Circle selections.
Assignment: House walk through
Description: Create a floor plan by extruding faces up. Select the floor plan first, then extrude all walls up at the same time in three different segments. Add color for different parts of the floor plan.
Skills: Subdividing, Extruding, Block and Circle Selecting.

VT: Blender 2.80: Creating a Floor Plan Part 1

Week 22 2025 Simple Objects 1-2

January 27 - 31, 2025

Objective: Basic Modeling.
Assignment: Simple Objects 1-2 (50pts)
Description: Details: Each week you will create a new model. Add color and take two pictures of each model you create. Upload to your portfolio.

Save As: 01_SO_XX.blend
Render As: 01_SO1_Table1_XX.png, 01_SO1_Table2_XX.png
Render As: 01_SO2_ObjectName1_XX.png, 01_SO2_ObjectName2_XX.png

Week 21 2025 Airplane

January 21-24, 2025


Objective: Basic Modeling.
Assignment: Airplane
Details: Create an airplane by extruding from a cube and adding color.

Video Tutorials:

Blender 2.80: Airplane Model

Blender 2.80: Airplane Model adding Color

Week 20 2025 Portfolio & State Testing

 January 13 - 16, 2025

1-Submit Portfolio (100pts)
https://goo.gl/forms/ler1PEhnRR6D9Qgn2

2-Pre-Test (50pts)
https://forms.gle/zgt2Xxzcgk5PPjZA6


 3-Test Review (50pts)
http://hhs3danimation.blogspot.com/p/testing.html

4-State Test (100pts) January 13th

https://signin.youscience.com/
Period 2: ZCIM8JKFY
Period 3: 46W62SK6U

Week 19 20025 Blender Tips

 Jan. 6 - 10, 2025

Objective: Create 3D text with texture on it.
Assignment: Blender Tips
Details: Pick a tutorial and learn something new and create something from what you have seen.

Links: 

150 MORE Blender 2.8 tips you might not know about. (Blender 2.8 tips)

200+ Helpful Blender 3D Hacks in Under 1 Hour

All 54 Modifiers in Blender Explained in 10 Minutes

Save As: 00_BlenderTips.blend
Export As: 00_BlenderTips.png, 00_BlenderTips.png