Week 35 2026 Backgrounds & Environments

May 4 - 10, 2026 

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 34 2026 Character Design

April 27 - May 1, 2026 

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 33 2026 Digital Short Project

April 20 - 24, 2026 

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 33 (April 20-24)
-Storyboard (50pts)
-Characters (50pts)

Week 34 (April 27-May 1)
Modeling
-Backgrounds (50pts)
-5 Textures (50pts) 

Week 35 (May 4 -8)
Animation & Sound FX

Week 36 (May 11 -15)
Animation & Rendering
Test Review

Week 37 (May 18-22)
Portfolio Final

Test Review

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

Week 31 2026 3D Animation Using Physics in Blender

March 30-3, 2026 

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 27 2026 Race Course

March 2 - 6, 2026

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 26 2026 Vehicle

Feb. 23 - 26, 2026 


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 25 2026 Floorplan Animation

February 17 - 20, 2026 

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