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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