Syllabus
Administrivia:
Required texts:
- Isaac Victor Kerlow,
The Art of 3-D Computer Animation and Imaging
Recommended texts:
- Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston,
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life
- Kit Laybourne, The Animation Book
Supplemental texts:
- Alias | Wavefront Power Animator manuals
- James Foley, Andries Van Dam, Steven Feiner, and John Hugues,
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice,
Addison-Wesley, 1990.
Copies of the supplemental texts live in LA2. They are to be
left in the lab at all times.
Projects and due dates:
The first five projects are due a week after they are assigned. Projects
will be critiqued in class on the due date, so late projects are not
acceptable. You are encouraged to continue work on your project after
the critique session to implement the suggestions. Such improvements
may be turned in up until one week after the due date. Projects will
not be graded as such, but extensive comments will be given in writing
after each critique session.
A class project will occupy the last five weeks of class. This will consist
of several mini-deadlines and one final due date on the last day of
class. The only way this project will be completed is if all deadlines are
met.