weekly schedule
week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
week 1
Mon. Jan. 13
intro:
Course Intro - syllabus, course details, D2L, equipment and supplies, software info, course website, etc.
Assignment:
- Login to Adobe account with SIU Network ID and Password
- Submit request to IT for Adobe Licensing
- Gather materials - sketchbook, notebook, USB drive
Wed. Jan. 15
Demo:
- Software introduction, 3D concepts, modeling concepts.
- Cinema 4D: basics, viewports, content browser, object manager, displays.
- C4D Preferences
- C4D keyboard shortcuts and customization
- C4D Tools and Tool Settings
- C4D Selections
- Primitive Objects
- Attributes: object, project, layers,
- Axis Modification and Axis
- Saving
Intro:
Assignment 1
week 2
Mon. Jan. 20
No class in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
Wed. Jan. 22
demo
Modeling techniques for Assignment 1
Due
5 sketches for Assignment (UPLOAD IMAGES TO D2L)
week 3
Mon. Jan. 27
Demo
Lighting techniques for Assignment 1 - some links from Steffan Tell (for portraiture but very good diagrams of light set ups)
Shading techniques for Assignment 1 - Introduction to Redshift Standard Material, Redshift Renderview, Rendshift IPR,
Rendering for Assignment 1
Worktime
Assignment 1
Wed. Jan. 29
Intro
Assignment 2
Introduction to Polygon Modeling
week 4
Mon. Feb. 3
Due
Assignment 1 - Submit files to D2L
Demo
Modeling Techniques for Assignment 2 - Component Modes, Component Coordinates, Polygon Tools, Extrude, Symmetry, Bevel, Melt, Dissolve, Edge Loops, Polygon Pen, Optimize
Practice File for in-class Modeling Demo
Wed. Feb. 5
Worktime
Assignment 2
week 5
Mon. Feb. 10
Demo
Review Modeling Techniques for Assignment 2
Worktime
Assignment 2
Wed. Feb. 12
Demo
Review Modeling Techniques for Assignment 2
week 6
Mon. Feb. 17
Due
Assignment 2 - Submit Files to D2L
Demo
Modeling with Splines - Spline Types and Parameters, Spline Pen, Spline Sketch, Loft, Lathe, Sweep, Extrude, Loft
Intro
Assignment 3
Wed. Feb. 19
DUE
Sketch(s) for assignment 3
Demo
Review Splines and Generators
Introduction to the Cloner
Worktime
Assignment 3
week 7
Mon. Feb. 24
Demo
Introduction to Cinema 4D Deformers - Bend, Twist, Wrap, Spline Wrap
Wed. Feb. 26
Demo
Introduction to Red Shift and shading networks
Introduction to Maxon Noise
week 8
Mon. Mar. 3
Demo
Introduction to Red Shift rendering and optimization
Wed. Mar. 5
Due
Assignment 3 - submit files to D2L
Intro
Assignment 4
Demo
Procedural Modeling - Introduction to effectors, fields, Volume Builder, Volume Mesher,
week 9
Mon. Mar. 10
No Class - Spring Break
Wed. Mar. 12
No Class - Spring Break
week 10
Mon. Mar. 17
Demo
Additional modeling techniques for Assignment 4
Worktime
Assignment 4
Wed. Mar. 19
Demo
Organic Cell Patterns/Organic Noise - Random Field, Voronoi Fracture, Polygon Reduction (Demo File)
Worktime
Assignment 4
week 11
Mon. Mar. 24
Due
Drawings and 5 Resources for Assignment 4 - Submit to D2L
Demo
Working with Red Shift Materials - Displacement
Wed. Mar. 26
Demo
Rendering techniques with Redshift
week 12
Mon. Mar. 31
Demo
Redshift - Beginning of UV mapping with the Triplanar Node
Redshift - Addition of OSL Shaders for additional nodes in RS - OSL Shaders on Github
Wed. Apr. 2
Due
Assignment 4 - Submit Files to D2L
DEMO:
UV PROJECTION AND MAPPING - test file
week 13
Mon. Apr. 7
Worktime
Assignment 5
Wed. Apr. 9
Worktime
Assignment 5
week 14
Mon. Apr. 14
Worktime
Assignment 5
Wed. Apr. 16
Intro
Assignment 6
demo
Modeling tecniques for Assignmet 6
week 15
Mon. Apr. 21
Due
Assignment 5 - submit files to D2L
demo
Modeling tecniques for Assignmet 6
Wed. Apr. 23
Worktime
Assignment 6
week 16
Mon. Apr. 28
Worktime
Assignment 6
Wed. Apr. 30 - last meeting time of the semester
Due
- Final Projects
- Submit files to D2L
- Present work for discussiona and critique
Group critique for Final project
finals week
*** NO MEETING DURING FINALS WEEK. NO FINAL EXAM ***