Computer Animation Arts

I'm not sure how many people applied to be a Student Volunteer at SIGGRAPH 2014, but just incase anyone didn't know, the results were emailed out yesterday so check your email! And check your junk folder too.... that's a popular place for such important emails to go. Good Luck!

  The Final Crit  (Adaptation Part B):   Location: Lecture Theatre 1 Time: Thursday 1st May @ 10am Maya Tutorials: Location: Via your blog Deadline: Friday 9th May @ 9am Submission Post: 1) Adaptation Part A: Please repost your Video Info-graphic for final assessment. 2) Adaptation Part B: Please post your pipeline work including your final piece, making of document, and demo reel shot. 3) Maya Tutorials: Please create a single hyperlinked post to all of your completed maya tutorials. A check list is available on the tutorial website . Good luck everyone.  

As I'm sure most of you are aware by now, the original published submission date for your Contextual Studies assignment failed to take the May Bank Holiday into account... apologies!    Tuesday 6th May is your deadline, with your assignments submitted to the Campus Registry Office between 11am - 12 noon.

  Friday May 2nd is the summative deadline for Toolkit: Drawing and Toolkit: Animation & Character . The summative deadline for Toolkit: Autodesk Maya is Friday 9th May. In preparation for submission you should look again at your various project briefs to ensure you're meeting the requirements as stipulated. For your convenience, I've summarised here the content and requirements as outlined on your three CG Artist's Toolkit project briefs: Drawing, Animation, and Autodesk. Remember, not only are you submitting the work required of you, you are also being challenged to curate, present and publish it professionally and dynamically. You're expected to take pride in your work and pay close attention to detail.  1: Toolkit: Drawing A final Scribd portfolio of archived drawings from your sketchbooks . Portfolio should be presented professionally and all drawings dated and compiled in chronological order. A final Scribd portfolio of all...

We're just a few weeks away from final hand-ins - the creative conclusion to the academic year.  April's PWTM is the 'nearly-there-but-not-quite' edition. It's image-rich and embed-heavy; it hints and highlights, it teases and trails.  Our students are moving quickly towards completion, with all the stresses, strains and tight-rope moments so implied.  It's an exciting time, an up-against-it time, and a special time, as months of hard work and investment in personal visions begin to pay off. Things only accelerate from here onwards - this truly is the beginning of the end of the beginning, as first years contemplate their futures as second years, second years look forward to the increased autonomy (and responsibilities) of their third years, and our third years look forward to their futures as bright, brand new graduates. For our third years, the two week Easter 'break' was nothing of the kind, our computer suites term-time busy, and our keybo...