Computer Animation Arts

Dear 1st years, As promised I have provided the list of Maya tutorials to date: If you notice that I have missed any that you have posted then feel free to send me an e-mail with a link to the appropriate post and I will update accordingly. I am aware that the majority have completed more that what is shown here, you probably just need to upload the images/ videos. Thanks and good luck on the final push, Simon

Tombola of Dreams 2018! Prize Draw - Friday May 4th @ 5pm / CAA Baseroom Funko Pop Vinyl Figures x 7 (see below!) Tickets still available at the Online Store !

Many of you have expressed an interest in participating in a 'Final Film' screening - not a crit or feedback session, but an opportunity to see your work and the work of your peers on the 'big screen' of lecture theatre 1.  To this end, I've booked Lecture Theatre 1 for 2pm on Tuesday May 22nd for a celebratory screening of your third year films. You don't have to attend and participation isn't mandatory, so let me know via an email or a comment here if you're interested in taking part. A note to our Year 1s and 2s - you're welcome to attend the screening too. 

I've scheduled three 'Careers-themed' workshops for you facilitated by staff from the Enterprise dept. here at UCA.  Year 3 attendance is mandatory - for hopefully obvious reasons!* Tuesday May 22nd @ 10am - 1pm / Personal Branding & Promotion with Stephen Davies Wednesday May 23rd @ 10am - 1pm / 'Exit Session' - CVs etc with Jan Rowan Wednesday May 23rd @ 2pm - 4.30pm / 'Tax & Getting Paid' with Alison Branagan.

There's a low-level thrumming sound emanating from our computer suites - and it's not just the sound of the PC fans trying to keep themselves cool as they eat their way through someone's renders. No, it's the composite sound comprising the grinding of teeth at yet another inexplicable catastrophic error message and the tss-tss-tss of earbuds wedged very firmly in ears; it's the purring of pleasure as something in Maya goes right, when a rigged limb finally behaves as expected or a test render reveals itself to be just stunningly beautiful; it's the escalating stress filling the air with a kind of giddy queuing-for-the-rollercoaster excitement because there's no turning back and no backing down, there's only the ride with all its ups and downs and the big finish.  Yes, it's deadline season on Computer Animation Arts ... The next time you're reading the Post With The Most , our students will have submitted their final projects and the comp...