Animation and Game Texture Design

• • Introduction to unit
  • Character Design - Creating Form and Function
  • Character Modelling - tools of the trade
  • Sculpting features and details in characters
  • The Wizardry of Textures in games
  • Getting Textures Game-ready
  • Movement and animation styles of Characters in games
  • Rigging Characters 2 - Controllers and Skinning
  • Animating in 3D. Animation principles
  • 3D Character Animation - Splining using the Graph Editor
  • Final Animation polish, game engine implementation and presentation techniques

• Study resources

  • Instructional methods

    • Audio/Video conferencing
    • Online assignment submission
    • Blog
    • Chat Rooms
    • Embedded Multimedia
    • Podcasting/Lecture capture

  • Online materials

    • Resources and Links
    • Online Assessment
    • Audio-Video streaming

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

CUR-DIG230-Introduction to 3D Modelling and Rendering

Special requirements

• EquipmentDetails - Computer capable of running project-relevant animation software
• OtherDetails -

  Relevant Animation Software (eg. Adobe Creative Cloud, Maya, zBrush etc)

This subject develops students' skills and conceptual approaches in areas that are critical to all forms of animation; namely, the creation of textures for characters and objects, digital sculpting, and the application of motion (animation) to characters or objects. Students will have the opportunity to develop their conceptual approaches and explore the technical possibilities of animation and game texture design through hands-on production experimentation.

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• Character Research and Design (20%)
• Character Modeling and Texturing (40%)
• Character Rigging and Animation (40%)