ADA201 - Creating 3D Characters

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Simeon Taylor

Prerequisite:

ADA102

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

AMC226

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 3 hour Seminar per week

Content

This is an intermediate 3D animation unit. Students explore creative character design with reference to the principles of design, anatomy and character development. They will gain an understanding of how to design, model and texture characters. They will also explore a number of different rigging strategies and then proceed to rig their own characters with controllers so that they can be animated to fulfill a specific brief.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) - Character design plan, rationale and model - 40%

Assessment 2 (Individual) - Character rig - 30%

Assessment 3 (Individual) - Animation (emote test) - 30%