Animation & Game Design - Term 1 submissions

There is a shared folder on the network for your submissions. In the folder you will also find a document specifying the submission requirements... I've copied those details here:

Animation
A) Rendered turnaround of wireframe, shaded and textured character [Quicktime h.264 compression, not smaller than 640x480]
B) 3D file [scn, emdl, fbx or obj] make sure the file contains all the relevant models & UV's
C) Theoretical component/Character rationale
D) Extra credit will be given to students who successfully completed the biped rig tutorial

Game Design
A) Exported exe build of character turnaround with assets folder
B) 3D file [hi & low poly mesh - when applicable - in scn, emdl, fbx or obj format] make sure the file contains all the relevant models & UV's
C) Theoretical component/Game Tech. Design document

Next week's class will be used for assessment & feedback - please attend this session in order to fix/improve your work during the course of the holiday.

AnimationXchange - March 2012

Rigging Workshop

Saturday the 17th of March at The Open Window campus from 9:00 - 14:00.

AnimationSA Student Competition Winners

by K vd Oever

Hi, by the way...

TOW won 4 Awards a the first ever Animation SA student competition. Kevin vd Oever won 2 of the categories for visual execution, and 3rd place for Best Short-film + R10 000 worth of prizes. Annike Pienaar won 3rd place for Best Character Animation. Special thanks to the others that entered, thanks for all your hard work.

Big congratulations to our awesome students!! 

Kunjani'mation Festival

On 14 and 15 October, the Alliance française of Johannesburg will host two projection evenings combining a variety of styles and subjects. Starting with short films by South African directors, including William Kentridge and the The Black Heart Gang; followed by a selection of short subjects from the Annecy International Film Festival; and finishing the evening with some fantastic French feature films. 

On 15 October, Wits Digital Arts will host a series of workshops covering various aspects of animation art and business, as well as an exhibition of animation designs.

Game Development Community Sessions @ rAge

Interested in Game Development?

Game Development Community Sessions - rAge 2011

Come and meet the local Game Development community at rAge 2011, We have people who teach, eat, live and breathe game development in South Africa. We have a couple of talks, a lot of community vibes and a big meet up on Saturday.

Want to know how to get into making games as a career? Want to know who is making what? Find out what you are missing! Find out who the IGDA is and their role in your community and what they offer you.Get the information you need on the Monthly meet ups we have at Microsoft in Johannesburg..

We have developers from Cape Town coming, what is your excuse!?

map / location information at www.rageexpo.co.za

ANIMATION MAJOR 2: Class structure for 13 - 20 September

From 13 - 20 September 2011, all second year animation majors are to submit a capture of their animation at the end of class for crit, as well as lighting and rendering test stills. Animation crits will no longer take place during class time. Students will instead receive a feedback video before the Friday of that week, in which either Stephan or Chris will go through their animation and crit their work. Students will then have a detailed feedback on file to refer back to in order to make changes and fix their work.

Classes will then serve as a "Q&A session" to assist students with technical issues, and will be from 09:30 - 11:30.

SUBMISSION CRITERIA:

Captures are to be submitted 720x576 (widescreen captures must then be letterboxed, ie black bars on top and bottom) and contain Field Guides and FRAME NUMBERS (Very NB) in QuickTime format (.mov) and compressed to UNDER 50MB. Stills to be submitted as JPGs or PNG.