Agenda

1. Video Screening
   • The Analog and the Digital
   • Questions: a. What are the differences of making in digital vs. analog space? b. How do you create the unexpected with standard tools?
   • Ed Catmull and Fred Parke: A Computer Animated Hand
   • Pixar: Andre & Wally B
   • Vladimir Loginov: Bee
2. Terminology
   1. Polygon
   2. Quad
   3. Nurb
   4. nGon
      • Avoid more than 4 edges to a polygon
   5. Curve
   6. Vertex
   7. Edge
   8. Face
   9. UV
   10. Non-manifold Geometry
       • Typically causes render and rigging errors
   11. Platonic Solid
3. Modeling Demo
   1. Extrude
   2. Bevel
   3. Split Polygons
   4. Subdivide
   5. Quads
      • Best for rendering, deformation, and general modeling
   6. Mirror
   7. Instance vs copy
   8. Curve Tool (CV, EP) 24. Revolve, Bridge
   9. Convert Nurbs to Polygons
4. Assignment