Instructor: Michael Collins | msc227@psu.edu | @_mike_collins
Tell us about yourself
We have a ton of material to cover this semester. To do well in this class, you have to work really hard, so make sure you are prepared to commit to a rigorous work ethic! You will lose sleep this semester, but it will be fun!
Theme prompts require that you will take novel and creative approaches to visual and conceptual investigations. Your ability to be a creative problem solver is more important than your ability to model or texture.
Question: Can I make game environments, characters, short films, etc?
Answer: Yup!
The projects in this class support your individual creative interests. How you solve for the project themes are up to you, as long as they are within the constraints of the project, and projects are fairly open ended. Never do something just because you’ll think that I’ll like it. Take ownership of your work.
If you have any recommendations, please post on the site on the dicsussion page, or if it's in reference to a specific exercise, you can post right on the exercise. When you find something useful to the class, post it on the Discussion page!
Fun fact! This course site and all the content is open-source. You can fork it on github.
I understand that it can be hard to make it to every single class. But please show up for critique days.
Autodesk Student Software free! Register: http://students.autodesk.com
AND
The Internet!
There is a lot of knowledge and useful information on the Internet, like how to make particles in Blender, or how to fold a shirt like a ninja!
Fan Zhang - Mikael Engzell - Mariano Steiner - Laurent Pierlot - Toni Bratincevic
Mike Rigley: Network
Alex Roman - The Third & The Seventh
Others on Vimeo
Johnny Likens - IRON MAN 3 : HUD + GFX PROCESS REEL
Penn State Digital Media Group
SIGGRAPH Student Volunteering (Early February)
