Last updated Oct 27, 2022 Edit Source

• Syllabus updates
• course moving forward
  • assignments
  • excercizes
  • quizes
• explain confusion and lack of direction
  • it will change going forward
• questions
• lesson 3
  • specific modeling techniques
    • edge flow
    • booleans
    • correcting mistakes
  • assignment
    • correcting mistake
    • model a piece of a prop

• Please let me know so that I don’t miss it
• I worked at the autism center
• I have ADHD and dyscalculia and probably autism

• OBS
• setting up sources
• please get a camera and microphone!

• Keep working hard
• Don’t compare yourself to your peers too much
  • Instead stay focused on what people are doing in industry

• File structure
• naming conventions
• turning assignments in
  • follow instructions
  • the instructions are there for a reason
    • there are a lot of you
• version control
  • git
  • other
• pipelines
  • pipeline tools
  • https://prism-pipeline.com/
  • deadline - renderfarm tool
  • shotgun - industry standard pipeline tool https://www.shotgridsoftware.com/
  • https://www.ftrack.com/en/
  • https://nim-labs.com/
  • https://www.toonboom.com/products/producer
  • https://www.cg-wire.com/
  • custom tooling
    • python
    • lua
    • shell scripting

go over git

• know where it is
• read it!

Why blender can help you be faster and more efficient than Maya for 3D modeling

• UI
  • viewport
    • n-panel
  • outliner
  • properties window
  • stats
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• navigation
  • orbiting view
  • ortho/perspective
  • local view
  • focus
    • middle click
    • period
• modeling
  • gizmos
  • object mode
  • edit mode
    • mesh components
    • tools
    • modifiers!
      • methodology
      • proceduralism
  • sculpt mode
  • paint mode
• Shorcuts!
  • importance!
    • speed
    • efficiency
  • repeat last action

Can be important for surfacing

• Localizing topology
• avoid unnecessary topology

This can be important for edge flow and deformations

even distribution of edges

• remove dead edges
• Use matcaps
• edges should add to the form of your object

• holding edges
  • especially for subd
  • bevels
    • in maya press 3
• check your faceloops
• don’t rely on subd for your form

• ngons and tris can be ok for certain situations
  • they should usually be deliberate and exceptions

• retopo
  • start with edge and face loops first

1. reference
2. curve guides
3. blockout
4. edge flow
5. retopo
6. detail

• modeling exercises
  • take a single polygon and start with one face and end with 4
  • create bevel and chamfer with holding edges for a subd workflow
  • fixing bad mesh
• create a simple prop
  • I will give you some images of a simple prop
  • I want a good attempt.
  • think of this as a sketchbook