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Course Code: GES3006
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | Basic Blender Interface | ||
| C. | Viewport Configuration and Layout | ||
| D. | Display Settings and Menu Rollouts | ||
| E. | Select, Undo/Redo, and Space Search | ||
| F. | Rendering an Image | ||
| G. | Viewport Controls and Settings | ||
| H. | Transforms and User Preferences | ||
| I. | Select and Deselect | ||
| J. | Primitives | ||
| K. | Append | ||
| L. | Primitive Properties | ||
| M. | 3D Cursor and Object Position | ||
| N. | Edit and Object Mode | ||
| O. | Grease Pencil | ||
| P. | Pivots and Object Origin | ||
| Q. | 3D Cursor | ||
| R. | Transform Orientation and Duplicate | ||
| S. | Polygon, Vertex, and Edge | ||
| T. | Object Mode Keys | ||
| U. | Edit Mode Keys | ||
| V. | Limit Selection to Visible | ||
| W. | Viewport Shading and Smoothing | ||
| X. | Insert, Delete, Dissolve Edge | ||
| Y. | Edge Split and Create Edge | ||
| Z. | Merge | ||
| AA. | User Preferences and Key Commands | ||
| AB. | Outliner | ||
| AC. | Modifiers | ||
| AD. | Piling Modifiers | ||
| AE. | Snaps (Edit and Object Mode) | ||
| AF. | Snap to Grid | ||
| AG. | Splines | ||
| AH. | Rendering Splines | ||
| AI. | Splines in Edit Mode | ||
| AJ. | Curve Modifier | ||
| AK. | Path Deform Process | ||
| AL. | Bevel with Contour Controls | ||
| AM. | Lathe | ||
| AN. | Mirror and Symmetrize | ||
| AO. | Insert | ||
| AP. | Intersect Tool | ||
| AQ. | Fill, Bridge, and Grid Fill | ||
| AR. | Bend | ||
| AS. | Pivot Positioning | ||
| AT. | Fill | ||
| AU. | Grease Pencil Revisited | ||
| AV. | Duplicate and Linked Duplicate | ||
| AW. | Appending and Saving Selected | ||
| AX. | Layers | ||
| AY. | Boolean | ||
| AZ. | Smooth Shading | ||
| BA. | Arrays | ||
| BB. | Solidify | ||
| BC. | Subdivide | ||
| BD. | Proportional Editing | ||
| BE. | Mesh Deform | ||
| BF. | Basic Light Settings | ||
| BG. | Basic Edge Placement for Sub D Surfaces | ||
| BH. | Final Practical |
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | Balance | ||
| C. | Unity | ||
| D. | Gradation | ||
| E. | Harmony | ||
| F. | Dominance | ||
| G. | Repetition | ||
| H. | Contrast | ||
| I. | Gestalt | ||
| J. | Space | ||
| K. | Symmetry and Asymmetry | ||
| L. | Gathering and Filtering | ||
| M. | Style Guides | ||
| N. | Form and Structure | ||
| O. | Silhouette and Visual Reference | ||
| P. | Tonal Studies | ||
| Q. | Light | ||
| R. | Ball Study | ||
| S. | Visual Depth | ||
| T. | Tactile Texture / Visual Texture / Pattern | ||
| U. | Volume | ||
| V. | Visual Narrative I | ||
| W. | Visual Narrative II | ||
| X. | Final Practical |
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | Photoshop Texture Maps | ||
| C. | Custom Brushes | ||
| D. | Style Sheets and Ortho Concepts | ||
| E. | Creature Design | ||
| F. | DDO, NDO, and 3DO in Photoshop | ||
| G. | Quixel | ||
| H. | Map Types | ||
| I. | What is Physically Based Rendering? | ||
| J. | Ambient Occlusion (AO) Maps | ||
| K. | ID Maps | ||
| L. | Using the Quixel Suite | ||
| M. | Using NDO I | ||
| N. | Using 3DO I | ||
| O. | NDO Practical | ||
| P. | Accessing Material ID Links | ||
| Q. | Using DDO I | ||
| R. | Saving DDO Smart Materials | ||
| S. | Using DDO II | ||
| T. | Using DDO III | ||
| U. | Create Base (Albedo / Specular / Reflection / AO / Normal) | ||
| V. | Lowering Preview Resolution and Viewing IDs in Real-Time | ||
| W. | Combining Normal Information | ||
| X. | Layers and Blending Modes in DDO | ||
| Y. | The Mask Editor and Mask Paint | ||
| Z. | Brush Combining in Photoshop and Blender | ||
| AA. | Grouping Layers | ||
| AB. | Final Practical |
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | Basic Photoshop | ||
| C. | Tile Texture | ||
| D. | Wacom Tablet Properties | ||
| E. | Layers | ||
| F. | Lights | ||
| G. | Sizing and Saving Texture Maps | ||
| H. | Texel Density | ||
| I. | Basic UV Unwrap | ||
| J. | The UV Editor | ||
| K. | Adding Maps to Objects | ||
| L. | Auto and Smart Unwrap | ||
| M. | To Sphere | ||
| N. | Unwrap Follow Active Quads | ||
| O. | Setting Seams for UVW Unwrap | ||
| P. | Smoothing and UV Elements | ||
| Q. | Element Selection | ||
| R. | Positioning of Unwrap Elements | ||
| S. | Weld, Stitch, and Breaking UV Elements | ||
| T. | Relaxing UV Vertices and Elements | ||
| U. | Packing UV Elements | ||
| V. | Mesh Smooth and Edge Crease | ||
| W. | Cycles in Blender | ||
| X. | Texture Paint | ||
| Y. | Basic Sculpt | ||
| Z. | Baking ID Maps | ||
| AA. | Baked Textures | ||
| AB. | Creating Normal Maps | ||
| AC. | Sub-D Modeling Intro | ||
| AD. | Final Practical |
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | Stylized 3d Character | ||
| C. | Man Made Prop | ||
| D. | 3d Tree | ||
| E. | Underwater Vehicle |
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | Anatomy (Hands) | ||
| C. | Anatomy (Feet) | ||
| D. | Anatomy (Head) | ||
| E. | Anatomy (Arm, Leg) | ||
| F. | Anatomy (Chest, Back) | ||
| G. | Anatomy (Creature - Cat) | ||
| H. | Anatomy (Creature - Horse) | ||
| I. | Anatomy (Bird) | ||
| J. | Anatomy (Creature - Dinosaur) | ||
| K. | Anatomy (Structural Design - Wings) | ||
| L. | Edge Flow, Relaxed Edge Flow | ||
| M. | Anatomy and Edge Flow | ||
| N. | Supporting Edges (Structural) | ||
| O. | Supporting Edges (Curved Mesh) | ||
| P. | Mirror and Edge Flow | ||
| Q. | Weighted Vertices | ||
| R. | Armature in 3d (Skin Modifier) | ||
| S. | Edge Flow for Animated Meshes | ||
| T. | Fixing Texture Seams | ||
| U. | Digital Sculpting | ||
| V. | Solidify to Set Up Clothing | ||
| W. | Script UV Squares Master | ||
| X. | Script Mesh Align to G Pencil | ||
| Y. | Final Practical |
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | Orthographic Planes | ||
| C. | Alpha Settings and Transparency | ||
| D. | X-Ray | ||
| E. | Blocking Out the Leg | ||
| F. | Adding the Mirror Modifier | ||
| G. | Defining the Back of the Neck | ||
| H. | Creating the Feet | ||
| I. | Creating the Head I | ||
| J. | Creating the Head II | ||
| K. | Creating the Hands I | ||
| L. | Creating the Hands II | ||
| M. | Creating the Arms | ||
| N. | Creating the Toes | ||
| O. | Eyes and Teeth | ||
| P. | Final Base Mesh (Ready for Sculpt) | ||
| Q. | The Multiresolution Modifier | ||
| R. | Setting Up the Sculpt Menu | ||
| S. | Laying Down Clay Strips | ||
| T. | Refining the Sculpt | ||
| U. | Sculpting Details | ||
| V. | Duplicate Mesh, Create Low and High Variation | ||
| W. | Spaced (Relax) Vertices and Tight Mesh Areas | ||
| X. | Texture Projections | ||
| Y. | Projection Snaps and Retopo | ||
| Z. | Final Practical |
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | Add/Delete Edge Loops to Define Volumes | ||
| C. | Unwrapping Separate Objects (Sub-Objects) | ||
| D. | Baking Normal Maps (Blender) | ||
| E. | Baking Normal Maps (XNormal) | ||
| F. | Apply Normal Maps to Mesh | ||
| G. | Texture Paint Mode and Brushes | ||
| H. | Mirror in Paint Mode | ||
| I. | Stencils | ||
| J. | UV Unwrap Guidelines | ||
| K. | Normal Map Errors and Extreme Stretching | ||
| L. | Normal Map Elements (XYZ, Color, Designation) | ||
| M. | Additional Projects | ||
| N. | Final Practical |
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | New Project and UI Overview | ||
| C. | Viewport Navigation | ||
| D. | View Modes and Show Flags | ||
| E. | Placing Objects in a Level | ||
| F. | Content Browser | ||
| G. | Material Creation I | ||
| H. | Material Creation II | ||
| I. | Basic Lighting | ||
| J. | Basic Blueprints | ||
| K. | Lights and Settings | ||
| L. | Shadows | ||
| M. | Light Behavior I | ||
| N. | Light Behavior II | ||
| O. | Three Point Lighting | ||
| P. | Time of Day Lighting | ||
| Q. | Translucency and Projections | ||
| R. | Game Engine Lighting I | ||
| S. | Game Engine Lighting II | ||
| T. | Final Practical |
| A. | Getting Started | ||
| B. | Modeling the Base Mesh | ||
| C. | Sculpting the Character | ||
| D. | Retopology | ||
| E. | UV Mapping and Texture Baking | ||
| F. | Texture Painting | ||
| G. | Rigging the Character | ||
| H. | Creating Animation Cycles | ||
| I. | Setting Up in Unity | ||
| J. | Final Practical |
| A. | Final Practical and Essay | ||
| B. | Portfolio Development | ||
| C. | Career/Next Steps Consultation |
Christian Bradley is the Director of Curriculum Development for Digital Media at the Art Institute of California, Orange County campus. He was as an instructor and Academic Director of Game Art and Design at the Art Institute of California, San Diego from 2003 to 2015. For more than twenty years, Bradley was an environment artist and texture artist with more than 35 commercial video game titles for PC, and Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo consoles in his portfolio. He has worked at Interplay, the Dreamers Guild Studios, and the Collective Studios. Some previous clients include Activision, Digital Extremes, and Legend Entertainment.
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