CSE 459 Course Calendar

Thursday
Week 1
September 25
ASSIGN → Assignment 1: Bouncing Ball Basics
  • Animation Principles
  • Light and Heavy Bouncing Balls (drawn)
Week 2
October 2

 

ASSIGN → Assignment 2: Obstacle Course
  • Animation in Maya
  • Bouncing Ball Obstacle Course
  • Rig: Ball
DUE ← Assignment 1
Week 3
October 9

 

ASSIGN → Assignment 3: Posing and Forward Jump
  • Planning Sheets
  • Character Posing
  • Rig: Corruption
DUE ← Assignment 2
Week 4
October 16

ASSIGN →
Assignment 4: Forward Jump Breakdowns and Polish
  • Breakdowns
  • Timing
  • Motion Arcs
  • Polish
DUE ← Assignment 3

Week 5
October 23
ASSIGN → Assignment 5: Basic Walk Cycle
  • "Vanilla" walk cycle
  • Video reference
  • From planning sheets to polish
  • Contact Poses
DUE ← Assignment 4
Week 6
October 30


ASSIGN →
Assignment 6: Sit Layout

  • Develop story
  • Acting Reference
  • Planning sheets
  • Animation layout (face and body)
  • Constraints exercise

DUE ←Assignment 5

Week 7
November 6

ASSIGN → Assignment 7: Sit Extremes and Facial Expressions
  • Cardinal expressions
  • Face animation
  • Extremes (face and body)

DUE ←Assignment 6


Week 8
November 13

ASSIGN → Assignment 8: Sit Breakdowns and Polish

  • Breakdowns
  • Polish

DUE ←Assignment 7


Week 9
November 20

ASSIGN → Assignment 9: Production Work

  • To Be Determined

DUE ←Assignment 8


Week 10
November 27

HOLIDAY: NO CLASS!

Week 11
December 4

DUE ←Assignment 9 Checkpoint



Tuesday
Finals
December 9

DUE ←Assignment 9

Final time is 6:30PM-8:20PM.