Lesson Plan Calendar

Week One

9/21

In class: Introduction, Syllabus, Materials

Maya interface, where to put files, how to work with it in the lab

9/23

Assign Hand Drawn Project, Discussion of perspective, cone of vision, x,y,z space

Basic moves in Maya, channel box, keyboard shortcuts, various views of work

How to find information on the software

Week Two

9/28

Introduction of guest instructors including their work now and in the past.

Discussion of work available in the business here and in other areas.

9/30

Hand Drawn Project due, critique of them

Primitive Shapes- create various ones and save a file in the proper folder. Intersect and move them in x,y,z space

Discuss the differences between nurbs, polygons, vertices and planes

Week Three

10/5

Work on primitive shapes, make a composition

Zoom in and out, rotate camera view, find out about rendering

10/7

Texture-What is it?
Bring textures to scan- objects that you have found, not those you are wearing or bringing to school every day, Make some textures in Photoshop.

Week Four

10/12

Texture placement (volumetric) on primitive objects

10/14

Texture Project assigned. Work on how to accomplish this.

Week Five

10/19

10/21

Betsy back. Texture Project due.

Discussion of what you have accomplished at this point.

Extrusion and how to get Illustrator files into the program.

Week Six

10/26

Assign Logo Project. Talk about strategy, create a 2 dimensional logo and extrude it.

10/28

Work on Logo Project

Look at professional logos from Maya Gallery, Strata Gallery and others

Week Seven

11/2

Discuss lighting. Try it on the logo you have created.

11/4

Logo Project due.

Assign Small animation for the Web

Week Eight

11/9

11/11

Faculty workday, no class

Week Nine

11/16

11/18

Week Ten

11/23

11/25

NO CLASS/Holiday

Week Eleven

11/30

Small animation for the Web due

Critique

12/2

Last Class - Review