COMPUTER ART: INTEGRATION

Fall 2024

Updates and Deadlines

TUE, Oct 29:
Watch the next two screencasts: ZBrush Polypaint and ZBrush to C4D pipeline.
DUE: Head/Bust OptRev (ztl, screenshot of preferred angle)
Work on The Ring.

THU, Oct 31:
DUE: The Ring (ztl)
Watch the next screencast: ZBrush ZSpheres

Grades for the Vessel have been posted.



Course Information

Stephan Larson

email:  stlarson@nmu.edu 
phone: x1488 (227-1488)
Office: 84 ART (zoom with advance notice)-- Office Hours

Syllabus/FAQ
Semester Schedule
EduCat (server info+)
Lab Hours

Stuff to Look At

Additional references, project materials, and generally interesting stuff.

Tor Frick and newer stuff on artstaion
Phillip Beesley (and an interview with video of a sculpture)
Sub-D Gun Speed Modeling (older version of C4D; uses Volume Builder extensively)
Victoria Passariello
Tomi Vaisanen
Pennyism (materials + HUD... and some mechanical joints)
Meats Meier
Common Face Sculpting Mistakes by Flipped Normals
ZBrush - All Brushes
Gael Kerchenbaum
Mariano Steiner
ZBrush Alpha Library

 

Semester Schedule

Note: Dates are subject to change due to illness, snow days, etc.

I. Modeling/Texturing
Aug 27 - Welcome back. Logistics. Brainstorm Project 1.
Aug 29 - Cinema 4D modeling. Build some stuff!
Sep 3 - Sub-d techniques. Final Proj 1 sketches due.
Sep 5 - More sub-d techniques. Kitbashing.
Sep 10 - Hierarchy, rigging, and IK. Assign Project 2.
Sep 12 - Project 2 due.
Sep 17 - Lighting, look dev, and rendering.
Sep 19 - Project 1 due. Assign Project 1b.
Sep 24 - Materials, mapping, and Redshift. Assign Project 3.
Sep 26 - Project 3 due. Postproduction.
Oct 1 - Project 1b due. UVs for texture. Assign Project 4.
Oct 3 - UV lab.
Oct 8 - Project 4 due.

II. Sculpting
Oct 10 - Intro to ZBrush. Assign Project 5.
Oct 15 - Project 5 due. Dynamic meshing. Assign Project 6.
Oct 17/18 - AD Scramble
Oct 22 - Project 6 due. Booleans and remeshing. Assign Project 7.
Oct 24 - Quick tips and studio production.
Oct 29 - Painting and rendering pipeline.
Nov 5 - Sketch review.
Nov 7 - Posing.
Nov 12 - Individual Art Review. Possibly no class.
Nov 14 - Project 7 due.
Nov 19 - Project 7v2 due. Assign Project 8.

III. Open
Nov 21 - Project 8 proposals.
Nov 26/28 - Fall Break.
Dec 3 - Progress check.
Dec 5 - Project 8 due.
Dec 13 (10:00 - 11:50am)- Project 8v2 due.