Roxanne
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Animation I 2022 - 2023
Portfolio
1st 9 weeks
Teacher
Biography
I am entering my 5th year as an Animation teacher and my 13th overall year of teaching. I am a Graphic Design graduate from UTEP, turned teacher. My knowledge in Graphic Design and working in the industry has helped me with learning the necessary programs used to create animations in the Animation classes.
I hope to enhance my student's desires to follow a creative pathway in their career.
As an animation Teacher, I am super proud of all my student's work. They surprise me every year as they go above and beyond learning concepts to create extraordinary works of animation.
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Outline of Student Work
Students begin learning about the concept of animation; What it is and how it has evolved into the successful industry of today.
First steps are to learn about the History of animation, archaic forms of animation and basic principles that help create successful animations.
With learning about the history, art of storyboarding is a crucial component in planning an animation. Scaffolding knowledge of how to create animations will allow for student success.
Once the basic concepts are learned,
creating the Animations is next.
Student created flipbook
Student created flipbook
Student created flipbook
Student created flipbook
Student created flipbook
Finishing up the 9 weeks
An overall final project to wrap up what the students have learned and to introduce them to basic video editing is given to the students at the end of the 1st 9 weeks. From start to finish students will create an edited video using stop motion.
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Our final goal this year is get our students certified in Adobe Animate, a 2-D animation program. This is also to prepare them for the Animation II course. The next course in the sequence will teach the students modeling, rendering, lighting, texturing and creating animations in a 3-D workspace.
If you have any questions about our CTE Animation program at Americas HS, please feel free to reach out by email.
rluna01@sisd.net
Animation II
2022 - 2023
Portfolio
1st 9 weeks
Autodesk Maya 2020 exploration
This 1st 9 weeks, students in the Animation II course explore the basics of the Maya workspace. The focus is on understanding the 3-D workspace and vocabulary. Basic terms, tools, shortcut keys are empahsized. Polygonal shapes and modeling is first taught for early explorations of modeling with a 3-D program.
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Autodesk Maya 2020 exploration
We progress to adding shading and textures to the models that they create and begin exploring with lighting and rendering techniques.
Student created work
Student created work
Autodesk Maya 2020 exploration
Students will continue creating 3-D objects that can be found in a real world space using polygonal shapes.
Autodesk Maya 2020 exploration
Students get to further explore modeling and sculpting using polygonal shapes and Nurbs shapes and will be allowed to create their own objects found in our real world space.
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Student created work
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Nurbs Modeling is then introduced.
Nurbs are used for modeling
organic forms.
Student created work
Student created work
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Student created work
A final piece is to create a living space found within their own home. Re-creating this room first requires the sketch/blueprint of the space.
Student created work
Student created work
Student created work
Student created work
Student created work
Student created work
Student created work
Student created work
In the next 9 weeks we will be exploring how to animate in the Maya workspace. Also, advanced techniques such as rigging, working with different cameras, brush and fluid effects etc...
STAY TUNED!