1/23

Simple Math

Mon Warm-up - 3 Points

Tue Warm-up - 3 Points

Wed Warm-up - 3 Points

Thu Warm-up - 3 Points

Fri Warm-up - 3 Points

Robot - 3 Points

Maze - 3 Points

Scene - 3 Points

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24 Points including 15 in Warm-Ups

Let's say you skip three of the warm-ups so now you have 15/25

Your grade for the week is 63% or a D

If you are okay with taking a 63% because you didn't want to read and write about an article, that is on you. This is your last semester of obligatory schooling. You really shouldn't go out like that but you are all a few months away from being adults.



Start with the warm up

Write a short story or monologue from the point of view of a video game character


Make it at least a half page


The Thirst…

It all started when I was 17 years old, I was camping with my family at Lake Nacimiento. Nothing exceptional  was happening at this camping trip, it was boring as usual. My dad was claiming he knew how to fish but never catching anything, my brother Luigi always burning his marshmallow on the campfire and complaining about it, my mom always fanatical about us using SPF 50 Sunblock. It was another dull camping trip until the second evening when I woke up in the middle of the night because I had to go pee… Too many Mountain Dews. When we are camping, my mom doesn’t guard the sugary snacks and drinks like she does at home so I take full advantage.

So I got up and out of my sleeping bag, unzipped the tent and felt the cool evening air against my skin.

I slipped on my flipflops and headed over to the communal bathrooms, hopefully they had been serviced because they were pretty tore back yesterday.

On the way over, I suddenly felt an overwhelming feeling of peace and love. It was a moment that I will never forget because it was the last moment of peace I have ever had.

Out of the corner of my eye, I notice a gleam over by some trees away from the campsite. I am feeling so good that I walk directly to it even though I have no flashlight and I have no idea what it is, I am drawn to it like a moth to a bug zapper. As I get closer to it, I forget all about having to use the bathroom and I am overcome with emotions. Tears start to stream down my cheeks as if every milliliter of serotonin was blasted though my body at once.

I felt true love

I approached the light and realized it was a star. I could feel warmth radiating from it as I got close enough to touch it and just like the moth in a bug zapper, when I touched it, everything went black.

When I awoke, I was in a strange new land. The terrain familiar but the colors were off somehow. I had an annoying pain in my side and I knew the only way to make it go away was to get back to that star. I had no idea where it was but I knew I had to find it, the thirst for that feeling was too great and I would risk everything to feel love again.

It was daylight and I started my journey.

I had no idea how long I had been knocked out for but the sun was warm and I was feeling hungry. With no tools or weapons, I would have to forage for my next meal… to bad I have no experience other than watching a few episodes of Naked and Afraid. I was neither naked nor afraid, all I wanted was to get to the star. Get back to feeling good again.

As I walked along, I came across some shiny bricks, they stood out from the rest of the scenery and looked like they didn’t belong. I picked one up and saw a large red and white mushroom under it. I was hungry and I felt compelled to eat it so I did. My hunger was immediately gone and the ends of my toes started to tickle. The feeling slowly started to creep up to my foot, then ankle and calf. It went up to my knees and past my hips. Something was happening; I felt powerful. I felt like I could smash through the world and take what I wanted.



What are you learning?

Movement

Why is it important?

Because3D animation is cool

How do you show that you understand? What is the assignment?

Follow along and create your own

More Armature for ya bone structure

Click Add-ons

Search for Rigify

Click Add > Armature > Human

Go into Xray Mode

Add a cube to make a foot and place it on the left side of the armature

Click on the modifier wrench

Click Add Modifier

Click Generate > Mirror

Select Mirror Modifier

Select X Axis

Click on the Eye Dropper in Mirror Object

Click the foot armature

You should have a Mirrored Foot

IN OBJECT MODE!

Create a lower leg

Add loop cuts like you did before


Mirror the lower leg just like you did with the foot

In Object Mode

Add an upper leg

Mirror

Add a sphere for the midsection

Create a torso

Build out the rest of the one side of the body around the armature then mirror 

Join the objects 

Deselect all the armature

Select the object first

then select the armature by hitting control + shift

Press Control + P to make it a Parent

Set Parent to Automatic Weights

Click on your wrench

Go to your Armature and select Preserve volume

Test your model and if things are wonky

Go to Weight Paint Mode

Click on the data and find the areas with problems

Select the joints

Paint around the joints

Red is more

Blue is less

Use these tools and play around until you get it

Graph Editor

Use the vertical Split to pull out a new workspace

Select Graph Editor

With the ball selected, notice the three axis

Click an empty area in the graph editor the select just the Y axis

Use the scroll wheel to zoom in

Play your animation

then Pull out the handle and see what it does

Notice it makes the ball start off fast and then slow down? This is very similar to the EASE function in Adobe Premiere


Explore the Graph Editor until you get a feel for it  

Let's make that janky robot move...

Open the robot in the layout workspace, wire frame and pose mode

Next select one of the "bones" and press A to select all the armature

Add a keyframe to frame 1

Scrub over to frame 10

Rotate you bones and add another keyframe

Scrub over to frame 20

Rotate you bones and add another keyframe

Change your end frame to 20 and test

Right Click on your keyframe at frame 10 and copy

paste it in frame 30

Hide the armature in your collection

Switch to solid display

ACK! THEY CHANGED WEIGHT PAINT!!!!


Make sure Object Mode, Solid Display Mode and toggle Xray are all selected

Select Armature first while holding Shift

then with shift still being held, select the object so that both are selected

Switch to weight paint mode

To select the bone you with to use, you now have to hold Control + Shift THIS IS NEW in Blender 4

Pull up your timeline

With your object selected, hover over it and press I (for Insert keyframe) at the first frame

Select Location, Rotation and Scale

Slide your scrubber to the 40th frame on your timeline/dopesheet

This is where we will be ending our location, rotation and scale

Move your cube to a different location (you can use the G Key to grab)

Shrink your cube to a different size (you can use the S Key to scale)

Rotate your cube (you can use the R Key to rotate)

Add another Keyframe at the 40th frame

Click Autokeyframing

Move your scrubber to 60 

Repeat the process in a different L,R,S

Notice that it adds the keyframe for you

At the 40 mark, go to your keyframe 

Hold the G Key

Move your keyframe to the 10th frame and move your keyframe on the 60th frame to 20

It completes the L,R,S in the time you set the keyframe to finish, making it faster

Scrub over to the 30th frame and add a keyframe without adding any L,R,S

This will stop all movement during this time

Slide your scrubber to the 60th frame on your timeline/dopesheet

This is where we will be ending our location, rotation and scale

Move your cube to a different location (you can use the G Key to grab)

Shrink your cube to a different size (you can use the S Key to scale)

Rotate your cube (you can use the R Key to rotate)

With Autokeyframe, one should be put in for you

Test it out

Click on the shading workspace

Click ADD>Texture>Checker Texture

Choose two colors for your pattern

Connect the color node to base color

Add a timeline into your workspace

Get between your two work areas (you will have a double arrow

Right Click and select Horizontal Split

Switch the editor to timeline 

You will need to add a keyframe for your Texture

Hover over your texture node and press I to insert a Keyframe

You should have a Material in your Summary

Expand it and you should see Shader Nodetree with a keyframe

Add a keyframe by hovering over the texture node and pressing I key

Scrub over to frame 10

Change the color 1

test

repeat with frame 20, 30 and 40

Armature


Make sure yiou are in modeling workspace

Add 8 loop cuts to all the arms and legs

This is where your bends will happen

Switch to OBJECT MODE

Select everything and join them all by pressing Control + J

Now we will add the Armature

Select Wireframe View

Next we will ADD Armature

The armature is sililar to the joints and bones

Switch from Object Mode to Edit Mode

Move your first piece to the center and scale it do that the top joint at the arm height

Select the top joint and press E to extrude the next pieceto the shoulder

Extrude that joint to the elbow and continue until all the bot is done

Once you have this done, switch back to object mode

Deselect all the armature

Select the object first

then select the armature by hitting control + shift

Press Control + P to make it a Parent

Set Parent to Automatic Weights

Deselect and select just the armature

Switch to Pose Mode

Press R to rotate and pose