Week 7: Animation History - Materials

Here are links and discussion from this weeks class or related to the subjects we discussed in class.

Class Summary:

- Reading Discussion: Lasseter's Basic Animation Principles
- History of Computer Character Animation - Steve
- Intro to Materials/Rendering/Shading
- Max Workshop: Basic of Materials

- History of Computer Character Animation Links

Steve DiPaola's Website Portfolio

Computer Animation Timeline

Michael Morrison's History of Computer Animation

History of Computer Animation in Films

Interview with:

Rex Grignon
Supervising Animator PDI/DreamWorks

Rex Grignon has been animating on the computer since 1985 and worked on the first two computer generated feature films ever made, TOY STORY and ANTZ. Grignon co-founded PDI's Character Animation Group in 1990, where he worked on the Emmy award-winning "The Last Halloween," "Muppet Vision 3-D," and numerous commercial spots featuring the Pillsbury Doughboy. He left PDI briefly to join Pixar's production of TOY STORY before rejoining PDI to co-supervise the character animation on ANTZ and SHREK. Grignon is currently serving as Supervising Animator on PDI/Dreamworks' next film, MADAGASCAR, which is now in pre-production.

After graduating from Sheridan College in 1984, Grignon was awarded a Presidential Scholarship to work and study at the New York Institute of Technology's Computer Graphics Laboratory, renowned for its pioneering work in CGI. He has also taught character animation classes at The University of Washington, the Academy of the Arts College in San Francisco and has spoken at animation schools, conferences and festivals around the world.

- Intro to Materials/Rendering/Shading Links

What is a Material in Max

Dealing with Texture Seams

Lighting, Texture and Rendering Overview

More:

Mapping and Materials
Photorealistic Orange
Toon Shaded Orange
Creating Terrain – Bump Map
Simple Window Frame and Textures
Using Unwrap UVW