Session 1

 
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Besides introductions and course overview we will look at mapping examples from a variety of sources including film, television, print, this school and other sources. We will discuss the methods used in each case.

We will also cover a set of techniques in Photoshop that will help your mapping projects. We will use these all semester long. There will be a class exercise in mapping that introduces most of these techniques.

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Anatomy of a Well Mapped Spaceship

HomeworkPart I:

Gather all of your best modeling work form your other 3d classes. We will decide in the next class which will work with the techniques covered in class.

Homework Part II:

Begin building a library of real world photos to use as reference for later projects. You should look wherever you can and take photos whenever you can. While you may not actually use these exact photos, you can refer to them and work backwards to mimic reality.

Suggested reading for this session:

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