Assignments

Final Project Submission 

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Friday, November 15, 2024

• Continue working on your Umwelt scenes in Unreal Engine towards the final project. 
  

• Sample render frames from each scene in your animation (if you just have 1 scene that’s fine) 
  
• low-res render or screen recording of movement/camera 
  

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Friday, November 8, 2024

• Continue working on your Umwelt scenes in Unreal Engine towards the final project. 
  

• 1 (or more) sample renders at final quality. This should show the final visual style for your animation.  
• Plan for your animation - this could be a storyboard, rough cut/camera cut, or a shot list with reference images. 
  
• Draft of your voiceover text (the length should coordinate with the timing of your animation). We will workshop this as a class, but you should be developing the “starting point.” 

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Friday, November 1, 2024

• Continue working on your Umwelt scenes in Unreal Engine. 
  

• Submit 5 screenshots/renders (in a single pdf) of the progress of your scene IN UNREAL ENGINE. If you have progress with animations, submit a video rendering or screencapture (you can submitt this instead of the 5 renders). 

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Friday, October 25, 2024

• Continue working on your Umwelt scenes in Unreal Engine. Utilize the new tools we learned in today’s tutorial to help you add more complexity and detail to your scenes.
  

• Submit 5 screenshots/renders (in a single pdf) of the progress of your scene IN UNREAL ENGINE. If you have progress with animations, submit a video rendering or screencapture (you can submitt this instead of the 5 renders). 

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Friday, October 18, 2024

• Continue working on your Umwelt scenes in Unreal Engine. Consider the feedback from our group discussion in adjusting narratives, technical direction, or visual styles. 
  

• Nothing to submit this week, just keep working on your projects :) 

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Friday, October 11, 2024

• Continue modeling and begin animating your Umwelt scenes in Unreal using the tools covered in class. 
  

• Screenshot from Unreal showing your sucessfully imported models. Use this template: download. Export as pdf.
• Rendered video (5-10 seconds min, can be low resolution) showing progress on animations.  

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Friday, October 04, 2024

• Review the tutorial workflows and familiarize yourself with the Unreal Engine interface/basic tools. 
  
• Import your models from Blender to Unreal Engine. 
  
• Explore Quixel Bridge tools. 
  

• Screenshot from Unreal showing your sucessfully imported models. 
• Use this template: download. Export as pdf. 
  

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Friday, September 27, 2024

• Continue working on developing 3D assets relevent to your Umwelt. Show evidence that you’ve explored the tools we reviewed today (and last week) in class tutorials. Consider using multi-step workflows. 
• Continue your research and developing your narrative relating to your chosen Umwelts. 
  
• Install Unreal Engine 5.4.
  

• Matrix of screenshots from Blender showing progress on your 3D assets or scenes. 
• 1-3 sentence description what features of your Umwelt you’re representing
• One paragraph “voiceover” text (a narrative description of the Umwelt) 
• Use this template: download. Export as pdf. 
  

Friday, September 20, 2024

• Continue generating images using ComfyUI and other image generation tools.These could be images continuing to explore concepts/visual styles, texture maps, backgrounds, etc.  
  

• Explore the advanced modeling tools we learned in Blender (Geometry nodes, scripting, texturing, etc) and create 1-5 objects inspired by your concept images and research about your chosen Umwelt. 
  

• 5-10 generated images relevent to your Umwelt. 
• 1-3 rendered images of your Blender models.

Friday, September 13, 2024

• Continue research on your Umwelt(s) based on the class discussion 
• By next week bring in specific references and AI generated images that you’ll use for inspiration in your digital modeling. The tools reviewed in class are linked on the Resources page under AI -> image generation. Your generative concept images should exhibit evidence of experimentation with the tools (ie - process images multiple times/across different tools/with workflows you already know, etc).
• Familiarize yourself with operating in Blender. Review the tutorial from class. Bring in one Blender screenshot showing evidence of your practice with the basic tools. 
• Finish the reading from last week if you have not done so already. 
  

• At least 3 Generative multi-step images (preferably more) 
• One Blender screenshot

Friday September 6, 2024

• Read the Introduction to Immense World by Ed Yong (pdf provided via email)
• Browse through the diagrams and drawings in "A Stroll Through the Worlds of Animals and Men" by Jakob von Uexkull (pdf provided via email) 
• Start brainstorming about what Umwelt(s) you'd like to look into and begin your research on these perspectives.
• We'll continue working on this research in the coming week - no need to have a comprehensive understanding just yet.
•  It's also fine if you have a few Umwelts you're interested in - we can narrow it down as needed. Follow your interests, and find some perspectives that you want to learn more about. 
• Be ready to share a little bit about your chosen Umwelt(s) next Friday