Computer Animation W/ Summer Intensive!

Interested in making computer animation?  You’ve come to the right place! This class, for teenagers who’d like to study computer animation in depth, will jump-start your animation journey with the same scope and sequence of a college Animation I course!
Using his experience as a successful College Animation Instructor, Conor MacFinn covers the principles of animation, computer modeling, rigging and articulation and rendering. Students complete the course with a small animated film they designed, strong foundational skills and the ability to move ahead more quickly in this artistic field. 

Of the course of this multi-day class students will learn about the elements of computer animation, including, modeling, surfacing, animation, lighting and rendering.  Pacing will be tailored to the group and individual students.  Lessons throughout the course build on one another and culminate with each student creating their own animated “short-short” film!

Students will need a relatively up-to-date computer (within the past five years) that is capable of running Blender. *** Blender runs only on PCs and Macs and cannot run on mobile devices or Chrome Books. ***  A detailed list of requirements can be found here: https://www.blender.org/download/requirements/

The animation software can be downloaded for free at Blender.org and should be installed before the first class. Blender 3.3 LTS is recommended.