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Animation and Digital Media Mr. James

Christopher Powell and Kylie Loyal after winning third place in the 2023 national SkillsUSA Animation contest in Atlanta, GA.
Sessions with industry professionals let you ask questions, get feedback, hear about the business and get some advice.
The Mechanical Process project used Adobe Animate for 2D animation.
Another Mechanical Process project sample.
New 2D design for the digit 8.
A sample of the 3D Island project using Blender.
One of our working clock web page projects.
Character design for 2D animation
One of our island painting projects.
Sample 3D island project.
Creating a city block of architecture with buildings, bridges, stadiums, statues and putting texture on them all and lighting them.
Sketches assignment for a custom built unique treehouse. Requirements: needs a ladder or way to get up; needs some sort of mechanical device like an elevator also; needs to be integrated into the tree so that the tree and the house are mutually dependent; needs a roof of some sort; needs a door; needs at least one window; needs one of the following: a fireplace, an observatory, an aerial garden; must be a double spread in your sketchbook.
Weekly sketch book entries help you collect ideas to use.
Character and Prop Design using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Animate for 2D animation
Movement and Effects include collateral motion of things that are not the primary object in the animation but that add to the sense of movement. These can include steam from an engine, parts falling off a machine, or feathers fluttering from a bird.
Supplemental LinkedIn Learning tutorials for Animation, Blender, Sculpting.... (above from George Maestri's Introduction to 3D)

About the Program

In this program, students will learn the foundations of interactive digital media, 2D, and 3D animation. Courses will explore traditional animating skills, interactive media, and digital design using image manipulation and graphic design development software along with making web animation with HTML, CSS, and Javascript languages. You will also study techniques used for 3D modeling and animation.

Courses & Credits

Introduction to Digital Media
Principles & Concepts of Animation
Advanced Animation, Game, & App Design
Embedded Credit: AP Computer Science

About the Instructor

Mr. Mark James

Mr. James has taught at Maxwell High School of Technology since 2003 when he started teaching Graphic Communications. Prior to that he worked as a commercial artist working on projects for multiple clients around Atlanta and the country. He has done work for ad agencies and design studios for corporate accounts like Georgia Power, Hardees, CibaVision and The Atlanta Braves. He has also done work for various publishers including Lifeway Christian Publishing, Conde Nast and Stocks and Commodities Magazine.

Mark.James@gcpsk12.org

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