CU5004NI Advanced 3D Modelling and Animation Islington College

1st Sit COURSEWORK 1–QUESTION PAPER Year Long 2023/2024

Module Code: CU5004NI Module Title: Advanced 3D Modelling and Animation Module Leader: Ms. Selina Shakya (Islington College)

Coursework Type: Individual Production 1: 3D Character model, texture and rig setup Coursework Weight: This coursework accounts for 40% of your total module grades but will be graded out of 100. Submission Date: Week 10 When Coursework is Week 2 given out: Submit the following to Islington College’s MST portal Submission before the due date (before 01:00 PM on the due date): Instructions: ● Project Process Documentation ● Google Drive Folder Link Warning: London Metropolitan University and Islington College takes Plagiarism seriously. Offenders will be dealt with sternly.

Coursework 1–3D Character model, texture and rig set up

This coursework assesses the following Learning Outcomes of the module:

LO1: understand the key concepts, creative and technical issues of 3D assets and character production workflow (design, modelling, texturing, rigging, animation, editing and rendering).

LO2: analyse 3D assets and character project requirements, identify and evaluate possible problems.

LO3: demonstrate a capability to choose the appropriate advanced techniques and tools as well as apply in practice the knowledge and skills to match project requirements and suggest effective problem solutions.

Coursework Introduction

This coursework enables you to develop your skills in rigging and character posing aspects of the 3D character for the initial stage of the animation process.

In your 1^stcoursework, a 3D character has to be animated along with proper texture and a rig along with rendered character poses.

Instructions

Your task for this coursework is to submit planning of the project and to create a proper landscape, terrain, or city according to your planning for next coursework. Everything required for the animation is to be submitted.

All of the modeling and rigging process should be complete that is required for creating 5 poses for the character as the final rendered output for this coursework. You do not need to submit any animation. Moreover, the rig that you provide here can be further refined or upgraded in the next coursework.

Coursework 1 Production Requirements:

Production 1: 3D Environment model, Texturing, Lighting Production 2: 3D Character model and rig setup

Deliverables

– Project progress documentation with all the details of how the project was carried out with final rendered images.

– Google drive link of the Maya project files with all sources for textures.

Note: Proper rendered images needs to be submitted. No screenshots allowed. Incremental Files needs to be submitted along with the final files. Submitted files should be in .mb or .ma format.

Google Drive Contents Structure

Contents

Documentation Google Drive Folder Structure: Maya Project Folder Rendered Images ● Readme.txt ● References.txt

Documentation – This folder should contain the soft copy of the documentation submitted. Google drive link of the production folder must be included in the cover page. Maya Project Folder – Should contain the proper folder structure of the Autodesk Maya Files. Rendered Images – Should contain the final rendered images in .jpg format. Readme.txt – Should contain student name, student ID, and course of study, lecturer name and folder and file structure of location information. References.txt – Should contain the proper links of any external sources used in the project.

Note: Harvard style referencing must be used for referencing.

MAKING SCHEME

CRITERIA	MARKS
Terrain Model
Modeling and Model proportions	10
Use of Shaders and Textures	5
Planning, Sketches, Research and Project File Management
Use of References, Sketches and Research	10
Project File Management	10
Character Setup
Character Model	15
Rig and Controllers	12
Skinning	8
Final Output
Character Pose	15
Overall look of image	10
Documentation	5