Category: Undergraduate projects

Adobe Illustrator characters (IMY 120)

Starting in 2018, the first years in IMY 120 have been taught how to use Adobe Illustrator to create artwork. As a part of a larger semester project, they are required to create a character in Illustrator. The best characters are shown below (in no particular order).

Created by Bryony Asrie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created by Lap Ren Zhang

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created by Cadon Gernandt

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created by Ivan Oosthuizen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created by Jonathan Bertram

IMY 211 – Best 3ds Max animation assignments

For the practical component of  IMY 211, the students are given an introduction to the workflow of 3ds Max. This culminates in a short animation of a robotic character which they have modelled, textured, rigged, lit and animated themselves.

These are the best animations in various categories:

Best-looking robot

By: Andrew Howard

 

Best textures and camera movement

By: Bevan Holborn

 

Best overall animation – runner-up

By: Doreen Davies

 

Best overall animation – runner-up

By: Llewellyn de Vries

 

Best overall animation

By: Alexander Millar

 

 

Horror Short Film Projects: 2017 Top 3

As part of the semester project for IMY 211, the students had to film and edit a short horror film. The top 3 was as follows:

Third Place: Road Trip by A Group of Indispensable Gentlemen That Make Movies and Stuff

Group Members:

  • Jonathan Copeland
  • Donat Sinovcic
  • Keaton Roux

Second place: Solo by Palm Tree

Group Members:

  • Tshegofatso Sithole
  • Kago Kola

First place: The Plunge by Silent Scream Studios

Group Members:

  • Monica Oleasto
  • Jason Louw
  • Alistair Dyason
  • Olivia de Kok

Horror Short Film Projects 2016: Top 3

As part of the semester project for IMY 211, the students had to film and edit a short horror film. The top 3 was as follows:

Third Place: The Phantom of Pillsbury by Acidic

Group Members:

  • Amanda Pierce
  • Johanni van der Merwe
  • Nina Erasmus
  • Vanblerk Havenga

Second place: Slumber by Jamaican Hopscotch Mafia

Group Members:

  • Nicholas Devonport
  • Matthew Sankey
  • Robert de Villiers
  • Schalk Schmahl

First place: AtZero by Critical Entertainment

Group Members:

  • Duart Breedt
  • Mia Gerber
  • Regardt Steen
  • Wanrick Willemse

Horror Short Film Projects 2015: Top 3

As part of the semester project for IMY 211, the students had to film and edit a short horror film. The top 3 was as follows:

Third Place: The Burnettville Horror by Shrew Almighty.

Group Members:

  • Schae Ind
  • Drew Langley

Second Place: Mirror Mirror by Black Ghost Productions.

Group Members:

  • Dawie Pritchard
  • Dylan Josemans
  • Jurgens van der Spuy
  • Thabo Teffu

First Place: The Fifth Floor by Nightmare on Humanities Street

Group Members:

  • Megan Els
  • Weich Malan
  • Retief Strydom