Category: 3ds Max projects

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 overall project

By: Carl de Witt

Best walk cycle

By: Rachel Kegge

Best-looking robot

By: Ross Tordiffe

Best camera work and animation

By: Tayla Orsmond

Below are the best 3d models created by the students in IMY 211 in 2020 using 3ds Max (in no particular order).

Please note, these models are untextured.

Tinotenda Chifamba

Lungisani Mthethwa

Trey Breytenbach

For their final 3d assignment, the second years in IMY 211 had to animate a walk cycle with their robot. Check out the best ones below:

Third place: Duncan Oosthuizen

Second place: Werner Graaff

First place: Jaedon Heger

The practical component of IMY 211 provides students with an overview of 3ds Max. The first two assignments were concerned with modelling a robot and then texturing, lighting and rendering it. The best assignments are shown below in no particular order.

Best model – Alexander Millar

Best texturing and rendering – Ashlyn Campbell

Best texturing and rendering – Jaedon Heger

Best texturing and rendering – Jonathan Bertram

Notable mention: texturing and rendering – Joshua Sherwood

Notable mention: texturing and rendering – Nicole Lou