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 alphabetical order.
Author: Annique Smith
3ds Max animation
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
3ds Max – Modelling, texturing and rendering assignments
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
Expo day 2018
Today we had our project expo to showcase the IMY 300 games. It was a great atmosphere and we are very proud of all the hard work put in by the students.
The prizes awarded were as follows:
- Best booth:Â Straight Up Dumpling (Ray Leong)
- Best games:
- 1st prize: Stranded by Bathtub Gaming (Monica Oleastro, Kyle Oosthuizen, Paul Wood)
- 2nd prize:Â Moonwalker by Straight Up Dumpling (Ray Leong)
- 3rd prize:Â Psycat by The Loneliest Number (Michaela van Zyl)
Congratulations to all the winners!
Below are some photos of the day. The games will be posted soon.
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
Honours animation – Best project of 2017
One of the honours elective modules focuses on animation in theory and practice. The students are required to produce a 90 second natural motion animation using the technology of their choice.
Below is the best animation from 2017. Created by Janko Lilje.