Digital Media Annual Review - 2009

Drexel University: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

DIGM-314 & 315:
Character Animation I & II

314 Examines issues and processes of 3D character development. Addresses various modes of 3D data wrangling for highly detailed, articulated character controls. Develops a strong facility with organic modeling. Students work to produce talking head animations.

315 Covers advanced techniques of inverse and forward kinematics, full-character skeletal setup, development of animation and puppeteer controls. Explores levels of reality, and world-interaction within scope of character.