LAR 381R.1 / U D 380C.3 / ARI 381R
Mon 9:00am – 12:00pm, WMB 5.112
Open to all ARC students, all ARI students, and LAR students, U D Students, and non-SOA students
Hope Hasbrouck: hhasbrouck@austin.utexas.edu
This course is ideally suited for advanced beginner to intermediate level students who seek an opportunity to hone their visualization and digital rendering skills in a controlled course environment. The course is not a vehicle for exploring one-click visualization. You will delve deeply into the fundamental principles of digital rendering with the sole intent of shaping a strong foundation upon which a design professional can evolve. The course utilizes tools within the VRAY and CHAOS ecosystem to support editorial and visual narratives. The foundational principle of the course is to present students the underlying data structures and software environments that dictate representational/visualization choices for design. Do not consider the class a substitute for software training.
Lectures, demonstrations, and student projects will focus on the digital translation of spatial experience, including the visualization techniques associated with rendering form and experience, including material, character, texture, and environment. The course presents a sequence of digital visualization techniques that enable students to model light, materials and context, generate motion models or animations. Spirited skill-based exercises aim to build technical skill development. The multi week final project synthesizes course techniques in the presentation of a single rendered image and an animated sequence that showcases the techniques presented in the course.
