Spring 2025

ART 172 001 - STD 001

Advanced Digital Media: Computer Graphics Studio

Greg Niemeyer

Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025

Mo, We

09:00 am - 11:59 am

Class #:24688

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: Online
Time Conflict Enrollment Allowed

Offered through Art Practice

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 3

Enrolled: 47

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 50

Waitlist Max: 0

Open Reserved Seats:

2 unreserved seats

1 reserved for Only Art Practice Undergraduates

Hours & Workload

6 hours of student practice of studio skills and/or tasks per week, and 6 hours of outside work hours per week.

Computer Graphics constitute a default method of image synthesis, from fine art to game design, cinema, and advertising. This production-intensive studio course introduces students to professional CG tools (Blender, Python) as well as an overview of CG aesthetics. Weekly project assignments based on tutorials cover modeling, texturing, lighting, animation, rendering, physics simulations and data-driven image synthesis. Final projects focus on portfolio work with scenes and characters to be exported into VR, AR, and game design. Current laptop or desktop with good graphics performance required. Priority enrollment for Art Practice majors and intended Art Practice majors.

Class Notes

Seats are reserved for declared and intended Art Practice majors. If you are not yet declared and need to request a reserved seat, please copy/paste the following into your browser, and complete the google form: https://forms.gle/NkkDPoMopjCpTxev5 (opens in a new tab)

If a seat becomes available at any time, you will receive an email from the department of Art Practice; if you do not receive an email, it means that you will remain on the request waiting list until the add/drop deadline passes. This waitlist will not be reflected on Cal Central. Admission of non-major students to Art Practice classes will only be considered once all majors have been prioritized for enrollment. show less