IN CLASS TODAY
Bruno Latour:
“If images are so dangerous, why do we have so many of them?
If they are innocent, why do they trigger so many and such enduring passions?”
Autorigging in Mixamo
Physics
Non-Photorealism with Cel Shader and Sketch+Toon
NYTimes article: Where Facts Were No Match For Fear
Style reference: Images from the Reddit group “Accidental Renaissance”
Style reference: …this is not a Flemish painting — it was done in C4D …!!
ASSIGNMENTS
PART 1A : Make one Hyper-realistic Image, using all of these 4 techniques:
- HDRI lighting
- shallow Depth of Field on a Camera
- “imperfect materials” in the Diffusion channel of a Material
- Magic Bullet Look for rendering
HANDOUT from class: Physics, Non-photorealism, Mixamo auto-rigging
PART 1B : Make one or more additional images — either photorealistic, or not — as you prefer
2 READ article Art and Mimesis in Plato’s Republic (~20 min reading)
Discussion of 3 short news articles: