Shader Downloads Available

Advanced students, I have posted a few shaders I put together this weekend for you to download. There is an outdoor set, an indoor set, a skin set, and a few others… I will be updating the downloads section periodically and keep you updated via wilmcdaniel.wordpress.com….
On another note, keep your game models under 1000 polygons. [...]

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Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic

An interesting article on the Zen of presentation….It uses two companies I find to be great examples of its argument…
read it here…..http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/11/the_zen_estheti.html
A small bit from the part….
Mr. Gates needs to read Cliff Atkinson’s Beyond Bullet Points, ironically published by Microsoft Press. Atkinson says that “…bullet points create obstacles between presenters and audiences.” He correctly claims [...]

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George Lucas Talks Movies

source: “http://iesb.net”
As George Lucas explained to Variety this week: “We don’t want to make movies. We’re about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is concerned, we’ve moved away from the feature-film thing because it’s too expensive and it’s too risky.”
Lucas said “the secret to the future is quantity,” and compared a $200 million [...]

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Beginning Students!

Please email me and attach your test spline renders i.e. eraser, gyroscope, paperclip, frame, text as a .jpg to wilmcdaniel@gmail.com
Do you have questions on how to do this? Ask your neighbor or myself during class.

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Beginning Students

Your next assignment is the Polygon Tutorial Download… I will upload it as a PDF file… You can download it and use from your computer so we can save a few recycled newspapers…
Mr. McDaniel
http://web.mac.com/theartclub/theartclub/Graphic%20Arts%20Downloads.html

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Advanced Students (Check web.mac.com/theartclub)

Check the art club website at http://web.mac.com/theartclub and navigate to PodCast’s page. Look over your game and character design proposal for any inaccuracies…
Mr. McDaniel

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New Films!!!

I am taking requests for our next film… Please remember that the film needs to be associated with the program we are curently using. Thanks.
Mr. McDaniel

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Beginning Students

Complete Spline Test by the end of the week. On Tuesday, the 17th of October, we will discuss the reading on Women Gamers that I handed out in class on Monday, the 16th of October… If you need this worksheet, please see me a.s.a.p.

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Advanced Students!

Your game character proposals due date has been moved back to Wednesday, the 18th of October. I need to discuss those with you before you begin your project!!!!! If you have any questions please ask me Monday, the 16th of October!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr. McDaniel

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Testing New Dashboard Widget

Just testing new dashboard widget for easy posting from my mac to this blog space

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