Assignment 1: Basics

Homework 01: The Basics

Using only the tools you learned in class 3 (camera tools: orbit; pan; zoom + transform tools: translate; rotate; scale), create a basic sculpture/scene/diorama using only 10 primitive polygon cubes.

You may do anything you like to the cubes so long as you use only the three primary transform manipulators (remember the shortcut keys: trans. = w, rot. = e, scale = r), but try to be succinct and clear with your designs. This assignment tests you on how closely you were paying attention to the basics of the Maya interface, but it is more importantly about stretching your artistic abilities and forcing you to come up with creative design solutions when presented with limited technical options. Cater your designs to the available medium -- a great idea that can't be executed with the tools at hand is not a great idea.

As always, assignments are due on the following Sunday at midnight and should be emailed to me as a file attachment with the name "firstname_assignment#.ma".

Have fun!