Alan Postings
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Senior Lecturer for Animation & 3D Animation Pipeline Instructor: 20+ years degree level teaching experience (15+ years as a Senior Lecturer) and training experience covering a range of topics for film making and 3D animation production. Including, acting as industry-reflective curriculum designer*, film producer, and technical support for over 500 student films.
* Designed, built, recorded, a curriculum that contains over 250+ hours of bespoke tutorial videos, live demonstrations, lectures, classroom content, and a 24/7 accessible 3D/animation toolkit website. In 2017 the curriculum was awarded Screenskills accreditation (formerly Skillset) as part of BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts, Rochester. UK. All content is original and created specifically for classes and video tutorials, including all 3D work contained within the show reel above and video tutorials examples below.
Core subjects include: Organic, hard surface, character, automotive, digital set, and low poly modelling. Texture painting and UV layout. 3D and 2D character rigging. Arnold, Mental Ray, and Maya Software lighting and rendering. Camera, pre-visualisation and character animation. Photogrammetry, dynamic simulation and more. Alongside lectures and classes in film theory, animation, concept and story development, production design, directing for animation, editing, and career skills (see below for a full list).
Software: Autodesk Maya, Substance Painter, Mudbox, Arnold, and Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere.
Over the course of 20 years I have instructed over 500 students from a wide range of backgrounds and with diverse needs - Examples of their work can be found above or here: 2D Production Art , 3D Animated Shorts , Production Bibles, & London Shows.
Traditional Art & Design Courses
Life drawing & Anatomy
Sketching & Drawing principles
Form, Shape & Perspective
Drawing & Illustration (Colour Pencil, Pastel, & Mixed Media)
Painting (Water Colour, Acrylic, & Oil)
Colour theory, Light, & Composition)
Graphic Design & Gestalt Principles
Clay Maquette Sculpting
Technical Drawing
Practical Modelmaking
Film Theory & Analysis
Concept Development & World Building
Animated Shorts & Storytelling
Directing for Animation
Digital Introduction Courses
Intro to Autodesk Maya
Intro to Arnold
Intro to Autodesk Mudbox
Intro to Substance Painter
Intro to Adobe Photoshop
Intro to Adobe Premiere
Intro to Adobe Illustrator
Intro to Adobe After Effects
2D & 3D Digital Courses
Polygon Modelling: 101
Polygon Modelling: Hard Surface
Polygon Modelling: Organic
Polygon Modelling: Automotive
Polygon Modelling: Stylised Character
Polygon Modelling: Realistic Character
Polygon Modelling: Digital Sets
Polygon Modelling: Low Res & Games
Polygon Modelling: UV Layout
Polygon Modelling: Mubox
Texturing: 101
Texturing: Maya, Materials, & Nodes
Texturing: Photoshop
Texturing: Substance Painter
Texturing: Mudbox
Lighting & Rendering: 101
Lighting & Rendering: Lighting with Arnold
Lighting & Rendering: Maya Software
Rigging: 101
Rigging: 3D Character Body Rigging
Rigging: 3D Character Facial Rigging
Rigging: Rigging Techniques
Rigging: 2D Facial Rigging
Rigging: 2D Character Rigging
Photogrammetry: 101
Photogrammetry: Digital Sets & Mapping
Previsiualisation: Animation & Storytelling
Editing: 101
Editing: Adobe Premiere
Animation: Camera Animation
Animation: Mechanical Animation
Animation: Deformers for Animation
Animation: Character Animation
Animation: Lip Syncing & Facial Animation
Careers: Demo Reels & Careers Pack
Dynamics: NSystems 101
Compositing: 101
Compositing: After Effects
Software Covered
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Mudbox
Substance Painter
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects
Projects & Collaborations
Projects & Collaborations
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