This course is an introduction to modeling as it exists in contemporary art. During the first half of the semester, students will be introduced to beginning techniques of hand-building with clay in the Galen Ceramics Studio and basic computer modeling, keyframe animating, rendering, and editing with the animation program 3D Studio Max 7. In the second half of the semester, students will be encouraged to develop projects that combine the two different modeling media and provoke conversations between them. No prior knowledge of working in clay or working with animation software is required.

Note: Students may earn a maximum of 8 units in FA-499 classes, regardless of course content.