Projects. Students in the seminar will form groups of one, two, or three. Each group will do one big project that spans most of the semester. The scale of the project should be roughly the scale of picking out a SIGGRAPH paper and implementing what it describes. Some students may choose to implement their own original ideas.
Papers / Presentations. Each student will give a brief (10 min) art presentation at some point in the semester. This is just an informal, low-key way to get things rolling and to learn about some different art styles.
For most weeks, the rest of the seminar will be devoted to discussion of the assigned papers, which everyone will have read ahead of time. A few participants will lead the discussion. In advance of the seminar, everyone will have sent a written review of the papers by email.
40% Project - one during the semester, groups of up to 3 students
10: Proposal (written/presentation)
10: Progress Reports (x2)
20: Final (results/presentation)
35%: Papers/Presentations
15: Paper Reviews - every week
15: Presenting Papers - twice during the semester per student
5: Presenting Art - once during the semester per student
25%: Exams
There will be a mid-term and a final. Each count equally,
and will cover material presented in class.
The names in bold indicate the people responsible for presenting the topic under discussion that day. (Usually the same people continue presenting and leading the discussion for a 2nd day.) The table also shows which person will present the "art talk" each day. Send changes or corrections to Lee <sapo@umich.edu>.
| Tuesday | Thursday |
| 9/2 Introduction | 9/4 intro cont'd |
| 9/9 Abstraction
Brian, Alex K., and Pam Art: Lee |
9/11 Abstraction, cont'd. Project groups formed Art: Jim |
| 9/16 Painterly rendering
Herman, Hyo-Jeong, and Kavita Art: Krian |
9/18 Painterly rendering, cont'd
Art: Alex N. |
| 9/23 Written proposals due; presented in class Art: Clay |
9/25 Halftoning and pen-and-ink
Jim, Zachary, Ronit Art: Ronit |
| 9/30 Halftoning and pen-and-ink, cont'd
|
10/2 Note Location: Media Union - 3rd floor classroom demo 1: group progress reports and preliminary results Art: Zachary |
| 10/7 Silhouettes
Krian and Lee Art: Yuko |
10/9 Silhouettes, cont'd
Art: Hyo-Jeong |
| 10/14 no class | 10/16 midterm |
| 10/21 Modeling 1
Clay and Wil Art: Herman |
10/23 Location: Media Union - 3rd floor classroom demo 2: group progress reports and intermediate results Art: Helen (NPAR 2004 deadline) |
| 10/28 Modeling 1, cont'd
Art: Kavita |
10/30 Modeling 2
Alex N. and Chris |
| 11/4 Modeling 2, cont'd
Art: Zac P. |
11/6 Pattern synthesis and transfer
Christine, Yuko Art: Pam |
| 11/11 Pattern synthesis and transfer, cont'd Art: Chris |
11/13 Hardware-accelerated methods Helen, Chip and Zac Art: Wil |
| 11/18 Final demos Location: Media Union - 3rd floor classroom
|
11/20 Hardware-accelerated methods, cont'd
Art: Chip Bonus art talk: Helen (CGI 2004 deadline) |
| 11/25 Alternate pipeline (1 day)
Chip, Zac Art: Brian |
11/27 no class |
| 12/2 Non-traditional perspective
Lee |
12/4 Non-traditional perspective, cont'd (last class) |
| 12/9 Final exam: regular class time and location |
12/11 no class |
| 12/16 |
12/18 (Tentative:
evening, time TBA) Vis lab open house in the Media Union. Opportunity to demo final projects to a wide audience. |