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Design and Animation of a Character

In this project, students create an animated character and map it to a standard set of animation moves. Using the tools in Autodesk Project Pinocchio and Autodesk Maya, students can create a character that copies a standard sequence available in Autodesk Maya.

Students then move onto cloud technology and use Project Pinocchio to produce their characters and publish and download them to their local drive.

The project can be extended in the following ways:

*Modelling techniques using 123d sculpt

*Rendering designs using simple

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