My name is Michael Claus and I am an Animation/Illustration
major at SJSU. I am planning on pursuing
the animation side of the degree, particularly focusing on 3D animation. I have not taken any physical science or math
classes in college, but did take Honors Chemistry, AP Physics, and AP Calculus
in high school. I have taken several art classes in college, having taken all
the required classes in the A/I major through 114 (Beginning Animation). The
relevant classes I am currently taking are Physics of Animation and
Intermediate 3D Animation (ANI 129B). After earning a BFA degree, I hope to
pursue a career in 3D animation with a major studio (PIXAR, DreamWorks, etc.)
This is a knife modeled in ANI 51A, beginning modeling. While the modeling itself is rather basic, the texturing took far more time.
This is a city-scape done in ART 113A a couple years ago. This was part of the final project for the class, which focused on perspective and painting.
These two color comps were done in ANI 113B last fall. The class focused on painting and learning to draw trees and other natural objects. These were color comps for the final two paintings.This video is from ANI 51B, Beginning 3D Animation. It is a ball rolling across the screen.
This is from ANI 114, Beginning 2D Animation. This is a character walk, meant to show an upset/ sad character.
