Pupil Name

On Demand Printing

johnsmith2 — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:06:49 +0000

This session, pupils in our Advanced Higher Graphics class are producing portfolio books, using the on-line ‘on demand’ printer Blurb.com. Also, pupils in our Higher Graphics class are producing children’s story books using the same on demand printer.

Our 'Review of the Year' book

We don’t have any examples of pupil work yet, but we have produced a book - a review of activities in the CDT department, and had it printed at Blurb.com.

There are lots more photos of our booklet over at our main web site, and there’s an on-line ‘page flip’ version of the whole book at the following link -

‘Page flip’ version of the book.

S2 CAD/CAM Project

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:24:26 +0000

This session, pupils in our S2 classes are creating CAD 3D models in Pro/Engineer, and uploading them to www.shapeways.com to be manufactured using the 3D printing process.

We recently received our first batch of 3D printing from Shapeways. Photos and renderings of the products are now available to view in a gallery at http://jimblack.jalbum.net/3d_print_gallery/

Blender in an Australian School

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:01:51 +0000

Recently, Blendernation featured a story about Urangan State High School, in Queensland, Australia. Pupils at the school are creating a short film that includes live action and animation. The animation and 3D modelling is being done in Blender, the open source package that we use in school.

The project is around a year in to an eighteen month programme and has attracted around $50,000 funding. Several professional artists have become involved as tutors and mentors.

This superb 3D model of a dodgem car is just one of many renderings posted on the project’s site. It was apparently created by a fourteen year old fellow.

Contact

johnsmith2 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:27:35 +0000

Jim Black

If you wish to contact me, for any reason, I’m at james.black@royalhigh.edin.sch.uk

The Royal High School

The Royal High School
East Barnton Avenue
Edinburgh
EH4 6JP

Telephone: 0131 336 2261

About

johnsmith2 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:38:05 +0000

Jim Black

Teacher of Craft, Design and Technology at The Royal High School, in Edinburgh.

In session 2009 - 2010, Jim is responsible for the Advanced Higher Graphics class and has encouraged everyone on the course to create their own portfolio web site. Pupil sites are posted at folio1.org.

Links

johnsmith2 — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:30:33 +0000

The Royal High School

Main Site
C.D.T. Department
Folio1.org - Pupil portfolio sites

Professional Portfolio Sites / Inspiration

Emily Hogarth - Illustrator and former Royal High pupil
Chris MacPherson - Student architect and former Royal High pupil
Asuna Ikeshima - Animator and former Royal High pupil
Karen Hollingsworth - painter
Michel Gagne - artist / illustrator / animator.
Aurore - cartoonist / illustrator. She also maintains a DeviantART site.
Tom Otterness - sculptor.
David Revoy - illustrator / digital painter.

Michael Bonnington - Animator, 3D modeller, graphic designer.
The National Museum of American Illustration - absolutely glorious images

Software

J Album - the freeware package used to construct the portfolio galleries
Fotoplayer - a free plugin for use with J Album
Koolmoves - flash animation programme
Gimp - the image manipulation programme used to produce the site graphics
Inkscape - the vector drawing programme used to produce the site graphics

Resources

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