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The texture maps were somewhat basic, but they worked. Folks were particularly interested in the sky texture, which was made quickly in Photoshop with a high-scatter custom brush.
Storyboards were equally basic, but appropriate since we weren't expected to animate anything too complex. As the beginning-level course, most projects were around ten seconds or so in length.
On a tangential note, the below screenshots were taken before tweaks were made to the butterfly thwacking segment. They weren't the result of any problems; this was just how Maya interpreted the change between two keyframes spaced 4 frames apart, and I thought they were funny.
