This studio course is designed as an introductory platform to aesthetically investigate and discover specific techniques in 3D Animation as applied to commercial industry standards and outcomes. This course introduces students to all the major features of 3D Animation software with a focus on specific 3D animation techniques from basic expressions of time, curves, motion paths, shape deformations, basic rigging, introductory dynamics and simulated scenarios (fluid, cloth and particles), along with teaching the professional workflow for multi-frame rendering and short movie composites. The student is exposed to all relevant aspects of 3D Animation CG creation with an eye toward giving the student a base foundation from which to explore and expand their creative ideas and stories. Students will learn how to depict narratives in 3D with a focus on their major specific content, interdisciplinary projects and collaborations. The lecture and demonstrations in the course are balanced between learning 3D animation software and the art studio practice of applied theory, history, and concepts that give a foundation of context and audience reception. The Introduction to 3D Animation course is open to all majors with the required pre-requisites.