This class was mostly learning software that we hadn't taken the time to before- as the first couple of years were mostly just modeling and drawing. The first one is an After FX/ Premiere exercise and the second was our class's first dive into Maya (we previously used 3ds Max and Zbrush). The tree itself is a real one in our yard, photoscanned into the 3D world through Agisoft.
A Matte Painting Exercise - Lush Plains
First Maya Experiment - a Tree being invaded by Creepy Vines