Introduction Hello! My name is Varun Bhat and I’m a 2nd year Ph.D. student (woops, this isn’t a job interview. Let me start again). I’m Varun. You pronounce it as Vuh-rune (the h is silent). I’m an Indian who is doing a Ph.D. because 1) it is kind of a personal dream of mine), 2)…
Let Me Introduce Myself
Hello everyone! I’m Laurie, a Computer Science MS and IMGD MFA student from Rhode Island. My current portfolio can be found here (desktop view only). I also went to WPI for my undergraduate studies and received a BS in Computer Science and a BA in IMGD with Technical Art. After completing my undergraduate studies, I…
An introduction to Webster
Q) Who am I? A) I’m a student for life, a risk-taker, and a straight shooter. I love to refine and get better at the things I love, such as 2D art, 3D art, and teaching others. Sometimes I take on more than I can handle but always find a way to make everything work…
Introduction & Portfolio – Claire Li
Hi Everyone, I’m Claire and I’m from China. As an AR developer and HCI researcher, for me, art plays an important role in enhancing the experience. For example, the visual and sound can bring immersive feelings, and the graphic visualizations can make plenty of complicated data more intuitive to people. My experience with art mainly…
Introduction- Josiah Boucher
My name is Josiah Boucher and I was born and raised in Beaverton, Oregon. I attended a small arts middle & high school, gaining exposure to a great variety of art forms. I gained an appreciation of the multidisciplinary nature of many artistic endeavors and enthusiastically pursued theatre. I sought to touch every area of…
Introduction & Portfolio — Qianlin Duanmu
Hi, I am Qianlin Duanmu. I am from China. I am a new grad student at WPI. I finished my CS undergraduate degree in Missouri, Truman State University. Because of my CS background, I like to explore or think about how some game mechanics are implemented by the code. Sometimes you can find the source…
Introduction and Portfolio
Since early childhood, I wanted to be a cartoonist. I spent hours doodling when I should’ve been paying attention in class, studied in various summer-art-camp programs, won a few different art competitions in middle school, and even tried submitting cartoons to the New Yorker when I was 14 (though I obviously didn’t get in). Those…
Introduction and Portfolio
I would like to introduce myself to the class. My name is Tim. I am 24 years old, and I am from New Jersey. I have not lived at home for a long time now though, and right now I am living at an apartment in Massachusetts. I completed my undergraduate degree at Worcester State…
Practice Intention – Creating a Sustainability Game
I want to learn art through a focus on my research. The best way to achieve that would be to create a sustainability game. Although I haven’t thought of the specifics yet, the game will have to be in 2D due to time constraints and quite simple in mechanics. However, the major challenge for me…
Practice Intention: 3D integration / process and workflow.
My intention for development within my personal practice will be across the integration of 3D or visual effect work within my live-action video content. This has been a goal I have been working on for a while, but in the past year or so I have been able to add additional layers of visuals through…
Practice Intention — Art and Coding
There are a lot of different things I want to get from this class. I want to improve my techincal skills, and I want to improve my art skills. It’s hard to choose between the two, so I’m going to focus on doing a little bit of both The projects I’m going to do this…