Hi everybody! My name is David Fournet, and I’m from Tulsa, Oklahoma. I\u2019m a senior, a robotics engineering major (I know, probably weird for this class but hey), and I\u2019m also minoring in media arts. Currently, because of the field I’m majoring in, art doesn\u2019t necessarily have an academic or professional role in my life right now, but art is where my real interest lies. I\u2019m hoping to eventually make game design\/art my career and work on robotics as more of a hobby. I have been trying to squeeze as many art and design classes into my schedule as possible and really work on building my skills and hopefully a portfolio. I also work on my own artistic and creative pursuits outside of school by practicing traditional and digital 2D art and physical sculpture, as well as making videos for my two YouTube channels, Dac of All Trades (art and build videos) and Dac56 (gaming). I hope that through practice I can build up my skills and become competitive in looking for a creatively based career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My experience in art predominantly comes from self-study and practice, however, I have finished my arts requirements at WPI in visual arts through Essentials of Art, 3D Modeling 1, Digital Imaging, and the Figures in Motion Practicum. Outside of classes, I work mostly digitally now on Photoshop making 2D illustrations. I have had a few freelance jobs creating logos for various companies, and also make a small amount from my art YouTube channel\u2019s Patreon. I always like to expand my skills as an artist and have worked in a variety of mediums such as clay sculpture, resin pouring and sculpture, charcoal, ink, pencil, pastels, pixel art, 2D digital illustration, 3D digital sculpture, and 2D animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Personally, I am really looking to improve my skills in making usable video game assets. I worked as part of a team over the summer in a month-long game jam where we created a 2D Metroidvania-style game called \u201cCrossroads.\u201d I found this experience incredibly fun and wanted my next game to be in a 3D space so I can begin to widen my abilities and portfolio. I would also like to work on my lighting and composition in a 2D space, so I am taking Concept Art and Creative Illustrations this term as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My experience making games is probably more limited than others. I have worked on the above-mentioned Crossroads game as the lead artist. I have also coded datapacks that add additional dimensions to Minecraft for a SMP server of YouTube content creators that I run. I am also now helping on a year-long project to create a turn-based fantasy RPG video game with some IMGD students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My main avenues of artistic expression are all visual, however, I have also explored and enjoyed acting. I would like to learn to be more musically adept as well but find this to be pretty difficult for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some games and shows that I really enjoy the art styles of include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n and plenty more, but those are what I can think of off the top of my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m looking forward to working with everyone and I\u2019m very very excited for this class as a whole. I can\u2019t wait to see what everyone creates!<\/p>\n\n\n\nGames<\/td> Shows<\/td><\/tr> Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Dishonored, Breath of the Wild, Ori, Wizards of Legend, Crawl, Sekiro<\/td> Kipo, Dragon Prince, Hilda, Infinity Train, What If?, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, Young Justice, ATLA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n