{"id":3736,"date":"2024-10-23T01:05:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T05:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b24\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2024-10-23T01:05:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T05:05:12","slug":"sam-paffenroth-introduction-and-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b24\/smpaffenroth\/sam-paffenroth-introduction-and-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Paffenroth – Introduction and Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello! For those that don\u2019t already know me, my name is Sam Paffenroth<\/strong> but I also go by Mystic<\/strong>, especially in online circles. My pronouns are they\/them, and I am currently in my Junior year as an IMGD Visual Arts student\u2013 though I would have put my concentration in both Visual Arts and Writing if I could. I\u2019ve lived in a couple places across the US, but for the past 10 years or so, I have been living here in Massachusetts\u2013 not far from campus in fact!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A handful of self-portraits from over the years, all structured around similar imagery I associate with myself.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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For nearly my entire life, I\u2019ve loved drawing and writing stories, and as I\u2019ve grown up, I\u2019ve really wanted to see some aspect of that in my career. Between courses both here and at my highschool and the work I\u2019ve done in my own time, I\u2019ve played with a lot of different art mediums, ranging from paints, pencils, pastels, charcoal, and other traditional drawing mediums to digital and even mixed media and sculptural works. Of these, though, digital illustration especially is something I would love to do as a job. In the past few years, however, I\u2019ve found I have a great fondness for mixed media works, which has culminated in my current biggest hobby: Doll customizations! The combination of sculpting, painting, sewing, jewelry making, and so on makes the process incredibly fun to work through, and while I have no intention of monetizing this work, I think it will continue to be a big hobby of mine for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is my doll, Lilyian. She is one of my more complicated customs, and I made a multi-media collage piece based on the apothecary I built for her!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Games, too, have also been a very large part of my life; between socializing with friends, family game nights, and playing in my own personal free time, I\u2019ve always loved games of all sorts. Hollow Knight especially I\u2019ve been inspired by since it came out; the artwork in that game is just so detailed and worldbuilding heavy, and it makes me really inspired to put that same level of detail into my own work. Rainworld and the Ori games are also very high on that art inspiration list, though games like Book of Hours, Cultist Simulator, and Undertale \/ Deltarune really speak to the writer in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All four of these pieces are concept art I made for my personal project Homebound. The two on the left both focus on the character Nuri, who I write about in the story Ascension over on my portfolio site<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Before coming to WPI, I had little to no experience making games, but during my time here, I have certainly had the opportunity to stretch my legs more in this field. While I don\u2019t have any larger projects under my belt, I\u2019ve done a lot of smaller projects in a variety of engines (Unity and Unreal being the biggest among them) and I have also started trying my hand at making a board game\u2013 which I intend to continue polishing into a full project some time in the future. In terms of my art, I mainly look forward to having the chance to expand into making my art more modular and suited to the game development process, though learning more 3D art skills is also high on my list of things to accomplish. By taking this class, I look forward to seeing how my skills develop and what things I can make!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project, which I have started to call Golden Boxes, was my final project for IMGD 4700. While simple, I am still quite proud of what I was able to make in it. It, along with a few of the other games I’ve worked on, is available over on my itch.io page<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Hello! For those that don\u2019t already know me, my name is Sam Paffenroth but I also go by Mystic, especially in online circles. My pronouns are they\/them, and I am currently in my Junior year as an IMGD Visual Arts student\u2013 though I would have put my concentration in both Visual Arts and Writing if… <\/p>\n

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