{"id":37,"date":"2019-03-12T12:50:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d19\/?p=37"},"modified":"2019-03-12T12:50:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:50:45","slug":"introduction-art-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-d19\/cbell2\/introduction-art-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction & Art Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey everyone, I\u2019m Chris! I\u2019m currently a Junior computer science major from Upstate New York and really enjoy art. Throughout elementary, middle, and high school, I loved taking art classes. I extended that love into music as well and played the violin for eight years. Coming into college, I really appreciated how WPI ensures that its students not only focus on their major, but also supplements that education with a thorough appreciation of the humanities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Landscape Photo I took in Maine<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Bold and Brash” in Watercolor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Final 3D Modeling Project of Geralt from the Witcher Series<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Taking art classes has not only served as a creative outlet, but also as a way to release stress and have fun. While I have taken Essentials of Art, Digital Art, and 3D Modeling, I would say that I enjoyed modeling the most. While I have never artistically modeled before taking the course, I do have some experience with CAD and frequently modeled and 3D printed engineering materials throughout my high school career. \u00a0While the switch to VBrush was a very different experience, I found that I enjoyed it as much if not more than the engineering work. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Although from an outsider\u2019s perspective, computer science seems to have little to do with art, I have encountered a plethora of scenarios where I\u2019ve had to marry the two. In freshmen year, I worked on learning a little bit of Arduino programming and, through leveraging some open-source code, I created a very janky but functional dynamic back-light for my monitor. It changes what colors the LED\u2019s produce depending on the exterior colors of the screen to provide a more immersive experience. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dynamic Monitor Back-Light<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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My Software Engineering Application Landing Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Section of my Personal Website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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My background of web development, human-computer interactions, and digital art also led me to be the main front-end designer for a bunch of projects. I\u2019ve done a wide array of work ranging from creating a scalable and professional UI for the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Portal used by New York State Information Technology Services, to creating a customer-intuitive interface for my Software Engineering application. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Beginning Mockups for the ECM Portal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Final Design for the ECM Portal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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While I tend to forget about art when I think about my future in software engineering, it is definitely a beneficial skill to have on hand. From designing UI to organizing code to more general skills such as designing PowerPoint presentations or advertisements, a background in art is a strong skill to bring to the table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hey everyone, I\u2019m Chris! I\u2019m currently a Junior computer science major from Upstate New York and really enjoy art. Throughout elementary, middle, and high school, I loved taking art classes. I extended that love into music as well and played the violin for eight years. Coming into college, I really appreciated how WPI ensures that… <\/p>\n

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