{"id":2019,"date":"2021-05-20T18:40:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:06:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:06:22","slug":"student-work-showcase-spring-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/student-work-showcase-spring-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Work Showcase: Spring 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"top\">Showcase<\/h1>\n<p>Thanks to all the students who submitted work this semester! Explore their work by scrolling through the post or jumping to specific student&#8217;s work via these links:<br \/>\n<a href=\"#student-2\">Sesash Gutierrez<\/a>, <a href=\"#student-5\">Chase Kile<\/a>, <a href=\"#student-6\">Nicholas Eisner<\/a>, <a href=\"#student-8\">Eric Kwon<\/a>, <a href=\"#student-9\">Joseph Poselenzny<\/a>, <a href=\"#student-10\">Nina Moldawsky<\/a>, <a href=\"#student-11\">Ryan Ruocco<\/a>, <a href=\"#student-12\">Trang Nguyen<\/a>, <a href=\"#student-13\">Kathryn Schoen<\/a><\/p>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-2\"><a href=\"#student-2\">New Mexico Dining Room<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Sesash Gutierrez<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: GAME 201 Computer Animation: Modeling<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Program: Computer Animation<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>The assets in &#8220;New Mexico Dining Room&#8221; were built in Maya. The lighting was done in Unity.<br \/>\nI am a fan of the Throne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago so I decided to use one of their rooms as a reference for this project. I chose the room &#8220;A:34: New Mexico Dining Room c. 1940&#8221; because of the way light filters into the room through the windows creating a comfortable and warm environment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/sesash.artstation.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/2_0_sesash_gutierrez_unity_project_1_SesashGutierrez_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/2_0_sesash_gutierrez_unity_project_1_SesashGutierrez_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #1 of New Mexico Dining Room by Sesash Gutierrez\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-4\"><a href=\"#student-4\">Jarisol the Sun Chaser<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Sesash Gutierrez<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: ANIM 352 Character Design and Modeling<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Program: Computer Animation<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Jarisol the Sun Chaser&#8221; is my circus character design translated into 3D. I started with a base mesh in Maya that I then brought it to Zbrush to detail and refine. Texturing was done in Substance Painter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/sesash.artstation.com\/projects\/Kr0REy\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/4_0_sesash-gutierrez-jarisol-posepresentation_SesashGutierrez1_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/4_0_sesash-gutierrez-jarisol-posepresentation_SesashGutierrez1_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #1 of Jarisol the Sun Chaser by Sesash Gutierrez\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-5\"><a href=\"#student-5\">3D Modeling: Modern Living Room &#038; Model Showcase<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Chase Kile<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: Computer Animation: Modeling<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Program: Game Art<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>My Modern Living room was my long semester project for my Modeling class, I created it using Maya and I used the Unity Game Engine to light my scene. All of the textures for my models were created using Photoshop. I used the Arnold Renderer in Maya to get some high quality pictures for my presentation sheets. I am really pleased with how this scene turned out!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/5_0_Chase_Kile_Unity_Project300dpi_ChaseKile_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 5px\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/5_0_Chase_Kile_Unity_Project300dpi_ChaseKile_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #1 of 3D Modeling: Modern Living Room &#038; Model Showcase by Chase Kile\"\/><\/a><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/5_1_FinalSceneFinished1_ChaseKile_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/5_1_FinalSceneFinished1_ChaseKile_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #2 of 3D Modeling: Modern Living Room &#038; Model Showcase by Chase Kile\"\/><\/a><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/5_2_FinalSceneFinished2_ChaseKile_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/5_2_FinalSceneFinished2_ChaseKile_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #3 of 3D Modeling: Modern Living Room &#038; Model Showcase by Chase Kile\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-6\"><a href=\"#student-6\">Saw: The Lost Chapter<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Nick Eisner<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: PROG 101 &#8211; Intro to Programming<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Program: Programming<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>This is an original story based console game that is set in the world of the Saw movies that was created for my final project for PROG 101. You will be put to the test as you try to escape two different traps that Jigsaw has put you in. As you progress though the game you will face minigames such as a maze, RNG based interactions, and riddles. Will you have what it takes to make it out alive? Or will this become your final resting place? Live or die, the choice is yours.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/BoscoDA\/Saw-The-Lost-Chapter\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-8\"><a href=\"#student-8\">Ecosystem project: Underwater<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Eric Hyukjin Kwon<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: GAME 220 Simulation and Serious Games SP21-02<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Programs: Game Design, Programming<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>This work was to make an ecosystem by using one of IAM instructor Dr. Joshua A. Fisher&#8217;s &#8220;The Nature of Code Remixed for Unity&#8221; as a reference. The purpose of the project was to create an ecosystem in which various creatures behave themselves, interact with each other, and live together without user intervention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/8_0_EricKwon1_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/8_0_EricKwon1_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #1 of Ecosystem project: Underwater by Eric Hyukjin Kwon\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-9\"><a href=\"#student-9\">Virtual Aquarium<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Joseph Poselenzny<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: Simulations and Serious Games GAME 220<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Programs: Game Design, User Experience<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>This is a virtual ecosystem that I created as part of the Simulation and Serious games class. It features six different creatures which interact with each other, and their environment. The interactions are done through code. It takes inspiration from Joshua Fisher&#8217;s Unity remix of the coding book Nature of Code.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/fatjosephina.itch.io\/virtual-aquarium\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/9_0_VirtualAquariumScreenshot_JosephPoselenzny_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/9_0_VirtualAquariumScreenshot_JosephPoselenzny_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #1 of Virtual Aquarium by Joseph Poselenzny\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-10\"><a href=\"#student-10\">Corbit: An Immersive VR Experience<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Nina Moldawsky<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: Immersive Environments II<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Program: Immersive Media<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>Corbit is a VR experience that takes the user to a whimsical world in the center of the earth, where every cog has their purpose in the machine. It aims to explore existential and environmental concepts in fun, hopeful and engaging way. It was created by Nina Moldawsky, a graduating Immersive Media minor and Creative Writing Fiction major. More of her work can be found at ninamoldawsky.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QRdEI5mdfss\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/10_0_ScreenShot2021-04-22at9.39.31AM_NinaMoldawsky_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 5px\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/10_0_ScreenShot2021-04-22at9.39.31AM_NinaMoldawsky_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #1 of Corbit: An Immersive VR Experience by Nina Moldawsky\"\/><\/a><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/10_1_ScreenShot2021-04-22at9.33.37AM_NinaMoldawsky_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/10_1_ScreenShot2021-04-22at9.33.37AM_NinaMoldawsky_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #2 of Corbit: An Immersive VR Experience by Nina Moldawsky\"\/><\/a><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/10_2_ScreenShot2021-04-22at9.30.08AM_NinaMoldawsky_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/10_2_ScreenShot2021-04-22at9.30.08AM_NinaMoldawsky_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #3 of Corbit: An Immersive VR Experience by Nina Moldawsky\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-11\"><a href=\"#student-11\">Worm Exodus Trailer<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Ryan Ruocco<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: Immersive Environments 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Program: Game Design<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>This is a trailer for my first VR game Worm Exodus. It&#8217;s a game about a worm looking for a paperclip so they can move into a new piece of fruit. I developed the story, and designed the environments and interactions &#8211; with art and sound sourced from various places.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N_Fi2n8PnFo\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-12\"><a href=\"#student-12\">Main Character Sheets<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Trang Nguyen<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: Character Visualization for Games<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Programs: Game Art, Animation<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>These are the character sheets for the protagonist and antagonist of a game where monsters are hunted to extinction simply because humans are threatened by them despite the monsters not going out of their way to attack humans unless they&#8217;re provoked. I wanted the protagonist to be a child because a child isn&#8217;t strong enough to hurt anyone, but because they&#8217;re a monster they&#8217;ll be hunted down regardless. The protagonist will be hunted by the antagonist who&#8217;s the leader of a monster hunter group and she&#8217;ll be hunting down the protagonist because she&#8217;s determined to get rid of every monster.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/12_0_NguyenTrang_ProtagonistCharacterSheet_TrangNguyen_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 5px\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/12_0_NguyenTrang_ProtagonistCharacterSheet_TrangNguyen_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #1 of Main Character Sheets by Trang Nguyen\"\/><\/a><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/12_1_NguyenTrang_AntagonistCharacterSheet_TrangNguyen_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/12_1_NguyenTrang_AntagonistCharacterSheet_TrangNguyen_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #2 of Main Character Sheets by Trang Nguyen\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<header>\n<h2 id=\"student-13\"><a href=\"#student-13\">The Gold Room<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Katie Schoen<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\">Produced in: GAME201 Computer Animation: Modeling<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;\">IAM Program: Non-Degree Seeking Student<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<blockquote><p>I challenged myself to recreate an environment from a favorite movie of mine, The Shining. The Gold Room is from an iconic scene that features a variety of textures, materials and lighting elements that I was excited to model. All of the meshes were modeled in Maya, and texture maps were created in Photoshop. The scene was then imported into Unity where lighting and post processing effects were applied to give the interior a realistic feel that pays homage to the film.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>    <a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/13_0_KatieSchoen_GoldRoom1_KathrynSchoen_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 5px\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/13_0_KatieSchoen_GoldRoom1_KathrynSchoen_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #1 of The Gold Room by Katie Schoen\"\/><\/a><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/13_1_KatieSchoen_GoldRoom2_KathrynSchoen_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/13_1_KatieSchoen_GoldRoom2_KathrynSchoen_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #2 of The Gold Room by Katie Schoen\"\/><\/a><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/13_2_KatieSchoen_GoldRoom3_KathrynSchoen_1920.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/showcases\/2021-spring\/13_2_KatieSchoen_GoldRoom3_KathrynSchoen_600.jpg\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Screenshot #3 of The Gold Room by Katie Schoen\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<footer>\n<p>\n        <a href=\"#top\">Back to top.<\/a>\n      <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showcase Thanks to all the students who submitted work this semester! Explore their work by scrolling through the post or jumping to specific student&#8217;s work via these links: Sesash Gutierrez, Chase Kile, Nicholas Eisner, Eric Kwon, Joseph Poselenzny, Nina Moldawsky, Ryan Ruocco, Trang Nguyen, Kathryn Schoen New Mexico Dining Room&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/student-work-showcase-spring-2021\/\">Continue Reading<span> Student Work Showcase: Spring 2021<\/span><\/a><span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/student-work-showcase-spring-2021\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,38,41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2033,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions\/2033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam.colum.edu\/iamwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}