Student Research 2013
Abnormal Gait Synthesis
Amber Playle
Amber is using motion capture to analyze the gait patterns of healthy and injured canines.
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Creative Character Design Style
Anahita Salimi
Anahita is creating a unique character style by combining 2D and 3D design elements.
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Final Frontier
Brian Smith
Brian's body of work explores the cognitive shift experienced by astronauts as they leave the Earth.
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Lefty & Boomer
Caleb Jackson
Caleb is creating a collaborative short film that combines 3D animation with live action.
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Absence Makes the Mind Grow Scared-er
Catherine Hervey
Catherine's body of work explores how the absence of something affects the audience's experience.
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A Qualitative Comparison of Scripting Languages used for Image Synthesis
Chris Potter
Chris is comparing the quality of raytracing programs coded in different programming languages.
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The Presence of Absence: Loss and Memory
Christine Li
Christine's body of work uses 3D animation to explore themes of loss and memory.
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Fluid Simulation Based Character Design
Cong Wang
Cong is using fluid fire simulation to emulate hair on 3D characters.
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Modular Shapeshifting of Rigged Characters
Dane Shannon-Sparks
Dane is exploring methods of morphing between different characters in an art-directable way.
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Breaking Glass
David Monroe
David is developing a procedural tool for creating realistic art-directable glass shatter.
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An Approach to Painterly Rendering
Garrett Broussard
Garrett is developing a tool to allow standard 3D animations to be rendered in a painterly style.
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Quick Recognition of Characters through Level of Detail Manipulation
Jack Eggebrecht
Jack is creating a tool to help character artists improve quick recognition of game characters.
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A Tool for the Art-Directable Incorporation of FEM-Drive Soft Body Simulation with Keyframed Skeletal Animation
Jacob Zimmer
Jacob is working on creating a Maya tool that will allow users to incorporate soft body dynamics with keyframed animation.
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Learn and Play with Tablets Using Soft Toys
Janelle Arita
Janelle's work focuses on improving
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60-Second Storytelling
Jeff Gustafson
Jeff's body of work is focused on creating narrative
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aWAKEning
Kelly
Kelly's body of work uses 3D animation to explore dreams and
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Open Rigging Through XML
Logan Kelly
Logan's work is focused on making rigging more user-friendly by using a node-based interface.
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Morgan Jenks
Morgan's body of work is focused on creating songs and visuals using physically-based systems.
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Phobias as Entities and Experiences
Rachel Cunningham
Rachel's body of work analyzes
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Using Open Source Asset Management System to interface with Maya
Rakesh Ramesh
Rakesh is using asset management software to create an open source pipeline and integrate it with Maya.
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Carnal Maps
RJ Pena
RJ's body of work focuses on the differences between explicit and implicit memory.
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Sketch-Based Animation Tool for Character Animation
Sean Low
Sean's research is focused on creating a sketch-based animation tool for Maya using hand-drawn curves.
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Computer Graphics and Historical Costume
Trisha Cleveland
Trisha's research focuses on creating believable period clothing made with appropriate fabrics by using paintings and clothing patterns to create 3D versions.
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Spirituality, Stillness, Sight
Tyler Rosas
Tyler is exploring depictions of the Apostles in scripture and reinterpreting them as interactive art.
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A Collision Deformer for Maya
Wei Wang
Wei is working on creating a deformer for Maya that allows users to create collision effects without running simulations.
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