myProcess Blog
From... Thoughts, Ideas, Concepts, Reflections and Realisations toward the Concrete and the Tangible as I start my journey through NYU Tandon School of Engineering's Integrated Digital Media Program
pre-thesis: fall edition
Fall Reflections This will be very difficult for me to write... because I will have to sit and reflect on why I am here now. And here now, I am feeling pressured,...
Environment Spring 23 : 360 post
Enviroments Project Spring 2023 "EudeMOONia Sensorium" In this exploratory class project "Space for Space" we used digital tools such as Blender and generative AI...
virtual production final week
Final Week These were the items I chose to work on: 1. Realm of the Mouse Gods Sky Palace - environment2. Island Asylum - environment3. Junk satellite - prop4. A group...
virtual production week11
W11 Last week we choose assets to create for our production. I choose: 1. A group of evil Coconut agents - avatars2. Junk satellite - prop3. Island Asylum -...
virtual production week10
W10 Virtual Production / Motive / MotionBuilder - Streaming/ LiveLink / SVN / Version Control / Take Recorder Using TortoiseSVN for version control, last week we had...
virtual production week9
W9 - Final Project Research Group: Coco, Jiaxuan, Ni Ni, Olivia In furthering my research and refining the story's theme, I rewrote the introduction for another go at...
virtual production week7&8
W7&8 - Live Face/FaceIt/LiveLink Week 7: I created my character, Avaten in MakeHuman. I spent way to much time trying to figure out how to export the rigged version...
virtual production week6
W6 - Character Study I am basing my character on a drawing I made in the summer of 2020. It was during the 3rd month our mutual isolation. I starting feeling as if I...
virtual production week5&6
W5 Getting it a bit tighter... and realizing earlier mistakes.Adding Atmosphere, Water, and Objects
virtual production week4
W4 Motion Builder 2023... I was not able to retarget more than one avatar in a file. The choices for materials available in Quixel Bridge are mind blowing. You really...
virtual production : week3
W3 Avatars (Ready Player Me, Make Human, DAZ 3D) and animations (MoCap, Mixamo). I tried to make an avatar in Make Human and Daz 3D, but in the end Ready Player Me was...
virtual production : week2
W2 I guess we initiially didn't understand the Miro assignment and , it may still not be right... 3 witches fly under the moon across a trash shrewd landscape over...
virtual production : week1
Week 1: It's both surprising and a bit wistful that my journey at IDM nears an end, because I feel like there are still so many avenues in XR development to explore. ...
pre-thesis: summer edition
Summer Reflections Part I As I do not intend to present my thesis until the Spring of 2023, I will whole-heartedly take advantage of this time for more in depth...
Pre – Thesis : Week12-13
Week12-13: Pre-Thesis Introduction and Literary Review In reflecting on my process through this semester in Pre-Thesis, I see many instances where my search followed...
Pre – Thesis : Week10-11
Week10-11 As I stand here reflecting on my process, my struggles and unfolding insight, I feel the weight of my decisions. I've been going over my secondary research in...
Pre – Thesis : Week8-9
Week8-9 It's been quite some time since checking in here... but I've had to make some crucial decision in this journey. My pace in developing a road map for my thesis...
3D Cinema • Week8-VideoProject
Week8: Music Video Project - 'Wide Open' - The Chemical Brothers Matt Kane, Falguni Vyas, Ni Ni Than. Create a music video using MoCap and Unreal Engine for...
3D Cinema • Week7
Week7: This is what I have been looking forward to... working with avatars, Mocap, choreographing a story through motion and sound, and hopefully I can start to play...
Pre – Thesis : Week7
Week7 Spring Break... The break I so needed from myself and studies. But by Wednesday, I was back to my studies. Where am I now? ...Still not where I'd like to be. I...
3D Cinema • Week6
Week 6: Amazing how avatar creation has gotten so much easier... I remember trying to use Poser years back and I just gave up on that program (mostly because I...
Pre – Thesis : Week6
Week6 My focus became too narrow on one aspect of my project... I lost track of exploring the paths that led to and lead from my main keyword 'adjustment disorder'. I...
3D Cinema • Week5
Week 5: Avatars... Identity and Character Dev I am still slowly working on the BP for my Object Theater "The Nuts and Bolts of It". This weeks readings for 3D...
Pre – Thesis : Week4-5
Week 4 -5: Secondary Research... This past week, I have been both reading about research frameworks and sources, the critical thinking process, conceptual reviews, and...
3D Cinema • Week4
Week 4: Object Theater... The Nuts and Bolt of It. I ran into many problems... mostly technical because I am unfamiliar with the platform and Blueprints. What I...
3D Cinema • Week3
Week 3: Object Theater... The Nuts and Bolt of It. It's dance, it's conversation, it's play, it's movements in life. I have not decided on the music, but it will have a...
Pre – Thesis : Week3
Week 3: Take it back to the beginning! Look deep within me to find the WHY. Why am I moved and determined in helping someone take a deep breath, step back from their...
3D Cinema • Week2
Week 2: Laban Movements. Amazing how the mixture of movements can create tension, character, and emotion for inanimate objects. This week I got caught up in the Unreal...
Pre – Thesis : Week2
Week 2: 'THESIS' - Frameworks for approaching thesis research in last week's reading 'Research in Art and Design' by Christopher Frayling, in his own way describes the...
3D Cinema • Week1
Week 1: Back in Unreal Engine! I've been primarily using Unity for the past several years that it's taken me some time to refamiliarize myself with Unreal. The last...
Pre – Thesis : Week1
Week 1: 'THESIS' - The thought of selecting a thesis topic has weighed on my mind since the first semester at IDM last spring. I had hoped that by the Fall of 2021, I...
myProcess: Mobile AR Studio W1
Week 1: I'm really excited about this class and have been looking forward to exploring the many possibilities in AR platforms. This class will be developing creative...
Process: Creative Coding Samples3
Lissajous CurveYou have to click on the mouse to start, then you can use the up and down arrow buttons.... not sure what happens on a mobile phone yet. And if you click...
Process: Creative Coding Samples2
The second cat automtically appears and grow at set intervals and the mouse controls the direction.Midterm project, the slider controls shape of tree and the width of...
Process: Creative Coding Samples
It's all just code... in the spring I took Creating Coding and I was introduced to the p5.js editor, processing, p5.play and arduino. All the samples work in class I...
myProcess: Fundamentals of Game Design W5
Week 5 and 6: Twine We started working on our ideas for our final projects in Week 3, and I grappled with a few ideas that could become an IF single player RPG...
myProcess: Fundamentals of Game Design W4
Week 4: Character, Story, Plot, Situation and Twine This week we delved into creating IF interactive fiction by using different types of branching narratives...
myProcess: Fundamentals of Game Design W3
Week 3: Representation, Identification, Storytelling, Worldbuilding and Creating Lore This week Ludology met Narratology, and we looked that these two approaches to...
myProcess: Fundamentals of Game Design W2
I use to love this game…..
myProcess: Fundamentals of Game Design W1
Week 1: What are Games? ... So what are games? Play? Fun? Pleasure? Socialization? Stimulation for boredom? This was the first time I had really considered the...
myProcess: Ideation & Prototyping W14
Week 14: Research For/By Design, P5 : Final Reflection and Next Steps... The fifth and final week of the collaborative group project ends with personal...
myProcess: Ideation & Prototyping W13
Week 13: Research For/By Design, P4 : Prototype... This is the fourth week of a 5 week collaborative group project. Team 4: Dejarelle Gaines, Jackie Sabillon...
myProcess: Ideation & Prototyping W12
Week 12: Research For/By Design, P3 : Analysis... This is the third week of a 5 week collaborative group project. Team 4: Dejarelle Gaines, Jackie Sabillon...
myProcess: Ideation & Prototyping W11
Week 11: Research For/By Design, P2 : Primary Research Study This is the second week of a 5 week collaborative group project. Goal: Work as a team to explore,...
myProcess Ideation & Prototyping W10
Week 10: Research For/By Design, P1 : Mess Map and Secondary Research This is the first week of a 5 week collaborative group project. Goal: Work as a team to...
myProcess: Ideation and Prototyping W9
Week 9: Time Capsule P3... The Year 2145. The Discovery... Create a protagonist to act as the central character for your narrative. Storyboard and sketch several...
myProcess: Ideation and Prototyping W7 & W8
Week 7: Storytelling and Narrative... Time Capsule P1. A 3 part assignment. Part one, Select 3-8 objects I own that have personal meaning to me, and create stories...
myProcess: Ideation and Prototyping W6
Week 6: Brainstorming and Ideation... Our assignment this week was to create a photo essay. Create a protagonist, use a brainstorming method to come up with a short...
myProcess: Ideation & Prototyping W5
Week 5: ReMixing and ReConceptualizing... This week, I felt I had a lot to process. I went back and revisited the initial concepts presented at the...
myProcess: Ideation & Prototyping W4
Week 4: Exploration and Immersion... There were several ways to approach this project, 50 Rendering of an object. I could select one object and render it 50...
myProcess: Ideation & Prototyping W3
photo credit: Frank Momberg/FFI
myProcess: Ideation & Prototyping W2
Week 2: So, I thought, how hard could this be? Create a MindMap of the inputs I received, and how they affected me for this one week. It seemed simple enough a...
myProcess: Ideation and Prototyping
Week 1: The development of this Process Website/Blog is a requirement for DM-GY 6053 - Ideation and Prototyping, Spring 2021. It's a self reflective blog observing...