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design courses, syllabi, schedules, resources and policies

  • ARTM1021 3D Studio (spring 2020)
    • ARTM1021 3D Studio: Schedule
    • Project 1: 2D to 3D
    • Project 2: Play Furniture: Form & Function
    • Final project options
  • ARTM1022 4D Studio (Spring 24)
    • ARTM1022 4D Studio – Schedule
    • 4D Final
    • Projection
    • 3 Minute Video Obstruction
    • Game Design / Play Experience
    • 3 Part Animated Story: Part 1
    • 3 Part Animated Story: Part 2
    • 3 Part Animated Story: Part 3
  • ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design (Fall 22)
    • ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design: Schedule
    • Week 1 HTML Basics
    • Week 2: Links, Images and CSS Basics
    • Week 3: Layout with Dreamweaver and using Classes and ID’s
    • Week 6: Domains & Hosting
    • Week 7: Slicing Graphics
    • Week 8: jQuery Plugin Basics
    • Week 11: Information Architecture and Navigation
    • ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design: Schedule
    • ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design: Assignments
      • ARTM Intro to Web Design: Homepage Requirements
      • ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design: Project 1a
      • ARTM2210 Intro to Web Design: Project 1b
      • ARTM2210: Review 1
      • ARTM 2210 Intro to Web – Nursery Rhyme Site
      • ARTM2210: Review 2
      • ARTM2210: Project 3 Multipage website – Fusion Restaurant
      • ARTM2210: Review 3
      • ARTM2210: Review 4
  • ARTM2220 Designing for New Media (Fall 21)
    • ARTM2220 Designing for New Media: Schedule
      • Wireframes and Prototypes
    • ARTM2220 Designing for New Media: Projects
      • A better morning
      • Observations on Interactions
      • ARTM:2220 “Objectified” Response
      • ARTM2220: Augmented Reality
      • ARTM2220: Wearables
  • ARTM2710 Game Design Studio 1 (Fall 25)
    • ARTM2710 Schedule
    • Games Ames has played
    • Game Response Questions
    • Rules for Rule Writing
    • Game making resources
    • Game Documentation
  • ARTM3720 Game Design Studio 2
    • ARTM3720 Game Design Studio 2: Schedule
    • Refined Game Documentation
    • Final Game Presentation Rules
  • ARTM3710 Interactive Animation (Fall 25)
    • ARTM3710 Interactive Animation : Schedule
      • Phenakistoscope
      • Zoetrope
    • Project: Looping Narrative
    • Project: Interactive Narrative
    • Project: Immersive Narrative
    • Project: Interactive Poster
  • ARTM4010 Senior Studio (Fall 24)
    • Senior Studio : Schedule
  • ARTM4090 Portfolio
    • ARTM4090 Portfolio : Schedule
    • Artist / Design Statement
    • Personal Branding
    • General Portfolio (your website)
    • Targeted / Focused Portfolio
    • General vs Targeted portfolios
    • Assessment Portfolio
  • ARTM4710 XD Studio I (Fall 25)
    • XD Studio I: Schedule
  • ARTM4720 XD Studio 2 (Spring)
    • ARTM4720 XD Studio 2: Schedule
    • General Portfolio (your website)
    • Targeted / Focused Portfolio
    • General vs Targeted portfolios
  • Policies

Author: lrwst180

Posted on December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

Set the quicktime player to loop :)

Posted on November 29, 2023
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cave-testDownload
Posted on November 8, 2023November 8, 2023
Part4Download
Posted on November 8, 2023
PurpleDownload
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Posted on November 1, 2023
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Posted on October 24, 2023

Egg hatch.

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Posted on October 18, 2023

Breathe testing

BreatheDownload
Posted on October 11, 2023

Poster start

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Posted on October 10, 2023

Made this

MonarchDownload

Posted on October 3, 2023

Goombatest

GoombatestDownload
Posted on September 24, 2023

Trying to get it right

Posted on September 10, 2023September 18, 2023

animation testing

I made these things and even posted them to social media. https://www.facebook.com/lindsay.west.7528

Blueball_testDownload
blueball2Download
Posted on September 6, 2023September 18, 2023

Spinning thing

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Posted on September 2, 2023September 18, 2023

Experimental animation #1

It’s not perfect, but I made it. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwsNvAfAGs7871ImRAijPL4UUXgz3r47Y7oP7g0/

DandelionexperimentDownload

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  • Oct 13th Midterm grades due online at noon
  • Nov 24th - 28th Thanksgiving break, no class
  • May 30th, last day to withdraw from 15 week classes
  • Dec6th, last day of classes
  • Dec 8th - 12th final exam week
  • Dec 15th Final grades due

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