Capstone Interviews

Attend the Capstone presentations on Friday, Dec. 7, 4-8 p.m. in the IT building. Find 3 different capstone students to interview. Be sure to ask the following questions and post the entire interview to your blog.

1.      Why did you choose this for your capstone project?

2.      What are some of the changes that you had to make between your original idea and what you are presenting today?

3.      What is your opinion of the timeline for your capstone? Was it helpful or a waste of time? Why?

4.      If you could change anything about your capstone, what would that be?

5.     What advice would you give me in planning for my capstone?

Xian Guan

Xian did two highly detailed characters set up in a scene for her portfolio as her capstone.

1. Wanted to be a character artist, so she decided to model and texture two highly detailed characters for her portfolio.

2. Was going to do 3 characters and texture the clothes herself, but didn't have enough time so she did 2 characters and put procedural textures on the clothes.

3. She thought it was alright, but put to much in the timeline so she couldn't finish it, but she still got a lot of it done.

4. She would have made a layout so she could pose the characters better in the scene and waste a lot less time on that.

5. Start as soon as possible and watch out for scope creep.

Nate Moody

Nate made a digital comic for his capstone, and also had some concept art for a game he is working on.

1. The reason he chose a digital comic is to expand his storytelling skills.

2. There weren't many changes he had to make.

3. He liked the timeline because it was a good guideline and a way to gauge progress.

4. He would've liked more physical things at his presentation, but the cost was just too high.

5. His advice was to do something you're familiar with so you don't have to learn a whole new set of skills to complete your capstone.

Christina Chapman

Christina created an immersive world with a map, objects you would find in the world, concept art, and stories of the people and places in the world for her capstone.

1. The reason she chose the immersive world is because she has been doing storytelling since she was a child.

2. Originally she wanted a tent, but was told she wouldn't have enough space for one (later she found out she would be in a larger room which had enough space, but by then it was too late).

3. She said that the timeline is helpful for structure.

4. One thing she would have liked to have was posters surrounding her project.

5. Her advice is to overestimate time and money for your capstone, because no matter how much you set aside, you'll probably need more.

The answers are somewhat short and simple because I was trying to hurry through the questions so I didn't waste anyone's time. I felt like if someone that wanted to see their work and talk to them was there and they saw them talking to me forever, they wouldn't bother waiting, and I didn't want that.