Capstone Questions

Capstone questions assignment for N420

Xian Guan:
   1. She chose her capstone based on her desire to be a 3D character modeler and / or 3D generalist
   2. Xian said not much changed between her initial "pitch" and final output. It as generally the same project
   3.  Xian said the time line was helpful to ally planning and alocate work time. however she sis not adhere to it.
   4. The only real change was she would not poly model the hair on her female character. She would have tried using the hair system in maya
   5.  Her advice was to come up with a cool idea and start in on it early. Don't be like so many others that wait until the last 3 weeks to finally work on it.


Lawrence Marshall
1.  He said he chose his project because he enjoyed the stereo class Albert has.
2. Lawrence said his changes were due to time limitations. That for most of his project he was doing " R&D" and that his vision was not fully realized.
3. On the timeline he said it was not very helpful
4.As to changes, he would have liked to spend more time on particles in maya.
5. His only advice was to start now.



Saviss Mahmoudi

1. He made this choice based on a need he saw at work. He worked at an eyecare facility and though a 3d walk through would be great for training.
2. Saviss said for changes, he really scaled down from his original intent. Initially he wanted a full facility walkthrough, but in the end had to settle for 1 piece of machinery.
3.He very much liked the timeline. He thought it was a good tool to help stay on track.
4.About the only things he would change are small details such as material used and lighting.
5.his advice, start now.