Teaching Philosophy
3 Example Syllabi
DMD 2200 - Motion Graphics 1 - Fall 2015 Syllabus
Fall 2015 Motion Graphics 1 course website
Arts 302 - Digital Studio II - Spring 2012 Syllabus
Spring 2012 Digital Studio II course website
Intro to Generative Art Syllabus
20 Examples of Student Work

Motion Graphics 1 (Spring 2015) - Final Project
"Experimental" by Shobha Venkatraman - 1 minute
Department of Digital Media and Design, University of Connecticut

Motion Graphics 1 (Spring 2015) - Final Project
"UConn Light" by Lilly Birk - 37 seconds
Department of Digital Media and Design, University of Connecticut

Motion Graphics 1 (Spring 2015) - Final Project
"What Is WHUS?" by Zach Weinberg - 2 minutes
Department of Digital Media and Design, University of Connecticut

Motion Graphics 1 (Fall 2015) - 4D Painting Project
Motion Graphics by Rachael Berry, Painting by Yen Bai - 25 seconds
Department of Digital Media and Design, University of Connecticut
Digital Studio 1 (Spring 2012) - Photoshop Chimeric Creature Project
"Enter the Lotus" by Lindsay Shepard
Throughout the semester students conceived of a chimeric creature and explored various software tools while depicting their creature's look, sound, and movement, and imaging a history for their creature.
Art and Art History Department, Colgate University
Digital Studio 1 (Spring 2012) - Illustrator Chimeric Creature "Map" Project
"Tadpole to Adult" by Lindsay Shepard
Throughout the semester students conceived of a chimeric creature and explored various software tools while depicting their creature's look, sound, and movement, and imaging a history for their creature.
Art and Art History Department, Colgate University

Digital Studio 1 (Spring 2012) - Final Project Integrating Animation and Sound
"Grow" by Lindsay Shepard - 1 minute
Throughout the semester students conceived of a chimeric creature and explored various software tools while depicting their creature's look, sound, and movement, and imaging a history for their creature.
Art and Art History Department, Colgate University
Digital Studio 2 (Spring 2012) - Collaborative Projector Project
"Nude Descending a Staircase" by Micah Belzberg, Andrew Schlenger, and Wesley Ratliff - still image from looping animation
Art and Art History Department, Colgate University
Digital Studio 2 (Spring 2012) - Independent Project
"System.in" by Adam Lock
A three-monitor interactive installation developed in Processing that traces a history of human-computer interaction and interfaces from past (right) to present (middle) to future (left).
Art and Art History Department, Colgate University
Digital Studio 2 (Spring 2012) - Independent Project
"Youtopia" by Lizey Burkly
An image series, created in Photoshop, based on utopias described by people interviewed by the artist
Art and Art History Department, Colgate University
Digital Studio 2 (Spring 2012) - Independent Project
"Eisenman and Gehry: Manipulations of a Still Life" by Wesley Ratliff
An exploration of the contrasting architectural design processes of Peter Eisenman and Frank Ghery based on the concept of a "wave" and modeled in GoogleSketchUp
Art and Art History Department, Colgate University
Digital Foundation (Fall 2014) - Photoshop Project
Project prompt: create an image of your choosing that makes use of green screen photography
"Alone" by Vicky Gu
Digital Media and Design Department, University of Connecticut
Digital Foundation (Fall 2014) - Photoshop Project
Project prompt: Fulfill a "commission" requested by a classmate
"Fleetwood Mac's #1 Fan" by Henry Stein, fulfilling the commission "cool banana with a passion for soft rock"
Digital Media and Design Department, University of Connecticut

Digital Foundation (Fall 2014) - Collaborative Video Final Project
"Bad Boys III" by Alex Rouleau, Hunter Young, Charlie Gorski, and Liam Houle - 6 minutes
Digital Media and Design Department, University of Connecticut

Animation Lab (Fall 2014) - Phenakistoscope Project
"Eye" by Henry Stein
Digital Media and Design Department, University of Connecticut

Animation Lab (Fall 2014) - Final Project
"Random Acts of Kindness PSA" by Robin Simon - 1 minute 50 seconds
Digital Media and Design Department, University of Connecticut
Arts Practice and Theory (Spring 2012) - Happening Project
A signpost created by the entire class, nominated from student proposals for "happenings" designed to engage an audience and merge art and life.
Department of Art and Art History, Colgate University
Motion Graphics 1 (Spring 2015) - 4D Print Project
Motion Graphics and Sound Design by Tim Henning, Print by Stephanie Sileo - 18 seconds
Department of Digital Media and Design, University of Connecticut