Halloween Photos - 2010

Once again, Richland College held a Halloween Costume Contest this year. Some of the Multimedia students, staff and faculty decided to participate and dressed as a Viking Horde on a tropical holiday (a la Capital One Venture card commercials), complete with horned helmets, fur, leather, Jams and Aloha shirts.

The Horde won third place!




Click to see the rest of the Halloween photos!

GAME 1302 Interactive Storyboarding class examples

One page each from the Summer 2010 Interactive Storyboarding class students, taught by Tuan Ho.

by Ben Bueno:



by Casey Smith:



by Diane Dwoyewodzic:



by Eduardo Velasquez:



by Michael Singleton:



by Seth Trimble:



by Socrates:



by Teresa:

Welcome Back, Students!

Welcome back to another semester filled with multimedia and gaming!

Trading Card Game in Second Life

Take note, Richland Gaming Department! Read the article below for more information about the trading card game in Second Life.

http://kotaku.com/5611176/a-very-strange-place-to-find-a-trading-card-game

another piece showing the beautiful environments some people build in Second Life

Boat Races in Second Life

Multimedia student Kyle filmed this, featuring staff member and student alumni Aisha Lucio fighting with her avatar.

Dancing in the Sandbox at the DCCCD Second Life Island

Multimedia student Kyle filmed this dance sequence using one of his avatars and one of Debbie Smith's (Multimedia full-time staff and adjunct faculty) avatars. Dances provided by Debbie.

EVERYONE can dance in Second Life!

Multimedia Student Success Stories Posted at the DCCCD website

Click to read about some of our great students and their successful multimedia careers!

What It Means to Be an Avatar: A Study of Second Life

Patti Jennings, one of the DCCCD Second Life Team, pointed out this interesting article from the SMU Cox website: What It Means to Be an Avatar: A Study of Second Life, new research by Ulrike Schultze of SMU Cox, which delves into what is most fundamental to the avatar-self relationship in a study of residents of Second Life, the most successful and accessible virtual world.

2010 Videos

Click to see all the videos submitted to this year's festival!

See the Winners from the 2010 Digital Media Festival!

http://www.mmlab2.rlc.dcccd.edu/sideshow/digital_art_2010/

Call for Entries!

April 6 and 7, 2010
The Eighteenth Annual
Richland College Computer Arts Festival
Presents

Call for Entries:
Deadline March 24 -April 1

Attention all current Multimedia and Game Design students.

• Submit your web-ready animations, web comics and videos OR
• Submit your high-resolution Digital Art files for large format printing.
• Files can be up to 18 x 24 inches at 200 DPI. Accepted works will be displayed on the web or laminated and displayed in the Lago Vista Gallery during the 2010 Computer Arts Festival.
• Works must be original and the property of the student.
  

Prizes: $150 First Place, $100 Second Place and $50 for two honorable mentions based on originality and creativity.

Entry Forms available at the front desk in the Multimedia Learning Center.

Multimedia Staff Members Nominated!

Multimedia Learning Center full-time staff members Steve Dupuis and Joe Vines were members of a team nominated to receive the Learning Technology Innovation of the Year!



Sadly, the Innovation did not win.

Multimedia Students Turn Sculptors!

Dallas, TX experienced its first blizzard in years in February 2010 right before Valentine's Day. Richland College closed but that didn't stop the Multimedia students from getting out and being creative!

the power of imagination in Second Life

The blog might be closed now, but it has LOTS of SL information and images for you to enjoy: http://npirl.blogspot.com/

Top 10 Skills in Demand in 2010

Dan Dao, Game faculty, shares an interesting article from Global Knowledge, http://www.globalknowledge.com/training/generic.asp?pageid=2568&country=United+States about the top 10 skills in demand in 2010.