Interior Renders
Students in DIGM3120, 3D Rendering and Lighting, do some modeling, UV map, texture and light these scenes. They are using Global Illumination, Final Gather, and Image-Based Lighting in some cases.
Famous Painting Translation
Using only the vector tools, students were tasked with translating a famous painting into vector art for DIGM 2710 Vector-Based Imaging.
Celebrity Portrait
Students used a variety of techniques to create a celebrity portrait for DIGM 2710 Vector-Based Imaging. Techniques include a mosaic of icons, all text, or graphically simplified color tones.
Storytelling Photo Composite
For DIGM 2720, students were challenged to tell a creative story with this photo composite project.
Where Are They Now?
Our Alumni have had success in a number of different areas. You may have seen their work in Kung Fu Panda, World of Warcraft, The Last Jedi, The Walking Dead, Thor Ragnarok, Halo, Charlie Brown and other large entertainment properties. You also see alumni work with broadcast designers, advertising and marketing designers, modelers on HGTV, and technical directors behind the scenes. The work has been as varied as the students themselves. Kalynn Lead UI Artist, Volition “I am working as a UI artist at Volition. I am the lead UI artist for our current project and my work Continue Reading
Why Choose ETSU Digital Media?
OVERVIEW The Digital Media Program seeks to bridge the arts and sciences by providing students with technical skills along with an understanding of aesthetics and practical experience in digital media. The program brings together students, faculty, industry professionals to prepare students for the challenges of careers in game design, animation, digital video, visual effects, visualization, interactive design and other areas in digital media. Our students are typically interested in some blend of technology and art applied to a digital media career. Strong technical skills and understanding combined with aesthetic judgement and experience enable our students to produce digital work Continue Reading
Character Design
It’s easy to see the likeness of a familiar actress playing the Black Widow character. The twist is that Digital Media student Spencer Morgan chose to stylize the features in the Disney princess style.
CD Mockups
Some student work from DIGM 3220 Digital Publishing – Students chose their own unique theme for the CD package design. Emphasis is placed on telling a visual story through typography and creative image manipulation.
Historic ETSU Win at NSAC
ETSU students take first place in district AAF NSAC competition A team of East Tennessee State University students took home top honors in the district-level American Advertising Federation (AAF) 2018 National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) held in Jackson, Mississippi, and will advance toward the national competition. The NSAC is the premier college advertising competition in the United States, providing more than 2,000 college students the real-world experience of creating a strategic advertising, marketing and media campaign for a corporate client and pitching their work to advertising professionals at the district, semi-final and national levels. This year’s corporate sponsor of the Continue Reading
EVOXE Wins Award
An interactive digital publication focused on the arts created by students and overseen by faculty at East Tennessee State University brought home the “Student Best of Show” award from the American Advertising Federation of Northeast Tennessee. It also won a regional Addy award which will be presented in April. The publication is called “EVOXE” and was created by students and faculty in ETSU’s mass communication and digital media programs to celebrate the arts at ETSU. It is currently available as an app for mobile and tablet devices as well as viewable online. Inside “EVOXE” are stories about ETSU’s many programs Continue Reading
Gaming Program Featured
ETSU Digital Media’s Game Design Concentration was highlighted in this article in the Kingsport Times-News.
Students are Adobe Design Achievement Awards Semi-Finalists
Four Digital Media Students are Semi-finalists in the 2016 Adobe Design Achievement Awards We’re pleased to announce that 2 out of the 8 team projects from the Advanced Raster-Based Imaging class in Digital Media were selected as official semifinalists in the 2016 Adobe Design Achievement Awards. Congratulations to Justin Bergan, Scott Hill, Jonah Lasley and Aaron Bookout! 1469 Semifinalists were chosen this year out of 5304 international entrants. the Adobe Design Achievement Awards are a global digital media competition for student creators in 14 categories. Judging Criteria: Project originality and creative excellence. Effectiveness in meeting a communication objective. Demonstrating skills Continue Reading
Creative Arts Scholarship
The Creative Arts Scholarship in Digital Media allows out-of-state students to pay in-state tuition. ETSU and Digital Media are committed to providing excellent training and experiences for students in the digital arts. This scholarship provides out-of-state students with the complete cost of out-of-state portion of tuition, so recipients pay the same rate as Tennessee residents. Students who are participating in another program which covers out-of-state tuition, such as the Academic Common Market, border waiver, or Honors-in-Discipline, are not eligible. Students must be new to ETSU to qualify for the scholarship; already enrolled students are not qualified. This scholarship has a Continue Reading
Rendering at 5am
End of the semester rendering is a very stressful thing. Very creative use of the labs.
