Recall,
2025
Rhode Island School of Design
Recall, Sadie Almand, Special Collections, Fleet Library
12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026
LAURIE WHITEHILL PURCHASE PRIZE | $375 Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
21st Cent., Archival, (East) Asian, Authentic-(Chinese)-American, Calligraphic Scroll, 074326827-Chdkjl,
2025
Rhode Island School of Design
21st Cent., Archival, (East) Asian, Authentic-(Chinese)-American, Calligraphic Scroll, 074326827-Chdkjl, Karen Hu, Special Collections, Fleet Library
12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
Portunus Pelagicus,
2025
Rhode Island School of Design
Portunus Pelagicus, Jason Louie, Special Collections, Fleet Library
12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
I, Object,
2025
Rhode Island School of Design
I, Object, Mahrukh Khizar, Special Collections, Fleet Library
12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
The Big Book Of Little Joys,
2025
Rhode Island School of Design
The Big Book Of Little Joys, Nina Uy, Special Collections, Fleet Library
12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
Our Future Is Bright,
2025
Rhode Island School of Design
Our Future Is Bright, Ellie Wolgemuth, Special Collections, Fleet Library
12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
Whale Falls,
2025
Rhode Island School of Design
Whale Falls, Cora Zeng, Special Collections, Fleet Library
12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
European-Islamic Ceramics From The Eighteenth Century Onward,
2025
Bridgewater State University
European-Islamic Ceramics From The Eighteenth Century Onward, Katherine Collins
Honors Program Theses and Projects
The foundation for this examination rests upon prior research analyzing ceramic traditions and trade routes across East Asia and the Islamic Empires from the eighth to the sixteenth centuries. This knowledge establishes how East Asian innovations, such as porcelain and underglaze techniques, flowed westward through the Middle East via silk trade routes, profoundly influencing South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Ottoman ceramic production and aesthetics. They were able to trace how crucial Islamic technical traditions, including lusterware and tin-glazing, were subsequently transmitted to the Mediterranean basin through conquest and trade. This provided the technical vocabulary necessary for European precursors such as …
Platforming For Circuit Education,
2025
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Platforming For Circuit Education, Grady Oliver Schneider
Computer Engineering
The purpose of this project was to provide an alternative for students being introduced to resistive circuits. As a freshman in electrical engineering (transferred to computer engineering), I saw the struggles of other freshman to grasp the conceptual basics of circuits. While there’s lots of guides to circuit education, I think many of them fall short of being both engaging and teaching the intuition behind circuits. A lot of the more advanced concepts in circuits depends on the basic intuition of KCL, KVL, and Ohm’s Law. While there’s several basic techniques (such as voltage divider, current divider, and mesh current …
Pepita Pardell: Paradigma De La Invisibilización De La Mujer En El Cine Animado Español,
2025
Xarxa Audiovisual Local, Barcelona
Pepita Pardell: Paradigma De La Invisibilización De La Mujer En El Cine Animado Español, Marta Pardell Carretero
GDI. Revista de investigación de Género, Diseño e Innovación
Pepita Pardell i Terrade (Barcelona 1928 – 2019) es pionera del cine de animación. Participó en la primera película que se rodó en España, Garbancito de la Mancha (1945), que también es el primer film hecho en Europa con la técnica del acetato (Pagès, 2018), así como en las principales producciones que se rodaron hasta 1993. Es también la primera mujer en codirigir cine de animación en España y en ser animadora jefe de un estudio. Su trayectoria es singular, inusual y vertebra la historia de la animación hecha a mano en nuestro país. Sin embargo, su trabajo no …
Greekmate: Communicating Startup Value Through Design And Marketing,
2025
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Greekmate: Communicating Startup Value Through Design And Marketing, Cameron Do-Khanh
Graphic Communication
This project examines how design and marketing can improve communication for early-stage software by applying these principles to GreekMate, a candidate management tool built for student organizations. The software functioned well but lacked a strong brand identity and clear value communication. Using Diffusion of Innovation Theory and research on UX strategy, the project focused on redesigning the brand system and marketing website to make the product easier to understand and more appealing to its audience. The redesign included a new visual direction, updated hierarchy, clearer feature explanations, and a more energetic style that aligned with student expectations. Informal user feedback …
Enhancing Facial Expressiveness For Games Through Procedural Animation,
2025
Clemson University
Enhancing Facial Expressiveness For Games Through Procedural Animation, Abhijit Varanasi
All Theses
Facial animation is one of the most important parts of bringing characters to life in video games and virtual experiences. This thesis explores a new approach to creating more expressive facial animations using procedural techniques and blended facial performance for more flexibility. The project uses FACS (Facial Action Coding System), which breaks down facial expressions into small, measurable muscle movements. By building a facial rig based on these muscle units, the character’s face can be animated in a way that reflects real human emotion. The animation in this work is not just pre-recorded, though it can respond in real-time to …
Wellspring: Visual Development For An Animated Series,
2025
East Tennessee State University
Wellspring: Visual Development For An Animated Series, Jane Anderson
Master of Fine Arts in Digital Media Culminating Experience
This paper delves into the interconnected stages of worldbuilding and storytelling for animation. Beginning with a single character sketch, the project explores and reports multiple phases that investigate how ideas take shape across different artistic mediums. Both visual and narrative processes are analyzed, including character and environment design, comic creation, and the production of hand-drawn animation tests. Each stage functions not only as a method of artistic study but also as a means of refining the story’s tone, themes, and visual identity. These explorations inform the final component of the project - a comprehensive show pitch package. This pitch synthesizes …
Script To Animatic: Reading Between The Lines,
2025
East Tennessee State University
Script To Animatic: Reading Between The Lines, Kallie Jenkins
Master of Fine Arts in Digital Media Culminating Experience
This capstone describes the foundational steps created as a process for developing three scripts of varying genres into full animatics. This project guides you through the process of adapting a script written by an outside author and visually developing it to represent the story being told. Looking past the script, this project explains how to add depth to the characters in ways that shape their visual direction. It shows how those character choices influence body language, acting, and the environments around them, emphasizing the importance of composition, camera work, and the way a scene’s framing depends on the personality and …
Unloved Ecologies,
2025
Clemson University
Unloved Ecologies, Ellen Griffin
All Theses
Unloved Ecologies is an exhibition of ceramic sculptures that stage encounters between human and nonhuman bodies. Through it, I investigate the intersections of queer identity and ecology to reevaluate what society often deems “unlovable.” By working with the language of Queer Ecology, I explore the tensions between protection and vulnerability, as well as between cultivated order and wild resistance. Ceramic sculpture is my mode for examining moments of transformation, repair, and growth, and natural processes function as metaphors for the ways external pressures shape individuals. My overall goal is to explore the ecological processes of change and examine how our …
Overflowing: A Visual Memoir,
2025
Grand Valley State University
Overflowing: A Visual Memoir, Margaret Gonzalez
Honors Projects
My collection, Overflowing: A Visual Memoir, is a series of mixed-media collages bound into a book, depicting formative experiences that have shaped who I am during my time at Grand Valley State University. They are an autobiographical exploration of self-discovery, expression, gratitude, and turbulence. I fell in love with the art of collage after creating a piece inspired by Hanna Höch for my History of Photography class. Since then, I have continued making collages. I haven’t gotten to take many art classes at Grand Valley, but creating has always been a constant in my life. So, I wanted to culminate …
From Inside The Recording Studio,
2025
California State University, Monterey Bay
From Inside The Recording Studio, Mckayla J. Adkison
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This project documents the historical, technical, and creative significance of recording studios through both industry examples and the design and construction of a personal backyard studio. By examining iconic studios such as Abbey Road and Capitol Records, the paper highlights how technological innovation, acoustic engineering, and architectural design have shaped the evolution of recorded music. These concepts are then applied to the planning and construction of a custom-built recording studio, emphasizing room dimensions, sound isolation techniques, acoustic treatment, lighting, and sustainable design choices. In addition, the project addresses the importance of aesthetics and emotional comfort in creating a space that …
Exploraciones Gráficas Y Narrativas: Autoras Españolas En El Cómic De Ciencia Ficción,
2025
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR)
Exploraciones Gráficas Y Narrativas: Autoras Españolas En El Cómic De Ciencia Ficción, Marina Hernández Ávila
GDI. Revista de investigación de Género, Diseño e Innovación
En este estudio se analiza el trabajo de varias autoras españolas que han incorporado el género de la ciencia ficción en el cómic contemporáneo, explorando nuevas posibilidades gráficas y narrativas. Partiendo de la evidencia de la escasa visibilidad que las creadoras han tenido tradicionalmente en el ámbito del cómic, se busca poner en relieve cómo estas autoras han contribuido a ampliar los límites del medio y del propio género, utilizando la ciencia ficción como una herramienta para abordar temas sociales, identitarios y existenciales del presente. La investigación se basa en el análisis visual y narrativo de las obras de una …
Brands & Virtual Personas: How Virtual Influencer Types Impact Brand Awareness,
2025
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Brands & Virtual Personas: How Virtual Influencer Types Impact Brand Awareness, Carol Calderon Ambelis
Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
As social media continues to shape how consumers interact with brands, virtual influencers (VIs) have emerged as a new type of digital celebrity. While previous research has explored how VIs contribute to brand image and awareness, there has been limited attention on how different types of VIs, both anime-like and human-like, affect consumer perceptions across different markets. This study examines how these two types of VIs impact relatability, aspiration, and brand awareness, with a focus on the differences between luxury and mass market. Using a within-subjects experimental design, this study recruited 574 participants with social media experience using MTurk. The …
Ecotheology For Kids,
2025
Lindenwood University
Ecotheology For Kids, Lana Glenn
Theses
This project includes research into the eco-anxiety of children and how ecotheology may help ease the children’s minds. This project is meant as a sign of hope in the climate crisis; there are so many reasons to look forward to ecological improvements for the Earth. As adults, we should remind children of these reasons to be hopeful for the future. This 24-page book has illustrations with prayers to help calm the readers, while the cover is informational and inviting.
