VRegueira

lOUISIANA sTATE University

Victoria Regueira

Portfolio

Digital Media Arts & Engineering

M.S.

Introduction

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maYA

uNREAL eNGINE (ui/ux)

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uNITY (aUGMENTED r)

pROJECT maNAGEMENT

Film Production

Work

Artificial Intelligence

Overview

Softwares/Applications/Specs

Photography
Adobe programs

Illustrator
Photoshop
PR, etc

Figma
Miro
Jira
Discord
GroupMe
XD
Maya

SketchFab

DaVinci Resolve
Monday.com
Wordpress
Meta Business Suite
Canva
Sparse clouding point
UnReal
Megascan
Unity
Camera Rigging

Pandemic

During the height of COVID, I, like many others, felt that my daily routine had been thrown off of the tracks. While trying to adapt, I found myself itching to broaden my education and career, and had more time to explore different ways of truly refining my chosen career path.

Houdini

When I first entered the program, the Houdini application was the very first thing that I was introduced to in Mr. Ken's class. Though the learning process was challenging, it was equally intriguing. I couldn't wait to explore all of the new avenues that the program had to offer and apply them to my modeling and film skillset.

Houdini

Project Management Class

Learning Outcomes

Overview of 5 Project Management Process Groups
New Media Budgets
Project Lifecycle

Leadership Skills

Industry Behavior and Etiquette
Pitching Concepts
Risk Assessment, Managment, and Mitigation
Contract Negotiation

The Oasis Project

Dystopian Game Development: Utilizing Unreal Engine for the Very First Time

For this project, a team of 7 people came together to put to test our project management skills and brainstorm a variety of video game ideas. The result was the creation of a game titled "Oasis" that we developed from scratch.

UV Wrapping of Billboard

The Oasis Project

Process

MAYA

First Objective

Find an example of an isometric room of our choosing and replicate our own version from scratch.

Second Objective

A lengthy and complicated process as there were a lot of errors with uv texturing and UDIM.

Third Objective

UV unwrapping to cut and sew objects for texturing and workflow.

Fourth Objective

Successfully convert the Maya files to Sketchfab.

Isometric Room Example

MAYA

Unreal Engine

The Holy Grail of Gaming, VR, Sound Engineering, and AR

UI/UX

Even with the implementation of prior experience with UI/UX for mobile devices, there was a huge learning curve. The Oasis Project was vital to my establishing a foundation of learning and research in UI/UX concepts.

implementation

Phases

UX research
Define & Ideation
Information Architecture (IA)
Wireframe
Prototype
Inspiration
Design System
Mockup
User Test
Go Live

UI/UX

"In UX, the more you understand what you can't do and what you must do, the better your final designs will be."

-Joey Marsh

Pre-Program

Achievements

Pre-Program

Achievements (continued...)

VESNA

Vesna: Behind the Scenes

Vesna: Behind the Scenes (continued...)

Logo Drafts

UI/UX creative Process

UI/UX creative Process (continued...)

Vesna: Ability Icons

Unity AR: LSU BUS COMPANION APP

Learning Outcomes

Learned How to Use Unity
Mapping in XYZ positions
Project SDK & API with MapBox
LiDar Sensor Mapping with Elevation

Filming

Explored a variety of filming hardware and software such as RED and DaVinci Resolve.
Gained valuable teamwork skills necessary to achieve a successful production
Learned how to properly utilize many different types of lighting and when to best implement them
Learned how to incorporate OLED walls into filming
Interned with Film production

COVID and CAREER CHOICES

Determined to improve my abilities, I kept myself busy during the pandemic by refining and picking up a lot of useful skills and tools. Because of DMAE, I was able to secure a job: a position working under the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf (LCD). I gained the rewarding opportunity of being able to share my skillset with my teammates. For LCD, I was able to operate at small scale team and accomplish: