Overview
This site contains resume information and a collection of the software and artworks I have compiled over the years. Resume information and my schedule can also be found here. Some of the site is incomplete as I just don't seem to have the time to finish it all properly.
If you would like to contact me, please send me an email at jrbenson(at)ncsu.edu or at eclipse_jrb(at)yahoo.com. I'll likely respond from the Yahoo! account since I forward email from other addresses to it.
This Site
This webpage is both my homepage and a bit of a playground for my excursions into web technology. As such Javascript must be enabled for this site to function correctly. However, the site does fail to a useable format, though one large page is difficult to search quickly.
2D Design Fundamentals
Comic
Short six panel comic strip that was tells a story about being sick.
Ink Forms
A large scale drawing completed using only black markers that was derived from combining the forms found in a series of three inkblots. The original inkblots were created using thread and plastic utensils dipped in ink. Some digital work on the drawing to give it a textured feel and to make it much more muted.
Lamp
A sketch of the lamp that sits on my desk along with all of the objects I normally have crammed into it.
Complimentary Painting
A simple painting using complementary colors. The basis of the painting was a collage created from images taken from a few quick image searches online.
Complimentary Textures
A texture piece derived from the painting listed above. This piece references the painting in both color and form but was assembled from small square rubbings taken from various household items.
Trees
A graphite sketch of three different kinds of trees. A very wiry and leafless oak, a healthy white birch, and a small pine sapling. Some hasty digital work and the beginnings of an interesting piece emerges.
3D Design Fundamentals
Paper Cubes
This project involved creating a paper environment that was contained entirely within a foot square cube. The first cube created contained a network of smaller cubes and bridges with small people walking across its surface with little regard for gravity.
The second cube followed a similar theme but made use of half-cylinders and string. Small people also littered the surface of this piece.
Fibonacci
This paper project required the use of the fibonacci sequence in its design. A three dimensional fractal pattern radiates out in a hemisphere with the dimensions of the cubes in the series proportional to the corresponding number in the fibonacci sequence. There are thirteen arms in the piece, five blue and eight black. In each arm there are eight 1cm cubes, five 2cm cubes, three 3cm cubes, two 5cm cubes, and 1 8cm cube.
Each arm is constructed from a single piece of poster board. A pattern was created in a vector drawing program and fed to a laser cutter that cut multiple copies, each of which were pre-scored.
Digital Imaging
Gestalt Principles with Photoshop
Three fake advertisements that are linked to an explicit gestalt principle. All were created using Photoshop.
Photocubism
Intended to be a large, high-resolution print this image was created by digitally stitching together images of a view from Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University.
Chicken Creole with Flash
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myDiv
Objective
Graduate School
To enroll in the graduate program of a university with faculty and students that are actively researching the fields of computer graphics, data visualization, and human-computer interaction.
Career
To find a challenging position at a company that specializes in creating software solutions to problems related to computer graphics, data visualization, or human-computer interaction.
Education
University
Advanced Courses
- CSC 454: Human Computer Interaction
- CSC 461: Intro to Computer Graphics
- CSC 462: Advanced Computer Graphics Project
- CSC 481: Intro to Game Design and Development
- CSC 411: Intro to Artificial Intelligence
Other Courses
- CSC 116: Intro to Java
- CSC 216: Object Oriented Programming in Java
- CSC 316: Data Structures in Java
- CSC 226: Applied Discrete Mathematics
- CSC 236: Assembly Language
- CSC 246: Operating Systems
- CSC 302: Intro to Numerical Methods
- CSC 326: Software Engineering
Skills
Programming Languages
Java, C++/C, Python, C#, and FORTRAN. Proficient with the Eclipse IDE. Familiar with OpenGL, FMOD, Microsoft XNA, and Unreal Engine 3. Moderate experience with Prolog.
Web Development
HTML, CSS, JSP, JavaScript, and Java Applets. Proficient with Adobe Dreamweaver. Moderate experience with Flash, MySQL, and AJAX techniques.
Graphics and Design
Proficient with the Adobe Creative Suite, AC3D Modeler, Blender, and Alias Sketchpad.
Miscellaneous
Good organization skills, experience leading teams, and creativity.
Experience
Design Graphics Lab
Kenan Fellows Program
4-H Camp Millstone
Please contact me for complete contact information.
Awards
- Haynes Scholarship - 2008
- SAS Institute Endowed Scholarship in Computer Science - 2007/2008
- Progress Energy Scholarship in Computer Science - 2006
Publications
Interests
Hobbies
Creating small arcade games, target archery, kayaking, and camping.
Schedule
Spring 2009
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