Hey there! I'm an enby trans-femme indie seller and creator!
EDIT: I was FINALLY able to make a decision! I went with ARTS 574 - Interactive Game Design! If y'all still wanna leave your opinions, please feel free to do so!
Hey y'all! Next spring will be my final semester of my grad school program! Woot! Sadly, I only have two classes left, so I wanted to add in a third just for fun, but I'm not sure which to go with... The problem with being a "Jack of all trades" is that I'm so indecisive about what trade I want add to my arsenal next! ;~;
ARTS 574 Interactive Game Design 3 Credit Hour(s)
Students will explore and pursue areas of interest through research related to interactive game development in regards to theoretical framework, building aesthetics, environments, and game engines with implementation of process and execution of interactive games in an appropriate platform. May be taken twice.
Offered: Resident and Online
ARTS 578 Interactive Design 3 Credit Hour(s)
Students will pursue areas of interest through research related to interactive design and apply advanced visual theories to construct design systems in an interactive user centered environment. Advanced understanding and theory of interactive technology and application in contextual frameworks in relation to the user are explored and developed. May be taken twice.
Offered: Resident and Online
ARTS 580 Interactive Publication 3 Credit Hour(s)
This graduate course stresses individual direction and achievement in interactive and digital publication design. Students will research the vital role of visual communication and will examine the processes involved in creating and coordinating images and typography through both verbal and visual content across multiple and emerging media. Through readings, research, and assignments, students will explore the role of the designer in visual storytelling and will develop a body of work that attempts to influence and shape culture. At this advanced level the student is expected to be self-motivated and produce work that is deeper conceptually and is at a much higher aesthetic level than undergraduates. May be taken twice.
Offered: Resident and Online
WRIT 610 Writing Fiction 3 Credit Hour(s)
This course is a study of the craft of producing publishable fiction in a contemporary setting.
Offered: Online
WRIT 620 Writing for Print Publication 3 Credit Hour(s)
Explores the print publication process from the perspective of the author, focusing on means of publishing and best practices for becoming a published author.
Offered: Online
WRIT 621 Writing for Digital Publishing 3 Credit Hour(s)
An intensive writing course focused on digital and periodical publication.
Offered: Online
CINE 600 The Intimate Art of Dramatic Writing 3 Credit Hour(s)
This class guides students toward the creation of dynamic stories and complex characters through the exploration of their own personal life journeys. Understanding that each student has a unique milieu of convictions, emotional life experiences, and passions, this class helps them translate these gems into riveting story ideas. The craft, structure, and fundamentals of dramatic writing will be explored while engaging the writing process from the artist’s intimate perspective. Utilizing the wisdom of sages like Aristotle and Lajos Egri, students will engage in writing exercises that thrust them into the journey of story creation, theme conception, and character development.
Offered: Online
CINE 610 Platforms of Visual Storytelling 3 Credit Hour(s)
Visual storytelling has transcended the movie theatre to handheld media devices. This course lays the foundation for "visual thinking" across various platforms of visual storytelling and begins the exploration of cinematic elements and scripting as they are currently defined in film, television, webisodes, animation, interactive media, and gaming.
Offered: Online
Howdy y'all! I can't remember if I shared this with y'all or not, but here it is anyways: I reorganized my Itch.io page! I decided to group together my projects into three main categories: Game Projects; Books, Zines, and More, and Art Projects! I also have my new game series, Kalli's Simple Games, in its own category to highlight it! (Yes, I do still have plans to make more entries, but shit's been kinda crazy ;~;)
Hey y'all! I've been MIA because Grad School has been kicking my ass in terms of the workload. I have papers due every week, and, on top of all that, I think I've recently fell into a bit of a rut, so my motivation is absolutely abysmal compared to what it is supposed to be.
(Fun Fact: As I'm writing this, I'm at work and also trying to take care of this week's paper for one of my classes...)
I have gotten SOME stuff made since my last post; mainly, I've been making zines in the more traditional 8-page single-paper format. They're all up on my Itch.io page (https://kallis-creation-station.itch.io/).
Also, I will be at the Houston Zine Fest tomorrow, November 16th! The event goes from 12p to 5p CST. My festival "brand" is Kalli's Wagon of Art, so look for that if you're in the area!
Anyways, I should maybe get to writing this paper...
Tootles~! \(^w^)/
Hey y'all!
So, earlier this year, I had made a post asking people about how they hosted their own online stores and why they chose what they did. Thank you so much to everyone who posted! Now... I may have an idea that's a little too stupid, even by my standards, but I wanted to hear what y'all had to say.
Amongst all the other things I'm working on at the moment, one of the things I'm working on getting made before my 2024 Festival Run is a catalogue to give out to passing attendees so they can browse my items on the go, and even place an order after the fact. This catalogue is going to be a festival-exclusive item, with there being a mail-in form at the back.
Here's where it gets stupid real fast.
Do I have my "online store" just be a digital equivalent of a catalogue with a form that they would fill out and mail in? Maybe with Venmo/CashApp/PayPal/etc buttons for people to pay ahead of time...? Or maybe they just fill out the order form and payment form?
It would solve the problem of hosting a store and dealing with these store hosting services charging processing fees... but there's that one part of my brain that's just going "this is the stupidest idea you've ever had, Kalli."
If you're wonder why the [REDACTED] I would even think of doing it that way, I just think it'd be neat? A little inconvenience to remind everyone that convenience has maybe begun to rot our minds in one way or another? I dunno... I think it'd be fun?
Hey y'all! Kalli here! Just wanted to give a quick update to say that two projects I've been gnawing away at in the background have finally released!
Kalli's Simple Games - Volume 1 - Teardrop Canyon
The Palette Zine - Volume 1 - Issue 7
You can get them both here: https://kallis-wagon-of-art.itch.io/
Just a quick little update to let everyone know that work on my new products (Let's Zine #1, Mini Q Catalogue Volume 2, Heart of the Cards) has all come to a halt at the moment because I'm now having to get used to a new work and grad school schedule that I had to change last minute (thanks a lot, HR). This isn't great because I really want to have new product ready for when my festival season starts up again in October...
So far, grad school stuff hasn't been hard, just tedious, but this is also just my first class.
I am on a high-dose Vitamin D Rx because my levels are still dangerously low, and I finally got on estrogen, but I haven't seen an increase in mood or energy, yet.
I also still have not had the ability to move out, so living with my parents provides an extra level of stress and pain.
Overall, on the Kalli Stress Scale, I'm at like a 9, which is a 19 for Normal People(TM), so that should give you an idea as to where I'm at, mentally.