With my last three studies I have found that my creative process has changed quite a lot since the start of this semester. For example, with study 7 I knew exactly what I wanted to create because I was not too happy with my assignment 3 work. So in my head i thought that if i wanted to create a piece of work that I was truly happy with how was I going to go about it? So I had set out a few plans and ideas for how to achieve what I wanted to within a certain time frame. I also think that now that I have been using Max for this whole semester I truly realise that I can create anything that i want, where as in the start of the semester I had no confidence to create things that i wanted to because i just kept thinking that i was being too ambitious. I also think that with assignment 4 my work is a lot more polished than what i have been creating from the start of the semester, because I have been looking for other source of information in order to create the work that I want, not just solely relying on Camille to help me out. I also think what helped me with these studies is the fact that it was the last one for me, so deep down i really wanted to create some work that i was proud of, rather than submitting stuff that i was not 100% happy with. I think that the way i go about creating my work is still somewhat similar to the start of the semester, which is to keep the idea simple enough so that it is achievable but interesting enough to differentiate myself from my peers. The biggest difference that I have made from the start of the semester compared to now is creating a plan for my work. For these studies I created a plan of what i wanted and how i was going to do it. I think that this helped a lot because it set me on a path that was more direct, and I spent less time procrastinating at my desk. But i think that all of these things occurred because my skills in Max has just come such a long way from when we first started using the software. Actually having confidence in Max has made my time with it a lot more enjoyable as i don’t stress over whether or not I can actually do something with what I’m given. As this semester comes to a close I feel as if I can truly do anything within Max which is a great feeling. What I’ve learned about the techniques about interactive art making is that you should never doubt your self, or your work. For me, especially in the start of the semester I feel as if doubt was my worst enemy. I was always seeing other peoples work thinking it was so much better than mine because my ability was not as good as theirs. But once that self doubt was gone I started focusing only on my work, And not someone else’s because at the end of the day their work does not effect the quality of my studies. I also learnt about the simplicity of interactive art. What i mean by this is that even if an idea seems really simple on the surface, it does not mean that it wont be as good as something more interesting. I kept trying to think of ideas outside of the box, but i realised that it doesn’t even matter what your idea is, because you will never know if its a good idea if you don’t even try to create it. Overall I think that even though my skills in Max has come a long way, there is still more for me to learn. What has been a huge help for me is looking online for tutorials for new things, and I feel as if I have only learnt a small bit of what Max truly has to offer. And I know that if i keep looking further into tutorials or forums, I will end up developing my skills even further. Looking back at these three studies I think its easy for me to see how much I’ve improved comparative to the rest of my work. I was able to rely less on Camille and do things more independently which I was not able to during the start of this semester.