Reviews of professor Richard Blumenstein

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very tough grader. Gives lazy feedback. Refuses to respond to emails. Course page and directions are a chaotic mess.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
GRA-401 is meant to be an introductory course on the character design pipeline according to the course description. Blumenstein wants to instruct himself based on how he talks about the course, talks to students, abysmal grading criteria, and critiques assignments. If you already have character design experience coming you MIGHT get away unscathed!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took his Character Design course three times before I just managed to get by with a D. Honestly his class was just plain terrible; the feedback on the models we made wasn't much help as it never told us what the problem with them was, and the time we had to get the amount of work we had done was definitely not enough for most, including myself.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Very difficult to communicate with. You will rarely get a response unless you go through advisor's to get him to do his job.hands out Fs like they are candy. Had to dispute my grade multiple times. This guy gives out very vague responses just like the other reviews say. Doesn't seem to actually want to help or teach.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took this guy for GRA401 some time back and it looks like he hasn't changed. Doesn't conduct himself as a professional should. If you don't have any experience with 3D modelling, transfer out of his class as soon as possible, because he will harshly grade you and then fail to give good feedback to improve. Rubrics don't matter to him at all.