Reviews of professor Richard Blumenstein

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took a couple MA level courses with him.  I learned a lot and they are among the best experiences I have had within my program.  Willing to help with assignments, all you have to do is take the initiative to reach out.  Can't say enough good things about him.  Gives really good and useful feedback.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Minimally invested and doesn't seem to care at all. Feedback is always vague and terse with unhelpful statements like "This needs work." or "This is wrong." Grades VERY harshly. Wasn't expecting easy, but be ready to basically teach yourself and be frustrated every week unless you are already an expert at 3D modelling.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Currently in Character Design. He gives poor, vague feedback and grades very harshly. Will not give credit if he doesn't like what you did, despite you doing the work. Constantly says he's willing to give help, but won't answer emails.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Had him for two classes in two terms right after the other and had the same problems for both. His feedback was brief, vague and plain unhelpful, some rubrics had missing information, he constantly failed to respond to questions in a timely manner (if at all), some grades seemed borderline unfair, and he seemed like he just didn't care at all.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Gives poor, short and brief feedback. Even after asking for clarification, fails to give support. Really harsh grader. Will let you resubmit some assignments but once you are behind it is really hard to catch up. Gives lots of assignments. Very picky about critique and personal opinions. All materials are outdated and years old.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took his Character Design class and this man had me in tears just about every week. If you deal with anxiety, depression or any mental disability that can cause stress HE DOES NOT CARE!! He gives out Fs like they're candy from a pinata, had most of the class feeling frustrate/defeated by his teaching style and he doesn't care about the rubrics.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I did not have the same experiences as other students may have but overall I was satisfied with this professor. 
Provided honest feedback and was honest about how the rubrics were poorly worded and was very flexible on meeting certain rubric objectives such as 'Poly Count' for some assignments and graded late work. Also helped in personal sessions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The professor showed interest in other students who were already working as game developers instead of also taking an interest in the students who were new to all of this. He is a tough grader and doesn't give out A's easily. Apart from this he takes a while to respond to emails.