For those who don't go to my school, the capstone is the final project students complete in order to graduate from school. The project content and media can be of their choosing, to hopefully showcase the skills and talents they have. I also view it as this, but much more.
For me the capstone is a way of grabbing employers attention and really showing off yourself. And I see it as a very important personal experience to discover yourself and be able to work on something of your own creation, since, likely, from the time you graduate onward, you will be working on other people's projects or working in stressful conditions where if you don't succeed it will mean getting a pay cut or fired.
I want to challenge myself and put forth my best work. I have so much hope for this project, that I hope to be able to turn it into a long term series after graduation and continue the stories I have made. Doing this now as part of school is giving me the time to test out some things and learn how to set myself up in the future to continue this. It's helping me to learn planning techniques, new technologies, and improve my art and narrative skills.
Another thing I find the capstones useful for on a social scale is to see what others are doing, and what new technologies and methods are being showcased. I guiltily admit I am fairly competitive when it comes to my art, so I enjoy going to capstones to help support my fellow artists, but also to see who might be serious competition, what projects I can learn from in methodology and what I can improve on in my own art to stay "ahead of the game".
One thing I have a hard time with is social networking and promoting my product. The capstone and it's preparation is helping me to improve upon that, get the word out, and start getting an audience that can help make possible my dream of continuing this story and making a profit and living off of it.
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